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I received a Ph.D. in Population Biology and Ecology from the University of Montpellier 2 (France) in 2012. During my PhD, under the supervision of Ana Rivero and Olivier Duron, I investigated whether a natural Wolbachia infection can alter the quality of mosquitoes as vectors of malaria using a Wolbachia-mosquito-Plasmodium triad with a common evolutionary history. Then, I worked in the team Multidisciplinary Investigation Targeting Ecology and Evolution (MITE2) within the Evolutionary Ecology Group of cE3c at the University of Lisbon, as postdoctoral researcher with Sara Magalhães from 2013 to 2019, then as contracted researcher (FCUL) from 2019 to 2021. During that time, I studied the interactions between the endosymbiontic bacterium Wolbachia and its host, the spider mite Tetranychus urticae. Recently, I obtained a permanent CNRS Researcher position, and joined the team Experimental Evolution of Communities at the Institute of Evolutionary Sciences of Montpellier (ISEM). My research interests lie within eco-evolutionary biology of species interactions, especially host-symbiont interactions, symbiont-symbiont competition or facilitation, and host reproductive interactions. I aim at addressing several issues such as (i) host adaptation to symbiont-induced reproductive manipulations; (ii) the role played by symbionts in host speciation and reproductive interference; (iii) how eco-evolutionary feedbacks resulting from the interplay between reproductive and competitive interactions may facilitate the evolution of reproductive barriers and drive species coexistence.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Flore Zélé

Citation names

  • Zélé, Flore

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
C81C-240E-98EC
ORCID iD
0000-0003-2954-5488
Google Scholar ID
https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=DmchGLkAAAAJ&hl=en
Researcher Id
http://www.researcherid.com/rid/I-4658-2012
Scopus Author Id
41862732300

Addresses

  • Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution (ISEM) - UMR 5554 (CC065) - Université de Montpellier, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095, Montpellier Cedex 05, Montpellier, France (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Evolutionary Biology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Ecology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Reproductive Biology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Behavioural Sciences Biology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Microbiology
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Parasitology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
French Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Portuguese Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2009/10/01 - 2012/12/20
Concluded
 PhD in Evolution, Ecology, Genetic Resources, Paleontology (Doctor)
Université de Montpellier, France
"The effect of infection by Wolbachia on malaria (Plasmodium sp.) transmission by mosquitoes" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 NA in France
2009 - 2011
Concluded
 Training for PhD student instructors (Doctor)
Centre d'Initiation à l'Enseignement Supérieur (CIES), France
2008/09 - 2009/06
Concluded
 Master 2 - Functional, Behavioural and Evolutionary Ecology (Master)
Université de Rennes 1, France
"Experimental evolution of the parasitoid Aphidius ervi when faced with the symbiont-mediated resistance of its host Acyrthosiphon pisum" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Ranked 3/21
2007/09 - 2008/06
Concluded
 Master 1 - Fundamental and Comparative Ethology (Master)
Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, France
"Assessment of motor behavior of the gray mouse lemur (Microcebus murinus) in maturing process" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Ranked 1/47
2001/09 - 2004
Concluded
 Licence in Biology, specialisation in Zoology (Licence)
Université de Montpellier, France
"-" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Ranked 33/109
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/02/01 - Current Researcher (Research) CNRS Délégation Languedoc-Roussillon, France
Institut des sciences de l'évolution de Montpellier, France
2019/07/01 - 2021/01/31 Researcher (Research) Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
2013/06/01 - 2019/06/30 Postdoc (Research) Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
2009/10/01 - 2012/12/20 Research Trainee (Research) Maladies Infectieuses et Vecteurs Ecologie Génétique Evolution et Contrôle, France
2009/01/01 - 2009/06/30 Research Trainee (Research) Institut de Génétique, Environnement et Protection des Plantes, France
2008/07/01 - 2008/08/29 Research Trainee (Research) Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, France
2008/04/01 - 2008/06/30 Research Trainee (Research) Mécanismes moléculaires dans les démences neurodégénératives, France
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2023 - Current Development of an automated imaging and quantification system of the virulence of phytophagous mites on tomatoes (SYSVIR)
UM 231630
Principal investigator
Institut des sciences de l'évolution de Montpellier, France
 Université de Montpellier
Ongoing
2022 - Current The effect of competition and symbionts on virulence of a plant parasite
NA
Researcher
Institut des sciences de l'évolution de Montpellier, France
 Ministère de l'enseignement supérieur, de la recherche et de l'innovation (MESRI)
Ongoing
2018/11/01 - 2022/10/31 The impact of ecological specialization, reproductive interference and reproductive isolation on the outcome of competition between spider-mite populations
