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My research group aims to understand how interactions between individuals and species shape the diversification and organization of life. Most recently, we have focused on the relationships that invertebrates share with symbiotic microbes. A central theme to our research is to understand how biotic and abiotic interactions shape symbiotic relationships from the molecular level to the macro-evolutionary scale. To address this topic, we combine theoretical predictions from ecology and evolution with large-scale empirical tests, using the latest molecular and experimental techniques – including evolutionary genetics, genomics, comparative methods, theoretical modelling, and laboratory in vivo experiments.

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Employment (3)

Queen Mary University of London: London, London, GB

2016 to present | Associate Professor (Reader) in Molecular Microbial Ecology (School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences)
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VU Amsterdam: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, NL

2014 to 2016 | Marie Curie Fellow (Animal Ecology)
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University of Oxford: Oxford, Oxfordshire, GB

2010 to 2014 | NSERC Research Fellow (Zoology)
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Education and qualifications (2)

Simon Fraser University: Burnaby, BC, CA

2004 to 2009 | PhD (Biosciences)
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University of Victoria: Victoria, BC, CA

2000 to 2004 | BSc (Honours) (Biology)
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Funding (14)

Host immune suppression as a key adaptation enabling bacterial symbioses

2022-06 to 2025-05 | Grant
BBSRC (London, GB)
URL: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=BB%2FW001632%2F1
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Get by with help from your little friends: explaining defensive symbiont dynamics

2020 to 2023 | Grant
Leverhulme Trust (London, GB)
GRANT_NUMBER:

RPG-2020-211
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Comparative genomics of host-symbiont dependency

2018 to 2020 | Grant
H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (London, GB)
GRANT_NUMBER: MSCA-IF-EF-ST 796778
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The Evolution of Bacterial Mutualism with Eukaryotic Hosts

2016-03-30 to 2022-03-29 | Grant
Natural Environment Research Council (Swindon, GB)
URL: https://app.dimensions.ai/details/grant/grant.4057567
GRANT_NUMBER: NE/M018016/1
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The evolution of beneficial bacterial symbiosis

2014 to 2016 | Grant
H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (Amsterdam, NL)
GRANT_NUMBER: 626616
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Aphid secondary symbionts: a eukaryote horizontal gene pool

2013-04-01 to 2014-03-31 | Grant
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Ottawa, CA)
URL: https://app.dimensions.ai/details/grant/grant.3644428
GRANT_NUMBER: 529753
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Aphid secondary symbionts: a eukaryote horizontal gene pool

2012-04-01 to 2013-03-31 | Grant
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Ottawa, CA)
URL: https://app.dimensions.ai/details/grant/grant.2816996
GRANT_NUMBER: 500814
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Aphid secondary symbionts: a eukaryote horizontal gene pool

2011-04-01 to 2012-03-31 | Grant
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Ottawa, CA)
URL: https://app.dimensions.ai/details/grant/grant.2872916
GRANT_NUMBER: 488410
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Improving aphid parasitoid efficacy ghrough host-species adapted linages

2008-04-01 to 2009-03-31 | Grant
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Ottawa, CA)
URL: https://app.dimensions.ai/details/grant/grant.2908385
GRANT_NUMBER: 399187
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Improving aphid parasitoid efficacy ghrough host-species adapted linages

2007-04-01 to 2008-03-31 | Grant
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Ottawa, CA)
URL: https://app.dimensions.ai/details/grant/grant.2799311
GRANT_NUMBER: 369085
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Improving aphid parasitoid efficacy ghrough host-species adapted linages

2006-04-01 to 2007-03-31 | Grant
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Ottawa, CA)
URL: https://app.dimensions.ai/details/grant/grant.2824154
GRANT_NUMBER: 326914
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Role of the plant-host complex in host-location for parasitoids of the foxglove aphid, Aulcorthnum solani

2005-04-01 to 2006-03-31 | Grant
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Ottawa, CA)
URL: https://app.dimensions.ai/details/grant/grant.2811863
GRANT_NUMBER: 295098
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Role of the plant-host complex in host-location for parasitoids of the foxglove aphid, Aulcorthnum solani

2004-04-01 to 2005-03-31 | Grant
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Ottawa, CA)
URL: https://app.dimensions.ai/details/grant/grant.2802257
GRANT_NUMBER: 272771
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Role of the plant-host complex in host-location for parasitoids of the foxglove aphid, Aulcorthnum solani

