JOHN VONTAS

Associate Professor, Ph.D. 1997, Agricultural University of Athens.

Office                            : Γ 322β (Department of Biology)  
Office Tel.                    : +30-2810- 394077  
Laboratory                  : E 2.13 (Department of Biology)
Laboratory Tel.           : +30-2810- 394438
FAX                               : +30-2810- 394408
E-mail address           : vontas@biology.uoc.gr
Personal Home Page : Molecular Entomology

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Curriculum Vitae : (.pdf)

Research interests:

Understanding the mechanisms by which insects (agricultural pests and mosquitoes) develop resistance to insecticides, aiming to develop new means of managing and overcoming this resistance.Insecticide resistance, Pest control, Molecular Diagnostics, Microarrays, Recombinant Detoxification Enzymes, Insecticide Detection (Analytical Methods and Enzyme Biosensor-based), Resistance Monitoring and Information Support System. Click here to view a brief presentation of the research interests.

Recent Publications 

• Dermauw W.*, Ilias A.*, Riga M., Tsagkarakou A., Grbic M., Tirry L, Van Leeuwen T., Vontas J. (2012) The cys-loop ligand-gated ion channel gene family of Tetranychus urticae: implications for acaricide toxicology and a novel mutation associated with abamectin resistance. Insect Biochem Mol Biol - in press
• Bariami V., Jones C.M., Bisset J.A., Rodrigquez M., Vontas J., and Hilary Ranson (2012) The molecular basis of pyrethroid resistance in Aedes aegypti from the Caribbean PLoS NTD - in press
• Vontas J., Hernandez-Crespo P.,  Margaritopoulos J.T., Mathiopoulos K.D., Hsu J.C. (2011) Insecticide resistance in Tephritid flies, Pestic Biochem Physiol.  100, 199-205

• Vontas J., Ranson H. and Alphey L (2010) Transcriptomics and disease vector control. BMC Biology 8, 52

• Morou E, Dowd A, Rajatileka S., Steven A., Hemingway J., Ranson H., Paine M. and Vontas J. (2010) A simple colorimetric 1 assay for specific detection of glutathione-S transferase activity associated with DDT resistance in mosquitoes PLoS NTD, 4, 8. e808

• Karunker I, Morou E, Nikou D, Nauen R, Sertchook R, Stevenson B, Paine M.J.I, Morin S, Vontas J. (2009) Structural model and functional characterization of the Bemisia tabaci CYP6CM1vQ, a cytochrome P450 associated with high levels of neonicotinoid resistance Insect Biochem Mol Biol 39, 697-706

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