First person – Georgia Cullen

TL;DR

This paper discusses the development of germline progenitors in queen honeybee ovaries during their larval stage.

Contribution

The study provides new insights into germline development in queen honeybees, focusing on the larval stage.

Findings

Germline progenitors are present in the ovaries of larval queen honeybees.

The development of these progenitors is crucial for future reproductive capabilities.

Abstract

First Person is a series of interviews with the first authors of a selection of papers published in Biology Open, helping researchers promote themselves alongside their papers. Georgia Cullen is first author on ‘
Development of germline progenitors in larval queen honeybee ovaries’, published in BiO. Georgia conducted the research described in this article while a PhD student in Peter Dearden's lab at the University of Otago. She is now a post-doc in the lab of Nicholas Teets at the University of Kentucky, investigating evolution, development, germlines, soma, oogenesis, insects, and genetic modification.

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