The Ahn Lab
Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Insects and plants have been co-evolved for a long time, shaping a complex network in their interactions. Plant chemical defense has acted as an important selection pressure where insect herbivores have adapted by evolutionary key innovations. Understanding chemical interactions is, therefore, crucial to understand their close relationship. Our research focus is the insect-plant interactions using biochemical and molecular tools not only to understand host plant adaptation strategies of arthropod herbivores, but also to develop novel strategies for integrated pest management.
Lynn Wade (undergraduate) presented her DIS research project about the Hibiscus sawfly in the Spring Undergraduate Research Symposium, held in the MSU main campus. It was the first time for her to make a research presentation in public.
April 2022
Sena and Courtney presented their research projects in the 86th Annual Meeting of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences, held in Biloxi, MS. Great job!
March 2022
It is my great honor to contribute to edit this special issue of the Korean Journal of Applied Entomology in memory of the late Prof. Kyung Saeng Boo, who was a pioneer of insect physiology and chemical ecology in Korea.
March 2022
Courtney Wynn received the 1st place among graduate students in the BCHEPP Student Research Poster Symposium. Congratulations!
November 2021
We got awarded an MSPB grant on the diamide resistance on soybean looper.
April 2021
Ariadna Santos (undergraduate) joined our lab in March 2021. Welcome!
March 2021
Just accepted! A very enjoyable collaboration with Dr. Marygold in UK.
February 2021
September 2020
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