University of KwaZulu-Natal
College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science (CAES)
School of Life Sciences
Westville Campus
Durban, South Africa
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät I
06099 Halle (Saale)
Germany
 | hmg.lattorff@gmail.com |
I'm interested in certain characteristics of insect societies, particularly reproductive division of labour and defences against pathogens. I'm studying worker reproduction in order to understand the evolution of the sterile worker caste, mainly using honeybees as a model system. Furthermore, I'm interested in the genetic basis of disease resistance, the plasticity in the activation of immune responses and the evolutionary forces driving immune gene evolution at the molecular level. We are also studying social context dependent gene expression changes in social insects with particular emphasis on bumblebees.
Recently, I became interested in pollination and diversity of wild and managed pollinators, especially within the African context, my current work area.
Current Editorial Positions:
Managing Editor, International Journal of Tropical Insect Science
Associate Editor, Arthropod-Plant Interactions
Associate Editor, Frontiers in Insect Science
Recommender, Peer Community in Zoology (PCI Zoology)
Guest Editor, PLoS Pathogens
Guest Editor, microorganisms
Education:
Habilitation, Zoology, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Germany, 2013
PhD, Biology, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Germany, 2005
Dipl.-Biol. (MSc equivalent), Zoology & Genetics, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Germany, 2000
Recently, I became interested in pollination and diversity of wild and managed pollinators, especially within the African context, my current work area.
Current Editorial Positions:
Managing Editor, International Journal of Tropical Insect Science
Associate Editor, Arthropod-Plant Interactions
Associate Editor, Frontiers in Insect Science
Recommender, Peer Community in Zoology (PCI Zoology)
Guest Editor, PLoS Pathogens
Guest Editor, microorganisms
Education:
Habilitation, Zoology, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Germany, 2013
PhD, Biology, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Germany, 2005
Dipl.-Biol. (MSc equivalent), Zoology & Genetics, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Germany, 2000
