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  • 2006 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Coby Schal is affiliated with North Carolina State University in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on insect science, genetics, and environmental science with a strong emphasis on agricultural and biological sciences. The scientist's work spans several subfields including health, toxicology and mutagenesis, infectious diseases, and ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

The main topics of their research include interactions between insects and parasites, insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, insect and pesticide research, dermatological diseases and infestations, plant and animal studies, animal and plant science education, and insect symbiosis with bacterial influences.

Coby Schal has authored numerous publications, with recent papers including:

  • Gene content evolution in the arthropods, 2020, Genome Biology
  • Modulation of fatty acid elongation in cockroaches sustains sexually dimorphic hydrocarbons and female attractiveness, 2021, PLoS Biology
  • Social signals mediate oviposition site selection in Drosophila suzukii, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Cuticular pheromones stimulate hygienic behavior in the honey bee (Apis mellifera), 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Effects of Wolbachia elimination and B-vitamin supplementation on bed bug development and reproduction, 2022, Scientific Reports

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as the Journal of Medical Entomology, Journal of Economic Entomology, Pest Management Science, Scientific Reports, and Parasites & Vectors.

Coby Schal collaborates with several coauthors including:

  • Ayako Wada-Katsumata
  • Zachary C. DeVries
  • Richard G. Santangelo
  • Madhavi L. Kakumanu
  • Eduardo Hatano

In 2006, Coby Schal was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Best Publications

  • Hemimetabolous genomes reveal molecular basis of termite eusociality

    Mark C. Harrison;Evelien Jongepier;Hugh M. Robertson;Nicolas Arning

  • Identification of bacteria and bacteria-associated chemical cues that mediate oviposition site preferences by Aedes aegypti

    Loganathan Ponnusamy;Ning Xu;Satoshi Nojima;Dawn M. Wesson

  • Gene Content Evolution in the Arthropods

    Gregg W.C. Thomas;Elias Dohmen;Elias Dohmen;Daniel S.T. Hughes;Daniel S.T. Hughes;Shwetha C. Murali;Shwetha C. Murali

  • Unique features of a global human ectoparasite identified through sequencing of the bed bug genome

    Joshua B. Benoit;Zach N. Adelman;Klaus Reinhardt;Amanda Dolan

  • Integrated Suppression of Synanthropic Cockroaches

    C. Schal;R. L. Hamilton

  • Gut bacteria mediate aggregation in the German cockroach

    Ayako Wada-Katsumata;Ludek Zurek;Godfrey Nalyanya;Wendell L. Roelofs

  • BEHAVIOURAL ECOLOGY OF COCKROACHES

    Coby Schal;J.-Y. Gautier;William J. Bell

  • Diversity and contribution of the intestinal bacterial community to the development of Musca domestica (Diptera: Muscidae) larvae.

    L. Zurek;C. Schal;D. W. Watson

  • Pheromone puff trajectory and upwind flight of male gypsy moths in a forest

    J. S. Elkinton;C. Schal;T. Onot;R. T. Cardé

  • Cockroach allergen biology and mitigation in the indoor environment.

    J. Chad Gore;Coby Schal

  • Sites of synthesis and transport pathways of insect hydrocarbons: cuticle and ovary as target tissues

    Coby Schal;Veeresh L. Sevala;Hugh P. Young;Jane A.S. Bachmann

  • Laboratory and Field Evaluations of Oviposition Responses of Aedes albopictus and Aedes triseriatus (Diptera: Culicidae) to Oak Leaf Infusions

    Jonathan D. Trexler;Charles S. Apperson;Coby Schal

  • Insects in confined swine operations carry a large antibiotic resistant and potentially virulent enterococcal community

    Aqeel Ahmad;Aqeel Ahmad;Anuradha Ghosh;Coby Schal;Ludek Zurek

  • Functional characterization of pheromone receptors in the tobacco budworm Heliothis virescens

    G. Wang;G. M. Vásquez;C. Schal;L. J. Zwiebel

  • Identification of the Sex Pheromone of the German Cockroach, Blattella germanica

    Satoshi Nojima;Satoshi Nojima;Satoshi Nojima;Coby Schal;Coby Schal;Coby Schal;Francis X. Webster;Francis X. Webster;Francis X. Webster;Richard G. Santangelo;Richard G. Santangelo;Richard G. Santangelo

  • Changes in Taste Neurons Support the Emergence of an Adaptive Behavior in Cockroaches

    Ayako Wada-Katsumata;Jules Silverman;Coby Schal

  • Insects groom their antennae to enhance olfactory acuity

    Katalin Böröczky;Ayako Wada-Katsumata;Dale Batchelor;Marianna Zhukovskaya

  • Experimental evidence for interspecific directional selection on moth pheromone communication

    Astrid T. Groot;Joy L. Horovitz;Jennifer Hamilton;Richard G. Santangelo

  • Genetic architecture of natural variation in cuticular hydrocarbon composition in Drosophila melanogaster

    Lauren M Dembeck;Katalin Böröczky;Wen Huang;Coby Schal

  • RAPID EVOLUTION OF CUTICULAR HYDROCARBONS IN A SPECIES RADIATION OF ACOUSTICALLY DIVERSE HAWAIIAN CRICKETS (GRYLLIDAE: TRIGONIDIINAE: LAUPALA)

    Sean P. Mullen;Tamra C. Mendelson;Coby Schal;Kerry L. Shaw

Frequent Co-Authors

Edward L. Vargo
Edward L. Vargo Texas A&M University
Astrid T. Groot
Astrid T. Groot University of Amsterdam
Gary J. Blomquist
Gary J. Blomquist University of Nevada Reno
Fred Gould
Fred Gould North Carolina State University
Ludek Zurek
Ludek Zurek Mendel University Brno
Stephen Richards
Stephen Richards South Australian Museum
Erich Bornberg-Bauer
Erich Bornberg-Bauer University of Münster
Ring T. Cardé
Ring T. Cardé University of California, Riverside
Donna M. Muzny
Donna M. Muzny Baylor College of Medicine
Richard A. Gibbs
Richard A. Gibbs Baylor College of Medicine

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