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Charles Robin

Associate Professor
Biosciences
Adaptation
natural selection
science & technology
life sciences & biomedicine
animals
drosophila melanogaster
biochemistry & molecular biology
insecticide resistance
genetics & heredity
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A/Prof

Charles Robin

 
Division
Science
 
Primary Interest
Molecular Evolution and Population genetics
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Projects

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Could Gene Drives be used to eliminate incursions of Drosophila suzukii?

This project aims to test the efficacy and evolutionary stability of different types of gene drives, and model whether gene drives can be us..

2019 - 2022
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A systems genetic approach used to predict insecticide resistance

2017 - 2017
Completed
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Will resistance to dsRNAi arise via Copy Number Variation?

2014 - 2017
Completed
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PhD: Lepidopteran Genomics

2013 - 2017
Completed
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NOVEL, HIGHLY TARGETED, LOW ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT CONTROL OF PEST SLUGS AND SNAILS

2013 - 2015
Completed
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The consequence of environmental adaptation on insecticide resistance

2013 - 2013
Completed
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ADVANCING INSECTICIDE BIOLOGY TOWARDS A SYSTEMS APPROACH

2013 - 2013
Completed
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Consequence of environmental adaptation on insecticide resistance:what is the cost?

2012 - 2015
Completed
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CROP PLANTS WHICH REMOVE THEIR OWN MAJOR BIOTIC CONSTRAINTS

2012 - 2017
Completed
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CROP PLANTS WHICH REMOVE THEIR OWN MAJOR BIOTIC CONSTRAINTS

2012 - 2017
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Project Types

8

Research Grant

4

Internal Research Grant

2

Research Contracts

Scholarly Works

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Genomic and transcriptomic analyses in Drosophila suggest that the ecdysteroid kinase-like (EcKL) gene family encodes the 'detoxification-by-phosphorylation' enzymes of insects

Jack L Scanlan, Rebecca S Gledhill-Smith, Paul Battlay, Charles Robin

Journal article  |  2020  |  Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Phosphorylation is a phase II detoxification reaction that, among animals, occurs near exclusively in insects, but the enzymes res..

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Sublethal larval exposure to imidacloprid impacts adult behaviour in Drosophila melanogaster

Helen K Young, Shane M Denecke, Charles Robin, Alexandre Fournier-Level

Journal article  |  2019  |  Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Pesticides are now chronically found in numerous ecosystems incurring widespread toxic effects on multiple organisms. For insects,..

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Extracellular endonucleases in the midgut of Myzus persicae may limit the efficacy of orally delivered RNAi

Amol Bharat Ghodke, Robert Trygve Good, John F Golz, Derek A Russell, Dwain Edwards, Charles Robin

Journal article  |  2019  |  Scientific Reports

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Reconciliation of a gene network and species tree

Yao-ban Chan, Charles Robin

Journal article  |  2019  |  Journal of Theoretical Biology

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Cis- and trans-acting variants contribute to survivorship in a naive Drosophila melanogaster population exposed to ryanoid insecticides

Llewellyn Green, Paul Battlay, Alexandre Fournier-Level, Robert T Good, Charles Robin

Journal article  |  2019  |  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA

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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

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What can genetic association panels tell us about evolutionary processes in insects?

Charles Robin, Paul Battlay, Alexandre Fournier-Level

Journal article  |  2019  |  Current Opinion in Insect Science

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Editorial overview: Revisiting Dobzhansky and the 'modern synthesis' in light of insect evolutionary genomics.

John G Oakeshott, Charles Robin, Karl Hj Gordon

Journal article  |  2019  |  Current Opinion in Insect Science

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Mining insect genomes for functionally affiliated genes

Caitlyn Perry, Jack Scanlan, Charles Robin

Journal article  |  2019  |  Current Opinion in Insect Science

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

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

Journal article  |  2019

Imidacloprid, the world’s most utilised insecticide 1 , has raised considerable controversy due to its harmful effects on non-pest..

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Scholarly Works

Keyword Analysis

Genetics
Expanding Knowledge
Biochemistry and Cell Biology
Non-Oriented Research
Agricultural Chemicals
Evolutionary Biology
Crop and Pasture Production
Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity
Other Health
Zoology

News

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Now we can edit life itself, we need to ask how we should use such technology

Charles Robin

November 24, 2016

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Honours, Awards and Fellowships

1992

ANU

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Award

Credentials

Positions

Associate Professor

Biosciences

Member

Genetics Society of Australia

Education

Doctor of Philosophy

The Australian National University

Bachelor of Applied Science (honours)

University of Technology Sydney

Bachelor of Science

University of Sydney

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