Maxwell Scott

Tandonnet, S., Krsticevic, F., Basika, T., Papathanos, P. A., Torres, T. T., & Scott, M. J. (2023). A chromosomal-scale reference genome of the New World Screwworm, Cochliomyia hominivorax. DNA RESEARCH, 30(1). https://doi.org/10.1093/dnares/dsac042

Yadav, A. K., Butler, C., Yamamoto, A., Patil, A. A., Lloyd, A. L., & Scott, M. J. (2023). CRISPR/Cas9-based split homing gene drive targeting doublesex for population suppression of the global fruit pest Drosophila suzukii. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 120(25). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2301525120

Yamamoto, A., Yadav, A. K., & Scott, M. J. (2022). Evaluation of Additional Drosophila suzukii Male-Only Strains Generated Through Remobilization of an FL19 Transgene. FRONTIERS IN BIOENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY, 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2022.829620

Li, F., Yamamoto, A., Belikoff, E. J., Berger, A., Griffith, E. H., & Scott, M. J. (2021, July 2). A conditional female lethal system for genetic suppression of the global fruit crop pest Drosophila suzukii. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE. https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.6530

Williamson, M. E., Yan, Y., & Scott, M. J. (2021). Conditional knockdown of transformer in sheep blow fly suggests a role in repression of dosage compensation and potential for population suppression. PLOS GENETICS, 17(10). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1009792

Paulo, D. F., Junqueira, A. C. M., Arp, A. P., Vieira, A. S., Ceballos, J., Skoda, S. R., … Azeredo-Espin, A. M. L. (2021). Disruption of the odorant coreceptor Orco impairs foraging and host finding behaviors in the New World screwworm fly. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-90649-x

Tait, G., Mermer, S., Stockton, D., Lee, J., Avosani, S., Abrieux, A., … Walton, V. M. (2021). [Review of Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae): A Decade of Research Towards a Sustainable Integrated Pest Management Program]. JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY, 114(5), 1950–1974. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toab158

Davis, R. J., Belikoff, E. J., Dickey, A. N., Scholl, E. H., Benoit, J. B., & Scott, M. J. (2021). Genome and transcriptome sequencing of the green bottle fly, Lucilia sericata, reveals underlying factors of sheep flystrike and maggot debridement therapy. GENOMICS, 113(6), 3978–3988. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygeno.2021.10.003

Scott, M. (2021, March 8). Sex Determination and Dosage Compensation: femaleless Is the Link in Anopheles Mosquitoes. CURRENT BIOLOGY, Vol. 31, pp. R260–R263. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.01.078

Webster, S. H., & Scott, M. J. (2021). The Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) hsp83 Gene Promoter Drives Strong Ubiquitous DsRed and ZsGreen Marker Expression in Transgenic Mosquitoes. JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY, 58(6), 2533–2537. https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjab128

Concha, C., Yan, Y., Arp, A., Quilarque, E., Sagel, A., Leon, A. P., … Scott, M. J. (2020). An early female lethal system of the New World screwworm, Cochliomyia hominivorax, for biotechnology-enhanced SIT. BMC GENETICS, 21. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12863-020-00948-x

Yan, Y., & Scott, M. J. (2020). Building a transgenic sexing strain for genetic control of the Australian sheep blow fly Lucilia cuprina using two lethal effectors. BMC GENETICS, 21. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12863-020-00947-y

Scott, M. J., Benoit, J. B., Davis, R. J., Bailey, S. T., Varga, V., Martinson, E. O., … Skoda, S. R. (2020). Genomic analyses of a livestock pest, the New World screwworm, find potential targets for genetic control programs. COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-020-01152-4

Yan, Y., Williamson, M. E., Davis, R. J., Andere, A. A., Picard, C. J., & Scott, M. J. (2020). Improved transgenic sexing strains for genetic control of the Australian sheep blow fly Lucilia cuprina using embryo-specific gene promoters. MOLECULAR GENETICS AND GENOMICS, 295(2), 287–298. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00438-019-01622-3

Hickner, P. V., Mittapalli, O., Subramoniam, A., Sagel, A., Watson, W., Scott, M. J., … Syed, Z. (2020). Physiological and molecular correlates of the screwworm fly attraction to wound and animal odors. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-77541-w

Yan, Y., Williamson, M. E., & Scott, M. J. (2020). Using Moderate Transgene Expression to Improve the Genetic Sexing System of the Australian Sheep Blow Fly Lucilia cuprina. INSECTS, 11(11). https://doi.org/10.3390/insects11110797

Concha, C., Wallbank, R. W. R., Hanly, J. J., Fenner, J., Livraghi, L., Rivera, E. S., … McMillan, W. O. (2019). Interplay between Developmental Flexibility and Determinism in the Evolution of Mimetic Heliconius Wing Patterns. CURRENT BIOLOGY, 29(23), 3996-+. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.10.010

