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Oct 141 min read

A Borate Gut Punch to the Termites!

I’m excited to share our latest publication in the Journal of Economic Entomology: Lethal disruption of the bacterial gut community in...

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Aram Mikaelyan

Mar 261 min read

How have insects come to feed on wood?

🎉 More Exciting News! Our paper "Chewing through challenges: Exploring the evolutionary pathways to wood-feeding in insects" has been...

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Aram Mikaelyan

Mar 261 min read

Support more formal STEM outreach!

Excited to announce our latest publication, "Scaling the Wall: Overcoming Barriers to STEM Knowledge Mobilization,"🌟 a collaborative...

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Aram Mikaelyan

Mar 251 min read

Freeze-drying on entomopathogen viability and virulence

Thrilled to announce our latest publication in Biocontrol Science and Technology! 🌍🔬 This research showcases the power of international...

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Aram Mikaelyan

Mar 11 min read

Mike Welsh joins the M-lab!

Please join us in warmly welcoming Michael Welsh, our new part-time technician who brings a fascinating interest in entomopathogens and...

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Aram Mikaelyan

Feb 81 min read

Arsenophonus manuscript published in insects!

Exciting News: Our Latest Paper on the Genome of Arsenophonus sp. and Its Role in Corn Planthoppers Published in the journal 'Insects'!...

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Aram Mikaelyan

Nov 27, 20231 min read

NSF-I-Corps Award: Catalyzing a New Era in Methane Reduction and Sustainable Farming

We're thrilled to share that our lab, in partnership with Elysia Bio, has received the esteemed NSF-I-Corps award, which will enhance our...

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Aram Mikaelyan

Nov 21, 20231 min read

Marissa defends M.S. dissertation!

Congratulations to Marissa Cole on the successful defense of her M.S. dissertation – a remarkable achievement!! 🎉

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Aram Mikaelyan

Sep 14, 20232 min read

How do panesthiine cockroaches digest wood?

Schwarz, M.; Tokuda, G.; Osaki, H.; Mikaelyan, A. Reevaluating Symbiotic Digestion in Cockroaches: Unveiling the Hindgut’s Contribution...

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Aug 31, 20231 min read

Haruka joins the lab!

Haruka Osaki joins the lab as a JSPS postdoctoral fellow! Haruka is enthusiastic about the evolution of social behavior in insects!

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Aram Mikaelyan

Aug 31, 20231 min read

School curricula from the lab based on insect microbiology!

🔬 Excited to share our recent contributions to the International Microbiology Literacy Initiative (IMLI)! 1️⃣ Mikaelyan, A., Torres, T....

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Aram Mikaelyan

Aug 22, 20231 min read

"Lower" and "Higher" Termites - let's not do this anymore...

Led by Tiago Carrijo, our latest commentary in Insectes Sociaux has just been published 🐜📖 Carrijo, T. F., Engel, M. S., Chouvenc, T.,...

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Aram Mikaelyan

Aug 22, 20231 min read

Controlling the larger grain borer using Beauveria

We're thrilled to announce the publication of our collaborative study on controlling the larger grain borer (Prostephanus truncatus) a...

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Paper on Symbiotic Wood Digestion in Beetles published!🎉

Aram Mikaelyan

Jun 12, 20231 min read

Paper on Symbiotic Wood Digestion in Beetles published!🎉

Delighted to share the publication of a our study on symbiotic wood digestion in the bess beetle Odontotaenius disjunctus, conducted by...

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Aram Mikaelyan

Jun 4, 20231 min read

Melbert Schwarz defends his PhD! 🎉

Melbert has crossed the finish line, successfully defending his thesis! 🎓🍾 Here's to your future, Melbot!🤖 We know it will be as...

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Aram Mikaelyan

May 28, 20231 min read

Welcome Autumn and Sydney!

NCSU undergrads Autumn Sylvestri and Sydney Baker join the lab as BeeMORE REEU fellows! Autumn will be working on developing...

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Aram Mikaelyan

Mar 13, 20231 min read

Mavis and Clara join the lab!

Mavis Acheampong and Clara Tyson join the lab! Mavis is a lecturer at the University of Ghana and a USDA-FAS visiting fellow in our lab!...

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Aram Mikaelyan

Aug 25, 20221 min read

Beauveria paper!

We just published a collaborative study with the Schal lab on how Beauveria infects bedbugs and cockroaches: Ashbrook, A. R., Mikaelyan,...

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Oct 28, 20211 min read

The power of poop!

Marissa Cole publishes an awesome minireview in collaboration with Javier Ceja-Navarro on the role of the insect feces in the evolution...

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Aram Mikaelyan

Oct 23, 20211 min read

Spooky comes to the M-lab!

Last evening, our knives tortured six pumpkins and gave them personalities!

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