Dr Lee Henry
Reader in Molecular Microbial Ecology
School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London
Queen Mary University of London
Research
Evolution, Ecology, Genomics, Symbiosis, Entomology, Microbiology
Interests
My research aims to understand how interactions between individuals and species shape the diversification and organisation of life. In particular, I am interested in how symbiotic relationships with microbes evolve. A central theme to my research is to understand how biotic and abiotic interactions shape symbiotic relationships from the molecular level to the macro-evolutionary scale using invertebrates and their symbiotic microbes as a study system. To meet this goal, my group combines theoretical predictions from ecology and evolution with large-scale empirical tests, using state of the art molecular and experimental techniques – including evolutionary genetics, ‘omics, synthetic biology, comparative methods, and laboratory in vivo experiments.Publications
Publications of specific relevance to the Centre for Evolutionary and Functional Genomics2023
Author Correction: Symbioses shape feeding niches and diversification across insectsCornwallis CK, van ’t Padje A, Ellers J, Klein M, Jackson R, Kiers ET, West SA and Henry LM
Nature Ecology & Evolution, Springer Nature vol. 7 (7), 1153-1153.
01-07-2023
A dynamic epibiont community associated with the bone-eating polychaete genus OsedaxGoffredi SK, Panossian B, Brzechffa C, Field N, King C, Moggioli G, Rouse GW, Martín-Durán JM and Henry LM
Mbio, American Society For Microbiology vol. 14 (4), e03140-e03122.
29-06-2023
Symbioses shape feeding niches and diversification across insectsCornwallis CK, van ’t Padje A, Ellers J, Klein M, Jackson R, Kiers ET, West SA and Henry LM
Nature Ecology & Evolution, Springer Nature vol. 7 (7), 1022-1044.
18-05-2023
Distinct genomic routes underlie transitions to specialised symbiotic lifestyles in deep-sea annelid wormsMartin Duran J, Henry L, Moggioli G, Panosian B, Sun Y, Thiel D, Martin-Zamora FM, Tran M, Clifford AM, Goffredi S, Rimskaya-Korsakova N, Jekely G, Tresguerres M, Qian P-Y, Qiu J-W and Rouse GR
Nature Communications, Nature Research vol. 14
17-05-2023
Evidence of phylosymbiosis in Formica antsJackson R, Patapiou PA, Golding G, Helanterä H, Economou CK, Chapuisat M and Henry LM
Frontiers in Microbiology, Frontiers vol. 14
05-05-2023
Variation in density, immune gene suppression, and coinfection outcomes among strains of the aphid endosymbiont Regiella insecticola.Goldstein EB, de Anda Acosta Y, Henry LM and Parker BJ
Evolution, Oxford University Press (Oup) vol. 77 (7), 1704-1711.
24-04-2023
2022
Local adaptation to hosts and parasitoids shape Hamiltonella defensa genotypes across aphid speciesWu T, Monnin D, Lee RAR and Henry LM
Proceedings of The Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, The Royal Society vol. 289 (1985)
26-10-2022
Convergent evolution of a labile nutritional symbiosis in antsJackson R, Monnin D, Patapiou PA, Golding G, Helanterä H, Oettler J, Heinze J, Wurm Y, Economou CK, Chapuisat M and Henry LM
The Isme Journal: Multidisciplinary Journal of Microbial Ecology, Oxford University Press (Oup) vol. 16 (9), 2114-2122.
14-06-2022
2020
Evolution: The Legacy of Endosymbiosis in AntsJackson R, Henry LM and Wurm Y
Current Biology, Elsevier (Cell Press) vol. 30 (22), R1385-R1387.
16-11-2020
Parallel Evolution in the Integration of a Co-obligate Aphid Symbiosis.Monnin D, Jackson R, Kiers ET, Bunker M, Ellers J and Henry LM
Current Biology, Elsevier (Cell Press)
29-03-2020
2019
Host relatedness influences the composition of aphid microbiomesMcLean AHC, Godfray HCJ, Ellers J and Henry LM
Environmental Microbiology Reports, Wiley
20-10-2019
ParasitoidsHenry LM and Roitberg BD
In Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior, Second Edition: Volume 1-5
01-01-2019
2018
Symbiont interactions with non-native hosts limit the formation of new symbiosesNiepoth N, Ellers J and Henry LM
Bmc Evolutionary Biology vol. 18 (1)
12-03-2018
2017
The evolution of host-symbiont dependenceFisher RM, Henry LM, Cornwallis CK, Kiers ET and West SA
Nature Communications vol. 8
04-07-2017
2016
Insect symbionts in food websMcLean AHC, Parker BJ, Hrček J, Henry LM and Godfray HCJ
Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society B: Biological Sciences vol. 371 (1702)
01-08-2016
2015
Horizontal transfer of facultative endosymbionts is limited by host relatednessŁukasik P, Guo H, van Asch M, Henry LM, Godfray HCJ and Ferrari J
Evolution, Wiley vol. 69 (10), 2757-2766.
