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Professor Kristen Panfilio

Job Title
Honorary Professorial Fellow
Department
Life Sciences
Phone
024 765 73527
Email
K.Panfilio@warwick.ac.uk
Web Link
Comparative morphogenesis and macroevolution
Research Interests

The Panfilio Lab focuses on embryonic development in insects to investigate both (a) epithelial tissue morphogenesis and (b) molecular evolution and comparative genomics on macroevolutionary timescales.

Our research on morphogenesis - the creation of form - explores how the fertilized egg develops the correct organismal shape, and how strategies differ between species. Which features are robust, and which are sensitive to perturbation and could result in birth defects? To actively protect the embryo, the insect extraembryonic tissues exhibit many epithelial remodeling behaviors that are typical of animal development. We explore their activity and genetic regulation through functional, live cell imaging investigations, primarily in the flour beetle Tribolium castaneum.

At the same time, we focus on the milkweed bug, Oncopeltus fasciatus, as an experimentally tractable model for comparative investigations centered on the Hemiptera, the largest order of hemimetabolous insects. The Hemiptera, including medical and agricultural pests such as bed bugs and aphids, are diverse but poorly studied. Recent genome sequencing now allows us to investigate the genetic basis of what makes a bug, a bug.

Overall, our main aim is to understand the regulatory control that strikes a balance between the evolution of species-specific features and robust development and organismal function.

Biography

2007: Ph.D., University of Cambridge, Department of Zoology (UK)

2002: M.Phil., University of Cambridge, Department of Zoology (UK)

2001: B.A., Swarthmore College, Biology Department (USA)

British Society for Developmental Biology: member, from Mar. 2017

German Society for Developmental Biology (Gesellschaft für Entwicklungsbiologie) member, from Dec. 2014

European Society for Evolutionary Developmental Biology: member, from Aug. 2006

  • 'Horn, Thorsten, 'Narov, Kalin, 'Panfilio, Kristen A., 2022. 'Persistent parental RNAi in the Beetle Tribolium castaneum involves maternal transmission of long double?stranded RNA. Advanced Genetics
  • 'Panfilio, Kristen A., 'Chuva de Sousa Lopes, S. M., 2022. 'The extended analogy of extraembryonic development in insects and amniotes. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
  • Herndon, Nicolae, Shelton, Jennifer, Gerischer, Lizzy, Ioannidis, Panos, Ninova, Maria, Dönitz, Jürgen, Waterhouse, Robert M, Liang, Chun, Damm, Carsten, Siemanowski, Janna, Kitzmann, Peter, Ulrich, Julia, Dippel, Stefan, Oberhofer, Georg, Hu, Yonggang, Schwirz, Jonas, Schacht, Magdalena, Lehmann, Sabrina, Montino, Alice, Posnien, Nico et al (Select to open full list), 2020.

    All authors for Enhanced genome assembly and a new official gene set for Tribolium castaneum

    Herndon, Nicolae, Shelton, Jennifer, Gerischer, Lizzy, Ioannidis, Panos, Ninova, Maria, Dönitz, Jürgen, Waterhouse, Robert M, Liang, Chun, Damm, Carsten, Siemanowski, Janna, Kitzmann, Peter, Ulrich, Julia, Dippel, Stefan, Oberhofer, Georg, Hu, Yonggang, Schwirz, Jonas, Schacht, Magdalena, Lehmann, Sabrina, Montino, Alice, Posnien, Nico, Gurska, Daniela, Horn, Thorsten, Seibert, Jan, Vargas Jentzsch, Iris M, Panfilio, Kristen A., Li, Jianwei, Wimmer, Ernst A, Stappert, Dominik, Roth, Siegfried, Schröder, Reinhard, Park, Yoonseong, Schoppmeier, Michael, Chung, Ho-Ryun, Klingler, Martin, Kittelmann, Sebastian, Friedrich, Markus, Chen, Rui, Altincicek, Boran, Vilcinskas, Andreas, Zdobnov, Evgeny, Griffiths-Jones, Sam, Ronshaugen, Matthew, Stanke, Mario, Brown, Sue J., Bucher, Gregor

