Knipple, Douglas C
Associate Professor
Douglas C. Knipple is Associate Professor of Insect Molecular Genetics in the Department of Entomology at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva. He received a B.S. degree in Biology from Hobart College in 1976 and a Ph.D. in Genetics from Cornell University in 1983. He did postdoctoral studies at the Max-Planck Institut for Developmental Biology in Tübingen, Germany from 1983-1985. He joined the Cornell faculty in 1985.
research
research and scholarship focus
Major areas of investigation have focused on ion channels and neurotransmitter receptors of the insect nervous system, enzymes used by lepidopteran inects for sex pheromone biosynthesis and regulatory proteins involved in embryonic development.
research areas
- bioinformatics | collaborative research area (CALS)
- entomology | collaborative research area (CALS)
- genomics | collaborative research area (CALS)
- insects | collaborative research area (CALS)
- molecular genetics | collaborative research area (CALS)
submitted impact statement
- Practical applications of cloned insect desaturase genes in crop protection | 2007 Impact statement
- Practical Applications of Cloned Insect Desaturase Genes in Crop Protection | 2006 Impact statement
- Practical Applications of Cloned Insect Desaturase Genes in Crop Protection | 2005 Impact statement
- Practical applications of cloned insect desaturase genes in crop protection | 2004 Impact statement
affiliations
faculty appointment in
- Entomology at Geneva | Geneva department
member of graduate field
- Entomology | graduate field
- Genetics and Development | graduate field
service
current professional activities
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- American Chemical Society
- Entomological Society of America
- Genetics Society of America
background
educational background
- Ph.D., Cornell University, 1983
- B.A./B.S., Hobart College, 1976
professional background
- Faculty, Cornell University, 1983-present
Keywords: acyl-CoA desaturases, biochemistry, desaturases, embryonic development, entomology, fatty acids, gene family evolution, genetics, insect development, insecticide target sites, integral membrane proteins, ion channels, lepidopteran pheromone biosynthesis, ligand-gated chloride channels, molecular biology, molecular genetics, neurotransmitter receptors, pheromone biosynthesis, target site resistance, voltage-sensitive sodium channel