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Erin Scully

Research Entomologist

Dr. Erin Scully
Research Molecular Biologist

USDA-ARS-CGAHR-SPIERU
ATTN: Erin Scully
1515 College Avenue
Manhattan, KS 66502

erin.scully@usda.gov
Telephone: 785.776.2710
www.ars.usda.gov/pa/cgahr/spieru/scully

    Dr. Erin Scully

EDUCATION
B.S., Biology, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
M.S., Biology, Indian University of Pennsylvania
Ph.D., Genetics, Pennsylvania State University

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Erin's current research interests include functional genomics of sensory systems of stored product pests and how behavioral and chemical cues can be disrupted to reduce these insects’ abilities to locate food and mates. In addition, she is also interested in genomics of invasive insects and identification of genes that enable stored product insects to adapt abiotic and biotic stresses. From 2014 to 2016, Erin was a postdoctoral Research Molecular Biologist at the USDA ARS Grain, Forage, and Bioenergy Research Unit in Lincoln, NE working on functional genomics of bioenergy grasses. 

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ALL PUBLICATIONS
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RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Microbial vectoring capacity by internal- and external-infesting stored product insects after varying dispersal periods between novel food patches: An underestimated risk - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Flight capacity and behavior of Ephestia kuehniella Zeller (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in response to kairomonal and pheromonal stimuli - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Strain effect of the larger grain borer, Prostephanus truncatus (Horn) (Coleoptera: Bostrychidae) in population growth studies on different temperatures - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Baliota, G.M., Papadimitriou, E., Scully, E.D., Athanassiou, C.G. 2024. Strain effect of the larger grain borer, Prostephanus truncatus (Horn) (Coleoptera: Bostrychidae) in population growth studies on different temperatures. Journal of Economic Entomology. Volume 178, April 2024, 106594. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cropro.2024.106594.
Phenylpropanoids following wounding and infection of sweet sorghum lines differing in responses to stalk pathogens - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Khasin, M., Bernhardson, L.F., Oneill, P.M., Palmer, N.A., Scully, E.D., Sattler, S.E., Sarath, G., Funnell-Harris, D.L. 2024. Phenylpropanoids following wounding and infection of sweet sorghum lines differing in responses to stalk pathogens. Phytopathology. 114:177-192. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-12-22-0459-R.
Divergent metabolic changes in rhizomes of lowland and upland switchgrass (panicum virgatum) from early season through dormancy onset - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Palmer, N.A., Sarath, G., Bowman, M.J., Saathoff, A.J., Edme, S.J., Mitchell, R., Tobias, C.M., Madhavan, S., Scully, E.D., Sattler, S.E. 2023. Divergent metabolic changes in rhizomes of lowland and upland switchgrass (panicum virgatum) from early season through dormancy onset. Plants. 12(8). Article 1732. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12081732.
Attraction, mobility, and preference by Lasioderma serricorne (F.) (Coleoptera: Ptinidae) to microbially-mediated volatile emissions by two species of fungi in stored grain - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Ponce, M.A., Sierra, P., Jacqueline, M., Kim, T.N., Scully, E.D., Morrison III, W.R. 2023. Attraction, mobility, and preference by Lasioderma serricorne (F.) (Coleoptera: Ptinidae) to microbially-mediated volatile emissions by two species of fungi in stored grain. Scientific Reports. 13(1). Article 6176. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-32973-y.
Characterization of Iflavirus in the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum (Coleoptera; Tenebrionidae) - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Fatehi, S., Aikens, M., Phillips, T.W., Brown, S., Zhu, K., Scully, E.D., Park, Y. 2023. Characterization of Iflavirus in the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum (Coleoptera; Tenebrionidae). Insects. 14(3). Article 220. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects14030220.
Gene editing of the ABC Transporter/White locus using CRISPR/Cas9 mutagenesis in the Indian Meal Moth - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Shirk, B.D., Shirk, P.D., Furlong, R.B., Scully, E.D., Wu, K., Siegfried, B.D. 2022. Gene editing of the ABC Transporter/White locus using CRISPR/Cas9-mediated mutagenesis in the Indian meal moth. Journal of Insect Physiology. 145:104471. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinsphys.2022.104471.
Development and immature mortality of the saw-toothed grain beetle, Oryzaephilus surinamensis, on different sorghum fractions - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Lampiri, E., Scully, E.D., Arthur, F.H., Athanassiou, C.G. 2023. Development and immature mortality of the saw-toothed grain beetle, Oryzaephilus surinamensis, on different sorghum fractions. Journal of Economic Entomology. 116(2):615-620. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toad024.
Using high-throughput amplicon sequencing to determine diet of generalist Lady Beetles in agricultural landscapes - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Kim, T.N., Bukhman, Y.V., Jusino, M.A., Scully, E.D., Spiesman, B.J., Gratton, C. 2022. Using high-throughput amplicon sequencing to determine diet of generalist Lady Beetles in agricultural landscapes. Biological Control. 170. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2022.104920.