SFRH/BD/136454/2018
Supervisor
Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2017/05 - 2022/04 COMPCON – Competition under (niche) construction
GA725419
Integration into Research Grant Fellow
Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
 European Research Council
Ongoing
2017/07/01 - 2019/06/30 Reciprocal interactions between the endosymbiotic bacteria Wolbachia and pesticide resistance in the two-spotted spider mite Tetranychus urticae
SFRH/BPD/125020/2016
Post-doc Fellow
Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2017/11/01 - 2019/03/31 One, two or three biocontrol agents? Effects of entomopathogenic fungi, bacteria, or both on spider mites and their natural enemies
FCT/TUBITAK/0001/2014
Principal investigator
Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2017 - 2019 PESSOA - Coinfection and the evolution of parasite virulence
38014YC
Integration into Research Grant Fellow
Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2016/10/01 - 2017/06/30 One, two or three biocontrol agents? Effects of entomopathogenic fungi, bacteria, or both on spider mites and their natural enemie
FCT/TUBITAK/0001/2014
Integration into Research Grant Fellow
Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2013/06/01 - 2016/09/30 Evolution of sex allocation strategies in the mite Tetranychus urticae, a major crop pest
FCT-ANR/BIA-EVF/0013/2012
Integration into Research Grant Fellow
Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2007 - 2011 Insecticide Resistance and Malaria Transmission
ANR 07 SEST 009 IRMAL
Integration into Research Grant Fellow
Maladies Infectieuses et Vecteurs Ecologie Génétique Evolution et Contrôle, France
 ANR - The French National Research Agency
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2019/07/01 - 2021/01/31 Reciprocal interactions between the endosymbiotic bacteria Wolbachia, pesticide resistance and host plants in the two-spotted spider mite Tetranychus urticae
na
Researcher
Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
 Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências
Cancelled
2009/10/01 - 2012/12/20 The effect of infection by Wolbachia on malaria (Plasmodium sp.) transmission by mosquitoes
163162
PhD Student Fellow
Maladies Infectieuses et Vecteurs Ecologie Génétique Evolution et Contrôle, France
 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

Région Languedoc-Roussillon
Concluded
2009/10/01 - 2012/09/30 University Teaching Position
na
Other
Université Montpellier Faculté des Sciences de Montpellier, France
 Université Montpellier Faculté des Sciences de Montpellier
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. Miguel A. Cruz. "Do heterospecific matings affect the mating signals of spider mite females?". Paper presented in XV Portuguese Meeting of Evolutionary Biology (ENBE), 2019.
  2. Flore Zélé; Inês Santos; Leonor R. Rodrigues; Paula Martínez Jiménez; João Alpedrinha; Sara Magalhães. "Do spider mites evolve antagonistic traits against cytoplasmic incompatibility induced by Wolbachia?". Paper presented in XVII Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology (ESEB), Turku, Finland, 2019.
  3. Flore Zélé; Mustafa Altintas; Ibrahim Cakmak; Sara Magalhães. "Population-specific effect of bacterial infection on fungal infection in spider mites.". Paper presented in XIV Portuguese Evolutionary Biology Meeting (ENBE), Lisbon, Portugal., 2018.
  4. Miguel A. Cruz; Vitor C. Sousa; Sara Magalhães; Flore Zélé. "The impact of ecological specialization, reproductive interference and reproductive isolation on the outcome of competition between spider-mite populations.". Paper presented in XIV Portuguese Evolutionary Biology Meeting (ENBE), Lisbon, Portugal., 2018.
  5. Paula Martínez Jiménez; Inês Santos; Sara Magalhães; Flore Zélé. "Does spider-mite male behaviour evolve in response to Wolbachia-induced cytoplasmic incompatibility?". Paper presented in XIV International Congress of Acarology (ICA), Antalya, Turkey., 2018.
  6. Inês Santos; Leonor R. Rodrigues; Sara Magalhães; Flore Zélé. "Environments with a high probability of incompatible crosses do not select for mate avoidance in spider mites.". Paper presented in XIV International Congress of Acarology (ICA), Antalya, Turkey., 2018.
  7. Miguel A. Cruz; Sara Magalhães; Élio Sucena; Flore Zélé. "The interplay between Wolbachia and host-associated reproductive barriers among populations of Tetranychus urticae.". Paper presented in Joint Congress on Evolutionary Biology – Montpellier 2018, Montpellier, France., 2018.
  8. Flore Zélé; Mustafa Altintas; Ibrahim Cakmak; Sara Magalhães. "Population-specific effect of bacterial infection on fungal infection in spider mites.". Paper presented in IV cE3c Annual Meeting (FCUL), Lisbon, Portugal., 2018.
  9. Leonor R. Rodrigues; Flore Zélé; Alexandre R.T. Figueiredo; Inês Santos; João Alpedrinha; Sara Magalhães. "Polyandry and host-endosymbiont conflicts in the spider mite Tetranychus urticae.". Paper presented in IV cE3c Annual Meeting (FCUL), Lisbon, Portugal., 2018.
  10. Flore Zélé; Joaquim Santos; Sara Magalhães. "The reciprocal interaction between host plant and Wolbachia infection in spider mites.". Paper presented in XIII Portuguese Evolutionary Biology Meeting (ENBE), Faro, Portugal., 2017.
  11. Leonor R. Rodrigues; Flore Zélé; Inês Santos; Alexandre R.T. Figueiredo; João Alpedrinha; Isabelle Olivieri; Sara Magalhães. "Polyandry and host-endosymbiont conflicts in the spider mite Tetranychus urticae.". Paper presented in XIII Portuguese Evolutionary Biology Meeting (ENBE), Faro, Portugal., 2017.
