Simon Crawford

Size-stabilized, Hypoallometric, Genitalia Determined for Male Black Soldier Fly, Hermetia illucens (Diptera: Stratiomyidae)

This study examines the allometric relationship between male black soldier fly genitalia and body size, finding hypoallometric scaling where genitalia grow slower than body size.

Heterogeny in cages: Age-structure and timing of attractant availability impacts fertile egg production in the black soldier fly, Hermetia illucens

This study shows that same-aged black soldier fly cohorts produce more and more fertile eggs than mixed-aged cohorts, and delaying attractant availability improves egg yields in same-aged populations.

Bacterial species and surface structures shape gene transfer and the transcriptional landscape during active conjugation

The paper shows active conjugation triggers host transcriptional changes, which are blocked by capsule expression but overcome by plasmid-driven single-cell variation.

Skeletal Muscle Specific PolG Dysfunction Activates the Integrated Stress Response and Promotes a Cachexia like Phenotype

This study shows that muscle-specific PolG dysfunction causes mitochondrial dysfunction and cachexia by activating the mtISR and altering the mitochondrial folate cycle.