Here is a list of our recent publications, with hyperlinks to the article (if open-access) or abstracts in the NCBI database. Please email if you’d like complete pdf’s of any of them, and please stay tuned for new updates!
* indicates an undergraduate author; ^ indicates a graduate author; $ indicates invited review
Publications in 2025:
Hickmann, F., M.E. Meuti, Michel, A.P., Corrêa, A.S., 2025. Where do all the pests go? Understanding the genomic mechanisms of crop pest dynamics during the off-season. Current Opinion in Insect Science, 101340.
Publications in 2024:
Fiorta, M.A., Fyie, L.R.^, M.E. Meuti, 2024. Light pollution disrupts seasonal reproductive phenotypes and reduces lifespan in the West Nile vector, Culex pipiens. Journal of Insect Physiology 159, 104725.
Dhungana, P., Wei, X., M.E. Meuti, Sim, C., 2024. Genome-wide identification of PAR domain protein 1 (PDP1) targets through ChIP-seq reveals the regulation of diapause-specific characteristics in Culex pipiens. Insect Molecular Biology 33 (6), 777-791.
Josefson, C.C., Fitzwater, B.M., Beltran, R.S., Costa, D.P., Fornara, J.H., Garland Jr., T., Harris, B.N., Hinde, K., Hood, W.R., Hunt, E., Kenagy, G.J., Lieble, A.L., Litmer, A.R., Lopes, P.C., Misra, D., M.E. Meuti, Place, N.J., Powers, L.E., Saltzman, W., Orr, T.J., 2024. Balancing Act: An Interdisciplinary Exploration of Trade-offs in Reproducing Females. Integrative and Comparative Biology 64 (6), 1667-1678.
M.E. Meuti, Fyie, L.R.^, Fiorta, M., Denlinger, D.L., 2024. Trade-offs between Winter Survival and Reproduction in Female Insects. Integrative and Comparative Biology 64, S173-S174.
Bianco, O.E., Abdi, A., Klein, M.S., Wei, X., Sim, C., M.E. Meuti, 2024. Consuming royal jelly alters several phenotypes associated with overwintering dormancy in mosquitoes. Frontiers in Insect Science 4, 1358619.
Dehus, H.^, Siperstein, A.^, Pomeroy, L.W., M.E. Meuti, 2024. Characterizing the seasonal abundance and reproductive activity of overwintering Anopheles (Diptera: Culicidae) mosquitoes. Journal of Medical Entomology 61 (3), 644-656.
Heilig, M., Sturiale, S.L., Marzec, S., Holzapfel, C.M., Bradshaw, W.E., M.E. Meuti, Armbruster, P.A., 2024. Phenotypic variation in biting behavior associated with differences in expression of olfactory genes in the vector mosquito, Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae). Journal of Medical Entomology 61 (2), 367-376.
Fyie, L.R.^, Westby K.M., M.E. Meuti, 2024. Light pollution disrupts circadian clock gene expression in two mosquito vectors during their overwintering dormancy. Scientific Reports 14, 2398.
Publications in 2023:
Dhungana, P., Wei, X., M.E. Meuti, Sim, C., 2023. Identification of CYCLE targets that contribute diverse features of circadian rhythms in the mosquito Culex pipiens. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part D: Genomics and Proteomics 48, 101140.
M.E. Meuti. 2023. Chapter 4: “Circadian and seasonal clocks in insects and other organisms.” as found in Gribetz, S.K., Kaye, L., 2023. Time: A Multidisciplinary Introduction. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG.
M.E. Meuti, Siperstein, A.^, Wolkoff, M.^, 2023a. Establishing a Culex colony from field-collected eggs. Cold Spring Harbor Protocol 2023, 108079.
M.E. Meuti, Siperstein, A.^, Wolkoff, M.^, 2023b. Points to consider when establishing and rearing Culex mosquitoes in the laboratory. Cold Spring Harbor Protocol 2023, 107823.
M.E. Meuti, Siperstein, A.^, Wolkoff, M.^, 2023c. Rearing and maintaining a Culex colony in the laboratory. Cold Spring Harbor Protocol 2023, 108080.
Marzec, S., Siperstein, A.^, Zhou, A., Holzapfel, C.M., Bradshaw, W.E., M.E. Meuti, Armbruster, P.A., 2023. MicroRNA Expression prior to biting in a vector mosquito anticipates physiological processes related to energy utilization, reproduction and immunity. Insects 14, 700.
Fyie, L.R.^, Tronetti, H.R.*, Gardiner, M.M., M.E. Meuti, 2023. Potential for urban warming to postpone overwintering dormancy of temperate mosquitoes. Journal of Thermal Biology 115, 103594.
