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Scientific interests
Understanding the mechanisms by which insects (agricultural pests and mosquitoes) develop resistance to insecticides, aiming to develop new means of managing and overcoming this resistance.Insecticide resistance, Pest control, Molecular Diagnostics, Microarrays, Recombinant Detoxification Enzymes, Insecticide Detection (Analytical Methods and Enzyme Biosensor-based), Resistance Monitoring and Information Support System. Click here to view a brief presentation of the research interests.
Recent publications
- Vontas J., Ranson H. and Alphey L (2010) Transcriptomics and disease vector control. BMC Biology 8, 52
- Van Leeuwen T., Vontas J., Tsagkarakou A., Tirry L. (2010) Acaricide resistance mechanisms in the two-spotted spider mite Tetranychus urticae and other important Acari: a review Insect Biochem Mol Biol 40, 563-572.
- Morou E, Dowd A, Rajatileka S., Steven A., Hemingway J., Ranson H., Paine M. and Vontas J. (2010) A simple colorimetric 1 assay for specific detection of glutathione-S transferase activity associated with DDT resistance in mosquitoes PLoS NTD, 4, 8. e808
- Karunker I, Morou E, Nikou D, Nauen R, Sertchook R, Stevenson B, Paine M.J.I, Morin S, Vontas J. (2009) Structural model and functional characterization of the Bemisia tabaci CYP6CM1vQ, a cytochrome P450 associated with high levels of neonicotinoid resistance Insect Biochem Mol Biol 39, 697-706
- Tsagkarakou A., Van Leeuwen T., Jahangir X, Ilias A., Grispou M., Williamson MS, Tirry L. and Vontas J. (2009) Identification of pyrethroid resistance mutations in the para sodium channel of the two-spotted spider mite Tetranychus urticae Insect Mol Biol 18, 583-593