My research program 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.
B.S. Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, India, 1997
M.S. Maharshi Dayanand University, 1999
Ph.D. Maharshi Dayanand University, 2006
Chapter 9, Progress towards germline transformation of tick
2022
Transgenic Insects. Techniques and Applications
Tick chromosome mapping. In: Protocols for Cytogenetic Mapping of Arthropod Genomes
2014
Ed: Igor Sharakov. CRC Press publishing
Arthropod promoters for genetic control of disease vectors
2024
Trends Parasitol . 2024 Jul;40(7):619-632.
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The highly improved genome of with X and Y pseudochromosomes
2023
Life science alliance 6
Analyzing Blood Digestion: Estimation of Active Trypsin Levels in the w88 casino games Midgut.
2022
Cold Spring Harb Protoc. 2023 Apr 3;2023(4):pdb.prot108224
2022
iScience Volume 25, Issue 3, 18 March 2022, 103781
Embryo Injection Technique for Gene Editing in the Black-Legged Tick, Ixodes scapularis
2022
J Vis Exp Sep 13;(187)
Genetic Manipulation of Ticks: A Paradigm Shift in Tick and Tick-Borne Diseases Research.
2021
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 11, 678037
2020
Insects 2020, 11, 201; doi:10.3390/insects11030201
Evaluation of sorption surface materials for reactive mercury compounds
2020
Atmospheric Environment Volume 242, 1
2020
Scientific Reports
Dynamics of insulin signaling in the black-legged tick, Ixodes scapularis
2019
Front. Endocrinol.
Insulin-Like Peptide Signaling in Mosquitoes: The Road Behind and the Road Ahead.
2019
Front Endocrinol
Non-model organism research in changing genomic landscape.
2019
Parasitologists United Journal, 2019. Editorial
2018
BioRxiv
2018
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 12(4)
2018
Insects, 9(3)
Rearing Ixodes scapularis, the black-legged tick: feeding immature stages on mice.
2017
Journal of Visualized Experiments. 2017 May 8;(123)
2017
Parasit Vectors 2017 Jan 13;10(1):24. doi: 10.1186/s13071-016-1944-0.
Genomic insights into the Ixodes scapularis tick vector of Lyme disease
2016
Nature Communications 7. doi:10.1038/ncomms10507
Multiple factors contribute to anautogenous reproduction by w88 casino games aegypti
2015
J Insect Physiol 82:8-16. doi: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2015.08.001
Effects of the botanical insecticide, Toosendanin, on blood digestion and egg production by female Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae): Topical application and ingestion
2013
J Med Entomol 50(1):112-21
Ovary ecdysteroidogenic hormone functions independently of the insulin receptor in the yellow fever w88 casino games, Aedes aegypti
2013
Biochem Mol Biol. 43(12):1100-1108
Targeting gene activity to the female larval fat body of transgenic Aedes aegypti w88 casino games
2013
Insect Mol Biol 22(1):18-30
Insulin-like peptides and the target of rapamycin pathway coordinately regulate blood digestion and egg maturation in the w88 casino games, Aedes aegypti.
2012
PLoS One 6 (5) e20401
Ovary ecdysteroidogenic hormone activates egg maturation in the w88 casino games, Georgecraigius atropalpus, after adult eclosion or a blood meal.
2012
Journal of Experimental Biology 215: 3758-3767
Effect of anti-fat body antibodies on reproductive capacity of w88 casino games Anopheles stephensi and transmission blocking of Plasmodium vivax.
2011
Ind J Exp Biol 49: 479-482
Two insulin-like peptide family members from w88 casino games aegypti exhibit differential biological and receptor binding activities
2010
Mol Cell Endocrinol 328 (1-2): 47-55
An Insulin-like peptide regulates egg maturation and metabolism in w88 casino games aegypti
2008
Proc Natl Acad Sciences, USA 105 (15):5716-5721
Anti-w88 casino games salivary glands antibodies reduce the fecundity of A. stephensi and inhibit the development of malaria parasite in w88 casino games
2004
J Immunol Immunopathol 5(2): 49-52.
Anti-w88 casino games larval antibodies reduce the fecundity and viability in malaria vector Anopheles stephensi (Diptera: Insecta).
2003
J Immunol Immunopatho 5(2): 19-22.
Blocking of malaria parasite development in w88 casino games and fecundity reduction by midgut antibodies in Anopheles stephensi (Diptera: Culicidae)
2003
Arch Insect Biochem Physiol 55 (2):63-70
Effect w88 casino games antibodies after first gonotropic cycle on fecundity of malaria vector A. stephensi and on transmission blocking of malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax.
2003
Ind J Biotech 2: 543- 548
Polypeptides pattern in malaria vector Anopheles stephensi, (Diptera : Culicidae) fed upon immunized blood causing fecundity reduction
2003
Ind J Exp Biol 41: 94-96
Constitutively and blood meal induced ovarian proteins during gonotropic cycles in malaria vector A.stephensi (Diptera: Insecta)
2002
Entomon. 27: 255-260
Effect w88 casino games antibodies on reproductive capacity and on infectivity of malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax to malaria vector A. stephensi
2002
Jap J Infect Dis 55 (3): 78- 82.
Anti-w88 casino games egg antibodies reduce the fecundity and viability in malaria vector Anopheles stephensi (Diptera: Insecta).
2001
J Immunol Immunopath 3 (2): 53-56.
Anti-w88 casino games ovary antibodies reduce the fecundity of Anopheles stephensi (Diptera: Insecta)
2001
Jap J Infect Dis 54(5):181-183
Seasonal distribution of Anopheline mosquitoes and epidemiology of malaria in Rohtak District, Haryana, India.
2001
Pranikee-J.Zoo. Soc Orissa, 79-86
Analyzing Blood Digestion: Estimation of Active Trypsin Levels in the w88 casino games Midgut.
2023
Cold Spring Harbor protocols