Parker, BJ*, Barribeau, SM*, Laughton, AM, Griffin, LH, Gerardo, NM (in press) Life-history strategy determines constraints on immune function. Journal of Animal Ecology
*contributed equally

Barribeau, SM, Schmid-Hempel, P (2017) Sexual healing: mating induces a protective immune response in bumblebees. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 30(1), 202-209

Barribeau, SM, Schmid-Hempel, P, Sadd, BM (2016) Royal decree: gene expression in transgenerationally immune primed bumblebee workers mimics a primary immune response. PLoS ONE 11(7): e0159635. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0159635  (Preprint: BioRxiv doi: dx.doi.org/10.1101/043638)

de Man, TJB, Stajich, JE, Kubicek, CP, Teiling, C, Chenthamara, K,  Atanasova, L, Druzhinina, IS, Levenkova, N, Birnbaum, SSL, Barribeau, SM, Bozick, BA,  Suen, G, Currie, CR, Gerardo, NM (2016) Small genome of the fungus Escovopsis weberi, a specialized disease agent of ant agriculture. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1518501113

Marxer, MA, Barribeau, SM, Schmid-Hempel, P (2016) Experimental Evolution of a Trypanosome Parasite of Bumblebees and its Implications for Infection Success and Host Immune Response. Evolutionary Biology. 10.1007/s11692-015-9366-z

Kapheim, KM, Pan, H, Li, C, Salzberg, SL, Puiu, D, Magoc, T, Robertson, HM, Hudson, ME, Venkat, A, Fischman, BJ, Hernandez, A, Yandell, M, Ence, D, Holt, C, Yocum, GD, Kemp, WP, Bosch, J, Waterhouse, RM, Zdobnov, EM, Stolle, E, Kraus, FB, Helbing, S, Moritz, RFA, Glastad, KM, Hunt, BG, Goodisman, MAD, Hauser, F, Grimmelikhuijzen, CJP, Pinheiro, DG, Nunes, FMF, Soares, MPM, Tanaka, ED, Simoes, ZLP, Hartfelder, K, Evans, JD, Barribeau, SM, Johnson, RM, Massey, JH, Southey, BR, Hasselmann, M, Hamacher, D, Biewer, M, Kent, CF, Zayed, A, Blatti C III, B, Sinha, S, Johnston, JS, Hanrahan, SJ, Kocher, SD, Wang, J, Robinson, GE, Zhang, G, (2015) Genomic signatures of evolutionary transitions from solitary to group living. Science Published online 14 May 2015 [DOI:10.1126/science.aaa4788]

Barribeau, SM,  Sadd, BM,  du Plessis, L,  Brown, MJF,  Buechel, SD,  Cappelle, K,  Carolan, JC,  Christiaens, O,  Colgan, TJ,  Erler, S,  Evans, J,  Helbing, S,  Karaus, E,  Lattorff, HMG,  Marxer, M,  Meeus, I,  Napflin, K,  Niu, J,  Schmid-Hempel, R,  Smagghe, G,  Waterhouse, RM,  Yu, N,  Zdobnov, EM,  Schmid-Hempel, P (2015) A depauperate immune repertoire precedes evolution of sociality in bees. Genome Biology 16:83  DOI:10.1186/s13059-015-0628-y

Sadd, B, Barribeau, SM, Bloch, G, Graaf, D, Dearden, P, Elsik, C, Gadau, J, Grimmelikhuijzen, C, Hasselmann, M, Lozier, J, Robertson, H, Smagghe, G, Stolle, E, Vaerenbergh, M, Waterhouse, R, Bornberg-Bauer, E, Klasberg, S, Bennett, A, Camara, F, Guigo, R, Hoff, K, Mariotti, M, Munoz-Torres, M, Murphy, T, Santesmasses, D, Amdam, G, Beckers, M, Beye, M, Biewer, M, Bitondi, M, Blaxter, M, Bourke, A, Brown, M, Buechel, S, Cameron, R, Cappelle, K, Carolan, J, Christiaens, O, Ciborowski, K, Clarke, D, Colgan, T, Collins, D, Cridge, A, Dalmay, T, Dreier, S, Plessis, L, Duncan, E, Erler, S, Evans, J, Falcon, T, Flores, K, Freitas, F, Fuchikawa, T, Gempe, T, Hartfelder, K, Hauser, F, Helbing, S, Humann, F, Irvine, F, Jermiin, L, Johnson, C, Johnson, R, Jones, A, Kadowaki, T, Kidner, J, Koch, V, Kohler, A, Kraus, F, Lattorff, H, Leask, M, Lockett, G, Mallon, E, Antonio, D, Marxer, M, Meeus, I, Moritz, R, Nair, A, Napflin, K, Nissen, I, Niu, J, Nunes, F, Oakeshott, J, Osborne, A, Otte, M, Pinheiro, D, Rossie, N, Rueppell, O, Santos, C, Schmid-Hempel, R, Schmitt, B, Schulte, C, Simoes, Z, Soares, M, Swevers, L, Winnebeck, E, Wolschin, F, Yu, N, Zdobnov, E, Aqrawi, P, Blankenburg, K, Coyle, M, Francisco, L, Hernandez, A, Holder, M, Hudson, M, Jackson, L, Jayaseelan, J, Joshi, V, Kovar, C, Lee, S, Mata, R, Mathew, T, Newsham, I, Ngo, R, Okwuonu, G, Pham, C, Pu, L, Saada, N, Santibanez, J, Simmons, D, Thornton, R, Venkat, A, Walden, K, Wu, Y, Debyser, G, Devreese, B, Asher, C, Blommaert, J, Chipman, A, Chittka, L, Fouks, B, Liu, J, O’Neill, M, Sumner, S, Puiu, D, Qu, J, Salzberg, S, Scherer, S, Muzny, D, Richards, S, Robinson, G, Gibbs, R, Schmid-Hempel, P, Worley, K (2015). The genomes of two key bumblebee species with primitive eusocial organisation. Genome Biology 16:83 DOI:10.1186/s13059-015-0623-3