  12. Leonor R. Rodrigues; Flore Zélé; Inês Santos; João Alpedrinha; Sara Magalhães. "Are spider mites ready to fight in the battle against Wolbachia?". Paper presented in XVI Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology (ESEB), Groningen, the Netherlands., 2017.
  13. Miguel A. Cruz; Sara Magalhães; Élio Sucena; Flore Zélé. "The interplay between Wolbachia and host-associated reproductive barriers among populations of Tetranychus urticae.". Paper presented in III cE3c Annual Meeting, Ponta Delgada, Portugal., 2017.
  14. Joaquim Santos; Sara Magalhães; Flore Zélé. "The reciprocal interaction between host plant and Wolbachia infection in spider mites.". Paper presented in III cE3c Annual Meeting, Ponta Delgada, Portugal., 2017.
  15. Inês Santos; Leonor R. Rodrigues; Sara Magalhães; Flore Zélé. "Do females evolve to avoid incompatible crosses?". Paper presented in III cE3c Annual Meeting, Ponta Delgada, Portugal., 2017.
  16. Miguel A. Cruz; Sara Magalhães; Flore Zélé. "The interplay between Wolbachia and host-associated reproductive barriers among populations of Tetranychus urticae.". Paper presented in XII Portuguese Evolutionary Biology Meeting (ENBE), Aveiro, Portugal., 2016.
  17. Inês Santos; Leonor R. Rodrigues; Sara Magalhães; Flore Zélé. "Do females evolve to avoid incompatible crosses?". Paper presented in XII Portuguese Evolutionary Biology Meeting (ENBE), Aveiro, Portugal., 2016.
  18. Joaquim Santos; Flore Zélé; Sara Magalhães. "The reciprocal interaction between Wolbachia and host-plant specialization in spider mites.". Paper presented in XII Portuguese Evolutionary Biology Meeting (ENBE), Aveiro, Portugal., 2016.
  19. Joaquim Santos; Sara Magalhães; Flore Zélé. "The reciprocal interaction between host plant and Wolbachia infection in spider mites.". Paper presented in II cE3c Annual Meeting (FCUL), Lisbon, Portugal (June 2016)., 2016.
  20. Joaquim Santos; Sara Magalhães; Flore Zélé. "The reciprocal interaction between host plant and Wolbachia infection in spider mites.". Paper presented in XI Portuguese Evolutionary Biology Meeting (ENBE), Costa da Caparica, Portugal., 2015.
  21. Inês Santos; Leonor R. Rodrigues; Flore Zélé; Sara Magalhães. "Female spider mites uninfected with Wolbachia do not discriminate between infected and uninfected males, despite clear benefits.". Paper presented in XII Congress of the Portuguese Society of Ethology (SPE), Lisbon, Portugal., 2015.
  22. Gonçalo Santos-Matos; Nicky Wybouw; Nelson E. Martins; Flore Zélé; Maria Riga; Alexandre B. Leitão; John Vontas; et al. "Degenerescence of the immune system is not universal across chelicerates.". Paper presented in XV Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology (ESEB), Lausanne, Switzerland., 2015.
  23. Flore Zélé; Inês Santos; Leonor R. Rodrigues; Diogo P. Godinho; Salomé Clémente; Isabelle Olivieri; Mylène Weill; et al. "Endosymbiont diversity in natural populations of Tetranychus mites is rapidly lost in laboratory conditions.". Paper presented in I cE3c Annual Meeting (FCUL), Lisbon, Portugal., 2015.
  24. Inês Santos; Leonor R. Rodrigues; Flore Zélé; Sara Magalhães. "Effect of Wolbachia removal in mating discrimination among populations of Tetranychus urticae.". Paper presented in XI Congress of the Portuguese Society of Ethology (SPE), Porto, Portugal., 2014.
  25. Inês Santos; Leonor R. Rodrigues; Flore Zélé; Sara Magalhães. "Effect of Wolbachia removal in mating discrimination among populations of Tetranychus urticae.". Paper presented in XIV International Congress of Acarology (ICA), Kyoto, Japan., 2014.
  26. Flore Zélé; Antoine Nicot; Stéphane Cornet; Olivier Duron; Ana Rivero. "Wolbachia increases mosquito tolerance to Plasmodium infection.". Paper presented in EU COST Action FA0701 "Arthropod Symbiosis: from fundamental studies to pest and disease management", Oléron Island, France., 2012.
    10.1055/s-0038-1652401
  27. Flore Zélé; Antoine Nicot; Gregory L'Ambert; Olivier Duron; Ana Rivero. "Interactions between Wolbachia and Plasmodium in Culex pipiens mosquitoes.". Paper presented in Jacques Monod Conference "Coevolution between parasitic virulence and immune defences", Roscoff, France., 2011.
  28. Flore Zélé; Antoine Nicot; Gregory L'Ambert; Olivier Duron; Ana Rivero. "Interactions between Wolbachia and Plasmodium in Culex pipiens mosquitoes.". Paper presented in MIVEGEC General Meeting, Montpellier, France., 2011.
  29. Flore Zélé; Olivier Duron; Ana Rivero. "Interactions between Wolbachia and Plasmodium in Culex pipiens mosquitoes: Effects on mosquito longevity.". Paper presented in Sixth International Wolbachia Conference, Asilomar Conference Grounds, California., 2010.
