BU PhD and Traniello lab alum, Ysabel Giraldo, is the lead author of “Lifespan behavioural and neural resilience in a social insect,” which was recently published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Ysabel’s thesis research at BU formed the basis of the paper and earned her the prestigious Belamarich Award for best Biology dissertation. The study found that behavioral performance did not decline in ‘elderly” Pheidole dentata minor worker ants, and that cell death in the brain did not increase with age.
Research from the paper has been featured in BU Today as well as several other science news outlets including: Discover Magazine, The Smithsonian, Der Spiegel, Futurity, and Science 360.