     Enhanced genome assembly and a new official gene set for Tribolium castaneum. BMC Genomics, 21 (1)
  • Rotenberg, Dorith, Baumann, Aaron A., Ben-Mahmoud, Sulley, Christiaens, Olivier, Dermauw, Wannes, Ioannidis, Panagiotis, Jacobs, Chris G. C., Vargas Jentzsch, Iris M., Oliver, Jonathan E., Poelchau, Monica F., Rajarapu, Swapna Priya, Schneweis, Derek J., Snoeck, Simon, Taning, Clauvis N. T., Wei, Dong, Widana Gamage, Shirani M. K., Hughes, Daniel S. T., Murali, Shwetha C., Bailey, Samuel T., Bejerman, Nicolas E. et al (Select to open full list), 2020.

    All authors for Genome-enabled insights into the biology of thrips as crop pests

    Rotenberg, Dorith, Baumann, Aaron A., Ben-Mahmoud, Sulley, Christiaens, Olivier, Dermauw, Wannes, Ioannidis, Panagiotis, Jacobs, Chris G. C., Vargas Jentzsch, Iris M., Oliver, Jonathan E., Poelchau, Monica F., Rajarapu, Swapna Priya, Schneweis, Derek J., Snoeck, Simon, Taning, Clauvis N. T., Wei, Dong, Widana Gamage, Shirani M. K., Hughes, Daniel S. T., Murali, Shwetha C., Bailey, Samuel T., Bejerman, Nicolas E., Holmes, Christopher J., Jennings, Emily C., Rosendale, Andrew J., Rosselot, Andrew, Hervey, Kaylee, Schneweis, Brandi A., Cheng, Sammy, Childers, Christopher, Simão, Felipe A., Dietzgen, Ralf G., Chao, Hsu, Dinh, Huyen, Doddapaneni, Harsha Vardhan, Dugan, Shannon, Han, Yi, Lee, Sandra L., Muzny, Donna M., Qu, Jiaxin, Worley, Kim C., Benoit, Joshua B., Friedrich, Markus, Jones, Jeffery W., Panfilio, Kristen A., Park, Yoonseong, Robertson, Hugh M., Smagghe, Guy, Ullman, Diane E., van der Zee, Maurijn, Van Leeuwen, Thomas, Veenstra, Jan A., Waterhouse, Robert M., Weirauch, Matthew T., Werren, John H., Whitfield, Anna E., Zdobnov, Evgeny M., Gibbs, Richard A., Richards, Stephen

     Genome-enabled insights into the biology of thrips as crop pests. BMC Biology, 18 (1)
  • Gurska, Daniela, Vargas Jentzsch, Iris M., Panfilio, Kristen A., 2020. Unexpected mutual regulation underlies paralogue functional diversification and promotes epithelial tissue maturation in Tribolium. Communications Biology, 3 (1)
  • Thomas, Gregg W. C., Dohmen, Elias, Hughes, Daniel S. T., Murali, Shwetha C., Poelchau, Monica, Glastad, Karl, Anstead, Clare A., Ayoub, Nadia A., Batterham, Phillip, Bellair, Michelle, Binford, Greta J., Chao, Hsu, Chen, Yolanda H., Childers, Christopher, Dinh, Huyen, Doddapaneni, Harsha Vardhan, Duan, Jian J., Dugan, Shannon, Esposito, Lauren A., Friedrich, Markus et al (Select to open full list), 2020.

