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#CropProtection2022 My fav RockStars of today. Go team!! PEARG Joshua Thia

Our latest research is published PNASNews! We transferred the endosymbiont Rickettsiella to green peach aphids and found that it spreads rapidly despite causing fitness costs. This presents new and exciting opportunities for pest control. pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

Hi friends, I will be presenting my PhD completion seminar on FRIDAY, the 28th of April at 3.30pm in person in the Bio21 auditorium in Melbourne AND on Zoom! I will talk about population genomics, control strategies and behaviour of Aedes notoscriptus! See link below!

Our group just published this paper, an aphid endosymbiont with deleterious effects spreading through plant tissues!?! \(O w O')/ wouldn't that be great for pest control? Check it out: pnas.org/doi/epdf/10.10…

Great research happening in the insect endosymbiont space and the impacts on aphid behaviour, reproduction and tolerance to natural enemies, chemicals and heat 🦠 #AusEnto2023 PEARG University of Melbourne

Breaking bad bugs: New PEARG blog by Ashritha Dorai about her work with aphid endosymbionts and insecticides blogs.unimelb.edu.au/pearg/2024/04/…

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I'm proud to announce my first, first-author paper published in the Journal of Economic Entomology! Novel transinfections of Rickettsiella do not affect insecticide tolerance in Myzus persicae, Rhopalosiphum padi, or Diuraphis noxia (Hemiptera: Aphididae) doi.org/10.1093/jee/to…

Our article in NatureClimate highlights issues with predicting the outcomes of Wolbachia release programmes under climate change nature.com/articles/s4155…

Congrats to the absolute legend Ashritha Dorai for winning the runner up in the Science at Melbourne 3MT competition! I‘m so proud of you! Thanks for hosting a stressful competition in such a calming and friendly way A/Prof Jen Martin @scidocmartin.bsky.social BioSciences UniMelb

Science at Melbourne 3MT last Thursday! With A/Prof Jen Martin @scidocmartin.bsky.social celebrating Second Place! See you at the UniMelb finals! ✨🪲 BioSciences UniMelb

NEW PAPER out now in Nature Communications We characterise two major insecticide resistance loci where resistance has evolved multiple times and spread across oceans and continents. More to come later nature.com/articles/s4146…

Very happy to be part of the Beating Buruli in Victoria team, which has been selected as a finalist in the Australian Museum Eureka Prizes for Infectious Diseases Research! BioSciences UniMelb Bio21 Institute

Very happy to be Australian Museum Eureka Prizes with the Beating Buruli team tonight! I‘d like to take this opportunity to thank Tim Stinear for his support throughout my PhD journey and ongoing collaboration since then in the fight against Buruli ulcer! BioSciences UniMelb Doherty Institute Science at Melbourne

The winner of the 3 Minute Thesis competition is 🥁 Ashritha Dorai! Ashritha Dorai's winning presentation was on her PhD research on sustainable pest control for crop-destroying aphids in under three minutes. Congratulations! Tap to learn more ➡️ unimelb.me/3zbYpSp