Journal article
  1. Nicky Wybouw; Emma Van Reempts; Jens Zarka; Flore Zélé; Dries Bonte. "Egg provisioning explains the penetrance of symbiont-mediated sex allocation distortion in haplodiploids". Heredity (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41437-023-00638-1.
    10.1038/s41437-023-00638-1
  2. Leonor R. Rodrigues; Flore Zélé; Inês Santos; Sara Magalhães. "No evidence for the evolution of mating behavior in spider mites due to Wolbachia -induced cytoplasmic incompatibility". Evolution (2022): https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.14429.
    10.1111/evo.14429
  3. Miguel A. Cruz; Sara Magalhães; Élio Sucena; Flore Zélé. "Wolbachia and host intrinsic reproductive barriers contribute additively to postmating isolation in spider mites". Evolution (2021): https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.14286.
    10.1111/evo.14286
  4. Diogo P. Godinho; Miguel A. Cruz; Maud Charlery de la Masselière; Jéssica Teodoro-Paulo; Cátia Eira; Inês Fragata; Leonor R. Rodrigues; Flore Zélé; Sara Magalhães. "Creating outbred and inbred populations in haplodiploids to measure adaptive responses in the laboratory". Ecology and Evolution (2020): https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6454.
    10.1002/ece3.6454
  5. Flore Zélé; Inês Santos; Margarida Matos; Mylène Weill; Fabrice Vavre; Sara Magalhães. "Endosymbiont diversity in natural populations of Tetranychus mites is rapidly lost under laboratory conditions". Heredity 124 4 (2020): 603-617. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41437-020-0297-9.
    10.1038/s41437-020-0297-9
  6. Flore Zélé; Mustafa Altintas; Inês Santos; Ibrahim Cakmak; Sara Magalhães. "Inter- and intraspecific variation of spider mite susceptibility to fungal infections: Implications for the long-term success of biological control". Ecology and Evolution 10 7 (2020): 3209-3221. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5958.
    10.1002/ece3.5958
  7. Flore Zélé; Mustafa Altintas; Inês Santos; Ibrahim Cakmak; Sara Magalhães. "Population-specific effect of Wolbachia on the cost of fungal infection in spider mites". Ecology and Evolution (2020): https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6015.
    10.1002/ece3.6015
  8. Vitor C. Sousa; Flore Zélé; Leonor R. Rodrigues; Diogo P. Godinho; Maud Charlery de la Masselière; Sara Magalhães. "Rapid host-plant adaptation in the herbivorous spider mite Tetranychus urticae occurs at low cost". Current Opinion in Insect Science 36 (2019): 82-89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cois.2019.08.006.
    10.1016/j.cois.2019.08.006
  9. Flore Zélé; Gonçalo Santos-Matos; Alexandre R. T. Figueiredo; Cátia Eira; Catarina Pinto; Telma G. Laurentino; Élio Sucena; Sara Magalhães. "Spider mites escape bacterial infection by avoiding contaminated food". Oecologia 189 1 (2019): 111-122. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-018-4316-y.
    10.1007/s00442-018-4316-y
  10. Flore Zélé; Joaquim L Santos; Diogo P Godinho; Sara Magalhães. "Wolbachia both aids and hampers the performance of spider mites on different host plants". FEMS Microbiology Ecology 94 12 (2018): https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiy187.
    10.1093/femsec/fiy187
  11. Flore Zélé; Sara Magalhães; Sonia Kéfi; Alison B. Duncan. "Ecology and evolution of facilitation among symbionts". Nature Communications 9 1 (2018): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06779-w.
    10.1038/s41467-018-06779-w
  12. Flore Zélé; Jacques Denoyelle; Olivier Duron; Ana Rivero. "Can Wolbachia modulate the fecundity costs of Plasmodium in mosquitoes?". Parasitology 145 06 (2018): 775-782. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182017001330.
    10.1017/S0031182017001330
  13. Flore Zélé; Inês Santos; Isabelle Olivieri; Mylène Weill; Olivier Duron; Sara Magalhães. "Endosymbiont diversity and prevalence in herbivorous spider mite populations in South-Western Europe". FEMS Microbiology Ecology 94 4 (2018): https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiy015.
    10.1093/femsec/fiy015
  14. Flore Zélé; Mylène Weill; Sara Magalhães. "Identification of spider-mite species and their endosymbionts using multiplex PCR". Experimental and Applied Acarology 74 2 (2018): 123-138. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10493-018-0224-4.
    10.1007/s10493-018-0224-4
  15. Leonor R. Rodrigues; Flore Zélé; Inês Santos; Sara Magalhães. "Environments with a high probability of incompatible crosses do not select for mate avoidance in spider mites". bioRxiv (2018): https://doi.org/10.1101/395301.
    10.1101/395301
  16. Gonçalo Santos-Matos; Nicky Wybouw; Nelson E. Martins; Flore Zélé; Maria Riga; Alexandre B. Leitão; John Vontas; et al. "Tetranychus urticae mites do not mount an induced immune response against bacteria". Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences 284 1856 (2017): https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.0401.
