Key factors behind the success of arthropods are the complex interactions they have with microbes, and - in the case of social insects - with each other. I use a combination of molecular, genomic, and bioinformatic tools to investigate these interactions, across various temporal scales. I have a general interest in the evolution of arthropods; my main study organisms are termites, cockroaches, and ticks, including pest species from each of these groups.

Che, Y., Wang, D., Shi, Y., Du, X., Zhao, Y., Lo, N., Wang, Z. (2016). A global molecular phylogeny and timescale of evolution for Cryptocercus woodroaches. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 98, 201-209. [More Information] Tieu, S., Chen, Y., Woolley, L., Collins, D., Barchia, I., Lo, N., Herron, G. (2016). A significant fitness cost associated with ACE1 target site pirimicarb resistance in a field isolate of Aphis gossypii Glover from Australian cotton. Journal of Pest Science, in press. [More Information] Ritchie, A., Lo, N., Ho, S. (2016). Examining the sensitivity of molecular species delimitations to the choice of mitochondrial marker. Organisms Diversity and Evolution, 16(3), 467-480. [More Information] Lo, N., Tong, K., Rose, H., Ho, S., Beninati, T., Low, D., Matsumoto, T., Maekawa, K. (2016). Multiple evolutionary origins of Australian soil-burrowing cockroaches driven by climate change in the Neogene. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 283(1825), 1-8. [More Information] Loh, S., Gofton, A., Lo, N., Gillett, A., Ryan, U., Irwin, P., Oskam, C. (2016). Novel Borrelia species detected in echidna ticks, Bothriocroton concolor, in Australia. Parasites and Vectors, 9, 339. [More Information] Bourguignon, T., Lo, N., Sobotnık, J., Sillam-Dusses, D., Roisin, Y., Evans, T. (2016). Oceanic dispersal, vicariance and human introduction shaped the modern distribution of the termites Reticulitermes, Heterotermes and Coptotermes. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 283(1827), 1-19. [More Information] Chouvenc, T., Li, H., Austin, J., Bordereau, C., Bourguignon, T., Cameron, S., Cancello, E., Constantino, R., Costa-Leonardo, A., Eggleton, P., Lee, T., Lo, N., et al (2016). Revisiting Coptotermes (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae): A global taxonomic road map for species validity and distribution of an economically important subterranean termite genus. Systematic Entomology, 41(2), 299-306. [More Information] Ho, S., Chen, A., Lins, L., Duchene, D., Lo, N. (2016). The Genome as an Evolutionary Timepiece. Genome Biology and Evolution, in press. [More Information] Lydecker, H., Stanfield, E., Lo, N., Hochuli, D., Banks, P. (2015). Are urban bandicoots solely to blame for tick concerns? Australian Zoologist, 37(3), 288-293. [More Information] Ho, S., Tong, K., Foster, C., Ritchie, A., Lo, N., Crisp, M. (2015). Biogeographic calibrations for the molecular clock. Biology Letters, 11(9), 1-7. [More Information] Tong, K., Duchene, S., Ho, S., Lo, N. (2015). Comment on "Phylogenomics resolves the timing and pattern of insect evolution". Science, 349(6427), 487-487. [More Information] Gofton, A., Oskam, C., Lo, N., Beninati, T., Wei, G., McCarl, V., Murray, D., Paparini, A., Greay, T., Holmes, A., et al (2015). Inhibition of the endosymbiont “Candidatus Midichloria mitochondrii�? during 16S rRNA gene profiling reveals potential pathogens in Ixodes ticks from Australia. Parasites and Vectors, 8(1), 1-11. [More Information] Tong, K., Duchene, S., Ho, S., Lo, N. (2015). INSECT PHYLOGENOMICS. Comment on "Phylogenomics resolves the timing and pattern of insect evolution". Science, 349(6247), 487-487. Bourguignon, T., Lo, N., Cameron, S., Sobotinik, J., Hayashi, Y., Shigenobu, S., Watanabe, D., Roisin, Y., Miura, T., Evans, T. (2015). The evolutionary history of termites as inferred from 66 mitochondrial genomes. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 32(2), 406-421. [More Information] Lee, T., Cameron, S., Evans, T., Ho, S., Lo, N. (2015). The origins and radiation of Australian Coptotermes termites: From rainforest to desert dwellers. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 82(PA), 234-244. [More Information] Ujvari, B., Casewell, N., Sunagar, K., Arbuckle, K., Wuster, W., Lo, N., O'Meally, D., Beckmann, C., King, G., Deplazes, E., Madsen, T. (2015). Widespread convergence in toxin resistance by predictable molecular evolution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), 112(38), 11911-11916. [More Information] Tokuda, G., Tsuboi, Y., Kihara, K., Saitou, S., Moriya, S., Lo, N., Kikuchi, J. (2014). Metabolomic profiling of 13C-labelled cellulose digestion in a lower termite: Insights into gut symbiont function. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 281(1789), 1-10. [More Information] Lee, T., Ho, S., Wilson, G., Lo, N. (2014). Phylogeography and diversity of the terrestrial isopod Spherillo grossus (Oniscidea: Armadillidae) on the Australian East Coast. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 170(2), 297-309. [More Information] Maekawa, K., Hayashi, Y., Lee, T., Lo, N. (2014). Presoldier differentiation of australian termite species induced by juvenile hormone analogues. Australian Journal of Entomology, 53(2), 138-143. [More Information] Jia, F., Lo, N., Ho, S. (2014). The Impact of Modelling Rate Heterogeneity among Sites on Phylogenetic Estimates of Intraspecific Evolutionary Rates and Timescales. PloS One, 9(5), 1-8. [More Information]