Trent Perry

Genomic knockout of hsp23 both decreases and increases fitness under opposing thermal extremes in Drosophila melanogaster.

Xinyue Gu, Wei Chen, Trent Perry, Philip Batterham, Ary A Hoffmann

Journal article  |  2021  |  Insect Biochem Mol Biol

Under exposure to harmful environmental stresses, organisms exhibit a general stress response involving upregulation of the expres..

Loss of the D beta 1 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit disrupts bursicon-driven wing expansion and diminishes adult viability in Drosophila melanogaster

Danielle Christesen, Ying Ting Yang, Wei Chen, Philip Batterham, Trent Perry

Journal article  |  2021  |  GENETICS

Abstract Cholinergic signaling dominates the insect central nervous system, contributing to numerous fundamental pa..

Role of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunits in the mode of action of neonicotinoid, sulfoximine and spinosyn insecticides in Drosophila melanogaster

Trent Perry, Wei Chen, Razi Ghazali, Ying Ting Yang, Danielle Christesen, Felipe Martelli, Chris Lumb, Hang Ngoc Bao Luong, Judith Mitchell, Jessica K Holien, Michael W Parker, Thomas C Sparks, Philip Batterham

Journal article  |  2021  |  INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Insecticides remain valuable tools for the control of insect pests that significantly impact human health and agriculture. A deepe..

Inhibiting the proteasome reduces molecular and biological impacts of the natural product insecticide, spinosad

Joseph Nguyen, Razi Ghazali, Philip Batterham, Trent Perry

Journal article  |  2021  |  PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE

BACKGROUND: Insecticide targets are often identified by mutations that confer resistance, but the intricacies of insecticide bindi..

Major SCP/TAPS protein expansion in Lucilia cuprina is associated with novel tandem array organisation and domain architecture

Yair DJ Prawer, Andreas J Stroehlein, Neil D Young, Shilpa Kapoor, Ross S Hall, Razi Ghazali, Phillip Batterham, Robin B Gasser, Trent Perry, Clare A Anstead

Journal article  |  2020  |  PARASITES & VECTORS

Background Larvae of the Australian sheep blowfly, Lucilia cuprina, parasitise sheep by feeding on skin excretions, dermal tissue ..

Low doses of the neonicotinoid insecticide imidacloprid induce ROS triggering neurological and metabolic impairments in Drosophila

Felipe Martelli, Zhongyuan Zuo, Julia Wang, Ching-On Wong, Nicholas E Karagas, Ute Roessner, Thusitha Rupasinghe, Kartik Venkatachalam, Trent Perry, Hugo J Bellen, Philip Batterham

Journal article  |  2020  |  PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Declining insect population sizes are provoking grave concern around the world as insects play essential roles in food production ..

Functional characterization and fitness cost of spinosad-resistant alleles in Ceratitis capitata

Ana Guillem-Amat, Enric Urena, Elena Lopez-Errasquin, Vicente Navarro-Llopis, Philip Batterham, Lucas Sanchez, Trent Perry, Pedro Hernandez-Crespo, Felix Ortego

Journal article  |  2020  |  JOURNAL OF PEST SCIENCE

The sustainability of control programs for the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata, for citrus crops in Spain has been thr..

Gene content evolution in the arthropods

Gregg WC Thomas, Elias Dohmen, Daniel ST Hughes, Shwetha C Murali, Monica Poelchau, Karl Glastad, Clare A Anstead, Nadia A Ayoub, Phillip Batterham, Michelle Bellair, Greta J Binford, Hsu Chao, Yolanda H Chen, Christopher Childers, Huyen Dinh, Harsha Vardhan Doddapaneni, Jian J Duan, Shannon Dugan, Lauren A Esposito, Markus Friedrich, et al.

Journal article  |  2020  |  GENOME BIOLOGY

BACKGROUND: Arthropods comprise the largest and most diverse phylum on Earth and play vital roles in nearly every ecosystem. Their..

Genetic analysis of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and their interactions with insecticides

Trent Perry, Wei Chen, Razi Ghazali, Danielle Christesen, Thomas Sparks, Philip Batterham

Conference Proceedings  |  2019  |  ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

The spread of resistance to imidacloprid is restricted by thermotolerance in natural populations of Drosophila melanogaster

Alexandre Fournier-Level, Robert T Good, Stephen A Wilcox, Rahul Rane, Michelle Schiffer, Wei Chen, Paul Battlay, Trent Perry, Philip Batterham, Ary A Hoffmann, Charles Robin

Journal article  |  2019  |  NATURE ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Imidacloprid, the world's most used insecticide, has caused considerable controversy due to harmful effects on non-pest species an..