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

Overview

Gary J. Blomquist is affiliated with the University of Nevada Reno in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on agricultural and biological sciences, with an emphasis on insect science and related subfields.

Their work spans a variety of topics, including:

  • Insect and arachnid ecology and behavior
  • Insect and pesticide research
  • Neurobiology and insect physiology research
  • Forest insect ecology and management
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Insect-plant interactions and control
  • Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis

Their main fields of study include agricultural and biological sciences, biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, and neuroscience, with subfields such as genetics, cellular and molecular neuroscience, ecology, and ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics.

Gary J. Blomquist has contributed to several scientific publications, including:

  • Chemical Ecology, Biochemistry, and Molecular Biology of Insect Hydrocarbons, 2021, Annual Review of Entomology
  • Cytochromes P450: terpene detoxification and pheromone production in bark beetles, 2020, Current Opinion in Insect Science
  • RNA-Seq used to identify ipsdienone reductase (IDONER): A novel monoterpene carbon-carbon double bond reductase central to Ips confusus pheromone production, 2020, Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  • A cytochrome P450 G subfamily member, CYP4G35, is highly expressed in antennae and modulates olfactory response in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, 2025, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent collaborators of Gary J. Blomquist include:

  • Claus Tittiger
  • Marina MacLean
  • Matthew D. Ginzel
  • Christopher I. Keeling
  • Richard G. Vogt

Their research is often published in venues such as the Annual Review of Entomology, Current Opinion in Insect Science, Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and bioRxiv hosted by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.

Gary J. Blomquist was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1997.

Best Publications

  • ECOLOGICAL, BEHAVIORAL, AND BIOCHEMICAL ASPECTS OF INSECT HYDROCARBONS*

    Ralph W. Howard;Gary J. Blomquist

  • Insect Hydrocarbons : Biology, Biochemistry, and Chemical Ecology

    Gary J Blomquist;Anne Genevieve Bagneres

  • Insect pheromones—an overview of biosynthesis and endocrine regulation

    Julie A Tillman;Steven J Seybold;Russell A Jurenka;Gary J Blomquist

  • Fatty acids in insects: Composition, metabolism, and biological significance

    David W. Stanley-Samuelson;Russell A. Jurenka;Colleen Cripps;Gary J. Blomquist

  • Chemical Ecology and Biochemistry of Insect Hydrocarbons

    and R W Howard;G J Blomquist

  • An insect-specific P450 oxidative decarbonylase for cuticular hydrocarbon biosynthesis

    Yue Qiu;Claus Tittiger;Claude Wicker-Thomas;Gaëlle Le Goff

  • Chemistry, biochemistry, and physiology of insect cuticular lipids

    Gary J. Blomquist;Dennis R. Nelson;Mertxe De Renobales

  • Cytochrome P450 associated with insecticide resistance catalyzes cuticular hydrocarbon production in Anopheles gambiae.

    Vasileia Balabanidou;Vasileia Balabanidou;Anastasia Kampouraki;Marina A. MacLean;Gary J. Blomquist

  • Pheromone production in bark beetles.

    Gary J. Blomquist;Rubi Figueroa-Teran;Mory Aw;Minmin Song

  • Cuticular hydrocarbons ofReticulitermes virginicus (Banks) and their role as potential species- and caste-recognition cues.

    Ralph W. Howard;C. A. McDaniel;Dennis R. Nelson;Gary J. Blomquist

  • Chemical mimicry as an integrating mechanism: cuticular hydrocarbons of a termitophile and its host.

    Ralph W. Howard;C. A. Mcdaniel;Gary J. Blomquist

  • Chemistry and biochemistry of insect waxes.

    Gary J. Blomquist;Larry L. Jackson

  • Insect pheromone biochemistry and molecular biology : the biosynthesis and detection of pheromones and plant volatiles

    Gary J. Blomquist;Richard Vogt

  • Cuticular hydrocarbons of the eastern subterranean termite,Reticulitermes flavipes (Kollar) (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

    Ralph W. Howard;C. A. McDaniel;Gary J. Blomquist

  • Role of contact pheromones in mate recognition in Xylotrechus colonus.

    Matthew D. Ginzel;Gary J. Blomquist;Jocelyn G. Millar;Lawrence M. Hanks

  • Cuticular hydrocarbons of the house fly, Musca domestica

    Dennis R. Nelson;Jack W. Dillwith;Jack W. Dillwith;Gary J. Blomquist

  • UNUSUAL MECHANISM OF HYDROCARBON FORMATION IN THE HOUSEFLY : CYTOCHROME P450 CONVERTS ALDEHYDE TO THE SEX PHEROMONE COMPONENT (Z)-9-TRICOSENE AND CO2

    J R Reed;D Vanderwel;S Choi;J G Pomonis

  • De novo biosynthesis of the aggregation pheromone components ipsenol and ipsdienol by the pine bark beetles Ips paraconfusus Lanier and Ips pini (Say) (Coleoptera: Scolytidae)

    S J Seybold;D R Quilici;J A Tillman;D Vanderwel

  • Polyunsaturated fatty acids and eicosanoids in insects

    Gary J. Blomquist;Charlotte E. Borgeson;Mary Vundla

  • Biosynthesis of linoleic acid in a termite, cockroach and cricket

    Gary J. Blomquist;Lawrence A. Dwyer;Arthur J. Chu;Robert O. Ryan

Frequent Co-Authors

Coby Schal
Coby Schal North Carolina State University
Steven J. Seybold
Steven J. Seybold US Forest Service
Anne-Geneviève Bagnères
Anne-Geneviève Bagnères University of Montpellier
Robert O. Ryan
Robert O. Ryan University of Nevada Reno
John H. Nelson
John H. Nelson University of Nevada Reno
John Vontas
John Vontas Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas
Lawrence M. Hanks
Lawrence M. Hanks University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Glenn D. Prestwich
Glenn D. Prestwich University of Utah
Jocelyn G. Millar
Jocelyn G. Millar University of California, Riverside
René Feyereisen
René Feyereisen University of Copenhagen

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