Researcher interests: Genetic, molecular and physiological studies aimed at understanding the role of the female reproductive tract and its associated organs in facil- itating a successful reproduction event: dissecting the role of female accessory glands in mediating fertilization; sperm-egg interactions; reproductive aging. Genetic processes that underlie the development of the female reproductive tract. Genetic mechanisms that mediate the age-related Genetic mechanisms that mediate the age-related decline in fecundity and fertility. Sterile Insect Technique (SIT).
FACULTY / SCHOOL: Faculty of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Quality Sciences
DEPARTMENT: Entomology
Selected Publications
editorial overview networks phase transitions sociality and reproduction inter insect interactions that change molecular physiological state (2019)|
Current opinion in insect science|
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grass silica mineralizer gsm1 protein precipitates silica in sorghum silica cells (2019)|
bioRxiv|
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impact of gut microbiota on the fly s germ line (2016)|
Nature Communications|
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mating induces developmental changes in the insect female reproductive tract (2016)|
Current opinion in insect science|
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nature and functions of glands and ducts in the drosophila reproductive tract (2016)|
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neuronal nitric oxide synthase in the lower reproductive tract of female drosophila (2015)|
Molecular Reproduction and Development|
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mating regulates reproductive tract neuromodulators in drosophila (2014)|
Molecular Reproduction and Development|
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mating regulates neuromodulator ensembles at nerve termini innervating the drosophila reproductive tract (2014)|
Current Biology|
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does base pairing strength play a role in microrna repression (2012)|
RNA|
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tissue remodeling a mating induced differentiation program for the drosophila oviduct (2008)|
BMC Developmental Biology|
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