Paulo, D. F., Williamson, M. E., Arp, A. P., Li, F., Sagel, A., Skoda, S. R., … Scott, M. J. (2019). Specific Gene Disruption in the Major Livestock Pests Cochliomyia hominivorax and Lucilia cuprina Using CRISPR/Cas9. G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS, 9(9), 3045–3055. https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.119.400544

Davis, R. J., Belikoff, E. J., & Scott, M. J. (2018). Towards next generation maggot debridement therapy: Transgenic Lucilia sericata larvae that produce and secrete a human growth factor. Wound Repair and Regeneration, 26(1), A27–27.

Davis, R. J., Belikoff, E. J., Scholl, E. H., Li, F., & Scott, M. J. (2018). no blokes Is Essential for Male Viability and X Chromosome Gene Expression in the Australian Sheep Blowfly. CURRENT BIOLOGY, 28(12), 1987-+. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2018.05.005

Scott, M. J., Gould, F., Lorenzen, M., Grubbs, N., Edwards, O., & O’Brochta, D. (2017). Agricultural production: assessment of the potential use of Cas9-mediated gene drive systems for agricultural pest control. Journal of Responsible Innovation, 5(sup1), S98–S120. https://doi.org/10.1080/23299460.2017.1410343

Yan, Y., Linger, R. J., & Scott, M. J. (2017). Building early-larval sexing systems for genetic control of the Australian sheep blow fly Lucilia cuprina using two constitutive promoters. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 7. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-02763-4

Scott, M. J., Concha, C., Welch, J. B., Phillips, P. L., & Skoda, S. R. (2017). Review of research advances in the screwworm eradication program over the past 25 years. ENTOMOLOGIA EXPERIMENTALIS ET APPLICATA, 164(3), 226–236. https://doi.org/10.1111/eea.12607

Dearden, P. K., Gemmell, N. J., Mercier, O. R., Lester, P. J., Scott, M. J., Newcomb, R. D., … Penman, D. R. (2017). The potential for the use of gene drives for pest control in New Zealand: a perspective. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 48(4), 225–244. https://doi.org/10.1080/03036758.2017.1385030

Anstead, C. A., Batterham, P., Korhonen, P. K., Young, N. D., Hall, R. S., Bowles, V. M., … Gasser, R. B. (2016). [Review of A blow to the fly - Lucilia cuprina draft genome and transcriptome to support advances in biology and biotechnology]. BIOTECHNOLOGY ADVANCES, 34(5), 605–620. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biotechadv.2016.02.009

Concha, C., Palavesam, A., Guerrero, F. D., Sagel, A., Li, F., Osborne, J. A., … Scott, M. J. (2016). A transgenic male-only strain of the New World screwworm for an improved control program using the sterile insect technique. BMC Biology, 14.

Li, F., & Scott, M. J. (2016). CRISPR/Cas9-mediated mutagenesis of the white and Sex lethal loci in the invasive pest, Drosophila suzukii. BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS, 469(4), 911–916. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrc.2015.12.081

Scott, M. J., & Benedict, M. Q. (2016). Concept and history of genetic control. Genetic Control of Malaria and Dengue, 31–54.

Schwartz, S., Truglio, M., Scott, M. J., & Fitzsimons, H. L. (2016). Long-Term Memory in Drosophila Is Influenced by Histone Deacetylase HDAC4 Interacting with SUMO-Conjugating Enzyme Ubc9. GENETICS, 203(3), 1249-+. https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.115.183194

Linger, R. J., Belikoff, E. J., Yan, Y., Li, F., Wantuch, H. A., Fitzsimons, H. L., & Scott, M. J. (2016). Towards next generation maggot debridement therapy: transgenic Lucilia sericata larvae that produce and secrete a human growth factor. BMC BIOTECHNOLOGY, 16. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12896-016-0263-z

Yan, Y., & Scott, M. J. (2015). A transgenic embryonic sexing system for the Australian sheep blow fly Lucilia cuprina. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 5. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep16090

Linger, R. J., Belikoff, E. J., & Scott, M. J. (2015). Dosage Compensation of X-Linked Muller Element F Genes but Not X-Linked Transgenes in the Australian Sheep Blowfly. PLOS ONE, 10(10). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0141544

Edman, R. M., Linger, R. J., Belikoff, E. J., Li, F., Sze, S.-H., Tarone, A. M., & Scott, M. J. (2015). Functional characterization of calliphorid cell death genes and cellularization gene promoters for controlling gene expression and cell viability in early embryos. INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 24(1), 58–70. https://doi.org/10.1111/imb.12135

