Nasonia Labs

Listed Below are some scientists who use Nasonia in research, their general areas of interest, and contact information.

Leo W. Beukeboom
Prof. Dr. Leo W. Beukeboom
Evolutionary Genetics Group
Department of Genetics
Biological Centre
University of Groningen
Email: L.W.Beukeboom@biol.rug.nl
Website:
Research area: Evolutionary genetics of sex determination and speciation in Nasonia and other Hymenoptera.

Christine R. B. Boake
Professor and Associate Head
Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Dabney 569
The University of Tennessee
Knoxville TN 37996-1610
Email: cboake@utk.edu
Website: http://www.bio.utk.edu/eebwebsi.nsf/pages/boake

Candace Collmer
Associate Professor of Biology
Biological & Chemical Sciences
Wells College
Aurora, New York 13026
Email: ccollmer@wells.edu
Website: http://aurora.wells.edu/~ccollmer/research.html

David Denlinger
Department of Entomology, Ohio State University, 1735 Neil Avenue,
Columbus, OH 43210- 1220
phone: (614) 292-8209
fax: (614) 292-7865
Email: Denlinger.1@osu.edu
Website: http://iris.biosci.ohio-state.edu/osuent/personnel/denlinger.html

Stephanie L. Fabritius
Professor of Biology
Southwestern University
Georgetown, Texas 78627
Email: fabritis@southwestern.edu

Juergen Gadau
Universität Wuerzburg- Biozentrum
Zoologie II Am Hubland
97074 Wuerzburg
Germany
Email: Jgadau@biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de
Website: http://www.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/zoo2/gadau/gadau.html
Research area: Evolutionary genetics in Nasonia and other Hymenoptera- the genetic basis of hybrid breakdown and and adaptive traits.

Bethia King
Montgomery Hall 446
Department of Biological Sciences
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL 60225 USA
Email: bking@niu.edu
Website: http://www.bios.niu.edu/bking/bking.html
Website Nasonia: http://www.bios.niu.edu/bking/nasonia.htm
Research Area: Behavior, learning and sex ratios in parasitoid wasps.

Bob Lalonde
Department of Biology
Okanagan University College
3333 College Way,
Kelowna, B.C. V1V 1V7
Canada
Website: http://www.sci.ouc.bc.ca/biol/lalonde.html
Research Area: Egg size and fitness in Nasonia

Steven Orzack
The Fresh Pond Research Institute
64 Fairfield Street
Cambridge, MA. 02140
Email: orzack@mail.freshpond.org
Website: http://www.freshpond.org/
Research area: Ecology and genetics of sex ratio evolution in Nasonia

Mary Anne Pultz & David Leaf
Biology Department
Western Washington University
Bellingham, WA 98225-9160
Email: pultz@biol.wwu.edu
Website: in preparation
Research area: Molecular and developmental genetics of antero-posterior
patterning in Nasonia embryos.

Dave Rivers
Associate Professor
Department of Biology
Loyola College in Maryland
4501 North Charles Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21210
Email: drivers@loyola.edu
Website: http://www.loyola.edu/biology/rivers/
Research Area: Biochemical adaptations and mode of action of venom in Nasonia

Bill Sullivan
Uyen Tram (Postdoc)
UC Santa Cruz
Department of Biology
319 Sinsheimer Labs
Santa Cruz, CA 95064
Email: sullivan@biology.ucsc.edu (Bill Sullivan); tram@biology.ucsc.edu (Uyen Tram)
Website: http://www.biology.ucsc.edu/people/sullivan/
Research area: Origin of centrosomes in parthenogenetic insects, including Nasonia.

John (Jack) Werren
Biology Department
University of Rochester
Rochester, N.Y. 14627
Email: werr@mail.Rochester.edu
Website: http://www.rochester.edu/College/BIO/labs/WerrenLab/index.html
Research Area: Evolutionary, ecological and behavioral genetics of Nasonia

Stuart West
I.C.A.P.B.
University of Edinburgh
King's Buildings
West Mains Road
Edinburgh EH9 3JT
Scotland UK
Email: Stu.West@ed.ac.uk
Website: http://helios.bto.ed.ac.uk/icapb/people/s_west.html
Research Area: The evolution of reproductive and life history strategies in Nasonia and other parasitoid wasps.

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