Justin Michael Crocker
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EditUnderstanding life in its natural context
Fruit flies as a platform for ecological developmental biology and environmental exposure.
Insect biomass is declining across the globe at an alarming rate. Climate change and the widespread use of pesticides have been hypothesized as two underlying drivers. However, the lack of systematic experimental studies across chemicals and species limits our causal understanding of this problem. Here, we employed a chemical library encompassing 1024 different molecules—including insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, and inhibitors of plant growth—to investigate how insect populations are affected by varying concentrations of pesticides, focusing on sublethal doses.
Christian Tischer, EMBL Heidelberg
Zimmermann-Kogadeeva group, EMBL Heidelberg
Savitski team, EMBL Heidelberg
Zimmermann group, EMBL Heidelberg
Jean-Baptiste Masson lab, Institut Pasteur
Victoria Ingham group, Heidelberg University Hospital
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