Wilkinson, GS, Breden, F, Mank, JE, Ritchie, MG, Higginson, AD, Radwan, J, Jaquiery, J, Salzburger, W, Arriero, E, Barribeau, SM, Phillips, PC, Renn, SCP, Rowe, L (2015) The locus of sexual selection: moving sexual selection studies into the post-genomics era. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12621

Brunner, FS§, Schmid-Hempel, P, Barribeau SM (2014) Protein-poor diet reduces host-specific immune gene expression in Bombus terrestris. Proceedings of the Royal Society London-B. 281 doi:10.1098/rspb.2014.0128 §student advisee

Barribeau, SM, Sadd, BS, du Plessis L, Schmid-Hempel, P. (2014) Gene expression differences underlying genotype-by- genotype specificity in a host–parasite system. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA. 111(9), 3496-501 doi: 10.1073/pnas.1318628111

Barribeau, SM, Parker, BJ*§, Gerardo, NM (2014) Exposure to natural pathogens reveals costly aphid response to fungi but not bacteria. Ecology & Evolution, 4(4), 488-493. *contributed equally,§student advisee

Leventhal, GE, Dünner, R§, Barribeau SM (2014) Delayed virulence and limited costs promote fecundity compensation upon infection. The American Naturalist. 183(4), 480-493. §student advisee

Barribeau, SM & Schmid-Hempel P (2013) Qualitatively different immune response of the bumblebee host, Bombus terrestris, to infection by different clones of the trypanosome gut parasite, Crithidia bombi. Infection, Genetics and Evolution,  20, 249-256, doi: 10.1016/j.meegid.2013.09.014

Sadd, BM & Barribeau, SM (2013) Heterogeneity in infection outcome: lessons from a bumblebee-trypanosome system. Parasite Immunology
* Invited review

Brunner, FS§, Schmid-Hempel, P, Barribeau, SM (2013). Immune gene expression in Bombus terrestris: signatures of infection despite strong variation among populations, colonies, and sister workers. PLoS One,  8(7): e68181. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0068181
§student advisee

Barribeau, SM & Gerardo, NM (2012) An evolutionarily and ecologically based strategy for genome sequencing efforts. Heredity, 108, 577-580.

Barribeau, SM, Villinger, J, Waldman (2012) Ecological immunogenetics of life history traits in a model amphibian. Biology Letters, 8, 405–407.

Lyons, JI, Pierce, AA, Barribeau, SM, Sternberg, ED, Mongue, AJ, de Roode, JC (2012) Lack of genetic differentiation between monarch butterflies with divergent migration destinations. Molecular Ecology, 21, 3433-3444.

Parker, BJ*§Barribeau, SM*, Laughton, AM, De Roode, JC, Gerardo, NM (2011) Non-immunological defense in an evolutionary framework. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 26, 242-248.
*contributed equally, §student advisee

Barribeau, SM, Sok, D*§, Gerardo, NM (2010) Aphid reproductive investment in response to mortality risks. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 10:251.
§student advisee

Gerardo, NM*, Altincicek, B, Anselme, C, Atamian, H, Barribeau, SM*, de Vos, M, Duncan, EJ, Evans, JD, Gabaldón, T, Ghanim, M*, Heddi, A, Kaloshian, I, Latorre, A, Moya, A, Nakabachi, A, Parker, BJ, Pérez-Brocal, V, Pignatelli, M, Rahbé, Y, Ramsey, JS, Spragg, CJ§, Tamames, J, Tamarit, D, Tamborindeguy, C, Vincent-Monegat, C, Vilcinskas, A (2010) Immunity and other defenses in pea aphids, Acyrthosiphon pisumGenome Biology 11:R21 doi:10.1186/gb-2010-11-2-r21
* group leaders, § student advisee

The International Aphid Genome Consortium (2010) Genome sequence of the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisumPLoS Biology 8(2): e1000313. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1000313

Barribeau, SM, Villinger, J, Waldman, B (2008) Major histocompatibility complex based resistance to a common bacterial pathogen of amphibians. PLoS ONE 3(7): e2692, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002692