Rio Lab

Welcome to the Dr. Rita Rio Lab at West Virginia University! Run by Rio Lab

[Rita V.M. Rio @RitaVMRio]

Cool work by @thepurplepiper . Check it out…

Symbiosis preservation: Putative regulation of fatty acyl-CoA reductase by miR-31a within the symbiont harboring bacteriome through tsetse evolution https://t.co/5g7IrSwwk1

[Rita V.M. Rio @RitaVMRio]

Huge congrats to @RachelDurback for adding the nsf grfp to an impressive list of accolades. So, so proud. 🥰👊

[Rio Lab @Tsetse5107]

Got the lab together to celebrate our resident Ph.D. candidate and favorite radio DJ! Happy birthday @thepurplepiper !! 🥳

[Rio Lab @Tsetse5107]

@RitaVMRio New lab mascot?? 👀

[Rita V.M. Rio @RitaVMRio]

If you haven’t met Mason Lee(⁦@thepurplepiper⁩ ) yet, you are missing out! Fascinating individual doing some tedious work trying to come closer to understanding how nutritional symbioses may be regulated. #beneficialmicrobes

[BiologyofParasitism @MBLBoP]

Thank you to @RitaVMRio @WestVirginiaU for her talk on tsetse vector biology and the importance of the microbiome - specifically Wigglesworthia glossinidia and Sodalis glossinidius - for tsetse vector competence. #BoP2022 #MBL

[Rio Lab @Tsetse5107]

Fresh off the press!! Check out the combined efforts of ⁦@thepurplepiper⁩ , Miguel Medina, and ⁦@RitaVMRio⁩ on experimental procedures for investigating epigenetic factors that aid in maintaining insect-microbiota homeostasis! https://t.co/ytBx3S3Gu6

[Rita V.M. Rio @RitaVMRio]

Congrats 🎊🎉🍾 to UG ⁦@RachelDurback⁩ and grad mentor ⁦@thepurplepiper⁩ for awesome work! https://t.co/nYHutPHNbV

[Rita V.M. Rio @RitaVMRio]

New work from the group...how tsetse click with their microbiota and how this may impact differences in vector competence between tsetse species.

The holobiont transcriptome of teneral tsetse fly species of varying vector competence https://t.co/ar0a4belU9

[Rita V.M. Rio @RitaVMRio]

Congrats to @Tsetse5107 UGs Marleah Knights & @faux_sneezes for sweeping the Bio & Biochem. Sci category at WVU UG Research Symposium.

[Rita V.M. Rio @RitaVMRio]

Congrats to our amazing undergrad Noah Spencer @faux_sneezes for getting awarded a nsf grfp! He’ll be joining @mcsymbiont this Fall. 👏👏👏🎉🎉

[Rita V.M. Rio @RitaVMRio]

The greatest of kudos to Dr. Miguel Medina Munoz for giving a great PhD seminar. So excited to hear about your future work as you join the @MosMicrobes group. Bye tsetse, hello mosquitoes. 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[WVU Honors College @WVUHonors]

Marleah Knights is a second-year student from Morgantown, WV. She is majoring in biology and double-minoring in professional writing and medical humanities and health studies. As someone who grew up in Appalachia, Marleah learned that access to healthcare in the region can be

[Rita V.M. Rio @RitaVMRio]

How long does it take for bacteria to tap into host repro for vertical transmission? 🥁🥁🥁1 host generation! Fab work by Miguel Medina, ⁦@faux_sneezes⁩. https://t.co/i0DowFtn0S

[Rita V.M. Rio @RitaVMRio]

Huge congrats to Adam Pollio (@Marc0Pollio ) for an awesomely awesome presentation on an equally awesome awesome project. Suffice to say, Adam's awesome.

[Rita V.M. Rio @RitaVMRio]

Huge Congrats to @faux_sneezes for a superb senior thesis proposal. It’s a joy to have you in the lab! Lucky socks and @driscollmml lucky pen got us started on a great discussion!

[Zakee @sabreescience]

Insect-Microbial Symbiosis Lab @ OSU is currently recruiting graduate students interested in uncovering how microbes helped give rise to the digestive system.

[Wong Lab @WInsectMicrobes]

A faculty position on 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘁-𝗺𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 just opened at @virginia_tech Entomology Department.

Great facilities and colleagues. https://t.co/zagxUsL1uT. Please RT.

#phdlife #postdoc

[Yu Matsuura 松浦 優 मत्सूरा यू @u_matsuura]

Our latest publication "Repeated evolution of bacteriocytes in lygaeoid stinkbugs", dissecting LOTS of embryos for studying hidden dynamics of insect symbioses, is finally out! https://t.co/qQT3fB0Lot

[WVU Biology @WVUBiology]

The Department of Biology @WVUBiology is currently seeking a tenure track assistant professor with research and teaching capabilities in Forest Macrosystem Ecology. To learn more about this opportunity follow this link: https://t.co/o4goIfX4ns