Favorite Tick and Why: Amblyomma americanum (L.). More detailed information on lipid metabolism is available for this tick than for any other.

Favorite Tick and Why: Amblyomma americanum (L.). More detailed information on lipid metabolism is available for this tick than for any other.

Title: Professor

Phone: 405-744-9405

Fax: 405-744-6039

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Education:

B.S. Biochemistry Calif. State Polytechnic College 1969
M.S. Chemistry St. Mary's University 1978
Ph.D. Biochemistry University of Nevada-Reno 1980


Area of Research Expertise: Arthropod Biochemistry, Lipid analysis, Proteomics, Metabolomics.

Research Interests: Lipid metabolism in ticks, tick salivary proteins, and tick immune system.

Teaching: ENTO 5003, Insect Biochemistry; ENTO 5753, Insecticide Toxicology; ENTO/PLP 5870, Scientific Presentations; ENTO/PLP 4922, Applications of Biotechnology in Arthropod and Pathogen Control.

Selected Publications: (Last 3-5 years)

Aljamali, M., A.S. Bowman, J.W. Dillwith, J.S. Tucker, G.W. Gates, R.C. Essenberg, and J.R. Sauer. 2002. Identity and synthesis of prostaglandins in the lone star tick, Amblyomma americanum (L.), as assessed by radio-immunoassay and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol. 32: 331-341.

Karim, S., R.C. Essenberg, J.W. Dillwith, J.S. Tucker, A.S. Bowman, and J.R. Sauer. 2002. Identification of SNARE and cell trafficking regulatory proteins in the salivary glands of the lone star tick, Amblyomma americanum (L.). Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol. 32: 1711-1721.

Fezza, F., J.W. Dillwith, T. Bisogono, J.S. Tucker, V. Di Marzo, and J.R. Sauer. 2003. Endocannabinoids and related fatty acid amides, and their regulation, in the salivary glands of the lone star tick. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1633: 61-67.

Madden, R.D., J.R. Sauer, and J.W. Dillwith. 2002. A proteomics approach to characterizing tick salivary secretions. Experimental and Applied Acarology 28: 77-87.

Donnelly, B.E., R.D. Madden, P. Ayoubi, D.R. Porter and J.W. Dillwith. 2005. The wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) leaf proteome. Proteomics 5: 1624-1633.

Chen, Z., R.D. Madden, and J.W. Dillwith. 2005. Effect of precocene II on fatty acid metabolism in the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum, under cold stress. J. Insect. Physiol. 51: 411-416.

Cordill, William Justin. 2007. Characterization of Heme Lipoprotein in Ixodid Tick Saliva and Hemolymph. (OSU M.S. Thesis).