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Overview

Nathan Lo is a researcher affiliated with the University of Sydney in Australia. Their work primarily spans across Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The subfields reflected in their research include Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Insect Science, Molecular Biology, and Ecology.

The main topics covered by Nathan Lo's research encompass:

  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • Fossil Insects in Amber
  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies

Nathan Lo has published multiple papers in notable venues. Some recent significant publications include:

  • "The functional evolution of termite gut microbiota" (2022), published in Microbiome
  • "Increased Mutation Rate Is Linked to Genome Reduction in Prokaryotes" (2020), published in Current Biology
  • "Unmapped RNA Virus Diversity in Termites and Their Symbionts" (2020), published in Viruses
  • "Genomic data provide insights into the classification of extant termites" (2024), published in Nature Communications
  • "A pragmatic approach for integrating molecular tools into biodiversity conservation" (2023), published in Conservation Science and Practice

The researcher frequently collaborates with others in their field. Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Thomas Bourguignon
  • Simon Y. W. Ho
  • Yukihiro Kinjo
  • Harley A. Rose
  • Kyle M. Ewart

Nathan Lo publishes regularly in various venues, with the most contributions in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Systematic Entomology
  • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
  • Ecology and Evolution
  • Austral Entomology

Best Publications

  • Scientific and ethical basis for social-distancing interventions against COVID-19.

    Joseph A Lewnard;Nathan C Lo

  • Biology of Termites: A Modern Synthesis

    David Edward Bignell;Yves Roisin;Nathan Lo

  • A cellulase gene of termite origin

    Hirofumi Watanabe;Hiroaki Noda;Gaku Tokuda;Nathan Lo

  • Polyphenism in insects.

    Stephen J. Simpson;Gregory A. Sword;Nathan Lo

  • Evidence from multiple gene sequences indicates that termites evolved from wood-feeding cockroaches

    Nathan Lo;Gaku Tokuda;Hirofumi Watanabe;Harley Rose

  • How Many Wolbachia Supergroups Exist

    Nathan Lo;Maurizio Casiraghi;Emanuela Salati;Chiara Bazzocchi

  • Nature versus nurture in social insect caste differentiation.

    Tanja Schwander;Nathan Lo;Madeleine Beekman;Benjamin P. Oldroyd

  • The Evolutionary History of Termites as Inferred from 66 Mitochondrial Genomes

    Thomas Bourguignon;Nathan Lo;Stephen L. Cameron;Jan Šobotník

  • The risk of tuberculosis in children after close exposure: a systematic review and individual-participant meta-analysis

    Leonardo Martinez;Olivia Cords;C Robert Horsburgh;Jason R Andrews

  • Ants and termites increase crop yield in a dry climate.

    Theodore A. Evans;Tracy Z. Dawes;Philip R. Ward;Nathan Lo

  • 'Candidatus Midichloria mitochondrii', an endosymbiont of the tick Ixodes ricinus with a unique intramitochondrial lifestyle

    Davide Sassera;Tiziana Beninati;Claudio Bandi;Edwin A. P. Bouman

  • Evidence for Cocladogenesis Between Diverse Dictyopteran Lineages and Their Intracellular Endosymbionts

    Nathan Lo;Claudio Bandi;Hirofumi Watanabe;Christine Nalepa

  • Phylogeny of Wolbachia pipientis based on gltA, groEL and ftsZ gene sequences: clustering of arthropod and nematode symbionts in the F supergroup, and evidence for further diversity in the Wolbachia tree.

    M. Casiraghi;S. R. Bordenstein;L. Baldo;N. Lo

  • Taxonomic status of the intracellular bacterium Wolbachia pipientis.

    Nathan Lo;C Paraskevopoulos;K Bourtzis;Scott Leslie O'Neill

  • Public Health and Economic Consequences of Vaccine Hesitancy for Measles in the United States

    Nathan C Lo;Peter J Hotez

  • Mosaic Nature of the Wolbachia Surface Protein

    Laura Baldo;Nathan Lo;John H. Werren

  • New insights into the evolution of Wolbachia infections in filarial nematodes inferred from a large range of screened species.

    Emanuele Ferri;Odile Bain;Michela Barbuto;Coralie Martin

  • A Call to Strengthen the Global Strategy Against Schistosomiasis and Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis: The Time Is Now

    Nathan C. Lo;David G. Addiss;Peter J. Hotez;Peter J. Hotez;Peter J. Hotez;Charles Harding King

  • ErratumPolyphenism in Insects

    Stephen J. Simpson;Gregory A. Sword;Nathan Lo

  • Taxonomic Note Taxonomic status of the intracellular bacterium Wolbachia pipientis

    N. Lo;C. Paraskevopoulos;K. Bourtzis;J. H. Werren

Frequent Co-Authors

Simon Y. W. Ho
Simon Y. W. Ho University of Sydney
Theodore A. Evans
Theodore A. Evans University of Western Australia
Jürg Utzinger
Jürg Utzinger University of Basel
Claudio Bandi
Claudio Bandi University of Milan
Stephen L. Cameron
Stephen L. Cameron Purdue University West Lafayette
Sanjay Basu
Sanjay Basu Stanford University
Jan Šobotník
Jan Šobotník Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
Jennifer Keiser
Jennifer Keiser Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
Yves Roisin
Yves Roisin Université Libre de Bruxelles
Peter J. Hotez
Peter J. Hotez Baylor College of Medicine

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