MARIA CRISTINA CRAVA -
PI-Invest Cont Ramon y Cajal
PI-Invest Cont Ramon y Cajal
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Department: Univ. Institute Biotechnology and Biomedicine (BIOTECMED)
Department: Univ. Institute Biotechnology and Biomedicine (BIOTECMED)
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Subjects taught and teaching methods
Academic training
- Biotecnologie Agrarie Vegetali. Università degli Studi di Milano. 05/11/2004 (Diploma / Degree / Activities).
- Biotecnologia. Universitat de València. 12/04/2013 (Ph.D.).
- Biotecnologie Vegetali, Alimentari e Agroambientali. Università degli Studi di Milano. 14/07/2006 (Official Master).
Journal Publications
- C.M. Crava; Y. Bel; A. Jakubowska; J. Ferré; B. Escriche (2013) Midgut aminopeptidase N isoforms from Ostrinia nubilalis: Activity characterization and differential binding to Cry1Ab and Cry1Fa proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 43(10), pp. 924 - 935 . ISSN: 0965-1748
- C.M. Crava; Y. Bel; J. Ferré; B. Escriche (2014) Susceptibility to Cry proteins of a Spanish Ostrinia nubilalis glasshouse-population repeatedly sprayed with Bacillus thuringiensis formulations. Journal Of Applied Entomology, 138, pp. 78 - 86 . ISSN: 0931-2048
- Cristina M. Crava; Gema P. Farinós; Yolanda Bel; Pedro Castañera; Baltasar Escriche (2013) Quantitative genetic analysis of Cry1Ab tolerance in Ostrinia nubilalis. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 113, pp. 220 - 227 . ISSN: 0022-2011
- Crava C.M.;Jakubowska A.K.; Escriche B.;Herrero S.; Bel Y. (2015) Dissimilar Regulation of Antimicrobial Proteins in the Midgut of Spodoptera exigua Larvae Challenged with Bacillus thuringiensis Toxins or Baculovirus. Plos One, 10(5), p. e0125991 . ISSN: 1932-6203
- Crava C. M.; Brütting C; Baldwin I. T. (2016) Transcriptome profiling reveals differential gene expression of detoxification enzymes in a hemimetabolous tobacco pest after feeding on jasmonate-silenced Nicotiana attenuata plants. Bmc Genomics, 17, p. 1005 . ISSN: 1471-2164
- Brütting C, Crava CM, Schäfer M, Schuman MC, Meldau S, Adam N, Baldwin IT (2018) Cytokinin transfer by a free-living mirid to Nicotiana attenuata recapitulates a strategy of endophytic insects. Elife, 7, p. e36268 . ISSN: 2050-084X
- Crava CM; Ramasamy S; Ometto L; Anfora G; Rota-Stabelli O (2016) Evolutionary Insights into Taste Perception of the Invasive Pest Drosophila suzukii. G3-Genes Genomes Genetics, 6(12), pp. 4185 - 4196 . ISSN: 2160-1836
- Ramasamy S; Ometto L; Crava CM; Revadi S; Kaur R; Horner DS; Pisani D; Dekker T; Anfora G; Rota-Stabelli O (2016) The Evolution of Olfactory Gene Families in Drosophila and the Genomic Basis of chemical-Ecological Adaptation in Drosophila suzukii. Genome Biology And Evolution, 8(8), pp. 2297 - 2311 . ISSN: 1759-6653
- Crava CM; Sassù F; Tait G; Becher PG; Anfora G (2019) Functional transcriptome analyses of Drosophila suzukii antennae reveal mating-dependent olfaction plasticity in females. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 105, pp. 51 - 59 . ISSN: 0965-1748
- Tait G; Grassi A; Pfab F; Crava CM; Dalton DT; Magarey R; Ometto L; Vezzulli S; Rossi-Stacconi MV; Gottardello A; Pugliese A; Firrao G; Walton VM; Gianfranco Anfora G (2018) Large-scale spatial dynamics of Drosophila suzukii in Trentino, Italy. Journal Of Pest Science, 91, pp. 1213 - 1224 . ISSN: 1612-4758