2003-04-01 to 2004-03-31 | Grant
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Ottawa, CA)
URL: https://app.dimensions.ai/details/grant/grant.2791196
GRANT_NUMBER: 237358
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Works (22)

Local adaptation to hosts and parasitoids shape <i>Hamiltonella defensa</i> genotypes across aphid species

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
2022-10-26 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2022.1269
Part of ISSN: 0962-8452
Part of ISSN: 1471-2954
Contributors: Taoping Wu; David Monnin; Rene Arum Rafael Lee; Lee Henry
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Convergent evolution of a labile nutritional symbiosis in ants

The ISME Journal
2022-06-14 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41396-022-01256-1
Part of ISSN: 1751-7362
Part of ISSN: 1751-7370
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Lee Henry

Evolution: The Legacy of Endosymbiosis in Ants

Current Biology
2020-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.09.023
Part of ISSN: 0960-9822
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Lee Henry

Parallel Evolution in the Integration of a Co-obligate Aphid Symbiosis

Current Biology
2020-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.03.011
Part of ISSN: 0960-9822
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Lee Henry

Host relatedness influences the composition of aphid microbiomes

Environmental Microbiology Reports
2019-10-20 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/1758-2229.12795
Part of ISSN: 1758-2229
Part of ISSN: 1758-2229
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Symbiont interactions with non-native hosts limit the formation of new symbioses

BMC Evolutionary Biology
2018-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1186/s12862-018-1143-z
Part of ISSN: 1471-2148
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Lee Henry

The evolution of host-symbiont dependence

Nature Communications
2017-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms15973
Part of ISSN: 2041-1723
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Lee Henry

Insect symbionts in food webs

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
2016-09-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2015.0325
Part of ISSN: 0962-8436
Part of ISSN: 1471-2970
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Horizontal transfer of facultative endosymbionts is limited by host relatedness

Evolution
2015-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/evo.12767
Part of ISSN: 0014-3820
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Lee Henry

Insect life history and the evolution of bacterial mutualism

Ecology Letters
2015-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12425
Part of ISSN: 1461-023X
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On the evolution of omnivory in a community context

Ecology and Evolution
2014-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.923
Part of ISSN: 2045-7758
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Lee Henry

Horizontally Transmitted Symbionts and Host Colonization of Ecological Niches

Current Biology
2013-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.07.029
Part of ISSN: 0960-9822
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Lee Henry

Deleterious Mutation Accumulation in Asexual Timema Stick Insects

Molecular Biology and Evolution
2012-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msr237
Part of ISSN: 1537-1719
Part of ISSN: 0737-4038
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Lee Henry

Molecular Evidence for Ancient Asexuality in Timema Stick Insects

Current Biology
2011-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2011.05.026
Part of ISSN: 0960-9822
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Lee Henry

Parasitoids

Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior
2010 | Book chapter
DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-08-045337-8.00291-6
Part of ISBN: 9780080453378
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Lee Henry

Predator identity and the nature and strength of food web interactions

Journal of Animal Ecology
2010-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2010.01723.x
Part of ISSN: 0021-8790
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Host-adapted parasitoids in biological control: Does source matter?

Ecological Applications
2010-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1890/08-1869.1
Part of ISSN: 1051-0761
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Lee Henry

Size-mediated adaptive foraging: a host-selection strategy for insect parasitoids

Oecologia
2009-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-009-1381-2
Part of ISSN: 0029-8549
Part of ISSN: 1432-1939
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Assortative mating and the role of phenotypic plasticity in male competition: implications for gene flow among host-associated parasitoid populations

Biology Letters
2008-10-23 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2008.0369
Part of ISSN: 1744-9561
Part of ISSN: 1744-957X
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HOST-RANGE EVOLUTION IN APHIDIUS PARASITOIDS: FIDELITY, VIRULENCE AND FITNESS TRADE-OFFS ON AN ANCESTRAL HOST

Evolution
2008-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2007.00316.x
Part of ISSN: 0014-3820
Part of ISSN: 1558-5646
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Covariance of phenotypically plastic traits induces an adaptive shift in host selection behaviour

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
2006-11-22 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3672
Part of ISSN: 0962-8452
Part of ISSN: 1471-2954
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Does mother really know best? Oviposition preference reduces reproductive performance in the generalist parasitoid Aphidius ervi

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata
2005-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2005.00318.x
Part of ISSN: 0013-8703
Part of ISSN: 1570-7458
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