Shelley A. Adamo

Halifax, NS, Canada

Last Updated: 09/26/2026

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Muscling in on immunity: the role of muscle in the insect immune response, demonstrating the value of a whole organism perspective.

Muscling in on immunity: the role of muscle in the insect immune response, demonstrating the value of a whole organism perspective.

Journal: Frontiers in immunology

Published: November 19, 2025

Warming, but not infection with Borrelia burgdorferi, increases off-host winter activity in the ectoparasite, Ixodes scapularis.

Warming, but not infection with Borrelia burgdorferi, increases off-host winter activity in the ectoparasite, Ixodes scapularis.

Journal: Journal of thermal biology

Published: February 13, 2024

Muscle in the caterpillar Manduca sexta responds to an immune challenge, but at a cost, suggesting a physiological trade-off.

Muscle in the caterpillar Manduca sexta responds to an immune challenge, but at a cost, suggesting a physiological trade-off.

Journal: The Journal of experimental biology

Published: March 24, 2023

From perplexing to predictive: are we ready to forecast insect disease susceptibility in a warming world?

From perplexing to predictive: are we ready to forecast insect disease susceptibility in a warming world?

Journal: The Journal of experimental biology

Published: February 24, 2023

Manduca sexta caterpillars parasitized by the wasp Cotesia congregata stop chewing despite an intact motor system.

Manduca sexta caterpillars parasitized by the wasp Cotesia congregata stop chewing despite an intact motor system.

Journal: The Journal of experimental biology

Published: February 22, 2023

Female ticks (Ixodes scapularis) infected with Borrelia burgdorferi have increased overwintering survival, with implications for tick population growth.

Female ticks (Ixodes scapularis) infected with Borrelia burgdorferi have increased overwintering survival, with implications for tick population growth.

Journal: Insect science

Published: January 31, 2023

The Integrated Defense System: Optimizing Defense against Predators, Pathogens, and Poisons.

The Integrated Defense System: Optimizing Defense against Predators, Pathogens, and Poisons.

Journal: Integrative and comparative biology

Published: January 27, 2022

Friend or foe? Effects of host immune activation on the gut microbiome in the caterpillar Manduca sexta.

Friend or foe? Effects of host immune activation on the gut microbiome in the caterpillar Manduca sexta.

Journal: The Journal of experimental biology

Published: April 09, 2020

Listening to your gut: immune challenge to the gut sensitizes body wall nociception in the caterpillar Manduca sexta.

Listening to your gut: immune challenge to the gut sensitizes body wall nociception in the caterpillar Manduca sexta.

Journal: Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences

Published: September 24, 2019

Immunity for nothing and the eggs for free: Apparent lack of both physiological trade-offs and terminal reproductive investment in female crickets (Gryllus texensis).

Immunity for nothing and the eggs for free: Apparent lack of both physiological trade-offs and terminal reproductive investment in female crickets (Gryllus texensis).

Journal: PloS one

Published: December 12, 2018

Eating when ill is risky: immune defense impairs food detoxification in the caterpillar Manduca sexta.

Eating when ill is risky: immune defense impairs food detoxification in the caterpillar Manduca sexta.

Journal: The Journal of experimental biology

Published: October 31, 2017

A viral aphrodisiac in the cricket Gryllus texensis.

A viral aphrodisiac in the cricket Gryllus texensis.

Journal: The Journal of experimental biology

Published: March 15, 2014

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Last Updated: 09/26/2026