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The genome of the model beetle and pest Tribolium castaneum<br>
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Rob Waterhouse

Division of Cell & Molecular Biology
South Kensington Campus, SAF London, SW72AZ UK

robert.waterhouse04[at]imperial.ac.uk

I am a third year PhD student in the Kafatos/Christophides Lab at Imperial College, London.


Research Interests

  • Insect Innate Immunity
  • Genomic Evolution

Education

  • 1998-1999: International Baccalaureate, Waterford KaMhlaba, United World College of Southern Africa, Swaziland.
  • 2000-2004: Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry (MBioc), New College, Oxford.
  • 2004-2005: Masters in Bioinformatics, Imperial College, London.
  • 2005-present: Wellcome Trust PhD with the Immunogenomics Lab, Imperial College, London.

Publications

Authored:

Evolutionary dynamics of immune-related genes and pathways in disease-vector mosquitoes
Science, 2007, PMID:17588928

The Aedes aegypti genome: a comparative perspective
Insect Mol Biol, 2008, PMID:18237279

The genome of the model beetle and pest Tribolium castaneum
Nature, 2008, PMID:18362917


Assisted:

Quantification of insect genome divergence
Trends Genet, 2007, PMID:17097187

Quantification of ortholog losses in insects and vertebrates
Genome Biol, 2007, PMID:18021399

OrthoDB: the hierarchical catalog of eukaryotic orthologs
Nucleic Acids Res, 2008, PMID:17947323

More

Visit my webpage to find out more about my research.

Visit our SCITIZEN article - bringing Science to the People!

Read our Imperial College news item - Revealed: mosquito genes that could be controlling the spread of killer viruses!