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Renee Corpuz
Tropical Pest Genetics and Molecular Biology Research Unit
Biological Science Technician

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Publications (Clicking on the reprint icon Reprint Icon will take you to the publication reprint.)
Genome report: chromosome-scale genome assembly of the West Indian fruit fly Anastrepha obliqua(Diptera: Tephritidae) Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Sim, S.B., Congrains, C., Velasco-Cuervo, S., Corpuz, R.L., Kauwe, A.N., Scheffler, B.E., Geib, S.M. 2024. Genome report: chromosome-scale genome assembly of the West Indian fruit fly Anastrepha obliqua(Diptera: Tephritidae). G3, Genes/Genomes/Genetics. 14(4). https://doi.org/10.1093/g3journal/jkae024.
A unified protocol for CRISPR/Cas9-mediated gene knockout in tephritid fruit flies led to the recreation of white eye and white puparium phenotypes in the melon fly Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Paulo, D., Cha, A.Y., Kauwe, A.N., Curbelo, K.M., Corpuz, R.L., Simmonds, T.J., Sim, S.B., Geib, S.M. 2022. A unified protocol for CRISPR/Cas9-mediated gene knockout in tephritid fruit flies led to the recreation of white eye and white puparium phenotypes in the melon fly. Journal of Economic Entomology. 115(6):2110-2115. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toac166.
HiFiAdapterFilt, a memory efficient read processing pipeline, prevents occurrence of adapter sequence in PacBio HiFi reads and their negative impacts on genome assembly Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Sim, S.B., Corpuz, R.L., Simmonds, T.J., Geib, S.M. 2022. HiFiAdapterFilt, a memory efficient read processing pipeline, prevents occurrence of adapter sequence in PacBio HiFi reads and their negative impacts on genome assembly. Biomed Central (BMC) Genomics. 23. Article 157. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-022-08375-1.
The USDA-ARS Ag100Pest Initiative: High-quality genome assemblies for agricultural pest Arthropod research Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Childers, A.K., Geib, S.M., Sim, S.B., Poelchau, M.F., Coates, B.S., Simmonds, T.J., Scully, E.D., Smith, T.P.L., Childers, C., Corpuz, R.L., Hackett, K.J., Scheffler, B.E. 2021. The USDA-ARS Ag100Pest Initiative: High-quality genome assemblies for agricultural pest insect research. Insects. 12(7):626. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects12070626.