    Published • 10.1098/rspb.2017.0401
  17. Romain Pigeault; Julien Vézilier; Stéphane Cornet; Flore Zélé; Antoine Nicot; Philippe Perret; Sylvain Gandon; Ana Rivero. "Avian malaria: a new lease of life for an old experimental model to study the evolutionary ecology of Plasmodium". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences 370 1675 (2015): https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2014.0300.
    10.1098/rstb.2014.0300
  18. Flore Zélé; Julien Vézilier; Gregory L'Ambert; Antoine Nicot; Sylvain Gandon; Ana Rivero; Olivier Duron. "Dynamics of prevalence and diversity of avian malaria infections in wild Culex pipiens mosquitoes: the effects of Wolbachia, filarial nematodes and insecticide resistance.". Parasites&Vectors 7 (2014): 437. https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-7-437.
    Published • 10.1186/1756-3305-7-437
  19. Flore Zélé; Antoine Nicot; Arnaud Berthomieu; Mylène Weill; Olivier Duron; Ana Rivero. "Wolbachia increases susceptibility to Plasmodium infection in a natural system.". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 281 1779 (2014): 20132837-20132837. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.2837.
    Published • 10.1098/rspb.2013.2837
  20. Flore Zélé; Antoine Nicot; Olivier Duron; Ana Rivero. "Infection with Wolbachia protects mosquitoes against Plasmodium-induced mortality in a natural system". Journal of Evolutionary Biology 25 7 (2012): 1243-1252. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1420-9101.2012.02519.x.
    Published • 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2012.02519.x
  21. Emilie Dion; Flore Zélé; Jean-Christophe Simon; Yannick Outreman. "Rapid evolution of parasitoids when faced with the symbiont-mediated resistance of their hosts". Journal of Evolutionary Biology 24 4 (2011): 741-750. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1420-9101.2010.02207.x.
    10.1111/j.1420-9101.2010.02207.x
Preprint
  1. Miguel A. Cruz; Oscar Godoy; Inês Fragata; Vitor C. Sousa; Sara Magalhães; Flore Zélé. "Sex in the kitchen: non-additive effects of competition for food and reproductive interference on coexistence outcomes between closely related species". 2023. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.11.09.566372.
    10.1101/2023.11.09.566372

Other

Other output
  1. Wolbachia and host intrinsic reproductive barriers contribute additively to post-mating isolation in spider mites. 2020. Miguel A. Cruz; Sara Magalhães; Élio Sucena; Flore Zélé. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.06.29.178699.
    10.1101/2020.06.29.178699
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2020/12/16 How does sympatric evolution shape reproductive isolation in spider mites? Cunha M., Rodrigues L.R. & Zélé F. XVI Portuguese Meeting of Evolutionary Biology (ENBE)
Portuguese Society for Evolutionary Biology (APBE) (Online Conference, Portugal)
2019/11 Do heterospecific matings affect the mating signals of spider mite females? Cruz M., Souza J., Zélé F. & Magalhães S. XV Portuguese Evolutionary Biology Meeting (ENBE)
Associação Portuguesa de Biologia Evolutiva (Matosinhos, Portugal)
2019/08 Reproductive interference as a driver of species exclusion and evolution in spider mites. Cruz M., Sousa V.C., Magalhães S. & Zélé F. XVII ESEB Congress
European Society for Evolutionary Biology (Turku, Finland)
2019/07 Do spider mites evolve antagonistic traits against cytoplasmic incompatibility induced by Wolbachia? Zélé F., Santos I., Rodrigues L.R., Martínez Jiménez P., Alpedrinha J., Magalhães S. V cE3c Annual Meeting
Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (Lisbon, Portugal)
2019/07 Does reproductive interference lead to reinforcement between spider mite species? Cruz M., Sousa V.C., Bakirdöven M., Magalhães S. & Zélé F. V cE3c Annual Meeting
Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (Lisbon, Portugal)
2019/05 Does reproductive interference lead to reinforcement between spider mite species? Cruz M., Sousa V.C., Bakirdöven M., Magalhães S. & Zélé F. XXV European Meeting for PhD students in Evolutionary Biology (EMPSEB)
European Society for Evolutionary Biology (Pedrógão Pequeno, Portugal)
2019/05 Does reproductive interference lead to reinforcement between spider mite species? Cruz M., Sousa V.C., Bakirdöven M., Magalhães S. & Zélé F. I Annual BIODIV Meeting
Doctoral Programme in ‘Biodiversity, Genetics & Evolution’ (Vairão, Portugal)
2018/12 Do spider mites evolve antagonistic traits against cytoplasmic incompatibility induced by Wolbachia? Zélé F., Santos I., Rodrigues L.R., Martínez Jiménez P., Alpedrinha J., Magalhães S TiBE 2018 | Host-Parasite Interactions
CIBIO-InBIO (Vairão, Portugal)
2018/09 Do spider mites evolve antagonistic traits against cytoplasmic incompatibility induced by Wolbachia? Zélé F., Santos I., Rodrigues L.R., Martínez Jiménez P., Alpedrinha J., Magalhães S. XIV ICA Congress
