Below is a list of laboratories from members of the International Symbiosis Society. The research covers a wide range of symbiotic interactions. Click on the name of the investigator to go to their homepage. If you are a member and would like to have your site added, please contact the webmaster.


Monika Bright, University of Vienna, hydrothermal vent symbiosis
Colleen Cavanaugh, Harvard University, deep-sea vent symbioses
Todd Ciche, Michigan State University, bacteria-nematode symbiosis
Angela Douglas, Cornell University, insect-bacterial symbioses
Nicole Dubilier, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, chemosynthetic symbioses
Takema Fukatsu, Institute For Biological Functions, insect symbiosis
Heidi Goodrich-Blair, University of Wisconsin, bacteria-nematode symbiosis
Joerg Graf, University of Connecticut, leech digestive-tract symbiosis
Edouard Jurkevitch, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, insect symbiosis
Martin Kaltenpoth, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Beewolf-Streptomyces
Carol Lauzon, California State University, insect symbiosis
Mark Mandel, Northwestern University, Vibrio-squid symbiosis
Margaret McFall-Ngai, University of Wisconson, Vibrio-squid symbiosis
Spencer Nyholm, University of Connecticut, Vibrio-squid symbiosis
Edward Ruby, University of Wisconson, Vibrio-squid symbiosis
Patricia Stock, University of Arizona, Symbionts of insect parasitic and pathogenic nematodes
Karen Visick, Loyola University, Vibrio-squid symbiosis
Martin Zimmer, University of Kiel; isopod symbionts, epithelial and endosymbionts of comb jellies


Cameron Currie, University of Wisconsin, Leaf-cutting ant-mutualistic bacteria-fungal cultivar symbiosis
Michael Poulsen, University of Copenhagen, Leaf-cutting ant-Streptomyces-basidiomycete symbiosis



Seth Bordenstein, Vanderbilt University, arthropod-Wolbachia-phage symbiosis


Marr Ayres, Dartmouth College, bark bettle-fungus symbiosis


Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, Universty of Queensland, coral-dianoflagellate symbiosis
Mary Rumpho-Kennedy, University of Maine, mollusc-algal symbiosis
Virginia Weis, Oregon State University, Anemonies-dianoflagellate symbiosis


Jennifer Rudgers, Rice University USA - Effect of mutualistic interactions on communities


Daniele Armaleo, Duke University, Lichen symbiosis
Francois Lutzoni, Duke University, Lichen symbiosis
Elfie Stocker-Wörgötter, University of Salzburg, Lichen symbiosis


Jean-Michel Ané, University of Wisconsin, legume-Rhizobium and mycorrhizal symbioses.
David Benson, University of Connecticut, actinorhizal symbioses
Birgitta Bergman, Stockholm University, plant-cyanobacteria symbiosis
Francisco Carrapiço, University of Lisbon, Azolla-Anabaena symbiosis
Sharon Doty, University of Washington, Nitrogen-fixing endophytes of non-legumes
Daniel Gage, University of Connecticut, Sinorhizobium meliloti symbiosis
Ann Hirsch, UCLA, legume-Rhizobium symbiosis
Matthias Horn, University of Vienna, Azolla-Anabaena symbiosis


Rusty Rodriguez, U.S. Geological Survey, Endophytic symbioses and plant stress tolerance
Christopher Schardl, University of Kentucky, Claviceptacious symbioses
Marc-André Selosse, Université Montpellier, mycorrhizal symbioses
Katarzyna Turnau, Jagiellonian University, plant-mycorrhizal symbiosis
Ajit Varma, Amity University of India, mycorrhizal symbioses




John Lee, City College of New York, Foraminifera symbioses