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Luciano Matzkin

Professor, Entomology | Member of the Graduate Faculty | Professor, BIO5 Institute | Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | Professor, Genetics - GIDP

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Research

Collaboration(19)

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Grants(11)

Investigating a Novel Role of Ejaculate RNA in Fertility
Active·2023·$1.3M·
External
Principal Investigator (PI)
reproductive health, genetic expression, rna biology, fertility, reproductive genetics
EDGE FGT: Development of functional genomics tools in cactophilic Drosophila
Active·2022·$1.2M·
External
Principal Investigator (PI)
functional genomics, genetic tools, drosophila research, genetic engineering, cactophilic organisms
Development of Monitoring Tool for Managing Tospovirus Damage to Lettuce
Active·2022·$56.7K / $57.3K·
External
Co-Investigator (COI)
plant pathology, virus management, agricultural technology, crop disease, software development
Sequencing and Annotation of the Western Tarnished Plant Bug (Lygus Hesperus) Genome
Active·2022·$34.8K·
External
Principal Investigator (PI)
genomics, entomology, genome sequencing, bioinformatics, insect genomics
NRT-URoL: BRIDGES - Building Resources for InterDisciplinary training in Genomic and Ecosystem Sciences
Active·2020·$150.7K / $3M·
External
Key Personnel (KP)
genomics, ecosystems, interdisciplinary, training, resources

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Publications(53)

Recent

Impacts of Pleistocene climate oscillations on the phylogeography of Synuchus dubius Coleoptera: Carabidae) in the U.S. Southwest.

2021

biogeography, climate change, insect evolution, paleoclimate, biodiversity

Gene expression and alternative splicing dynamics are perturbed in head transcriptomes of heterospecifically mated females.

2021

gene expression, alternative splicing, transcriptomes, heterospecific mating, head dynamics

Genetic architecture of ecologically relevant phenotypes in Drosophila mojavensis

2021

genetic architecture, ecologically relevant phenotypes, drosophila mojavensis, genetic mapping, evolutionary genetics

Transcriptional responses of Drosophila mojavensis to the seasonal fluctuations of the Sonoran Desert

2021

transcriptional regulation, seasonal adaptation, drosophila mojavensis, sonoran desert, gene expression

Divergent evolutionary trajectories shape the postmating transcriptional profiles of conspecific and heterospecifically mated females.

2021

evolutionary trajectories, postmating transcriptional profiles, conspecific mating, heterospecific mating, female reproduction

Novel genetic basis of resistance to Bt toxin Cry1Ac in Helicoverpa zea

2021

genetic resistance, bt toxin, helicoverpa zea, genetic basis, novel mechanisms

Physiological and life history changes associated with seasonal adaptation in the cactophilic Drosophila mojavensis

2021

seasonal adaptation, physiological changes, life history, cactophilic drosophila mojavensis, environmental adaptation

Environmental predictability drives adaptive within- and transgenerational plasticity of heat tolerance across life stages and climatic regions

2021

environmental predictability, adaptive plasticity, heat tolerance, life stages, climatic regions

Phylogenetic analysis of monogenean gill parasites Genus Aethycteron) infecting darter Etheostoma)

2021

phylogenetics, parasitology, fish, gill parasites, genus aethycteron

Phylogenomics provides insights into the evolution of cactophily and host plant shifts adaptation in Drosophila

2021

phylogenomics, evolution, adaptation, cactophily, drosophila

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Luciano Matzkin

Collaboration(19)

Scott Saleska

Brian Enquist

Betsy Arnold

Yves Carriere

Rod Wing

Grants(11)

Investigating a Novel Role of Ejaculate RNA in Fertility

EDGE FGT: Development of functional genomics tools in cactophilic Drosophila

Development of Monitoring Tool for Managing Tospovirus Damage to Lettuce

Sequencing and Annotation of the Western Tarnished Plant Bug (Lygus Hesperus) Genome

NRT-URoL: BRIDGES - Building Resources for InterDisciplinary training in Genomic and Ecosystem Sciences

Publications(53)

Impacts of Pleistocene climate oscillations on the phylogeography of Synuchus dubius Coleoptera: Carabidae) in the U.S. Southwest.

Gene expression and alternative splicing dynamics are perturbed in head transcriptomes of heterospecifically mated females.

Genetic architecture of ecologically relevant phenotypes in Drosophila mojavensis

Transcriptional responses of Drosophila mojavensis to the seasonal fluctuations of the Sonoran Desert

Divergent evolutionary trajectories shape the postmating transcriptional profiles of conspecific and heterospecifically mated females.

Novel genetic basis of resistance to Bt toxin Cry1Ac in Helicoverpa zea

Physiological and life history changes associated with seasonal adaptation in the cactophilic Drosophila mojavensis

Environmental predictability drives adaptive within- and transgenerational plasticity of heat tolerance across life stages and climatic regions

Phylogenetic analysis of monogenean gill parasites Genus Aethycteron) infecting darter Etheostoma)

Phylogenomics provides insights into the evolution of cactophily and host plant shifts adaptation in Drosophila