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Biology and Biochemistry
Australia
2023

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
78
Citations
21723
World Ranking
4542
National Ranking
110

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Australia Leader Award
  • 2010 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science

Overview

John G. Oakeshott is affiliated with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation in Australia. Their research spans multiple areas within biological sciences, with a significant focus on agricultural and biological sciences as well as biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

The scientist's work includes contributions in several subfields, such as insect science, molecular biology, ecology, plant science, and oceanography. The primary topics in their research cover insect behavior and control techniques, insect-plant interactions and control, insect resistance and genetics, insect pest control strategies, insect and pesticide research, coral and marine ecosystems studies, and marine and coastal plant biology.

Collaborations are a notable part of their research efforts, with frequent co-authors including Siu Fai Lee, Heng Lin Yeap, Phillip W. Taylor, Gunjan Pandey, and Owain R. Edwards.

They have published in various scientific venues, with repeated publications in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Scientific Reports, PLoS ONE, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and BMC Genetics.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by John G. Oakeshott include:

  • Heat-evolved microalgal symbionts increase coral bleaching tolerance, 2020, Science Advances
  • Determinants of Insecticide Resistance Evolution: Comparative Analysis Among Heliothines, 2022, Annual Review of Entomology
  • Divergent amplifications of CYP9A cytochrome P450 genes provide two noctuid pests with differential protection against xenobiotics, 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Adaptive responses of free-living and symbiotic microalgae to simulated future ocean conditions, 2021, Global Change Biology
  • Phylogenomic analyses of the genus Drosophila reveals genomic signals of climate adaptation, 2021, Molecular Ecology Resources

John G. Oakeshott received the Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science award in 2010.

Best Publications

  • Insights into social insects from the genome of the honeybee Apis mellifera

    George M. Weinstock;Gene E. Robinson;Richard A. Gibbs;Kim C. Worley

  • Functional and evolutionary insights from the genomes of three parasitoid Nasonia species.

    John H. Werren;Stephen Richards;Christopher A. Desjardins;Oliver Niehuis

  • A deficit of detoxification enzymes: pesticide sensitivity and environmental response in the honeybee

    Charles Claudianos;Hilary Ranson;R M Johnson;Sunita Biswas;Sunita Biswas

  • A single amino acid substitution converts a carboxylesterase to an organophosphorus hydrolase and confers insecticide resistance on a blowfly

    R. D. Newcomb;P. M. Campbell;D. L. Ollis;E. Cheah

  • Identification of an opd (organophosphate degradation) gene in an Agrobacterium isolate.

    Irene Horne;Tara D. Sutherland;Rebecca L. Harcourt;Robyn J. Russell

  • Biochemistry of Microbial Degradation of Hexachlorocyclohexane and Prospects for Bioremediation

    Rup Lal;Gunjan Pandey;Pooja Sharma;Kirti Kumari

  • The genomes of two key bumblebee species with primitive eusocial organization

    Ben M Sadd;Ben M Sadd;Seth M Barribeau;Seth M Barribeau;Guy Bloch;Dirk C. de Graaf

  • Biochemical Genetics and Genomics of Insect Esterases

    John Graham Oakeshott;Charles Claudianos;Peter M Campbell;Richard David Newcomb

  • ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE AND GLYCEROL-3-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE CLINES IN DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER ON DIFFERENT CONTINENTS.

    J. G. Oakeshott;J. B. Gibson;P. R. Anderson;W. R. Knibb

  • Genomic innovations, transcriptional plasticity and gene loss underlying the evolution and divergence of two highly polyphagous and invasive Helicoverpa pest species

    S. L. Pearce;D. F. Clarke;D. F. Clarke;P. D. East;S. Elfekih

  • Two genomes of highly polyphagous lepidopteran pests (Spodoptera frugiperda, Noctuidae) with different host-plant ranges

    Anaïs Gouin;Anthony Bretaudeau;Anthony Bretaudeau;Kiwoong Nam;Sylvie Gimenez

  • Evolutionary principles and their practical application

    Andrew P. Hendry;Michael T. Kinnison;Mikko Heino;Mikko Heino;Troy Day

  • Biological invasions, climate change and genomics.

    Steven Loudon Chown;Kathryn Hodgins;Philippa C Griffin;John Graham Oakeshott

  • The same amino acid substitution in orthologous esterases confers organophosphate resistance on the house fly and a blowfly.

    Charles Claudianos;Robyn Russell;John Graham Oakeshott

  • Enrichment of an endosulfan-degrading mixed bacterial culture.

    Tara D. Sutherland;Irene Horne;Michael J. Lacey;Rebecca L. Harcourt

  • Two different amino acid substitutions in the ali-esterase, E3, confer alternative types of organophosphorus insecticide resistance in the sheep blowfly, Lucilia cuprina

    Peter M Campbell;Richard D Newcomb;Robyn J Russell;John G Oakeshott

  • Evolution in agriculture: the application of evolutionary approaches to the management of biotic interactions in agro-ecosystems.

    Peter H. Thrall;John G. Oakeshott;Gary Fitt;Simon Southerton

  • Bacterial metabolism of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: strategies for bioremediation.

    Archana Chauhan;Fazlurrahman;John G. Oakeshott;Rakesh K. Jain

  • Metabolic enzymes associated with xenobiotic and chemosensory responses in Nasonia vitripennis.

    John Graham Oakeshott;Reed M Johnson;Reed M Johnson;May R Berenbaum;Hilary Ranson

  • Evolution of an organophosphate-degrading enzyme: a comparison of natural and directed evolution

    H. Yang;P.D. Carr;S. Yu McLoughlin;J.W. Liu

Frequent Co-Authors

Robyn J. Russell
Robyn J. Russell Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Colin J. Jackson
Colin J. Jackson Australian National University
Richard D. Newcomb
Richard D. Newcomb Plant & Food Research
Lars S. Jermiin
Lars S. Jermiin Australian National University
Stephen Richards
Stephen Richards South Australian Museum
Kim C. Worley
Kim C. Worley Baylor College of Medicine
Karl H.J. Gordon
Karl H.J. Gordon Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Yidong Wu
Yidong Wu Nanjing Agricultural University
Richard A. Gibbs
Richard A. Gibbs Baylor College of Medicine
Donna M. Muzny
Donna M. Muzny Baylor College of Medicine

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