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Defensive chemistry in insect symbioses

How ant-associated bacteria make molecules that protect the colony against parasitic fungi.

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Goals

Plant–pathogen interaction

Which molecules fungi use to infect fruit after harvest, and how the plant responds.

Methods

Mass spectrometry imaging to see where each molecule appears when two microbes meet.

Natural products

Growing microbes together so they make molecules that don't appear when they grow alone.