A recent review published in PLOS Pathogens discussed the current research on the role of molecular mechanisms in mediating immune priming in insects and regulating vector-borne disease transmission.

A widespread bacteria called Wolbachia pipientis and a virus that it carries can cause sterility in male insects by hijacking their sperm, preventing them from fertilizing eggs of females that do not ...

When people hear “insect research,” their thoughts may turn to rare, never-before-discovered species. But the research being done by Associate Professor Ryosuke Fujita of the Faculty of Agriculture ...