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Contact Details

Email
sarah.inwood@otago.ac.nz
Position
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department
Department of Biochemistry
Qualifications
BSc PGDipSci PhD
Research summary
Biocontrol genomics, host-parasite interactions, evolution

Research

My research primarily focuses on a biocontrol system in Aotearoa New Zealand involving a pest weevil, a biocontrol agent parasitic wasp, and a novel virus infecting the wasp.

Using genomics and transcriptomics, I am characterising interactions between these species, exploring factors that made this biocontrol system so effective in the past, and investigating why this biocontrol effectiveness has declined recently.

Publications

Inwood, S. N., Harrop, T. W. R., Shields, M. W., Goldson, S. L., & Dearden, P. K. (2024). Immune system modulation & virus transmission during parasitism identified by multi-species transcriptomics of a declining insect biocontrol system. BMC Genomics, 25, 311. doi: 10.1186/s12864-024-10215-3 Journal - Research Article

Inwood, S. N., Harrop, T. W. R., Goldson, S. L., & Dearden, P. K. (2023, August-September). Transmission of a novel virus in a declining insect biocontrol system. Verbal presentation at the He taonga tuku iho: Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Bioprotection Aotearoa Satellite, Queenstown, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Dainty, K. R., Inwood, S., Goldson, S. L., & Dearden, P. K. (2023, August-September). Predicting successful biocontrol: What we can learn from Microctonus hyperodae genomics. Verbal presentation at the He taonga tuku iho: Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Bioprotection Aotearoa Satellite, Queenstown, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Dearden, P. K., Inwood, S., & Skelly, J. (2023, August-September). How might we refresh biocontrol agents? Verbal presentation at the He taonga tuku iho: Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Bioprotection Aotearoa Satellite, Queenstown, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Inwood, S. N., Skelly, J., Guhlin, J. G., Harrop, T. W. R., Goldson, S. L., & Dearden, P. K. (2023). Chromosome-level genome assemblies of two parasitoid biocontrol wasps reveal the parthenogenesis mechanism and an associated novel virus. BMC Genomics, 24, 440. doi: 10.1186/s12864-023-09538-4 Journal - Research Article

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