24-09-2015
Insect life history and the evolution of bacterial mutualismHenry LM, Maiden MCJ, Ferrari J and Godfray HCJ
Ecology Letters, Wiley vol. 18 (6), 516-525.
13-04-2015
2013
On the evolution of omnivory in a community contextChubaty AM, Ma BO, Stein RW, Gillespie DR, Henry LM, Phelan C, Palsson E, Simon FW and Roitberg BD
Ecology and Evolution, Wiley vol. 4 (3), 251-265.
29-12-2013
Horizontally Transmitted Symbionts and Host Colonization of Ecological NichesHenry LM, Peccoud J, Simon J-C, Hadfield JD, Maiden MJC, Ferrari J and Godfray HCJ
Current Biology, Elsevier vol. 23 (17), 1713-1717.
29-08-2013
2011
Deleterious Mutation Accumulation in Asexual Timema Stick InsectsHenry L, Schwander T and Crespi BJ
Molecular Biology and Evolution, Oxford University Press (Oup) vol. 29 (1), 401-408.
22-09-2011
Molecular Evidence for Ancient Asexuality in Timema Stick InsectsSchwander T, Henry L and Crespi BJ
Current Biology, Elsevier vol. 21 (13), 1129-1134.
16-06-2011
2010
Predator identity and the nature and strength of food web interactionsHenry LM, Bannerman JA, Gillespie DR and Roitberg BD
Journal of Animal Ecology, Wiley vol. 79 (6), 1164-1171.
14-07-2010
Host‐adapted parasitoids in biological control: Does source matter?Henry LM, May N, Acheampong S, Gillespie DR and Roitberg BD
Ecological Applications, Wiley vol. 20 (1), 242-250.
01-01-2010
2009
Size-mediated adaptive foraging: a host-selection strategy for insect parasitoidsHenry LM, Ma BO and Roitberg BD
Oecologia, Springer Nature vol. 161 (2), 433-445.
06-06-2009
2008
Assortative mating and the role of phenotypic plasticity in male competition: implications for gene flow among host-associated parasitoid populationsHenry LM
Biology Letters, The Royal Society vol. 4 (5), 508-511.
12-08-2008
2007
HOST‐RANGE EVOLUTION IN APHIDIUS PARASITOIDS: FIDELITY, VIRULENCE AND FITNESS TRADE‐OFFS ON AN ANCESTRAL HOSTHenry LM, Roitberg BD and Gillespie DR
Evolution, Wiley vol. 62 (3), 689-699.
25-12-2007
XIV International Entomophagous Insects Workshop: June 11–15, 2006, Newark, DelawareHopper KR, Kester KM, Hoelmer KA, Acheampong S, Gillespie DR, Quiring D, Alleyne M, Ciobanu L, Bancroft J, Beck M, Coll M, Chantos JM, Helms KR, Vinson SB, Chow A, Heinz KM, Colazza S, Aquila G, Peri E, Miliar J, et al.
Journal of Insect Science, Oxford University Press (Oup) vol. 7 (1)
01-03-2007
2006
Covariance of phenotypically plastic traits induces an adaptive shift in host selection behaviourHenry LM, Roitberg BD and Gillespie DR
Proceedings of The Royal Society B, The Royal Society vol. 273 (1603), 2893-2899.
15-08-2006
2005
Does mother really know best? Oviposition preference reduces reproductive performance in the generalist parasitoid Aphidius erviHenry LM, Gillespie DR and Roitberg BD
Entomologia Experimentalis Et Applicata, Wiley vol. 116 (3), 167-174.
15-08-2005
Grants
Grants of specific relevance to the Centre for Evolutionary and Functional GenomicsBBSRC-NSF/BIO - Host immune suppression as a key adaptation enabling bacterial symbiosesLee Henry
£432,267 BBSRC Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
24-08-2022 - 23-08-2025
Get by with help from your little friends: explaining defensive symbiont dynamics in insectsLee Henry
£254,882 Leverhulme Trust
01-09-2020 - 29-09-2024
SYMOBLIGA: Comparative genomics of host-symbiont dependencyLee Henry
£146,763 EU Commission - Horizon 2020
01-09-2018 - 31-08-2020
Research Fellowship: The Evolution of Bacterial MutualismLee Henry
£534,875 NERC Natural Environment Research Council
31-03-2016 - 30-06-2023