Publications

Elya C. 2024. Entomophthora muscae. Trends Parasitol. doi:10.1016/j.pt.2024.01.005. PDF

Stajich JE, Lovett B, Lee E, Macias AM, Hajek AE, de Bivort BL, Kasson MT, De Fine Licht HH, Elya C. 2023. Signatures of transposon-mediated genome inflation, host specialization, and photoentrainment in Entomophthora muscae and allied entomophthoralean fungi. Elife. doi:10.7554/elife.92863.1

Elya C. 2023. When a mind is not its own: mechanisms of host behavior control by parasitic fungi. Chapter 12 in The Mycota IX: Fungal Associations. Blackwell & Hsueh, editors. Springer. PDF

Elya C, Lavrentovich D, Lee E, Pasadyn C, Duval J, Basak M, Saykina V, de Bivort BL. 2023. Neural mechanisms of parasite-induced summiting behavior in “zombie” Drosophila. Elife 12:e85410. doi:10.7554/eLife.85410

De Fine Licht HH, Edwards S, Elya C. 2023. Evolutionary ecology of an obligate and behaviorally manipulating insect- pathogenic fungus, Entomophthora muscae. Authorea Preprintsdoi:10.22541/au.167778641.14505987/v1

Elya C, De Fine Licht HH. The genus Entomophthora: bringing the insect destroyers into the twenty-first century. IMA Fungus. 2021;12: 1–31. doi:10.1186/s43008-021-00084-w

de Bekker C, Beckerson WC, Elya C. Mechanisms behind the Madness: How Do Zombie-Making Fungal Entomopathogens Affect Host Behavior To Increase Transmission? MBio. 2021;12: e01872–21. doi:10.1128/mBio.01872-21

Wang JB, Elya C, St. Leger RJ. Genetic variation for resistance to the specific fly pathogen Entomophthora muscae. Sci Rep. 2020;10: 1–6. doi:10.1038/s41598-020-71262-w

Elya C, Lok TC, Spencer QE, McCausland H, Martinez CC, Eisen M. Robust manipulation of the behavior of Drosophila melanogaster by a fungal pathogen in the laboratory. Elife. 2018;7. doi:10.7554/eLife.34414

Coyle MC, Elya C, Bronski MJ, Eisen MB. Entomophthovirus: An insect-derived iflavirus that infects a behavior manipulating fungal pathogen of dipterans. bioRxiv. 2018. p. 371526. doi:10.1101/371526