{"id":268,"date":"2014-01-08T21:33:08","date_gmt":"2014-01-09T02:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/burkelab.wordpress.com\/?page_id=3"},"modified":"2026-03-30T13:29:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T17:29:54","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/burkelab\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Welcome to the Burke lab!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How can microbes engage in relationships with animals without causing disease? Our lab studies symbiotic relationships between microbes and animals, and uses functional and evolutionary genetics and genomics to examine how these kinds of relationships can occur and are maintained. In particular, we study the fascinating beneficial viruses that are harbored by parasitic wasps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please browse around to find information about our research, publications, study systems and people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Live from the Lab with Gaelen Burke,<\/strong><br>A College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences video interview<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-e0082cf6 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=314&#038;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FUGACAES%2Fvideos%2F10159904172905234%2F&#038;show_text=false&#038;width=560&#038;t=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" title=\"Live from the Lab with Gaelen Burke\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p> Recorded February 23, 2018<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-social-links has-visible-labels has-icon-background-color is-layout-flex wp-block-social-links-is-layout-flex\"><li style=\"background-color:#ba0c2f;\" class=\"wp-social-link wp-social-link-facebook has-primary-background-color wp-block-social-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UGACAES\" class=\"wp-block-social-link-anchor\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M12 2C6.5 2 2 6.5 2 12c0 5 3.7 9.1 8.4 9.9v-7H7.9V12h2.5V9.8c0-2.5 1.5-3.9 3.8-3.9 1.1 0 2.2.2 2.2.2v2.5h-1.3c-1.2 0-1.6.8-1.6 1.6V12h2.8l-.4 2.9h-2.3v7C18.3 21.1 22 17 22 12c0-5.5-4.5-10-10-10z\"><\/path><\/svg><span class=\"wp-block-social-link-label\">UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/burkelab\/files\/2014\/01\/wasp_parasitizing.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"718\" height=\"529\" src=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/burkelab\/files\/2014\/01\/wasp_parasitizing.jpg\" alt=\"Wasp_parasitizing\" class=\"wp-image-197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/burkelab\/files\/2014\/01\/wasp_parasitizing.jpg 718w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/burkelab\/files\/2014\/01\/wasp_parasitizing-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/burkelab\/files\/2014\/01\/wasp_parasitizing-187x138.jpg 187w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 718px) 100vw, 718px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A wasp (species <em>Microplitis demolitor<\/em>) parasitizing a soybean looper caterpillar. 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