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Insects remain among the most urgent threats to agriculture and public health, transmitting deadly vector-borne diseases and inflicting billions of dollars in crop losses each year. Traditional control strategies, including chemical insecticides, face declining efficacy due to widespread resistance, ecological disruption, and non-target effects. Addressing this challenge requires innovative approaches rooted in fundamental biology. Increasing evidence suggests that insect-associated microbes profoundly shape sensory systems that underlie feeding, mating, oviposition, and host-seeking behaviors. Yet the molecular, ecological, and translational dimensions of these interactions remain largely undefined. The Sun Lab seeks to establish a comprehensive framework for understanding how microbes and microbial products regulate insect sensory plasticity, and how these interactions are influenced by environmental context and microbial metabolites.\"\"<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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