International Congress of Acarology (Antalya, Turkey)
2018/07 Is there reinforcement of pre-zygotic isolation between incompatible populations of the spider mite Tetranychus urticae that evolve together? Cruz M., Sousa V.C., Sucena E., Magalhães S. & Zélé F. IV CE3C Annual Meeting
Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (Lisbon, Portugal)
2018/07 The sperm precedence pattern of spider mites evolves in response to costs associated with the presence of Wolbachia. Rodrigues L.R., Zélé F., Santos I., Alpedrinha J. & Magalhães S. European Congress of Entomology (ECE)
Società Entomologica Italiana / Accademia Nazionale Italiana di Entomologia (Napoli, Italy)
2018/01 Polyandry and host-endosymbiont conflicts in the spider mite Tetranychus urticae. Rodrigues L.R., Zélé F., Santos I., Figueiredo A.R.T., Alpedrinha J., Beber A., Olivieri I. & Magalhães S. Encontro Ciência - cE3c weekly seminar
Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (Lisboa, Portugal)
2017/12 The interplay between Wolbachia and host-associated reproductive barriers among populations of Tetranychus urticae. Cruz M. (Best talk price), Magalhães S., Sucena E. & Zélé F. XIII Portuguese Evolutionary Biology Meeting (ENBE)
Associação Portuguesa de Biologia Evolutiva (Faro, Portugal)
2017/12 Wolbachia modifies sperm precedence patterns in spider mites. Rodrigues L.R., Zélé F., Santos I., Alpedrinha J. & Magalhães S. ASAB Winter Meeting
Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour (London, United Kingdom)
2017/10 The interplay between Wolbachia and host-associated reproductive barriers among populations of Tetranychus urticae. Zélé F., Cruz M., Bakirdöven M., Rodrigues L.R., Sucena E., Magalhães S. 9th Spider Mite Genome Meeting
Genomics in Agricultural Pest Management (GAP-M) group (Logroño, Spain)
2017/08 The interplay between Wolbachia and host-associated reproductive barriers among populations of Tetranychus urticae. Zélé F., Cruz M., Bakirdöven M., Rodrigues L.R., Sucena É., Magalhães S. XVI ESEB Congress
European Society for Evolutionary Biology (Groningen, Netherlands)
2017/07 Polyandry and host-endosymbiont conflicts in the spider mite Tetranychus urticae. Rodrigues L.R., Zélé F., Figueiredo A.R.T., Santos I., Alpedrinha J. & Magalhães S. 35th International Ethological Conference (IEC)
International Council of Ethologists (Estoril, Portugal)
2017/06 Are spider mites ready to fight in the battle against Wolbachia? Rodrigues L.R., Zélé F., Santos I., Alpedrinha J. & Magalhães S. III cE3c Annual Meeting
Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (Ponta Delgada, Portugal)
2017/06 Are spider mites ready to fight in the battle against Wolbachia? Rodrigues L.R., Zélé F., Santos I., Alpedrinha J. & Magalhães S. III cE3c Annual Meeting
Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (Ponta Delgada, Portugal)
2016/12 Are spider mites ready to fight in the battle against Wolbachia. Rodrigues L.R. (Best talk price), Zélé F., Santos I., Alpedrinha J. & Magalhães S.. XII Portuguese Evolutionary Biology Meeting (ENBE)
Associação Portuguesa de Biologia Evolutiva (Aveiro, Portugal)
2016/06 The interplay between Wolbachia and haplotype-associated reproductive barriers among populations of Tetranychus urticae. Zélé F., Bakirdöven M., Rodrigues L.R., Magalhães S. II cE3c Annual Meeting
Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (Lisbon, Portugal)
2015/12 The interplay between Wolbachia and haplotype-associated reproductive barriers among populations of Tetranychus urticae. Zélé F., Bakirdöven M., Rodrigues L.R., Magalhães S. XI Portuguese Evolutionary Biology Meeting (ENBE)
Associação Portuguesa de Biologia Evolutiva (Oeiras, Portugal)
2015/10 The interplay between Wolbachia and haplotype-associated reproductive barriers among populations of Tetranychus urticae. Zélé F., Bakirdöven M., Rodrigues L.R., Magalhães S. XII SPE Congress
Portuguese Society of Ethology (Lisbon, Portugal)
2015/03 Endosymbiont diversity in natural populations of Tetranychus mites. Zélé F., Santos I., Duron O., Olivieri I., Weill M., Matos M., Magalhães S. Annual REID Meeting
Ecology of Parasitic Interactions Network (Lyon, France)
2014/12 Factors affecting endosymbiont diversity in natural populations of Tetranychus mites. Zélé F., Santos I., Duron O., Olivieri I., Weill M., Matos M., Magalhães S. Encontro Ciência - cE3c weekly seminar
Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (Lisbon, Portugal)
2014/07 Endosymbiont diversity in natural populations of Tetranychus mites is rapidly lost following laboratory adaptation. Zélé F., Santos I., Rodrigues L.R., Clemente S., Olivieri I. & Magalhães S. XIV ICA Congress
International Congress of Acarology (Kyoto, Japan)
2013/12 Implication of Wolbachia on avian malaria (Plasmodium relictum) transmission by Culex pipiens mosquitoes. Zélé F., Nicot A., Cornet S., Duron O., & Rivero A. IX Portuguese Evolutionary Biology Meeting (ENBE)