    All authors for Gene content evolution in the arthropods

    Thomas, Gregg W. C., Dohmen, Elias, Hughes, Daniel S. T., Murali, Shwetha C., Poelchau, Monica, Glastad, Karl, Anstead, Clare A., Ayoub, Nadia A., Batterham, Phillip, Bellair, Michelle, Binford, Greta J., Chao, Hsu, Chen, Yolanda H., Childers, Christopher, Dinh, Huyen, Doddapaneni, Harsha Vardhan, Duan, Jian J., Dugan, Shannon, Esposito, Lauren A., Friedrich, Markus, Garb, Jessica, Gasser, Robin B., Goodisman, Michael A. D., Gundersen-Rindal, Dawn E., Han, Yi, Handler, Alfred M., Hatakeyama, Masatsugu, Hering, Lars, Hunter, Wayne B., Ioannidis, Panagiotis, Jayaseelan, Joy C., Kalra, Divya, Khila, Abderrahman, Korhonen, Pasi K, Lee, Carol Eunmi, Lee, Sandra L., Li, Yiyuan, Lindsey, Amelia R. I., Mayer, Georg, McGregor, Alistair P., McKenna, Duane D., Misof, Bernhard, Munidasa, Mala, Munoz-Torres, Monica, Muzny, Donna M., Niehuis, Oliver, Osuji-Lacy, Nkechinyere, Palli, Subba R., Panfilio, Kristen A., Pechmann, Matthias, Perry, Trent, Peters, Ralph S., Poynton, Helen C., Prpic, Nikola-Michael, Qu, Jiaxin, Rotenberg, Dorith, Schal, Coby, Schoville, Sean D., Scully, Erin D., Skinner, Evette, Sloan, Daniel B., Stouthamer, Richard, Strand, Michael R., Szucsich, Nikolaus U., Wijeratne, Asela, Young, Neil D., Zattara, Eduardo E., Benoit, Joshua B., Zdobnov, Evgeny M., Pfrender, Michael E., Hackett, Kevin J., Werren, John H., Worley, Kim C., Gibbs, Richard A., Chipman, Ariel D., Waterhouse, Robert M., Bornberg-Bauer, Erich, Hahn, Matthew W., Richards, Stephen

     Gene content evolution in the arthropods. Genome Biology, 21 (1)
  • Heger, Peter, Zheng, Wen, Rottmann, Anna, Panfilio, Kristen A., Wiehe, Thomas, 2020. The genetic factors of bilaterian evolution. eLife, 9
  • Jain, Akanksha, Ulman, Vladimir, Mukherjee, Arghyadip, Prakash, Mangal, Cuenca, Marina B., Pimpale, Lokesh G., Münster, Stefan, Haase, Robert, Panfilio, Kristen A., Jug, Florian, Grill, Stephan W., Tomancak, Pavel, Pavlopoulos, Anastasios, 2020. Regionalized tissue fluidization is required for epithelial gap closure during insect gastrulation. Nature Communications, 11 (1)
  • Sparks, Michael E., Bansal, Raman, Benoit, Joshua B., Blackburn, Michael B., Chao, Hsu, Chen, Mengyao, Cheng, Sammy, Childers, Christopher, Dinh, Huyen, Doddapaneni, Harsha Vardhan, Dugan, Shannon, Elpidina, Elena N., Farrow, David W., Friedrich, Markus, Gibbs, Richard A., Hall, Brantley, Han, Yi, Hardy, Richard W., Holmes, Christopher J., Hughes, Daniel S. T. et al (Select to open full list), 2020.

    All authors for Brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys (Stål), genome : putative underpinnings of polyphagy, insecticide resistance potential and biology of a top worldwide pest

    Sparks, Michael E., Bansal, Raman, Benoit, Joshua B., Blackburn, Michael B., Chao, Hsu, Chen, Mengyao, Cheng, Sammy, Childers, Christopher, Dinh, Huyen, Doddapaneni, Harsha Vardhan, Dugan, Shannon, Elpidina, Elena N., Farrow, David W., Friedrich, Markus, Gibbs, Richard A., Hall, Brantley, Han, Yi, Hardy, Richard W., Holmes, Christopher J., Hughes, Daniel S. T., Ioannidis, Panagiotis, Cheatle Jarvela, Alys M., Johnston, J. Spencer, Jones, Jeffery W., Kronmiller, Brent A., Kung, Faith, Lee, Sandra L., Martynov, Alexander G., Masterson, Patrick, Maumus, Florian, Munoz-Torres, Monica, Murali, Shwetha C., Murphy, Terence D., Muzny, Donna M., Nelson, David R., Oppert, Brenda, Panfilio, Kristen A., Paula, Débora Pires, Pick, Leslie, Poelchau, Monica F., Qu, Jiaxin, Reding, Katie, Rhoades, Joshua H., Rhodes, Adelaide, Richards, Stephen, Richter, Rose, Robertson, Hugh M., Rosendale, Andrew J., Tu, Zhijian Jake, Velamuri, Arun S., Waterhouse, Robert M., Weirauch, Matthew T., Wells, Jackson T., Werren, John H., Worley, Kim C., Zdobnov, Evgeny M., Gundersen-Rindal, Dawn E.

     Brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys (Stål), genome : putative underpinnings of polyphagy, insecticide resistance potential and biology of a top worldwide pest. BMC Genomics, 21 (1)
  • Benton, Matthew Alan, Frey, Nadine, Nunes da Fonseca, Rodrigo, von Levetzow, Cornelia, Stappert, Dominik, Hakeemi, Muhammad Salim, Conrads, Kai H., Pechmann, Matthias, Panfilio, Kristen A., Lynch, Jeremy A., Roth, Siegfried, 2019. Fog signaling has diverse roles in epithelial morphogenesis in insects. eLife, 8
  • Panfilio, Kristen A., Vargas Jentzsch, Iris M., Benoit, Joshua B., Erezyilmaz, Deniz, Suzuki, Yuichiro, Colella, Stefano, Robertson, Hugh M., Poelchau, Monica F., Waterhouse, Robert M., Ioannidis, Panagiotis, Weirauch, Matthew T., Hughes, Daniel S. T., Murali, Shwetha C., Werren, John H., Jacobs, Chris G.C., Duncan, Elizabeth J., Armisén, David, Vreede, Barbara M. I., Baa-Puyoulet, Patrice, Berger, Chloé S. et al (Select to open full list), 2019.

    All authors for Molecular evolutionary trends and feeding ecology diversification in the Hemiptera anchored by the milkweed bug genome

    Panfilio, Kristen A., Vargas Jentzsch, Iris M., Benoit, Joshua B., Erezyilmaz, Deniz, Suzuki, Yuichiro, Colella, Stefano, Robertson, Hugh M., Poelchau, Monica F., Waterhouse, Robert M., Ioannidis, Panagiotis, Weirauch, Matthew T., Hughes, Daniel S. T., Murali, Shwetha C., Werren, John H., Jacobs, Chris G.C., Duncan, Elizabeth J., Armisén, David, Vreede, Barbara M. I., Baa-Puyoulet, Patrice, Berger, Chloé S., Chang, Chun-che, Chao, Hsu, Chen, Mei-Ju M., Chen, Yen-Ta, Childers, Christopher P., Chipman, Ariel D., Cridge, Andrew G., Crumière, Antonin J. J., Dearden, Peter K., Didion, Elise M., Dinh, Huyen, Doddapaneni, Harsha Vardhan, Dolan, Amanda, Dugan-Perez, Shannon, Extavour, Cassandra G., Febvay, Gérard, Friedrich, Markus, Ginzburg, Neta, Han, Yi, Heger, Peter, Holmes, Christopher J., Horn, Thorsten, Hsiao, Yi-min, Jennings, Emily C., Johnston, J. Spencer, Jones, Tamsin E., Jones, Jeffery W., Khila, Abderrahman, Koelzer, Stefan, Kovacova, Viera, Leask, Megan, Lee, Sandra L., Lee, Chien-Yueh, Lovegrove, Mackenzie R., Lu, Hsiao-Ling, Lu, Yong, Moore, Patricia J., Munoz-Torres, Monica C., Muzny, Donna M., Palli, Subba R., Parisot, Nicolas, Pick, Leslie, Porter, Megan, Qu, Jiaxin, Refki, Peter N., Richter, Rose, Rivera-Pomar, Rolando, Rosendale, Andrew J., Roth, Siegfried, Sachs, Lena, Santos, M. Emília, Seibert, Jan, Sghaier, Essia, Shukla, Jayendra N., Stancliffe, Richard J., Tidswell, Olivia, Traverso, Lucila, van der Zee, Maurijn, Viala, Séverine, Worley, Kim C., Zdobnov, Evgeny M., Gibbs, Richard A., Richards, Stephen

