Department of Zoology
Research theme: Bioscience for sustainable agriculture and food
Research
Project Title:
Domestication and genomics of the Black Soldier Fly
Project Summary:
Insect biomass shows promise in improving our threatened global food security. My research focuses on the genomics of the Black Soldier Fly (BSF; Hermetia illucens, L.) and its importance on the world stage as a sustainable food source. Working with agri-tech company, Better Origin we aim to close the circular bioeconomy using sustainable BSF related solutions.
Publications
1.Tomas N Generalovic, Shane A McCarthy, Ian A Warren, Jonathan M D Wood, James Torrance, Ying Sims, Michael Quail, Kerstin Howe, Miha Pipan, Richard Durbin, Chris D Jiggins (2021), A high-quality, chromosome-level genome assembly of the Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens L.). G3 11(5). https://doi.org/10.1093/g3journal/jkab085
2. Cengiz Kaya, Tomas N Generalovic, Gunilla Ståhls, Martin Hauser, Ana C Samayoa, Carlos G Nunes-Silva, Heather Roxburgh, Jens Wohlfahrt, Ebenezer A Ewusie, Marc Kenis, Yupa Hanboonsong, Jesus Orozco, Nancy Carrejo, Satoshi Nakamura, Laura Gasco, Santos Rojo, Chrysantus M Tanga, Rudolf Meier, Clint Rhode, Christine J Picard, Chris D Jiggins, Florian Leiber, Jeffery K Tomberlin, Martin Hasselmann, Wolf U Blanckenhorn, Martin Kapun, Christoph Sandrock (2021), Global population genetic structure and demographic trajectories of the black soldier fly, Hermetia illucens. BMC Biology 19(94). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-021-01029-w
3. Esam H Hummadi, Alexander Dearden, Tomas Generalovic, Benjamin Clunie, Alexandria Harrott, Yarkin Cetin, Merve Demirbek, Salim Khoja, Dan Eastwood, Ed Dudley, Selcuk Hazir, Mustapha Touray, Derya Ulug, Sebnem Hazal Gulsen, Harun Cimen, Tariq Butt (2021), Volatile organic compounds of Metarhizium brunneum influence the efficacy of entomopathogenic nematodes in insect control. Biological Contol 155. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2020.104527
4. Eugenie C Yen, Shane A McCarthy, Juan A Galarza, Tomas N Generalovic, Sarah Pelan, Petr Nguyen, Joana I Meier, Ian A Warren, Johanna Mappes, Richard Durbin, Chris D Jiggins (2020) A haplotype-resolved, de novo genome assembly for the wood tiger moth (Arctia plantaginis) through trio binning. GigaSciece 9(8). https://doi.org/10.1093/gigascience/giaa088
Teaching and Supervisions
Professor Chris D Jiggins