Associação Portuguesa de Biologia Evolutiva (Oeiras, Portugal)
2013/08 Implication of Wolbachia on avian malaria (Plasmodium relictum) transmission by Culex pipiens mosquitoes. Zélé F., Nicot A., Cornet S., Duron O., & Rivero A. XIV ESEB Congress
European Society for Evolutionary Biology (Lisbon, Portugal)
2013/08 Plasmodium-Wolbachia interactions in Culex pipiens mosquitoes. Zélé F., Duron O., & Rivero A. 2nd International conference on Malaria and Related Haemosporidian Parasites of Wildlife
Malaria Research Coordination Network (Vilnius, Lithuania)
2012/06 Implication of Wolbachia on avian malaria (Plasmodium relictum) transmission by Culex pipiens mosquitoes. Zélé F., Nicot A., Cornet S., Duron O., Rivero A. 7th International Wolbachia Conference
(Oléron Island, France)
2012/02 Implication of the endosymbiotic bacteria Wolbachia on malaria (Plasmodium sp.) transmission by mosquitoes. Zélé F., Nicot A., Cornet S., Duron O., Rivero A. Annual REID Meeting
Ecology of Parasitic Interactions Network (Rennes, France)
2012/02 Implication of the endosymbiotic bacteria Wolbachia on malaria (Plasmodium sp.) transmission by mosquitoes. Zélé F., Nicot A., Cornet S., Duron O., Rivero A. Seminar at the "ImmunoEco" group meeting (REID)
Ecology of Parasitic Interactions Network (Montpellier, France)
2011/08 Implication of the endosymbiotic bacteria Wolbachia on malaria (Plasmodium sp.) transmission by mosquitoes: Effects on mosquito longevity. Zélé F., Nicot A., Duron O., Rivero A. 17th European Meeting of PhD Students in Evolutionary Biology (EMPSEB)
European Society for Evolutionary Biology (Seia, Portugal)
2011/06 Implication of the endosymbiotic bacteria Wolbachia on malaria (Plasmodium sp.) transmission by mosquitoes: Effects on mosquito longevity. Zélé F., Nicot A., Duron O., Rivero A. ISEM PhD students day
Institute of Evolutionary Sciences of Montpellier (Domaine de Restinclières, Prades-le Lez, France)
2010/09 Implication of the endosymbiotic bacteria Wolbachia on malaria (Plasmodium sp.) transmission by mosquitoes: Effects on mosquito longevity. Zélé F., Nicot A., Duron O., Rivero A. MIVEGEC seminar
Group Infectious Diseases and Vectors: Ecology, Genetics, Evolution and Control (Montpellier, France)
2010/05 Implication of the endosymbiotic bacteria Wolbachia on malaria (Plasmodium sp.) transmission by mosquitoes. Zélé F., Nicot A., Duron O., Rivero A. ISEM seminar
Institute of Evolutionary Sciences of Montpellier (Montpellier, France)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2020/09/01 - Current How does sympatric evolution shape reproductive isolation in spider mites?
Supervisor
 Conservation Biology (Master)
Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
2018/11/01 - Current The impact of ecological specialization, reproductive interference and reproductive isolation on the outcome of competition between spider-mite populations.
Co-supervisor
 Doctoral Program: Biodiversity, Genetics and Evolution (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2017 - 2019 The effect of Wolbachia and of inter- and infraspecific variability on spider-mite susceptibility to fungi-induced mortality.
Co-supervisor
 Master of Adnan Menderes University, Aydin, Turkey. (Master)
Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
2016 - 2017 The effect of intraspecific reproductive incompatibilities between hosts on the spread of Wolbachia.
Co-supervisor
 Master BED (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2015 - 2016 The interplay between Wolbachia and haplotype-associated reproductive barriers among populations of Tetranychus urticae.
Co-supervisor
 Master of Bogaziçi University, Istambul, Turkey (Master)
Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
2014 - 2015 The reciprocal interaction between endosymbiotic bacteria and host-plant specialization in spider mites.
Co-supervisor
 Master BED (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2018 - 2018 Member of the Organising Committee of the XI Portuguese Evolutionary Biology Meeting (ENBE), Lisbon, Portugal. (2018/10 - 2018/10)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Associação Portuguesa de Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
2016 - 2016 Member of the Organising Committee of the II cE3c Annual Meeting (FCUL), Lisbon, Portugal. (2016/06 - 2016/06)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
2015 - 2015 Organiser of a Symposium in the 8th Congress of the International Symbiosis Society. Lisbon, Portugal. (2015/07/12 - 2015/07/18)
Symposium (Co-organisor)
2010 - 2011 Member of the Organising Committee of the MIVEGEC laboratory internal biweekly seminars. Montpellier, France. (2010/09 - 2011/08)
Seminar (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Maladies Infectieuses et Vecteurs Ecologie Génétique Evolution et Contrôle, France

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2011/02/07 - 2011/02/25 Course on Generalised Linear Modelling with R. Prof. M.J. Crawley.
