A metatranscriptomic analysis of diseased social wasps (Vespula vulgaris) for pathogens, with an experimental infection of larvae and nests.

by Oliver Quinn, Monica A M Gruber, Robert L Brown, James W Baty, Mariana Bulgarella, Philip J Lester
Published 2018-01-01

A Diverse Viral Community from Predatory Wasps in Their Native and Invaded Range, with a New Virus Infectious to Honey Bees

by Emily J. Remnant, James W. Baty, Mariana Bulgarella, Jana Dobelmann, Oliver Quinn, Monica A. M. Gruber, Philip J. Lester
Published 2021-07-01

Native and introduced Argentine ant populations are characterised by distinct transcriptomic signatures associated with behaviour and immunity

by Antoine Felden, Carolina Paris, David G. Chapple, Andrew V. Suarez, Neil D. Tsutsui, Philip J. Lester, Monica A. M. Gruber
Published 2019-08-01

Single-stranded RNA viruses infecting the invasive Argentine ant, Linepithema humile

by Monica A. M. Gruber, Meghan Cooling, James W. Baty, Kevin Buckley, Anna Friedlander, Oliver Quinn, Jessica F. E. J. Russell, Alexandra Sébastien, Philip J. Lester
Published 2017-06-01

No evidence of enemy release in pathogen and microbial communities of common wasps (Vespula vulgaris) in their native and introduced range.

by Philip J Lester, Peter J Bosch, Monica A M Gruber, Eugene A Kapp, Lifeng Peng, Evan C Brenton-Rule, Joe Buchanan, Wlodek L Stanislawek, Michael Archer, Juan C Corley, Maitè Masciocchi, Annette Van Oystaeyen, Tom Wenseleers
Published 2015-01-01

High-Quality Assemblies for Three Invasive Social Wasps from the Vespula Genus

by Thomas W. R. Harrop, Joseph Guhlin, Gemma M. McLaughlin, Elizabeth Permina, Peter Stockwell, Josh Gilligan, Marissa F. Le Lec, Monica A. M. Gruber, Oliver Quinn, Mackenzie Lovegrove, Elizabeth J. Duncan, Emily J. Remnant, Jens Van Eeckhoven, Brittany Graham, Rosemary A. Knapp, Kyle W. Langford, Zev Kronenberg, Maximilian O. Press, Stephen M. Eacker, Erin E. Wilson-Rankin, Jessica Purcell, Philip J. Lester, Peter K. Dearden
Published 2020-10-01