Defences against microbial pathogens in fungus-farming termites

The genomics of Podaxis fungal adaptations to life in extreme conditions

Metagenomics of bird-gut microbiota adaptations in Papua New Guinean passerines. Main supervisor:Associate Professor Knud A. Jønsson, Natural History Museum of Denmark.

Comparative metabolomics of termite fungus cultivars and microbial communities

Fungus-growing termite microbiomes: intergenerational transmission and potential conflict between king and queen microbes over transmission

Resistance evolution and persistence of antifungal susceptibility in fungus-farming termites

Adaptations in Podaxis fungi to withstand abiotic and biotic stress. 

The Evolutionary histories, sequence evolution and mode of action of fungal and bacterial antimicrobials in fungus-farming termites.

Drivers of gut microbiota composition in fungus-growing termites.

Ants as ecosystem engineers: changes in soil conditions and greenhouse gas emission. Main supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Flemming Ekelund, Section for Terrestrial Ecology, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen.

 Interactions between bee microbiota components and their relation to environmental compounds.

Haemosporidian parasites of lowland bird communities in forest fragments
with different conservation histories.