# 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.

## Key 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.