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Micro-allies during mega-crisis? The role of the microbiome in insect community responses to climate change

2021/43/B/NZ8/03376

Keywords:

biodiversity climate crisis insects symbiosis microbiome adaptation

Descriptors:

  • NZ8_004:
  • NZ8_001:
  • NZ2_008:

Panel:

NZ8 - Evolutionary and environmental biology: evolution, ecology, population biology, biodiversity, biogeography

Host institution :

Uniwersytet Jagielloński, Wydział Biologii

woj. małopolskie

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

dr hab. Piotr Łukasik 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 5

Call: OPUS 22 - announced on 2021-09-15

Amount awarded: 2 997 790 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2022-09-01

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2027-08-31

Project duration:: 60 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Pending project

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  • Publication in academic press/journals (4)
  1. Implementing high-throughput insect barcoding in microbiome studies: impact of non-destructive DNA extraction on microbiome reconstruction
    Authors:
    Veronika Andriienko, Mateusz Buczek, Rudolf Meierm Amrita Srivathsan, Piotr Łukasik, Michał R. Kolasa
    Academic press:
    PeerJ (rok: 2024, tom: 12, strony: e18025), Wydawca: Taylor & Francis
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.7717/peerj.18025 - link to the publication
  2. With a little help from my friends: the roles of microbial symbionts in insect populations and communities
    Authors:
    Piotr Łukasik, Michał Kolasa
    Academic press:
    Philosophical Transactions of Royal Society B (rok: 2024, tom: 379, strony: 20230122), Wydawca: Royal Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1098/rstb.2023.0122 - link to the publication
  3. What lurks in the dark? - An innovative framework for studying diverse wild insect microbiota.
    Authors:
    Nowak K.H., Hartop E., Prus-Frankowska M., Buczek M., Kolasa M., Roslin T., Ovaskainen O., Łukasik P.
    Academic press:
    Microbiome (rok: 2025, tom: 13, strony: 186), Wydawca: BMC / Springer Nature
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1186/s40168-025-02169-9 - link to the publication
  4. Dissecting multitrophic interactions: The relationships among Entomophthora, their dipteran hosts, and associated bacteria.
    Authors:
    Płoszka Z., Nowak K.H., Tischer M., Michalik A., Kolasa M.R., Łukasik P.
    Academic press:
    Journal of Invertebrate Pathology (rok: 2025, tom: 213, strony: 108425), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.jip.2025.108425 - link to the publication