- Tait G; Park K; Nieri R; Crava CM; Mermer S; Clappa E; Boyer G; Dalton DT; Carlin S; Brewer L; Walton VM; Anfora G; Rossi-Stacconi MV (2020) Reproductive Site Selection: Evidence of an Oviposition Cue in a Highly Adaptive Dipteran, Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae). Environmental Entomology, 49, pp. 355 - 363 . ISSN: 0046-225X
- Cristina M Crava; Damiano Zanini; Simone Amati; Giorgia Sollai; Roberto Crnjar; Marco Paoli; Marco Valerio Rossi-Stacconi; Omar Rota-Stabelli; Gabriella Tait; Albrecht Haase; Roberto Romani; Gianfranco Anfora (2020) Structural and transcriptional evidence of mechanotransduction in the Drosophila suzukii ovipositor. Journal of Insect Physiology, 125, p. 104088 . ISSN: 0022-1910
- Llopis-Gimenez, A; T. Carrasco-Oltra; E. Jacquin-Joly; S. Herrero; C. M. Crava (2020) Coupling Transcriptomics and Behaviour to Unveil the Olfactory System of Spodoptera exigua Larvae. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 46, pp. 1017 - 1031 . ISSN: 0098-0331
- Angel Llopis-Giménez; Gabriela Caballero-Vidal; Emmanuelle Jacquin-Joly; Cristina Maria Crava; Salvador Herrero (2021) Baculovirus infection affects caterpillar chemoperception. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 138, p. 103648 . ISSN: 0965-1748
- Tait G; Mermer S; Stockton D; Lee J; Avosani S; Abrieux A; Anfora G; Beers E; Biondi A; Burrack H; Cha D; Chiu JC; Choi MY; Cloonan K; Crava CM; Daane KM; Dalton DT; Diepenbrock L; Fanning P; Ganjisaffar F; Gómez MI; Gut L; Grassi A; Hamby K; Hoelmer KA; Ioriatti C; Isaacs R; Klick J; Kraft L; Loeb G; Rossi-Stacconi MV; Nieri R; Pfab F; Puppato S; Rendon D; Renkema J; Rodriguez-Saona C; Rogers M; Sassù F; Schöneberg T; Scott MJ; Seagraves M; Sial A; Van Timmeren S; Wallingford A; Wang X; Yeh DA; Zalom FG; Walton VM (2021) Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae): A decade of research towards a sustainable integrated pest management program. Journal of Economic Entomology, 114, pp. 1950 - 1974 . ISSN: 0022-0493
- Crava CM; Varghese FS; Pischedda E; Halbach R; Palatini U; Marconcini M; Gasmi L; Redmond S; Afrane Y; Ayala D; Paupy C; Carballar-Lejarazu R; Miesen P; van Rij RP; Bonizzoni M (2021) Population genomics in the arboviral vector Aedes aegypti reveals the genomic architecture and evolution of endogenous viral elements. Molecular Ecology, 30, pp. 1594 - 1611 . ISSN: 0962-1083
- Pischedda E; Crava CM; Carlassara M, Zucca S; Gasmi L; Bonizzoni M (2021) ViR: a tool to solve intrasample variability in the prediction of viral integration sites using whole genome sequencing data. Bmc Bioinformatics, 22, p. 45 . ISSN: 1471-2105
- Cristina M. Crava; Yuriy V. Bobkov; Giorgia Sollai; Gianfranco Anfora; Roberto Crnjar; Alberto Maria Cattaneo (2022) Chemosensory Receptors in the Larval Maxilla of Papilio hospiton. Frontiers In Ecology And Evolution, 9(795994), pp. 1 - 20 . ISSN: 2296-701X
- Ada Frattini; María Martínez‐Solís; Ángel Llopis‐Giménez; María J Pozo; Javier Rivero; Cristina M Crava; Salvador Herrero (2022) Compatibility of mycorrhiza‐induced resistance with viral and bacterial entomopathogens in the control of Spodoptera exigua in tomato. Pest Management Science, 78, pp. 4388 - 4396 . ISSN: 1526-498X
