Dr. Benjamin Sadd
Associate Professor of Infectious Disease Ecology
School of Biological Sciences
Office
Felmley Hall Annex FSA 337
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- About
- Education
- Research
Current Courses
299Independent Honor Study
499Independent Research For The Master's Thesis
499Independent Research For The Master's Thesis
287Independent Study
290Research In Biological Sciences
599Research In The Biological Sciences
196Biological Diversity
495Graduate Research In Biological Sciences
299Independent Honor Study
499Independent Research For The Master's Thesis
499Independent Research For The Master's Thesis Last Term
499Independent Research For The Master's Thesis Last Term
599Research In The Biological Sciences
599Research In The Biological Sciences Final Term
Teaching Interests & Areas
Ecology,
Evolution,
Infectious Disease,
Ecological immunology,
Entomology
Research Interests & Areas
Host-parasite evolutionary ecology; host immune defence evolution; host-beneficial microbe interactions; ecological immunology; pollinator health
Ph D Natural Sciences
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH)
Zurich, Switzerland
MS Zoology
University of Sheffield
United Kingdom
Journal Article
Fauser, A, Sandrock, C, Neumann, P & Sadd, BM (2017) Neonicotinoids override a parasite exposure impact on hibernation success of a key bumblebee pollinator. Ecological Entomology, 42, 306-314
Palackdharry, S, Sadd, BM, Vogel, LA & Bowden, RM (2017) The effect of environmental temperature on reptilian peripheral blood B cell functions. Hormones and Behavior, 88, 87-94
Palmer-Young, EC, Sadd, BM, Irwin, RE & Adler, LS (2017) Synergistic effects of floral phytochemicals against a bumble bee parasite. Ecology and Evolution, 7, 1836-1849
Palmer‐Young, EC, Sadd, BM & Adler, LS (2017) Evolution of resistance to single and combined floral phytochemicals by a bumble bee parasite. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 30, 300-312
Barribeau, SM, Schmid-Hempel, P & Sadd, BM (2016) Royal decree: gene expression in trans-generationally immune primed bumblebee workers mimics a primary immune response. PLOS ONE 11: e0159635
Palmer-Young, EC, Sadd, BM, Stevenson, PC, Irwin, RE & Adler, LS (2016) Bumble bee parasite strains vary in resistance to phytochemicals. Scientific Reports, 6
Sadd, BM, Barribeau SM, Bloch G, de Graaf DC, Dearden P, Elsik CG, et al. (2015) The genomes of two key bumblebee species with primitive eusocial organization. Genome Biology, 16, 76
Barribeau, SM, Sadd, BM, du Plessis, L, Brown, MJF, Buechel, SD, Cappelle, K, et al. (2015) A depauperate immune repertoire precedes evolution of sociality in bees. Genome Biology, 16, 83
Duffield, K.R., Hunt, J., Rapkin, J., Sadd, B.M. and S. K. Sakaluk. 2015. Terminal investment in the gustatory appeal of nuptial food gifts in crickets. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 28: 1872-1881.
Rahnamaeian, M, Cytrynska, M, Zdybicka-Barabas, A, Dobslaff, K, Wiesner, J, Twyman, R, Züchner, T, Sadd, BM, Regoes, R, Schmid-Hempel, P & Vilcinskas, A (2015) Insect antimicrobial peptides show potentiating functional interactions against Gram-negative bacteria. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 282, 201550293
*Fauser-Misslin, A, *Sadd, BM, Neumann, P & Sandrock, C (2014) Influence of combined pesticide and parasite exposure on bumblebee colony traits in the laboratory. Journal of Applied Ecology, 51, 450-459 *Joint first authors
Barribeau, SM, Sadd, BM, du Plessis, L & Schmid-Hempel, P (2014) Gene expression differences underlying genotype-by-genotype specificity in a host-parasite system. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 111, 3496-3501
Sadd, BM & Barribeau, SM (2013) Heterogeneity in infection outcome: lessons from a bumblebee-trypanosome system. Parasite Immunology, 35, 339-349
Antonovics, J, Boots, M, Ebert, D, Koskella, B, Poss, M & Sadd, BM (2012) The origin of specificity by means of natural selection: evolved and non-host resistance in host-pathogen interactions. Evolution, 67, 1-9
Cisarovsky, G, Schmid-Hempel, P & Sadd, BM (2012) Robustness of the outcome of adult bumblebee infection with a trypanosome parasite after varied parasite exposures during larval development. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 25, 1053-1059
Sadd, BM (2011) Food-environment mediates specific interactions between a bumblebee and its trypanosome parasite. Evolution, 65, 2995-3001
Sadd, BM & Schmid-Hempel P (2009) Principles of Ecological Immunology. Evolutionary Applications, 2, 113-121
Sadd, BM & Schmid-Hempel, P (2009) A distinct infection cost associated with trans-generational priming of antibacterial immunity in bumblebees. Biology Letters, 5, 798-801
Otti, O & Sadd, BM (2008) Parental guidance? Trans-generational influences on offspring life-history in mosquitoes. Trends in Parasitology, 24,197-199
Sadd, BM & Schmid-Hempel, P (2006) Insect immunity shows specificity in protection on secondary pathogen exposure. Current Biology, 16, 1206-1210
Sadd, BM & Siva-Jothy, MT (2006) Self-harm caused by an insect’s innate immunity. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 273, 2571-2574
Sadd, BM et al. (2005) Trans-generational immune priming in a social insect. Biology Letters, 1, 386-388
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