Nicole Gerardo

Nicole M. Gerardo is an entomologist and Professor of Biology at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.[1] In 2021, she became editor of the Annual Review of Entomology.[2][3]

Nicole Marie Gerardo
EducationRice University, University of Texas at Austin
Scientific career
InstitutionsEmory University
Websitehttps://scholarblogs.emory.edu/gerardolab/
External video
video icon “Farming Ants Reveal Evolution Secrets”, Emory University, May 13, 2009

Early life and education

Gerardo earned a B.A. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from Rice University in Houston, Texas in 1997.[1] She received her Ph.D. in Integrative Biology from the University of Texas at Austin in Austin, Texas in 2004.[1]

Career

Gerardo is an entomologist and Professor of Biology at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.[1] Gerardo's work focuses on evolutionary ecology, in particular the relationships between both beneficial and harmful microbes and their hosts. For example, aphids are supplied with nutrients by beneficial bacteria and may have lowered immunity to ensure that the relationship continues.[4][5][6][7][8] Her whole-genome analyses of insect species have revealed that the pea aphid appears to have lost the Imd pathway, considered a key immune pathway in many species.[9] Her work on the genetics of insect species has also revealed patterns of immune gene evolution of monarch butterflies.[10] Another of her areas of study involves fungal pathogens, fungus-growing ants and their gardens, which are regarded as a model of symbiosis.[11]

Awards and honors

References
  1. "Nicole Gerardo". Emory University. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  2. Harrison, Jon (2021). "Preface". Annual Review of Entomology. 66: v–vi. doi:10.1146/annurev-en-66-111120-100001. PMID 33417817.
  3. "EDITOR OF THE ANNUAL REVIEW OF ENTOMOLOGY". Annual Reviews. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  4. "Pesky aphid thrives despite weak defenses". Futurity. 2010-02-23. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  5. Clark, Carol (April 14, 2008). "April 14, 2008 Following the ant trail". Emory Report. 60 (27). Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  6. Gavrilles, Beth (October 11, 2012). "New studies reveal connections between animals' microbial communities and behavior". Odum School of Ecology. University of Georgia. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  7. Kolodny, Oren; Callahan, Benjamin J.; Douglas, Angela E. (28 September 2020). "The role of the microbiome in host evolution". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 375 (1808): 20190588. doi:10.1098/rstb.2019.0588. PMC 7435159. PMID 32772663.
  8. Gerardo, Nicole; Hurst, Gregory (December 2017). "Q&A: Friends (but sometimes foes) within: the complex evolutionary ecology of symbioses between host and microbes". BMC Biology. 15 (1): 126. doi:10.1186/s12915-017-0455-6. PMC 5744397. PMID 29282064.
  9. Palmer, William J.; Jiggins, Francis M. (August 2015). "Comparative Genomics Reveals the Origins and Diversity of Arthropod Immune Systems". Molecular Biology and Evolution. 32 (8): 2111–2129. doi:10.1093/molbev/msv093. PMC 4833078. PMID 25908671. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  10. Tan, Wen‐Hao; Talla, Venkat; Mongue, Andrew J.; de Roode, Jacobus C.; Gerardo, Nicole M.; Walters, James R. (20 July 2021). "Population genomics reveals variable patterns of immune gene evolution in monarch butterflies ( Danaus plexippus )". Molecular Ecology. 30 (18): 4381–4391. doi:10.1111/mec.16071. PMID 34245613. S2CID 235791167.
  11. Currie, Cameron R. (October 2001). "A Community of Ants, Fungi, and Bacteria: A Multilateral Approach to Studying Symbiosis". Annual Review of Microbiology. 55 (1): 357–380. doi:10.1146/annurev.micro.55.1.357. hdl:1808/835. PMID 11544360. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  12. "Faculty and staff honored for excellence in teaching, mentoring and more". Emory Report. May 12, 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
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