Siperstein, A.^, Pomeroy, L.W., Robare, S.*, Sarko, L.*, Dehus, H.*, Lowmiller, T.*, Fyie, L.^, M.E. Meuti, 2023. Characterizing seasonal changes in the reproductive activity of Culex mosquitoes throughout the fall, winter, and spring in Ohio. Parasites & Vectors 16, 173.
Wolkoff, M.^, Fyie, L.^, M.E. Meuti, 2023. Light pollution disrupts seasonal differences in the daily activity and metabolic profiles of the Northern house mosquito, Culex pipiens. Insects 14, 64.
Publications in 2022:
Peffers, C.^, M.E. Meuti, 2022. Characterizing the relative abundance of circadian transcription factors in diapausing and nondiapausing Northern house mosquitoes. Journal of Insect Physiology 140, 104404.
Siperstein, A.^; S. Marzec, S, M.L. Fritz, C.M. Holzapfel, W.E. Bradshaw, . P.A. Armbruster, M.E. Meuti. 2022. Conserved Molecular Pathways Underlying Biting in Two Divergent Mosquito Genera. Evolutionary Applications.
Publications in 2021:
King, K., M.E. Meuti, and N. F. Johnson. 2021. Identification and expression of odorant binding proteins in the egg-parasitoid Trissolcus basalis (Wollaston)(Hymenoptera, Scelionidae, Telenominae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 87: 251-66.
Fyie, L.R.^; M.M Gardiner, and M.E. Meuti. 2021 Artificial light at night alters the seasonal responses of biting mosquitoes. Journal of Insect Physiology. 129, 104194.
$Teets, N.M. and M.E. Meuti. 2021. “Hello Darkness, My Old Friend: A Tutorial of Nanda-Hamner Protocols.” Journal of Biological Rhythms. 36, 221-225.
Huck, D.T.*, M.S. Klein, and M.E. Meuti. 2021. Determining the effects of nutrition on the reproductive physiology of male mosquitoes. Journal of Insect Physiology. 129, 104191.
Peffers, C.S.^; L. W. Pomeroy, and M.E. Meuti. 2021. Critical Photoperiod and Its Potential to Predict Mosquito Distributions and Control Medically Important Pests. Journal of Medical Entomology. 58, 1610-1618.
Publications from 2020 and earlier:
Meuti, M.E. and R. Harrell. 2020. Preparing and Injecting Embryos of Culex Mosquitoes to Generate Null Mutations using CRISPR/Cas9. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 10.3791/61651.
Chang, V.* and M.E. Meuti. 2020. Circadian transcription factors differentially regulate features of the adult overwintering diapause in the Northern house mosquito, Culex pipiens. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 121: 103365.
Meuti, M.E. and S.M. Short. 2019. Physiological and Environmental Factors Affecting the Composition of the Ejaculate in Mosquitoes and Other Insects. Insects, 10, 74.
Meuti, M.E., R. Bautista-Jimenez* and J.A. Reynolds. 2018. Evidence that microRNAs are part of the molecular toolkit regulating adult reproductive diapause in the mosquito, Culex pipiens. PloS one. 29;13(11):e0203015.
Meuti, M.E. and S. W. Fisher. 2018. Contributions of Entomology to Natural Theology from the Late 17th to the Early 19th Century. American Entomologist. 64:242-250.
Short, C. A.*, M.E. Meuti, Q. Zhang, and D.L. Denlinger. 2016. Entrainment of eclosion and preliminary ontogeny of circadian clock gene expression in the flesh fly, Sarcophaga crassipalpis. Journal of Insect Physiology. 93: 28-35.
Meuti, M.E., M. Stone*, T. Ikeno, and D. L. Denlinger. 2015. Functional circadian clock genes are essential for the overwintering diapause of the Northern house mosquito, Culex pipiens. Journal of Experimental Biology. 218: 412-422.
Meuti, M.E., C.A. Short*, and D.L. Denlinger. 2015. Mom Matters: Diapause Characteristics of Culex pipiens–Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) Hybrid Mosquitoes. Journal of Medical Entomology. 51:131-137.
International Glossina Genome Initiative. 2014. Genome sequence of the tsetse fly (Glossina morsitans): vector of African trypanosomiasis. Science. 344: 380-386.
Meuti, M.E., and D.L. Denlinger. 2013. Evolutionary links between circadian clocks and photoperiodic diapause in insects. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 53: 131-143.
Lopez-Martinez, G., M.E. Meuti, and D.L. Denlinger. 2012. Rehydration driven RNAi: a novel approach for effectively delivering dsRNA to mosquito larvae. Journal of Medical Entomology. 49: 215-218.
Meuti, M.E., S.C. Jones, and P.S. Curtis. 2010. 15N discrimination and the sensitivity of nitrogen fixation to changes in dietary nitrogen in Reticulitermes flavipes (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae). Environmental Entomology. 39, 1810-1815.