     Molecular evolutionary trends and feeding ecology diversification in the Hemiptera anchored by the milkweed bug genome. Genome Biology, 20
  • Wilbrandt, Jeanne, Misof, Bernhard, Panfilio, Kristen A., Niehuis, Oliver, 2019. Repertoire-wide gene structure analyses : a case study comparing automatically predicted and manually annotated gene models. BMC Genomics, 20 (1)
  • Panfilio, Kristen A., 2019. Genetics and mechanics combine to guide the embryonic gut. Nature, 572 (7770), pp. 446-447
  • Panfilio, Kristen A., Angelini, David R., 2018. By land, air, and sea : hemipteran diversity through the genomic lens. Current Opinion in Insect Science, 25, pp. 106-115
  • Armisén, David, Rajakumar, Rajendhran, Friedrich, Markus, Benoit, Joshua B., Robertson, Hugh M., Panfilio, Kristen A., Ahn, Seung-Joon, Poelchau, Monica F., Chao, Hsu, Dinh, Huyen, Doddapaneni, Harsha Vardhan, Dugan, Shannon, Gibbs, Richard A., Hughes, Daniel S. T., Han, Yi, Lee, Sandra L., Murali, Shwetha C., Muzny, Donna M., Qu, Jiaxin, Worley, Kim C. et al (Select to open full list), 2018.

    All authors for The genome of the water strider Gerris buenoi reveals expansions of gene repertoires associated with adaptations to life on the water

    Armisén, David, Rajakumar, Rajendhran, Friedrich, Markus, Benoit, Joshua B., Robertson, Hugh M., Panfilio, Kristen A., Ahn, Seung-Joon, Poelchau, Monica F., Chao, Hsu, Dinh, Huyen, Doddapaneni, Harsha Vardhan, Dugan, Shannon, Gibbs, Richard A., Hughes, Daniel S. T., Han, Yi, Lee, Sandra L., Murali, Shwetha C., Muzny, Donna M., Qu, Jiaxin, Worley, Kim C., Munoz-Torres, Monica, Abouheif, Ehab, Bonneton, François, Chen, Travis, Chiang, Li-Mei, Childers, Christopher P., Cridge, Andrew G., Crumière, Antonin J. J., Decaras, Amelie, Didion, Elise M., Duncan, Elizabeth J., Elpidina, Elena N., Favé, Marie-Julie, Finet, Cédric, Jacobs, Chris G. C., Cheatle Jarvela, Alys M., Jennings, Emily C., Jones, Jeffery W., Lesoway, Maryna P., Lovegrove, Mackenzie R., Martynov, Alexander, Oppert, Brenda, Lillico-Ouachour, Angelica, Rajakumar, Arjuna, Refki, Peter Nagui, Rosendale, Andrew J., Santos, Maria Emilia, Toubiana, William, van der Zee, Maurijn, Vargas Jentzsch, Iris M., Lowman, Aidamalia Vargas, Viala, Severine, Richards, Stephen, Khila, Abderrahman

     The genome of the water strider Gerris buenoi reveals expansions of gene repertoires associated with adaptations to life on the water. BMC Genomics, 19 (1)
  • Armisén, David, Rajakumar, Rajendhran, Friedrich, Markus, Benoit, Joshua B., Robertson, Hugh M., Panfilio, Kristen A., Ahn, Seung-Joon, Poelchau, Monica F., Chao, Hsu, Dinh, Huyen, Doddapaneni, Harsha Vardhan, Dugan, Shannon, Gibbs, Richard A., Hughes, Daniel S. T., Han, Yi, Lee, Sandra L., Murali, Shwetha C., Muzny, Donna M., Qu, Jiaxin, Worley, Kim C. et al (Select to open full list), 2018.

