Want to learn more about symbiosis, aphids and the aphid host/symbiont interface? Take a look at our films that were made by Day’s Edge Productions, with animations by Stated Clearly. Funding for these films was provided by the National Science Foundation as part of IOS-1354154 to Wilson and Luetje.
SYMBIOSIS – Episode 1: Symbiotic Super Powers from Day’s Edge Productions on Vimeo.
SYMBIOSIS – Episode 2: Aphids Are Weird! from Day’s Edge Productions on Vimeo.
SYMBIOSIS – Episode 3: Inside The Pea Aphid from Day’s Edge Productions on Vimeo.
SYMBIOSIS – Episode 4: From Pests to People from Day’s Edge Productions on Vimeo.
WANT TO USE THESE FILMS IN YOUR CLASSROOM?
Veteran Miami-Dade Public School teachers Bertha Vazquez and Dora Pilz developed a series of curriculum resources that interface with the films. The materials are available at CPALMS. Click on the RESOURCES tab and search for:
- 160932 Symbiosis Episode 1: Symbiotic Super Powers (Dr. Alex Wilson’s Amazing Pea Aphids!)
- 160936 Symbiosis Episode 2: Aphids Are Weird! (Dr. Alex Wilson’s Amazing Pea Aphids!)
- 160937 Symbiosis Episode 3: Inside the Pea Aphid (Dr. Alex Wilson’s Amazing Pea Aphids!)
- 160943 Symbiosis Episode 4: From Pests to People (Dr. Wilson’s Amazing Pea Aphids)
IF YOU ARE HAVING TROUBLE ACCESSING THE CURRICULUM RESOURCE MATERIALS:
Email Alex and she will send them to you for free!
If you want to read more about the work described in the films, here’s the paper:
Price DRG, Feng H, Baker JD, Bavan S, Luetje CW, Wilson ACC (2014) Aphid amino acid transporter regulates glutamine supply to intracellular bacterial symbionts. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 111(1):320-325.
