Host-Microbe Interactions Laboratory
People
The laboratory is currently composed of the group Leader, one lab manager, three post-docs, three PhD students, and three lab technicians.
Please contact us if you are interested in our research and joining us.
The team of the Host-Microbe Interactions laboratory in 2023.
Selected Publications
Duarte, E. H., Carvalho, A., López-Madrigal, S., Teixeira, L. 2021. Forward Genetics in Wolbachia: Regulation of Wolbachia proliferation by the amplification and deletion of an addictive genomic island. PLoS Genetics 17, e1009612
Chrostek, E., N. Martins, E., Marialva, M. S., Teixeira, L. 2021. Wolbachia-conferred antiviral protection is determined by developmental temperature. mBio 12, e02923-20
Pais, I. S., Valente, R. S., Sporniak, M., Teixeira, L. 2018. Drosophila melanogaster establishes a species-specific mutualistic interaction with stable gut-colonizing bacteria. PLoS Biol. 16, e2005710
Ferreira, A.G, Naylor, H., Esteves, S.E., Pais, I.S., Martins, N.E., and Teixeira, L. 2014. The Toll-Dorsal pathway is required for resistance to viral oral infection in Drosophila. PLoS Pathog. 10(12), e1004507
Chrostek, E., Marialva, M. S. P., Esteves, S. S., Weinert, L. A., Martinez, J., Jiggins, F. M., and Teixeira, L. 2013. Wolbachia Variants Induce Differential Protection to Viruses in Drosophila melanogaster: A Phenotypic and Phylogenomic Analysis. PLoS Genetics, 9(12), e1003896
Teixeira, L., Ferreira, A., and Ashburner, M. 2008. The Bacterial Symbiont Wolbachia Induces Resistance to RNA Viral Infections in Drosophila melanogaster. Plos Biol 6(12): e2