{"id":3,"date":"2016-12-11T23:01:55","date_gmt":"2016-12-11T23:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/tatelab\/homepage\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T13:58:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T18:58:59","slug":"homepage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/tatelab\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>The Tate Lab<\/h1>\n<h3>Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University<\/h3>\n<p>Organisms have evolved an array of life history strategies that reflect the tension of maximizing fitness in a world beset with predators, parasites, and hostile environments. In the Tate Lab, we are particularly interested in understanding the impact of parasites on <strong>immune system evolution<\/strong>, and the conflicts that arise when organisms need to balance investment in immunity with other life history traits.<\/p>\n<p>To this end, we couple theoretical approaches with experiments on tractable insect systems to explore the causes and consequences of variation in both infection and immunity at the molecular, organismal, and population levels of biological organization.<\/p>\n<p>Please see the &#8220;Join Us&#8221; page for general and specific opportunities to join the lab!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-631 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my\/my-prd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2349\/2026\/06\/20260616_134431-1-650x596.jpg\" alt=\"Lab photo 2026\" width=\"650\" height=\"596\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my\/my-prd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2349\/2026\/06\/20260616_134431-1-650x596.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my\/my-prd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2349\/2026\/06\/20260616_134431-1-300x275.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my\/my-prd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2349\/2026\/06\/20260616_134431-1-768x704.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my\/my-prd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2349\/2026\/06\/20260616_134431-1-1536x1408.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my\/my-prd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2349\/2026\/06\/20260616_134431-1.jpg 1831w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Tate Lab Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University Organisms have evolved an array of life history strategies that reflect the tension of maximizing fitness in a world beset with predators, parasites, and hostile environments. In the Tate Lab, we are particularly interested in understanding the impact of parasites on immune system evolution, and the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6393,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/tatelab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/tatelab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/tatelab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/tatelab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6393"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/tatelab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/tatelab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":632,"href":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/tatelab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3\/revisions\/632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/tatelab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/tatelab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}