At the moment, I am an assistant professor at the University of Central Florida. My lab studies parasites that change the behavior of their hosts. Nature harbors quite some bizarre examples of parasites that evolved the ability manipulate. Faculty and Research Biology Charissa de Bekker Associate Professor Email Phone Office Biological Sciences, BIO435 E-mail
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Charissa de Bekker, PhD. I am an assistant professor in the Department of Biology at UCF. My research focuses around zombie-making parasites by asking what strategies certain parasites use to change animal behavior and how animal behavioral pathways are affected at the molecular level by these parasites. PI: Charissa de Bekker, PhD The natural world around us has always fascinated me: from large mammals, to small insects, to micron-sized microbes. This inherent interest motivated me to study biology. During my Bachelor studies, I thought I would specialise in animal behaviour. Charissa de Bekker, PhD Principal Investigator Charissa is an assistant professor in the Biology Department and a member of the Genomics and Bioinformatics Cluster at UCF. For more information about Charissa click here. Or follow her on Twitter @CharissaB Postdoctoral Researchers William Beckerson, PhD NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellow Charissa de bekker University of Central Florida | UCF · Department of Biology PhD Connect with experts in your field Join ResearchGate to contact this researcher and connect with your scientific.
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ORCID record for Charissa de Bekker. ORCID provides an identifier for individuals to use with their name as they engage in research, scholarship, and innovation activities. I am interested in the complexity of fungi displayed by their very dynamic transcriptome and metabolome. I currently study heterogeneous mechanisms employed by the entomopathogenic fungus. Assistant Professor Utrecht University sep. 2022 - heden 1 jaar 4 maanden Utrecht, Netherlands University of Central Florida 7 jaar 1 maand Adjunct Associate Professor aug. 2022 - heden 1 jaar 5. In: G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics 10(7), 2275-2296 26 de Bekker, C. (2019): Ophiocordyceps-ant interactions as an integrative model to understand the molecular basis of parasitic behavioral… Continue reading
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Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Central Florida, College of Sciences, Department of Biology. Assistant Professor - tenure and promotion to Associate Professor earned April 2022 - University of Central Florida, Genomics and Bioinformatics Cluster. Dr. A.M. (Charissa) de Bekker Assistant Professor Science Biology Environmental Biology Molecular Microbiology +31 30 253 2999
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Dr. Charissa de Bekker Assistant Professor, University of Central Florida. When: August 28, 2020 at Noon Where: Seminar will be presented via Zoom Title: Connecting phenomes with functional genomes in ants, manipulated by a fungal parasite Charissa de Bekker 1 , Biplabendu Das 1 Affiliation 1 Department of Biology and Genomics and Bioinformatics Cluster, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA. PMID: 35103986 PMCID: PMC9287076 DOI: 10.1111/pim.12909 Abstract Ophiocordyceps fungi manipulate ant behaviour as a transmission strategy..
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Since 2016, biology Assistant Professor Charissa de Bekker has been studying zombie ants in UCF's Parasitic Behavior Manipulation Lab and the phenomenon that occurs when a fungal infection takes over the ants' brains, kills the insects and uses their bodies to grow more parasites. Oct. 24, 2019 Evolutionary biologists retrace the history of life in all its wondrous forms. Some search for the origin of our species. Others hunt for the origin of birds. On Thursday, a team of.
