Jacobus ‘Jaap’ De Roode, Emory University, USA
Tuesday 5 September, 09:15 – 10:15 Lecture Theatre A

Talk title: Migration, microbes and medication in the monarch butterfly.

00:00:0000:02:11 Introduction
00:02:1200:07:55 Welcome Jaap
00:07:5600:09:00 A talk in three parts
00:09:0100:18:37 Genetics of monarch migration
00:18:3800:37:49 Milkweeds, microbes and medication
00:37:5000:48:57 Parasites and migration
00:48:5800:50:14 To sum up
00:50:1501:04:06 Q&A

Jaap de Roode obtained an MSc degree in population biology from the Wageningen University in the Netherlands and a PhD in evolutionary biology from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. He started his lab at Emory University in 2008, where most of his research focuses on the ecology and evolution of hostparasite interactions. He uses monarch butterflies and honey bees as model systems. He is currently investigating how secondary chemicals in plants drive monarch butterfly gut microbiomes and resistance to parasites and is also studying the relationships between infectious disease and monarch butterfly migration.

He is Director of the Infectious Disease Across Scales Training Program (IDASTP), CoDirector of The MP3 Initiative ‘From Molecules and Pathogens to Populations and Pandemics’ and Board of Directors, Rosalynn Carter Butterfly Trail.