angelly.vasquezcorrea@utoronto.ca
Previous Degrees
- B.Sc. Honors in Biology (University of Antioquia, 2016)
- Ph.D. in Biology, Neotropical Program, Department of Biology (McGill University, 2024)
Current Position
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Sokolowski Lab
Publications
Rajakumar A, Pontieri L, Li R, Stenbak Larsen R, Vasquez-Correa A, Rafiqi A, Abouheif E, Zhang G (2022).From egg to adult: a developmental table of the ant Monomorium pharaonic. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution.
Koch, S., Tahara, R., Vasquez‐Correa, A., & Abouheif, E. (2021). Nano‐CT imaging of larvae in the ant Pheidole hyatti reveals coordinated growth of a rudimentary organ necessary for soldier development. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution, 336(7), 540-553.
Restrepo A, Páez V, Vasquez-Correa A, Campo O, Daza J. Rapid microsatellite marker development in the endangered neotropical freshwater turtle Podocnemis lewyana (Testudines: Podocnemididae) using 454 sequencing. Biochem. Syst. Ecol.
Díaz-Ayala R.F., Gutiérrez-Cárdenas P.D.A., Vasquez-Correa A.,Caicedo Portilla, J.R. (2015). New records of Diploglossus monotropis (Kuhl, 1820) (Squamata: Anguidae) from Urabá and Magdalena River valley, Colombia, with an updated geographic distribution map.Checklist.
Accepted Revision
Vasquez-Correa A, Arnet J, Chen T, Abouheif E. Latent Gene Network Expression Underlies the Reversal of a Lost Trait in the Worker Caste of Ants. Submitted in Current Biology. DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.5026529
Ph.D.
The developmental basis of the head in ants: a hotspot for the evolution of ant castes.
Advisor: Dr. Ehab Abouheif
Research Summary
I am interested in understanding how genetic and environmental factors interact throughout development and how this interaction influences the evolution of phenotypic and behavioural complexity. I completed my Ph.D. in the Abouheif lab at McGill University, where I investigated the developmental and evolutionary origins of caste-specific traits in ants. Currently, as a postdoctoral fellow in the Sokolowski lab at the University of Toronto, I study the genetic and environmental basis of behavioural plasticity in Drosophila melanogaster. My research will focus on the evolution of the foraging gene and its regulatory architecture across Drosophila species, using molecular biology, comparative genomics, and evolutionary developmental biology.