Dr. Michael Lattorff, Scientist for Bee Health | Pollination | Host-parasite interaction
Full First Name(s)
Michael
Title (honorific)
Prof
Academic Qualifications
Habilitation (2013, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany); PhD (2005, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany); MSc (2000, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany)
Brief Biography (English)

Dr Michael Lattorff is interested in certain characteristics of insect societies, particularly the reproductive division of labour and defences against pathogens. He is interested in: 1) worker reproduction in order to understand the evolution of the sterile worker caste, 2) the genetic basis of disease resistance, 3) plasticity in the activation of immune responses, 4) the evolutionary forces driving immune gene evolution at the molecular level, 5) social context-dependent gene expression changes in social insects, 6) feedback of the microbiome to the health of insects, 7) utilization of microbiomes for environmental monitoring, 8) agroecological methods to support ecosystem services, and 9) pollination biology and plant-pollinator-interactions.

Job Title
Associate Professor
Primary Organisation
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Website Address for Primary Organisation
African Country
South Africa
African Region
Southern Africa
Non-African country/countries of residing and working (present & past)
Germany

Prof. Michael Lattorff, Associate Professor in Parasitology at UKZN, Durban, South Africa