Joshua B. Benoit

This study uses RNA-seq to analyze Triatoma gerstaeckeri during mite infestation, finding increased metabolic activity and reduced reproductive investment.

This study shows that prolonged viviparity in cockroaches improves progeny survival during dry periods by enhancing maternal dehydration resistance and post-birth survival.

This study examines transcriptomic changes in the salivary glands of western flower thrips during tomato spotted wilt virus infection in larvae and adults, finding a more pronounced response in larvae.

This study provides a reference genome and transcriptome atlas of the Rocky Mountain wood tick, identifying genes involved in blood feeding and developmental-stage-specific gene expression.

This study shows that acute heat stress reduces blood feeding and Trypanosome infection in Rhodnius prolixus, with recovery improving these outcomes.

This study identifies two cAMP microdomains in Trypanosoma cruzi, showing their distinct roles in parasite survival and infection.

The paper investigates how humidity affects circadian rhythms in insects, finding that it can entrain activity patterns, though not universally across all species.

This study shows that sublethal pesticide exposure increases cold tolerance and overwintering survival in ticks, potentially enabling northward range shifts by improving their ability to survive low temperatures.

This study shows that dehydration increases mite activity and ectoparasitism of Drosophila in two fly-mite systems.

The paper shows that human odor rhythms and mosquito olfactory preferences are temporally synchronized, enhancing mosquito attraction to humans.

This study examines how drought tolerance of Aedes aegypti mosquito eggs varies with climate conditions and human association, finding urban mosquitoes have higher survival under arid conditions.

This study shows that hemoglobin intake affects post-blood feeding behavior and gene expression in Ae. aegypti mosquitoes by altering circadian rhythms and sleep patterns.

This study investigates the relationship between sleep and pregnancy in the viviparous cockroach Diploptera punctata, finding that sleep disruption during pregnancy affects embryo development and alters daily activity rhythms.

This study shows that parental exposure to wet and dry conditions affects egg viability, thermotolerance, and nutrient composition in Aedes aegypti.

This study examines how prolonged dehydration stress affects Mayaro virus infection and vector competence in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, finding that dehydration alters viral dissemination dynamics.

This study examines the thermotolerance of mosquito eggs and adults from Aedes species, finding that human-associated lineages have higher egg viability under high-temperature stress.

The paper shows that knocking down Lens3 in beetle larvae causes cataracts, leading to image degradation and behavioral changes in low light, while not affecting focal length.

This study identifies TcCARP3 as a regulator of cAMP signaling in Trypanosoma cruzi, essential for osmoregulation, host cell invasion, and vector colonization.

This study shows that sugar diets affect humidity preference and survival in mosquitoes, with potential for mosquito control.

This study shows that microbiome-derived queuosine (Q) affects tyrosine metabolism and predator avoidance in mosquito larvae, leading to impaired behavior and survival.

This study shows that mite-resistant Drosophila melanogaster lines exhibit reduced sleep, increased activity, and metabolic gene expression, but decreased starvation resistance under darkness.

This study evaluates nitisinone (NTBC) as a new treatment for bed bugs, showing it is lethal to both susceptible and resistant populations but with slight resistance in the latter, and identifies molecular mechanisms of action.

This study shows that repeated blood feeding during drought increases mosquito survival and viral transmission potential by enhancing activity and CO2 sensing.

This study examines how developmental stage and submersion level affect the viability of tick eggs from two species during flooding.

This study shows that impaired humidity sensing in ticks reduces survival by disrupting water homeostasis, particularly under variable environmental conditions.

This study challenges the assumption that male mosquitoes exclusively feed on plant sugars by showing they can take blood under dehydration/starvation and transmit pathogens.

This study compares sleep and activity patterns of Aedes albopictus mosquito strains from different geographic origins, finding heritable differences in activity levels but not peak activity times.

This study compares activity and sleep levels across 17 Ae. aegypti lines, finding population differences linked to host preference, ancestry, and human population density.

The paper examines tRNA abundance and modifications in Aedes aegypti during blood-feeding and vitellogenesis, finding increased tyrosine tRNA transcription is critical for egg yolk protein synthesis.

The paper presents a chromosome-level genome assembly and manual annotation of Diaphorina citri, along with transcriptome and endosymbiont genomes, providing genomic resources for pest control research.