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Host: Prof. Kayla C. King

Host: Prof. Jacob C. Koella

Thesis title: Pathogen infection dynamics and the evolution of
host resistance and tolerance.

Supervisor: Dr. Sophie A. O. Armitage

Thesis title: The role of Down syndrome cell adhesion molecule 1 for the bacterial microbiota of Tribolium castaneum.

Supervisor: Prof. Joachim Kurtz

Thesis title: The influence of acoustic sounds in the reproductive behaviour of the sand goby.

Supervisor: Prof. Paulo Fonseca

Evolutionary ecology (TA, 2021-2023, Univ. of Neuchâtel, Switzerland)

Statistics for biologists (TA, 2021-2023, Univ. of Neuchâtel, Switzerland)

Methods in Evolution (Lecturer, 2021-2024, Univ. of Neuchâtel, Switzerland)

2023. Acerbi, G (Postgraduate). University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland. Now a PhD
student with Justyna Wolinska and Luc De Meester (IGB Berlin, Germany).

2022. Ammann, M (Postgraduate). University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland. Now a
PhD student with Redouan Bshary (University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland).

2026. Guan ES. University of British Columbia, Canada.

2026. Wu B. University of British Columbia, Canada.

2025. Choi V. University of British Columbia, Canada.

2019. Hublitz K. Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.

2019. Zachau F. Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.

2019. Sommer S. Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. Now a PhD student with
Giovanna Barba (Institut Pasteur, France)

2022. ESEB, Prague, Czech Republic.

2020. Ecological Immunology Workshop, Berlin, Germany.

2020. Antimicrobial bacterial adaptation: environmental and mechanistic aspects Meeting, Berlin, Germany.

2020. Insects: Infections and Immunity Workshop, Berlin, Germany.

2013. Cryptic genetic variation Workshop, Münster, Germany.

2013. Stem cells of invertebrates Workshop, Münster, Germany.

2012. Forensic Medicine Course with Prof. Pinto da Costa, Porto, Portugal.

2026. Silva, LM & King, KC. Shedding and spreading drive transmission heterogeneity. Ecology x Evolution, Cornwall, UK.

2026. Silva, LM & King, KC. Host ecology drives transmission heterogeneity through uncoupled shedding and spreading. Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution, Toronto, Canada.

2025. Silva, LM. Why are infectious diseases so heterogeneous? UBC Postdoc Research Day, Vancouver, Canada.

2025. Silva, LM & King, KC. Transmission heterogeneity and parasite evolution. Microbiology & Immunology Symposium, Vancouver, Canada.

2024. Silva, LM & Koella, JC. Dissecting transmission to understand parasite evolution. Evolution 2024, Montreal, Canada.

2022. Silva, LM, Zeferino, TG & Koella, JC. Death by resource depletion: Is it due to immune function or sequestration by parasite? Ecological Immunology Workshop, Blossin, Germany

2022. Silva, LM & Armitage, SAO. To fight or to cope? How evolving host tolerance shapes infection dynamics and pathogen evolution. Biology 22, Basel, Switzerland.

2019. Silva, LM & Armitage, SAO. Dynamics of insect tolerance to bacteral infections. 3rd Eco-Evo PhD Meeting, Bayreuth, Germany.

2018. Silva, LM & Armitage, SAO. Evolving defenses: resistance and tolerance. AG Kurtz (WWU), AG Fricke (WWU), AG Armitage group Workshop, Klingemühle, Germany.

2026. Silva LM, Vinopal D, Choi, VG, Travers-Cook TJ & King KC. Hosts as architects of pathogen transmission: from transmission heterogeneity to exposure landscapes. ISEMPH, Kiel, Germany. (upcoming)

2025. Silva LM & King KC. Super-spreading vs. super-shedding: from physiology to behaviour. ESEB, Barcelona, Spain.

2021. Silva LM & Armitage SAO. Effects of selection for host tolerance and resistance on a host-pathogen interaction. EEID Montpellier/Virtual.

2019. Silva LM & Armitage SAO. Evolving defenses: resistance and tolerance. Experimental evolution Workshop, Münster, Germany.

2018. Silva LM & Armitage SAO. Evolving defenses: resistance and tolerance. 2nd Eco-Evo PhD Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic.

2026. Silva, LM. Host ecology shapes transmission heterogeneity through uncoupled shedding and spreading. University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Austria. (upcoming)

2026. Silva, LM. Host ecology shapes transmission heterogeneity through uncoupled shedding and spreading. University of Edinburgh, UK.

2026. Silva, LM. Hosts as architects of pathogen transmission: from infection environments to virulence evolution. University of Lausanne, Switzerland.

2026. Silva, LM. Small organisms, Big impacts (Pequenos organismos, Grandes impactos). Cultural week organized by ‘Externato Senhora do Carmo’ High school, Porto, Portugal.

2025. Silva, LM. Parasite transmission and evolution: heterogeneity, causes and implications. IEB Seminars, WWU Münster, Germany.

2026 Li, J, Travers-Cook, TJ & Silva, LM. Microbial symbiosis: disturbance, adaptation, and the parasitism-mutualism continuum. Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution, Toronto, Canada.

2023. 6,730 CHF. Basler Stiftung für biologische Forschung

2025. Evolutionary Applications: Editor’s monthly highlights.

2022. Nature Communications: Ecology and Evolution editor’s yearly highlights.

2010. First place, National High School Science Competition (in collaboration with the University of Aveiro, Portugal).

Academic editor for PLOS Pathogens (2026-Present)

Editorial Review Board in Innate Immunity (2026 – Present)

Editorial Review Board in International Journal of Immunopathology and Pharmacology (2026 – Present)

2026. Invited grant reviewer for the French National Research Agency (ANR).

BMC Genomics (4)

Communications Biology (1)

Current Biology (1)

Developmental and Comparative Immunology (1)

Ecology and Evolution (2)

Evolution (1)

Evolutionary Applications (2)

ISME Communications (2)

Open Biology (1)

Peer Community in Infections (1)

Physiological Entomology (2)

PLOS Pathogens (1)

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2)

Proceedings of the Royal Society B (2)

Scientific Reports (1)

Virulence (1)

Education & Outreach Committee Member of SORTEE (Society for Open, Reliable and Transparent Ecology and Evolution)

Member of ESEB (European Society for Evolutionary Biology)

Member of SSE (Society for the Study of Evolution)

Member of SMBE (Society for Molecular Biology & Evolution)

Member of ISEMPH (International Society for Evolution, Medicine and Public Health)

Member of CSEE/SCEE (Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution)

Member of APBE (Portuguese Society for Evolutionary Biology)

Member of TEA (Thermal Ecology Alliance)

2025. Wang, C (Honour thesis). Determining the biogeographical history of freshwater-adapted alleles in the three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus). Supervised by Schluter, D.