Dr. Eleftherianos obtained his PhD in Insect Molecular Biology (University of Bath, UK) and performed postdoctoral research in Insect Immunology (University of Strasbourg, France). Currently at George Washington University (Washington DC), his lab uses Drosophila,the entomopathogenic nematode Heterorhabditis, and its symbiotic bacterium Photorhabdus to investigate the molecular and evolutionary basis of insect immunity, bacterial symbiosis/pathogenicity and nematode parasitism, and to understand the basic principles of the complex interactions between these important biological processes.