    All authors for The genome of the water strider Gerris buenoi reveals expansions of gene repertoires associated with adaptations to life on the water

    Armisén, David, Rajakumar, Rajendhran, Friedrich, Markus, Benoit, Joshua B., Robertson, Hugh M., Panfilio, Kristen A., Ahn, Seung-Joon, Poelchau, Monica F., Chao, Hsu, Dinh, Huyen, Doddapaneni, Harsha Vardhan, Dugan, Shannon, Gibbs, Richard A., Hughes, Daniel S. T., Han, Yi, Lee, Sandra L., Murali, Shwetha C., Muzny, Donna M., Qu, Jiaxin, Worley, Kim C., Munoz-Torres, Monica, Abouheif, Ehab, Bonneton, François, Chen, Travis, Chiang, Li-Mei, Childers, Christopher P., Cridge, Andrew G., Crumière, Antonin J. J., Decaras, Amelie, Didion, Elise M., Duncan, Elizabeth J., Elpidina, Elena N., Favé, Marie-Julie, Finet, Cédric, Jacobs, Chris G. C., Cheatle Jarvela, Alys M., Jennings, Emily C., Jones, Jeffery W., Lesoway, Maryna P., Lovegrove, Mackenzie R., Martynov, Alexander, Oppert, Brenda, Lillico-Ouachour, Angelica, Rajakumar, Arjuna, Refki, Peter Nagui, Rosendale, Andrew J., Santos, Maria Emilia, Toubiana, William, van der Zee, Maurijn, Vargas Jentzsch, Iris M., Lowman, Aidamalia Vargas, Viala, Severine, Richards, Stephen, Khila, Abderrahman

     The genome of the water strider Gerris buenoi reveals expansions of gene repertoires associated with adaptations to life on the water. BMC Genomics, 19 (1)
  • Schoville, Sean D., Chen, Yolanda H., Andersson, Martin N., Benoit, Joshua B., Bhandari, Anita, Bowsher, Julia H., Brevik, Kristian, Cappelle, Kaat, Chen, Mei-Ju M., Childers, Anna K., Childers, Christopher, Christiaens, Olivier, Clements, Justin, Didion, Elise M., Elpidina, Elena N., Engsontia, Patamarerk, Friedrich, Markus, García-Robles, Inmaculada, Gibbs, Richard A., Goswami, Chandan et al (Select to open full list), 2018.

    All authors for A model species for agricultural pest genomics : the genome of the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Coleoptera : Chrysomelidae)

    Schoville, Sean D., Chen, Yolanda H., Andersson, Martin N., Benoit, Joshua B., Bhandari, Anita, Bowsher, Julia H., Brevik, Kristian, Cappelle, Kaat, Chen, Mei-Ju M., Childers, Anna K., Childers, Christopher, Christiaens, Olivier, Clements, Justin, Didion, Elise M., Elpidina, Elena N., Engsontia, Patamarerk, Friedrich, Markus, García-Robles, Inmaculada, Gibbs, Richard A., Goswami, Chandan, Grapputo, Alessandro, Gruden, Kristina, Grynberg, Marcin, Henrissat, Bernard, Jennings, Emily C., Jones, Jeffery W., Kalsi, Megha, Khan, Sher A., Kumar, Abhishek, Li, Fei, Lombard, Vincent, Ma, Xingzhou, Martynov, Alexander, Miller, Nicholas J., Mitchell, Robert F., Munoz-Torres, Monica, Muszewska, Anna, Oppert, Brenda, Palli, Subba Reddy, Panfilio, Kristen A., Pauchet, Yannick, Perkin, Lindsey C., Petek, Marko, Poelchau, Monica F., Record, Éric, Rinehart, Joseph P., Robertson, Hugh M., Rosendale, Andrew J., Ruiz-Arroyo, Victor M., Smagghe, Guy, Szendrei, Zsofia, Thomas, Gregg W. C., Torson, Alex S., Vargas Jentzsch, Iris M., Weirauch, Matthew T., Yates, Ashley D., Yocum, George D., Yoon, June-Sun, Richards, Stephen

