Insect Research Group, University College London
This summer I was fortunate enough to be able to join the Sumner lab for a field season out in Trinidad. My role was as a research assistant as part of a four-person team working on two projects looking at species of tropical social wasps. This first was examining
Check out their webpages to find out what they are doing! PhD student Sandra Moreno; Masters by Research students Ryan Brock and Sam Morris; Volunteer Thomas Courty
Queen or worker? Flexibility between roles relies on just a few genes Two insect species from Latin America, the dinosaur ant and the red paper wasp, have been used to uncover the molecular mechanisms underpinning queen and worker roles in social insects. The research by an international team of scientists brings us closer to understanding…
Autumn 2015: Welcome to four new group members! Check out their webpages to find out what they are doing! PhD student Sandra Moreno; Masters by Research students Ryan Brock and Sam Morris; Volunteer Thomas Courty