- Ada Frattini; Cristina M. Crava; Salvador Herrero (2022) ¿Es posible una mejora en el uso de entomopatógenos mediante la selección de variedades vegetales?. Boletín (Sociedad Española de Entomología Aplicada), 6, p. 28 . ISSN: 2603-6754
- Luis Hernández-Pelegrín; Ángel Llopis-Giménez; Cristina Maria Crava; Félix Ortego; Pedro Hernández-Crespo; Vera ID Ros; Salvador Herrero (2022) Expanding the Medfly Virome: Viral Diversity, Prevalence, and sRNA Profiling in Mass-Reared and Field-Derived Medflies. Viruses, 14, p. 623 . ISSN: 1999-4915
Previous Tasks
- Técnico contratado. Unità di ricerca per l'orticoltura (ORL). 01/04/2007 - 30/09/2007.
- Investigador predoctoral. Universitat de València. 01/01/2008 - 31/12/2011.
- Investigador contratado. Universitat de València. 06/03/2012 - 31/03/2013.
- Investigador contratado. Max Planck Institut for Chemical Ecology. 01/01/2014 - 31/01/2015.
- Investigador contratado Marie Curie IEF. Fondazione Edmund Mach. 01/03/2015 - 26/01/2018.
- Investigador contratado. Università di Pavia. 01/05/2018 - 02/08/2019.
- Investigador contratado - Juan de la Cierva Incorporación. Universitat de Valéncia. 15/09/2019 - 30/06/2020.
Projects
- Chemical mediators in complex biosystems. 2014 - 2018. German Research Foundation (DFG). . PI: Ian Thomas Baldwin.
- Deciphering the sense of smell in the invasive pest Drosophila suzukii. 2015 - 2018. UE. . PI: Maria Cristina Crava.
- Estudio de las relacciones tri-tróficas planta-.insecto- entomopatógeno. 2019 - 2020. MINISTERIO DE CIENCIA, INNOVACIÓN Y UNIVERSIDADES. . PI: Maria Cristina Crava.
- Interacciones tritróficas planta-insecto- entomopatógeno. 2020 - 2024. Generalitat Valenciana. . PI: Maria Cristina Crava.
- En la búsqueda de vacunas verdes: estudio de los cambios desencadenados por la percepción de daño en plantas de tomate y sus interacciones con la microbiota de larvas. 2021 - 2024. Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación. . PI: Maria Cristina Crava, Jordi Gamir Felip.
- Cellular and molecular basis of behavioural manipulation by viral infection. 2022 - 2025. Human Frontiers Science Program. . PI: Maria Cristina Crava.
- Tri-trophic interactions among insect, plant and entomopathogen. 2023. Agencia Estatal de Investigación. . PI: Maria Cristina Crava.
Thesis, minor thesis and research reports
- Simone Amati, (2017). Identificazione e analisi funzionale di geni coinvolti in processi chemopercettivi nell'ovipositore di Drosophila suzukii. (Master Thesis). Università degli Studi di Torino..
- Angel Llópis Giménez, (2021). Getting on the host's nerves: Baculovirus-associated changes in the neuronal system of Spodoptera exigua. (Doctoral Thesis with International Mention). Universitat de València..
- Javier López Rius, (2021). Caracterización de los piRNA derivados de elementos virales endógenos en lepidópteros del género Spodoptera. (Master Thesis). Universitat de València..
- Efren Gil Rueda, (2022). Estudio del rol de la microbiota intestinal de Spodoptera exigua en la modulación de las defensas de la planta de tomate. (Master Thesis). Universitata de Valencia..
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