     A model species for agricultural pest genomics : the genome of the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Coleoptera : Chrysomelidae). Scientific Reports, 8 (1)
  • McKenna, Duane D., Scully, Erin D., Pauchet, Yannick, Hoover, Kelli, Kirsch, Roy, Geib, Scott M., Mitchell, Robert F., Waterhouse, Robert M., Ahn, Seung-Joon, Arsala, Deanna, Benoit, Joshua B., Blackmon, Heath, Bledsoe, Tiffany, Bowsher, Julia H., Busch, André, Calla, Bernarda, Chao, Hsu, Childers, Anna K., Childers, Christopher, Clarke, Dave J. et al (Select to open full list), 2016.

    All authors for Genome of the Asian longhorned beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis), a globally significant invasive species, reveals key functional and evolutionary innovations at the beetle - plant interface

    McKenna, Duane D., Scully, Erin D., Pauchet, Yannick, Hoover, Kelli, Kirsch, Roy, Geib, Scott M., Mitchell, Robert F., Waterhouse, Robert M., Ahn, Seung-Joon, Arsala, Deanna, Benoit, Joshua B., Blackmon, Heath, Bledsoe, Tiffany, Bowsher, Julia H., Busch, André, Calla, Bernarda, Chao, Hsu, Childers, Anna K., Childers, Christopher, Clarke, Dave J., Cohen, Lorna, Demuth, Jeffery P., Dinh, Huyen, Doddapaneni, HarshaVardhan, Dolan, Amanda, Duan, Jian J., Dugan, Shannon, Friedrich, Markus, Glastad, Karl M., Goodisman, Michael A. D., Haddad, Stephanie, Han, Yi, Hughes, Daniel S. T., Ioannidis, Panagiotis, Johnston, J. Spencer, Jones, Jeffery W., Kuhn, Leslie A., Lance, David R., Lee, Chien-Yueh, Lee, Sandra L., Lin, Han, Lynch, Jeremy A., Moczek, Armin P., Murali, Shwetha C., Muzny, Donna M., Nelson, David R., Palli, Subba R., Panfilio, Kristen A., Pers, Dan, Poelchau, Monica F., Quan, Honghu, Qu, Jiaxin, Ray, Ann M., Rinehart, Joseph P., Robertson, Hugh M., Roehrdanz, Richard, Rosendale, Andrew J., Shin, Seunggwan, Silva, Christian, Torson, Alex S., Jentzsch, Iris M. Vargas, Werren, John H., Worley, Kim C., Yocum, George, Zdobnov, Evgeny M., Gibbs, Richard A., Richards, Stephen

     Genome of the Asian longhorned beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis), a globally significant invasive species, reveals key functional and evolutionary innovations at the beetle - plant interface. Genome Biology, 17 (1), pp. 227-
  • Hilbrant, Maarten, Horn, Thorsten, Koelzer, Stefan, Panfilio, Kristen A., 2016. The beetle amnion and serosa functionally interact as apposed epithelia. eLife, 5, pp. e13834-
  • Benoit, Joshua B., Adelman, Zach N., Reinhardt, Klaus, Dolan, Amanda, Poelchau, Monica, Jennings, Emily C., Szuter, Elise M., Hagan, Richard W., Gujar, Hemant, Shukla, Jayendra Nath, Zhu, Fang, Mohan, M., Nelson, David R., Rosendale, Andrew J., Derst, Christian, Resnik, Valentina, Wernig, Sebastian, Menegazzi, Pamela, Wegener, Christian, Peschel, Nicolai et al (Select to open full list), 2016.

