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Melissa Flores

Advisor — Dr. Gene E. Robinson
NSF Graduate Research Fellow

Research Interests

Member of Robinson Lab

Education

B.A. in Psychology with minors in Biology & Chemistry | Barnard College ('16)

Grants

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Grant from the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology (2023)

Awards and Honors

  • Graduate Research Fellowship | National Science Foundation
  • ASPIRE Fellowship | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Additional Campus Affiliations

Co-organizer of the Graduate Third Space @ IGB

Recent Publications

  • Kogan, H. V., Macleod, S. G., Rondeau, N. C., Raup-Collado, J., Cordero, V. A., Rovnyak, D., ... & Snow, J. W. (2024). Transcriptional control of a metabolic switch regulating cellular methylation reactions is part of a common response to stress in divergent bee species. Journal of Experimental Biology, 227(11).
  • Flores, M. E., McNamara-Bordewick, N. K., Lovinger, N. L., & Snow, J. W. (2021). Halofuginone triggers a transcriptional program centered on ribosome biogenesis and function in honey bees. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology139, 103667.
  • Shih, S. R., Huntsman, E. M., Flores, M. E., & Snow, J. W. (2020). Reproductive potential does not cause loss of heat shock response performance in honey bees. Scientific Reports, 10(1), 1-8.