Dr Simon Baxter
Research interests
Applied pest control; pest biology
- Genetic technology to improve insect pest control
- Evolution and spread of insecticide resistance
- Whole genome sequencing of insect pests
- Adaptive evolution
Research projects
- Genetic modification of insects for pest control (with Dr Trent Perry)
- Tracking the evolution of insecticide resistance in Australian moths
- Evolution of insect Y-chromosomes
- Bacillus thuringiensis pore forming toxins: structure and function