    All authors for Unique features of a global human ectoparasite identified through sequencing of the bed bug genome

    Benoit, Joshua B., Adelman, Zach N., Reinhardt, Klaus, Dolan, Amanda, Poelchau, Monica, Jennings, Emily C., Szuter, Elise M., Hagan, Richard W., Gujar, Hemant, Shukla, Jayendra Nath, Zhu, Fang, Mohan, M., Nelson, David R., Rosendale, Andrew J., Derst, Christian, Resnik, Valentina, Wernig, Sebastian, Menegazzi, Pamela, Wegener, Christian, Peschel, Nicolai, Hendershot, Jacob M., Blenau, Wolfgang, Predel, Reinhard, Johnston, Paul R., Ioannidis, Panagiotis, Waterhouse, Robert M., Nauen, Ralf, Schorn, Corinna, Ott, Mark-Christoph, Maiwald, Frank, Johnston, J. Spencer, Gondhalekar, Ameya D., Scharf, Michael E., Peterson, Brittany F., Raje, Kapil R., Hottel, Benjamin A., Armisén, David, Crumière, Antonin Jean Johan, Refki, Peter Nagui, Santos, Maria Emilia, Sghaier, Essia, Viala, Sèverine, Khila, Abderrahman, Ahn, Seung-Joon, Childers, Christopher, Lee, Chien-Yueh, Lin, Han, Hughes, Daniel S. T., Duncan, Elizabeth J., Murali, Shwetha C., Qu, Jiaxin, Dugan, Shannon, Lee, Sandra L., Chao, Hsu, Dinh, Huyen, Han, Yi, Doddapaneni, Harshavardhan, Worley, Kim C., Muzny, Donna M., Wheeler, David, Panfilio, Kristen A., Vargas Jentzsch, Iris M. et al.

     Unique features of a global human ectoparasite identified through sequencing of the bed bug genome. Nature Communications, 7, pp. 10165-
  • Horn, Thorsten, Panfilio, Kristen A., 2016. Novel functions for Dorsocrossin epithelial morphogenesis in the beetle Tribolium castaneum. Development, 143 (16), pp. 3002-3011
  • Sachs, Lena, Chen, Yen-Ta, Drechsler, Axel, Lynch, Jeremy A., Panfilio, Kristen A., Lässig, Michael, Berg, Johannes, Roth, Siegfried, 2015. Dynamic BMP signaling polarized by Toll patterns the dorsoventral axis in a hemimetabolous insect. eLife, 4, pp. e05502-
  • Schmitt-Engel, Christian, Schultheis, Dorothea, Schwirz, Jonas, Ströhlein, Nadi, Troelenberg, Nicole, Majumdar, Upalparna, Dao, Van Anh, Grossmann, Daniela, Richter, Tobias, Tech, Maike, Dönitz, Jürgen, Gerischer, Lizzy, Theis, Mirko, Schild, Inga, Trauner, Jochen, Koniszewski, Nikolaus D. B., Küster, Elke, Kittelmann, Sebastian, Hu, Yonggang, Lehmann, Sabrina et al (Select to open full list), 2015.

    All authors for The iBeetle large-scale RNAi screen reveals gene functions for insect development and physiology

    Schmitt-Engel, Christian, Schultheis, Dorothea, Schwirz, Jonas, Ströhlein, Nadi, Troelenberg, Nicole, Majumdar, Upalparna, Dao, Van Anh, Grossmann, Daniela, Richter, Tobias, Tech, Maike, Dönitz, Jürgen, Gerischer, Lizzy, Theis, Mirko, Schild, Inga, Trauner, Jochen, Koniszewski, Nikolaus D. B., Küster, Elke, Kittelmann, Sebastian, Hu, Yonggang, Lehmann, Sabrina, Siemanowski, Janna, Ulrich, Julia, Panfilio, Kristen A., Schröder, Reinhard, Morgenstern, Burkhard, Stanke, Mario, Buchhholz, Frank, Frasch, Manfred, Roth, Siegfried, Wimmer, Ernst A., Schoppmeier, Michael, Klingler, Martin, Bucher, Gregor

     The iBeetle large-scale RNAi screen reveals gene functions for insect development and physiology. Nature Communications, 6, pp. 7822-
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Functional significance and remodeling challenges of polyploidy across the lifetime of epithelial tissues (BBSRC Responsive mode) BBSRC 07 Jan 2021 31 Dec 2024