{"id":747,"date":"2017-05-25T14:53:44","date_gmt":"2017-05-25T18:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/debekkerlab\/?p=747"},"modified":"2020-07-11T14:56:12","modified_gmt":"2020-07-11T18:56:12","slug":"microbe-post-the-fungus-that-makes-zombie-ants-could-use-biological-clocks-to-control-their-minds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/debekkerlab\/microbe-post-the-fungus-that-makes-zombie-ants-could-use-biological-clocks-to-control-their-minds\/","title":{"rendered":"Microbe Post: The fungus that makes &#8216;zombie ants&#8217; could use biological clocks to control their minds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In April, Charissa presented some of our work at the Microbiology Society conference in Edinburgh, UK. Afterwards, she had a chat with Anand Jagatia, the writer of the Society&#8217;s blog &#8220;Microbepost&#8221;.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/microbepost.org\/2017\/05\/24\/the-fungus-that-makes-zombie-ants-could-use-biological-clocks-to-control-their-minds\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Here<\/span><\/a> is what they talked about.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/microbepost.org\/2017\/05\/24\/the-fungus-that-makes-zombie-ants-could-use-biological-clocks-to-control-their-minds\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-220\" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/debekkerlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/sites\/25\/2017\/07\/googleplusprofilepicturefinal.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/debekkerlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2017\/07\/googleplusprofilepicturefinal.jpg 250w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/debekkerlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2017\/07\/googleplusprofilepicturefinal-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>In April, Charissa presented some of our work at the Microbiology Society conference in Edinburgh, UK. 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