Priscilla Akyaw
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abenaakyaw.bsky.social
Priscilla Akyaw
@abenaakyaw.bsky.social
Science apprentice, @IGCiencia ,#Drosophila #infection, #immunity, and #evolution. Saturday is for football ⚽️ Still #MUFC❤
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Special thanks to Sucena Lab at #FCUL (ce3c) for all the discussions and especially to co-authors Tânia Paulo and Elvira Lafuente for their incredible work to put this story out there!
February 6, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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We expect this experimental framework will prove useful in disentangling the relative roles of #diseasetolerance (to pathogen-induced damage) and #resistance during infections, not only in this #host-#pathogen system but across different species
February 6, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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We show that this treatment displays #sexualdimorphism in survival and reduces #fecundity, with both effects heavily influenced by:
1) length of exposure, and
2) Pathogen #virulence
February 6, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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We show that feeding on heat-killed P. entomophila leads to high #fitness costs in Drosophila! 😯
We took advantage of this approach and assessed both survival and reproductive output and discovered both to be deeply impacted by #pathogen-induced #tissue #damage.
February 6, 2025 at 10:48 AM