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  • 1997 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Brian A. Federici is affiliated with the University of California, Riverside in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Agricultural and Biological Sciences. The scientist's work is distributed across several related subfields including Molecular Biology, Insect Science, Plant Science, Cell Biology, and Ecology.

Federici's research covers a variety of topics with particular attention to:

  • Insect Resistance and Genetics
  • Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects
  • Entomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest Control
  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Plant Virus Research Studies
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies

Their recent published works include studies focusing on molecular and insect sciences, with examples such as:

  • "Diploid-dominant life cycles characterize the early evolution of Fungi," published in 2022 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Serial femtosecond crystallography on in vivo-grown crystals drives elucidation of mosquitocidal Cyt1Aa bioactivation cascade," published in 2020 in Nature Communications
  • "De novo determination of mosquitocidal Cry11Aa and Cry11Ba structures from naturally-occurring nanocrystals," published in 2022 in Nature Communications
  • "Mitochondrial and Innate Immunity Transcriptomes from Spodoptera frugiperda Larvae Infected with the Spodoptera frugiperda Ascovirus," published in 2020 in Journal of Virology
  • "Monitoring Insect Transposable Elements in Large Double-Stranded DNA Viruses Reveals Host-to-Virus and Virus-to-Virus Transposition," published in 2021 in Molecular Biology and Evolution

Federici frequently publishes in specific scientific venues, with multiple contributions to:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Nature Communications
  • Journal of Virology
  • Molecular Biology and Evolution

The scientist has collaborated often with several researchers in their field, including:

  • Dennis K. Bideshi, with whom they have published eight works
  • Robert H. Hice, with six joint publications
  • Marco Kloos, with four joint publications
  • Johan Bielecki, with four joint publications
  • Richard Bean, with four joint publications

Brian A. Federici was awarded the fellowship of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1997.

Best Publications

  • Parasites and Pathogens of Insects

    Stefan T. Jaronski;N. E. Beckage;S. N. Thompson;B. A. Federici

  • The biology of baculoviruses

    Robert R. Granados;Brian A. Federici

  • "Megavirales", a proposed new order for eukaryotic nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses.

    Philippe Colson;Xavier De Lamballerie;Natalya Yutin;Sassan Asgari

  • CytA enables CryIV endotoxins of Bacillus thuringiensis to overcome high levels of CryIV resistance in the mosquito, Culex quinquefasciatus

    M. C. Wirth;G. P. Georghiou;B. A. Federici

  • Isolation of a relatively nontoxic 65-kilodalton protein inclusion from the parasporal body of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis.

    J E Ibarra;B A Federici

  • A 20-kilodalton protein preserves cell viability and promotes CytA crystal formation during sporulation in Bacillus thuringiensis.

    Dong Wu;B. A. Federici

  • Synergism of mosquitocidal toxicity between CytA and CrylVD proteins using inclusions produced from cloned genes of Bacillus thuringiensis

    Dong Wu;Jeffrey J. Johnson;Brian A. Federici

  • Recombinant bacteria for mosquito control

    B. A. Federici;H.-W. Park;D. K. Bideshi;M. C. Wirth

  • Origin and evolution of polydnaviruses by symbiogenesis of insect DNA viruses in endoparasitic wasps.

    B.A. Federici;Y. Bigot

  • Protein crystal structure obtained at 2.9 Å resolution from injecting bacterial cells into an X-ray free-electron laser beam

    Michael R. Sawaya;Duilio Cascio;Mari Gingery;Jose Rodriguez

  • Optimization of Cry3A Yields in Bacillus thuringiensis by Use of Sporulation-Dependent Promoters in Combination with the STAB-SD mRNA Sequence

    Hyun-Woo Park;Baoxue Ge;Leah S. Bauer;Brian A. Federici

  • Phylogenetic analysis and possible function of bro-like genes, a multigene family widespread among large double-stranded DNA viruses of invertebrates and bacteria.

    Dennis K. Bideshi;Dennis K. Bideshi;Sylvaine Renault;Karine Stasiak;Karine Stasiak;Brian A. Federici

  • Insecticidal bacteria: an overwhelming success for invertebrate pathology.

    Brian A. Federici

  • Cyt1Aa Protein of Bacillus thuringiensis Is Toxic to the Cottonwood Leaf Beetle, Chrysomela scripta, and Suppresses High Levels of Resistance to Cry3Aa

    Brian A. Federici;Leah S. Bauer

  • Effects of Bacillus thuringiensis δ-Endotoxins on the Pea Aphid (Acyrthosiphon pisum)

    Manuel Porcar;Anne-Marie Grenier;Brian Federici;Yvan Rahbé

  • De novo phasing with X-ray laser reveals mosquito larvicide BinAB structure

    Jacques Philippe Colletier;Michael R. Sawaya;Mari Gingery;Jose A. Rodriguez

  • Cyt1A of Bacillus thuringiensis delays evolution of resistance to Cry11A in the mosquito Culex quinquefasciatus.

    Margaret C. Wirth;Hyun-Woo Park;William E. Walton;Brian A. Federici

  • Cyt1A from Bacillus thuringiensis synergizes activity of Bacillus sphaericus against Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae).

    Margaret C. Wirth;Brian A. Federici;William E. Walton

  • Recombinant larvicidal bacteria with markedly improved efficacy against culex vectors of west nile virus.

    Hyun-Woo Park;Dennis K. Bideshi;Margaret C. Wirth;Jeffrey J. Johnson

  • In defense of Bacillus thuringiensis, the safest and most successful microbial insecticide available to humanity - a response to EFSA.

    Ben Raymond;Brian A. Federici

  • Parasporal Body of Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis

    Brian A. Federici;Peter Lüthy;Jorge E. Ibarra

  • Cyt1A from Bacillus thuringiensis Restores Toxicity of Bacillus sphaericus Against Resistant Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae)

    Margaret C. Wirth;William E. Walton;Brian A. Federici

Frequent Co-Authors

William E. Walton
William E. Walton University of California, Riverside
Mir S. Mulla
Mir S. Mulla University of California, Riverside
David Eisenberg
David Eisenberg Harvard University
Sassan Asgari
Sassan Asgari University of Queensland
Marc Messerschmidt
Marc Messerschmidt SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Michael R. Sawaya
Michael R. Sawaya University of California, Los Angeles
Galen P. Dively
Galen P. Dively University of Maryland, College Park
Axel T. Brunger
Axel T. Brunger Stanford University
Lawrence A. Lacey
Lawrence A. Lacey Agricultural Research Service
Jörg Romeis
Jörg Romeis University of Bern

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