Black bean aphids Aphis fabae feeding from a leaf of Euonymus europeaus
We can answer this question by integrative physiology, the discipline which seeks to explain how the whole organism functions in terms of the interactions among genes, proteins and metabolites.
The main foci of our research are
nutritional physiology and the
role of symbiotic microorganisms in insect nutrition.
The Douglas Lab is part of The Sarkaria Institute for Insect Physiology and Toxicology.
