Lars Råberg, PhD
Since my undergraduate studies my main research interests have revolved around the ecology and evolution of host-parasite interactions. My phd thesis focused on the causes and consequences of variation in immune function, using wild blue tits and genetically engineered lab mice as study organisms. After a post doc with Andrew Read in Edinburgh, where I performed some experiments with the rodent malaria parasite Plasmodium chabaudi in lab mice, I returned to Lund in 2006 and set up a new study system: the tick transmitted bacterium Borrelia afzelii in wild rodents. We are currently using this system to address questions like:
Recent publications
Selected publications
Hellgren, O., Andersson, M. and Råberg L. The genetic structure of Borrelia afzelii varies with geographic but not ecological sampling scale. Journal of Evolutionary Biology in press.
Råberg, L. Graham, A.L. and Read, A. F. 2009. Decomposing health: tolerance and resistance to parasites in animals. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 364: 37-49.
Råberg, L., Sim, D. and Read, A. F. 2007. Disentangling genetic variation for resistance and tolerance to infectious diseases in animals. Science 318: 812-814.
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Lars Råberg
MEMEG
Phone:
+46462223766
E-mail:
Lars.Raberg@biol.lu.se
PhD students, main supervisor:
Kristin Scherman
Recent supervision
Martin Andersson Dagmar Clough