Dr. Molly Darlington

Education

• B.S. in Biological Sciences with minors in Plant Biology and Art History & Criticism, UNL, 2017

Publications

• Bernaola, L., M. Darlington, K. Britt, M. Roth, A. Pekarcik, M. Boone, D. Ricke, A. Tran, J. King, K. Carruthers, M. Thompson, J.J. Ternest, S.E. Anderson, S.W. Gula, K.C. Hauri, J.R. Pecenka, S. Grover, H. Puri, and S.G. Vakil. (2021). Technological Advances to Address Current Issues in Entomology – 2020 Student Debates.  J Insect Sci. In Press.
• Liu, S., A. Valencia-Jimenez, M. Darlington, A. Vélez, and B. Bonning. 2020. Diabrotica undecimpunctata virus 2, a novel small RNA virus discovered from southern corn rootworm, Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi Barber (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Microbiology Resource Announcements. 9(26): e000380-20.
• Liu, S., A. Valencia-Jimenez, M. Darlington, A. Vélez, and B. Bonning. 2020. Genome sequence of a small RNA virus of the southern corn rootworm, Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi Barber (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Microbiology Resource Announcements. 9(26): e00379-20.

Presentations

Invited Presentations

• Double-stranded RNA uptake in the western corn rootworm. Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America. Virtual Meeting, November 2020.
• Susceptibility and gene expression of RNAi machinery genes in western corn rootworm field populations. Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America 2021.

Submitted Presentations

• Double-stranded RNA uptake and the role of endocytic transmembrane receptors in Diabrotica virgifera virgifera. Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America. Vancouver, British Columbia, CA. November 2018.

• The role of scavenger receptors in double-stranded RNA uptake in the western corn rootworm. Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America. St. Louis, MO, USA. November 2019.