The virtual seminar, hosted by assistant professor Geoffrey Attardo, begins at 4:10 p.m., Wednesday, March 3 on Zoom. Click on this Google form to register and attend.
Gulia-Nuss investigates the fundamental questions related to vector biology and vector-parasite interaction. "I am particularly interested in aspects of invertebrate reproductive physiology, nutrient allocation, and vector competence and population genomics," she writes on her website.
"CRISPR-Cas9 is transforming non-model organism research; however, successful gene editing has not yet been reported in ticks," Gulia-Nuss says in her abstract. "We have developed a successful embryo injection protocol for the black-legged tick, Ixodes scapularis, the first for any chelicerate species, and used this protocol for genome editing with CRISPR-Cas9. These results provide innovative tools to the tick research community that are essential for advancing our understanding of the vector biology and the host-vector-pathogen interactions."
Educated in India, she received three degrees from Maharshi Dayanand University, Rotak: her bachelor's degree in 1997; her master's in 1999 and her doctorate in 2006.
Her recently published research includes:
- Blood Digestion by Trypsin-Like Serine Proteases in the Replete Lyme Disease Vector Tick, Ixodes scapularis
2020
Insects 2020, 11, 201; doi:10.3390/insects11030201
Jeremiah Reyes, Cuauhtemoc Ayala-Chavez, Arvind Sharma, Michael Pham, Andrew B Nuss, Monika Gulia-Nuss - The sugar substitute erythritol shortens the lifespan of Aedes aegypti potentially by N-linked protein glycosylation
2020
Scientific Reports
Arvind Sharma, Jeremiah Reyes, David Borgmeyer, Cuauhtemoc Ayala-Chavez, Katie Snow, Fiza Arshad, Andrew Nuss, Monika Gulia-Nuss - Dynamics of insulin signaling in the black-legged tick, Ixodes scapularis
2019
Frontiers in Endocrinology
Arvind Sharma, Rana Pooraiiouby, Blanca Guzman, Preston Vu, Monika Gulia-Nuss and Andrew Nuss - Insulin-Like Peptide Signaling in Mosquitoes: The Road Behind and the Road Ahead.
2019
Frontiers in Endocrinology
Sharma A, Nuss AB, Gulia-Nuss M. - Non-model organism research in changing genomic landscape.
2019
Parasitologists United Journal,2019. Editorial
Monika Gulia-Nuss
Agricultural Cooperative Extension specialist Ian Grettenberger coordinates the seminars. For technical difficulties, contact him at imgrettenberger@ucdavis.edu.