Charissa de Bekker

University of Applied Sciences Utrecht — Netherlands

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior(46), Entomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest Control(29), Fungal Biology and Applications(14), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research(13), Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences(13)

Publications74 total

From omics to enhanced fungal virulence: overexpression of a putative secreted protein improves <scp> <i>Beauveria bassiana</i> </scp> biocontrol potential against the insect pest <scp> <i>Piezodorus guildinii</i> </scp>
Pest Management Science·2025
The First of Us: <i>Ophiocordyceps</i> use a novel scramblase-binding peptide to manipulate zombie ants
2025Open Access
Insect circadian plasticity as a proposed target for the expression of parasite extended phenotypes
npj Biological Timing and Sleep·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
From omics to enhanced fungal virulence: Overexpression of a putative secreted protein improves <i>Beauveria bassiana</i> biocontrol potential against the insect pests <i>Piezodorus guildinii</i> and <i>Tenebrio molitor</i>
2025· 1 cited
A biosynthetic survey of biocontrol fungi
2025Open Access
Invasion of the four kingdoms: the parasite journey across plant and non‐plant hosts
Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society·2024· 6 cited
Consequences of “zombie-making” and generalist fungal pathogens on carpenter ant microbiota
Current Research in Insect Science·2024Open Access
Mechanisms Underlying Ophiocordyceps Infection and Behavioral Manipulation of Ants: Unique or Ubiquitous?
Annual Review of Microbiology·2024· 9 citedOpen Access
Pathogenic fungus expresses effector proteins in combination with a symbiotic virus to behaviourally manipulate housefly hosts
2024· 5 cited
What does your gut tell you? Influences of a zombie-making and generalist fungal entomopathogen on carpenter ant micro- and mycobiota
2024Open Access
Interkingdom interactions shape the fungal microbiome of mosquitoes
Animal Microbiome·2024· 19 citedOpen Access
What Does Your Gut Tell You? Influences of a Zombie-Making and Generalist Fungal Entomopathogen on Carpenter Ant Micro- and Mycobiota
SSRN Electronic Journal·2024Open Access
Hyperparasitic fungi—definitions, diversity, ecology, and research
2023· 5 citedOpen Access
Multiomic interpretation of fungus-infected ant metabolomes during manipulated summit disease
Scientific Reports·2023· 17 citedOpen Access
Using machine learning to predict protein–protein interactions between a zombie ant fungus and its carpenter ant host
Scientific Reports·2023· 12 citedOpen Access
28 minutes later: investigating the role of aflatrem-like compounds in Ophiocordyceps parasite manipulation of zombie ants
Animal Behaviour·2023· 10 citedOpen Access
Hyperparasitic fungi—definitions, diversity, ecology, and research
2023· 2 cited
Both behavior-manipulating and non-manipulating entomopathogenic fungi affect rhythmic gene expression in carpenter ant foragers upon infection
2023· 5 citedOpen Access
Using RNASeq to investigate the involvement of the <i>Ophiocordyceps</i> clock in ant host infection and behavioral manipulation
2023· 1 citedOpen Access
Multiomic interpretation of fungus-infected ant metabolomes during manipulated summit disease
2023· 3 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Han A. B. Wösten(11), David Hughes(10), Ian Will(10), Robin A. Ohm(7), Biplabendu Das(7), Andreas Brachmann(6), William C. Beckerson(5), Martha Merrow(4), Arman Vinck(4), Luis G. Lugones(3), Ronald P. de Vries(3), Lauren E. Quevillon(3), Philip B. Smith(3), Andrew D. Patterson(3), G. Jerre van Veluw(3), Thienthanh Trinh(3), Raquel G. Loreto(2), Jan F. de Jong(2), Kimberly R. Fleming(2), Debashis Ghosh(2)