Sandeman, R. M., Levot, G. W., Heath, A. C. G., James, P. J., Greeff, J. C., Scott, M. J., … Bowles, V. M. (2014). [Review of Control of the sheep blowfly in Australia and New Zealand - are we there yet?]. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY, 44(12), 879–891. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2014.08.009

Scott, M. J. (2014). Development and evaluation of male-only strains of the Australian sheep blowfly, Lucilia cuprina. BMC GENETICS, 15. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2156-15-s2-s3

Watanabe, J., Hattori, M., Berriman, M., Lehane, M. J., Hall, N., Solano, P., … Swain, M. T. (2014). Genome sequence of the tsetse fly (Glossina morsitans): vector of African trypanosomiasis. Science, 344(6182), 380–386.

Scott, M. J., Pimsler, M. L., & Tarone, A. M. (2014). Sex Determination Mechanisms in the Calliphoridae (Blow Flies). SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT, 8(1-3), 29–37. https://doi.org/10.1159/000357132

Scott, M. J., Morrison, N. I., & Simmons, G. S. (2014). Transgenic approaches for sterile insect control of dipteran livestock pests and lepidopteran crop pests. Transgenic Insects: Techniques and Applications, 152–167.

Li, F., Wantuch, H. A., Linger, R. J., Belikoff, E. J., & Scott, M. J. (2014). Transgenic sexing system for genetic control of the Australian sheep blow fly Lucilia cuprina. INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 51, 80–88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibmb.2014.06.001

Li, F., Vensko, S. P., II, Belikoff, E. J., & Scott, M. J. (2013). Conservation and Sex-Specific Splicing of the transformer Gene in the Calliphorids Cochliomyia hominivorax, Cochliomyia macellaria and Lucilia sericata. PLOS ONE, 8(2). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0056303

Fitzsimons, H. L., Schwartz, S., Given, F. M., & Scott, M. J. (2013). The Histone Deacetylase HDAC4 Regulates Long-Term Memory in Drosophila. PLOS ONE, 8(12). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0083903

Sze, S.-H., Dunham, J. P., Carey, B., Chang, P. L., Li, F., Edman, R. M., … Tarone, A. M. (2012). A de novo transcriptome assembly of Lucilia sericata (Diptera: Calliphoridae) with predicted alternative splices, single nucleotide polymorphisms and transcript expression estimates. INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 21(2), 205–221. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2583.2011.01127.x

Stasiuk, S. J., Scott, M. J., & Grant, W. N. (2012). Developmental plasticity and the evolution of parasitism in an unusual nematode, Parastrongyloides trichosuri. EVODEVO, 3. https://doi.org/10.1186/2041-9139-3-1

Concha, C., Edman, R. M., Belikoff, E. J., Schiemann, A. H., Carey, B., & Scott, M. J. (2012). Organization and expression of the Australian sheep blowfly (Lucilia cuprina) hsp23, hsp24, hsp70 and hsp83 genes. INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 21(2), 169–180. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2583.2011.01123.x

Concha, C., Belikoff, E. J., Carey, B.-lee, Li, F., Schiemann, A. H., & Scott, M. J. (2011). Efficient germ-line transformation of the economically important pest species Lucilia cuprina and Lucilia sericata (Diptera, Calliphoridae). INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 41(1), 70–75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibmb.2010.09.006

Fitzsimons, H. L., & Scott, M. J. (2011). Genetic Modulation of Rpd3 Expression Impairs Long-Term Courtship Memory in Drosophila. PLOS ONE, 6(12). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0029171

Scott, M. J., Atapattu, A., Schiemann, A. H., Concha, C., Henry, R., Carey, B.-lee, … Sarkar, A. (2011). Organisation and expression of a cluster of yolk protein genes in the Australian sheep blowfly, Lucilia cuprina. GENETICA, 139(1), 63–70. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10709-010-9492-6

Concha, C., Li, F., & Scott, M. J. (2010). Conservation and sex-specific splicing of the doublesex gene in the economically important pest species Lucilia cuprina. JOURNAL OF GENETICS, 89(3), 279–285. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12041-010-0039-5

Schiemann, A. H., Li, F., Weake, V. M., Belikoff, E. J., Klemmer, K. C., Moore, S. A., & Scott, M. J. (2010). Sex-biased transcription enhancement by a 5 ' tethered Gal4-MOF histone acetyltransferase fusion protein in Drosophila. BMC MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 11. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2199-11-80

Schiemann, A. H., Weake, V. M., Li, F., Laverty, C., Belikoff, E. J., & Scott, M. J. (2010). The importance of location and orientation of male specific lethal complex binding sites of differing affinities on reporter gene dosage compensation in Drosophila. BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS, 402(4), 699–704. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrc.2010.10.088