Source: European Union 2 Published on: 2026-06-17
That space to take risks is exactly what led Barbara to the questions she works on today: how social life shapes health. After the COVID-19 pandemic reminded all of us how contact can spread disease, her curiosity turned to the other side of the story: how animals manage that risk while still living together. Her MSCA diseaseINgroups project uses flour beetles to study how group size, relationships, and structure affect disease spread and social behaviour, helping us understand how immunity and group survival evolve.
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