Workshop
Imperial College London - Silwood Park Campus, United Kingdom

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2013 - Current Associação Portuguesa de Biologia Evolutiva (APBE) Member
2011 - Current European Society for Evolutionary Biology (ESEB) Member

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2012 - 2012 Responsible for BSc practical courses "From genes to organisms" (51 hours) Licence EBO (Licence) Université Montpellier Faculté des Sciences de Montpellier, France
2012 - 2012 Responsible for BSc practical courses “Biology of plant and animal organisms” (9 hours) Licence EBO (Licence) Université Montpellier Faculté des Sciences de Montpellier, France
2011 - 2011 Responsible for BSc practical courses “From gametes to zygotes” (43 hours) Licence EBO (Licence) Université Montpellier Faculté des Sciences de Montpellier, France
2009 - 2010 Responsible for BSc practical courses “Organisms biology” (87 hours) Licence EBO (Licence) Université Montpellier Faculté des Sciences de Montpellier, France

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2020 - Current Biology Letters (1744-957X) The Royal Society
2019/09 - Current Current Zoology (2396-9814) Oxford University Press
2019 - Current PCI Entomology
2019 - Current Oikos (1600-0706) Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)
2019 - Current Ecology and Evolution (2045-7758) Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
2019 - Current Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution (2296-701X) Frontiers Media SA
2019 - Current Frontiers in Genetics (1664-8021) Frontiers Media SA
2018 - Current MicrobiologyOpen (2045-8827) Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
2017 - Current Acarologia (2107-7207) EDP Sciences
2017 - Current Journal of Evolutionary Biology (1420-9101) Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)
2016 - Current Malaria Journal (1475-2875) Springer (Biomed Central Ltd.)
2015 - Current Journal of Applied Ecology (1365-2664) Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2020 - 2020 “The role of egg size in interspecific interactions” Carolina Silva and Inês Alves
2019 - 2019 “Through the Looking Glass: Establishing a protocol to avoid reproductive interference in long-term studies on resource competition” Francesca Pinton
2016 - 2016 "Does an increased male mating rate evolve in response to Wolbachia-induced cytoplasmic incompatibility?" Paula Martínez Jiménez
2015 - 2015 “Inter-population reproductive incompatibilities in Tetranychus urticae” André Alves, Catarina Bota, José Leitão, Andreia Oliveira, Luís Silva and Jessica Paulo
2015 - 2015 “Effect of Wolbachia infection in a population of Tetranychus urticae resistant to pesticides” Miguel Cruz and Joana Pires
2012 - 2012 "Wildlife ponds" Florian Montiel
2009 - 2010 “Mimetism and Evolution” Simon Givaudand, Noëmie Hingant, and William Travers

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2020/10/19 - 2020/10/19 Member of the Selection Committee for a Technician Research Fellowship - REF. COMPCON_2BIRE. Jury meeting: June 5th 2020. Selected candidate: Mariya Kozak. Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
2020/06/05 - 2020/06/05 Member of the Selection Committee for a Technician Research Fellowship - REF. COMPCON_2BIRE. Jury meeting: June 5th 2020. Selected candidate: Neuza Duarte. Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
2019/06 - 2019/06 Member of the Selection Committee for a Post-doc Research Fellowship - REF. COMPCON_3BIRE (pos-doc). Jury meeting: June 11th 2019. Selected candidates: Raul Costa-Perreira. Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
2019/06 - 2019/06 Member of the Selection Committee for a Technician Research Fellowship - REF. COMPCON_2BIRE. Jury meeting: June 3rd 2019. Selected candidate: Alexandra Balola. Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
2019/04 - 2019/04 Member of the Selection Committee for a Citizen Science Fellowship - REF. COMPCON_2BIRE (pos-doc). Jury meeting: April 30th 2019. Selected candidates: Inês Costa-Perreira. Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
2019/03 - 2019/03 Member of the Selection Committee for a Post-doc Research Fellowship - REF. COMPCON_3BIRE (pos-doc). Jury meeting: March 25th 2019. Selected candidates: Inês Fragata. Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
2018/02 - 2018/02 Member of the Selection Committee for 2 Technician Research Fellowships - REF. COMPCON_1BIRE (tech_master1) and REF. COMPCON_1BIRE (tech_master2). Jury meeting: February 15th 2018. Selected candidates: Lucie De Sousa and Cátia Eira. Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
2018/01 - 2018/01 Member of the Selection Committee for 2 Technician Research Fellowships - REF. COMPCON_1BIRE (tech_master1) and REF. COMPCON_1BIRE (tech_master2). Jury meeting: January 28th 2018. Selected candidates: Inês Santos and André Mira. Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
2017/10 - 2017/10 Member of the Selection Committee for 2 Technician Research Fellowships - REF. COMPCON_1BIRE (undergraduate) and REF. COMPCON_1BIRE (tech_master). Jury meeting: October 27th 2017. Selected candidates: Paula Jiménez Martinez and Daniela Correia. Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
2017/10 - 2017/10 Member of the Selection Committee for 2 Post-doc Research Fellowships - REF. COMPCON_1BIRE (pos-doc1) and REF. COMPCON_1BIRE (pos-doc2). Jury meeting: October 27th 2017. Selected candidates: Maud Charlery de la Masselière and Leonor Rodrigues . Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
2017/10 - 2017/10 Member of the Selection Committee for a Technician Research Fellowship - REF. COMPCON_1BIRE (tech_master). Jury meeting: October 27th 2017. Selected candidate: Neuza Arrimar. Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal