Full text (pdf) of some of these publications can be found below or on my researchgate page. Key papers highlighted.
*= corresponding author, ^ = Equal contribution, # = undergraduate researcher, underlined = Chung lab member/mentee
Cong H*, Luo M, Chowdanayaka R, Sbisa N, Wang Z, Pu J, & Chung H*. (2025). The role of cuticular hydrocarbon sexual dimorphism on Drosophila courtship. Animal Behaviour, 123317.
Wang Z*, Andika, IP, & Chung H* (2025). Regulation of insect cuticular hydrocarbon biosynthesis. Current Opinion in Insect Science, 101287. pdf
Pu J, & Chung H* (2024). New and emerging mechanisms of insecticide resistance. Current Opinion in Insect Science, 101184. pdf
Wang Z, Pu J, Richards C, Giannetti E, Cong H, Lin Z, and Chung H* (2023) Evolution of a fatty acyl-CoA elongase underlies desert adaptation in Drosophila. Science Advances 9 (35), eadg0328 pdf
Wang Z*, Receveur JP, Pu J, Cong H, Richards C, Liang M, and Chung H* (2022) Desiccation resistance differences in Drosophila species can be largely explained by variations in cuticular hydrocarbons eLife https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.80859 pdf
Darling E^, Núñez-Rodríguez L^, Chung H, Zasada IA, Quintanilla-Tornel M (2022) The hop cyst nematode, Heterodera humuli: history, distribution, and impact on global hop production. Phytopathology doi: 10.1094/PHYTO-04-22-0121-RVW pdf
Yang Z^, Wang Z^, Ni J, Da A, Xie D, Chung H, Luo Y (2022) Seasonality but not photoperiodism affects pesticide toxicity to the two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae Koch (Acari: Tetranychidae) Int. J. Trop. Insect Sci. doi: 10.1007/s42690-022-00920-5 pdf
Rusuwa BB^, Chung H^, Allen SL^, Frentiu FD, Chenoweth SF (2022) Natural variation at a single gene generates sexual antagonism across fitness components in Drosophila Current Biology doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.05.038. pdf
Savage BA, Masten S, Chung H, Grieshop M. (2022) Exploring the Insecticidal Potential of Gaseous and Aqueous Ozone to Control Spotted-Wing Drosophila, Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) J Econ Entomol doi: 10.1093/jee/toac091. pdf
Pu J^*, Wang Z^, Cong H, Chin JSR, Justen J#, Finet C, Yew JY, and Chung H* (2021). Repression precedes the independent evolutionary gains of a highly specific gene expression pattern. Cell Reports. 37, 109896 pdf
Darling E, Quintanilla M, and Chung H (2021). Plant feeding nematodes and the key to fighting them. Frontiers for Young Minds 9, 604175 pdf
Finet C, Kassner VA, Carvalho AB, Chung H, Day JP, ….Justen J#… (2021). DrosoPhyla: resources for drosophilid phylogeny and systematics. Genome Biol and Evol. 13 (8), evab179 pdf
Savage BA, Wang Z, Chung H, Masten S, and Grieshop M (2021). An Ozonolysis Based Method and Applications for the Non-lethal Modification of Insect Cuticular Hydrocarbons. J. Chem. Ecol. 47, 628–641 pdf
Darling E, Pu J, Cole E, Christian R, Warner F, Zasada I, Chung H, and Quintanilla M. (2021). First Report of the Hop Cyst Nematode, Heterodera humuli, in Two Counties of the Yakima Valley Region, WA, USA. Plant Dis. doi: 10.1094/PDIS-08-20-1769-PDN. pdf
Luo M^, Finet C^, Cong H, Wei H-Y, and Chung H* (2020). The Evolution of Insect Metallothioneins. Proc. R. Soc. B. 287(1937), 20202189. pdf
Lamb A, Wang Z, Simmer P, Chung H, and Wittkopp P. (2020). ebony affects pigmentation divergence and cuticular hydrocarbons in Drosophila americana and D. novamexicana. Front. Ecol. Evol. 8(184) pdf
Cole E, Pu J, Chung H, and Quintanilla M. (2020). Impacts of manures and manure-based composts on root lesion nematodes and Verticillium dahliae in Michigan potatoes. Phytopathology 110, 1226-1234 pdf
Pu J*, Wang Z, and Chung H* (2020). Climate change and the genetics of insecticide resistance. Pest Management Sci 76(3), 846-852 pdf
Luo M, Cao HM, Fan YY, Zhou XC, Chen JX, Chung H, and Wei HY (2020) Bioaccumulation of Cadmium Affects Development, Mating Behavior, and Fecundity in the Asian Corn Borer, Ostrinia furnacalis Insects 11 (1), 7 pdf
Luo M, Wang Z, Yang B, Zheng L, Yao Z, Seyreka UA, Chung H, and Wei H. (2019). Effects of Winter Cover Crops on Rice Pests, Natural Enemies, and Grain Yield in a Rice Rotation System. J. Insect Sci. 19(3), 25 pdf
Luo M, Zhou X, Wang Z, Chen J, Chung H, and Wei H, (2019) Identification and gene expression analysis of the pheromone biosynthesis activating neuropeptide receptor (PBANR) from the Asian corn borer, Ostrinia furnacalis (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). J. Insect Sci. 19(2), 25 pdf
Finet C, Slavik K#, Pu J, Carroll SB, and Chung H*. (2019) Birth-and-death evolution of the fatty acyl-CoA reductase (FAR) gene family and diversification of cuticular hydrocarbon synthesis in Drosophila. Genome Biol and Evol. 11, 1541-1551 pdf
Yew JY and Chung H (2017). Drosophila as a holistic model for insect pheromone signaling and processing. Curr. Opin. Insect Sci. 24, 15-20 pdf
Chiang YN, Tan KJ, Chung H, Lavrynenko O, Shevchenko A and Yew JY (2016) Steroid Hormone Signaling Is Essential for Pheromone Production and Oenocyte Survival. PLoS Genet 12: e1006126
Yassin A , Bastide H , Chung H , Veuille M, David JR, and Pool JE (2016) Ancient balancing selection at tan underlies female color dimorphism in Drosophila erecta. Nat Commun 7:10400
Yew JY and Chung H (2015). Insect pheromones: An overview of function, form, and discovery. Prog Lipid Res 59, 88-105
Chung H* and Carroll SB (2015). Wax, Sex and the Origin of Species: Dual roles of insect cuticular hydrocarbons in adaptation and mating. Bioessays 37, 822-30 *co-corresponding author
Chung H, Loehlin DW, Dufour HD, Vacarro K, Millar JG, and Carroll SB (2014). A single gene affects both ecological divergence and mate choice in Drosophila Science 343, 1148-1151
Harrop T, Sztal T, Lumb C, Good RT, Daborn PJ, Batterham P and Chung H* (2014). Evolutionary changes in gene expression, coding sequence and copy-number at the Cyp6g1 locus contribute to resistance to multiple insecticides in Drosophila PLoS ONE e84879. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0084879 *corresponding author
Sztal T, Chung H, Berger S, Currie PD, Batterham P, and Daborn PJ (2012). A cytochrome P450 conserved in insects is involved in cuticle formation. PLoS ONE 2012;7(5):e36544
Chung H, Boey A, Lumb C, Willoughby L, Robin C, Batterham P and Daborn PJ (2011). Induction of a detoxification gene in Drosophila melanogaster requires an interaction betweentissue specific enhancers and a novel cis-regulatory element. Insect Biochem Mol Biol 41, 863-71
Martin J, Chung H, Balakrishnan T, and Robin C (2010). Preliminary Physical Maps of the Chironomus Genome, with a Focus on Genes Potentially Involved in Response to Heavy Metals. In: Ferrington, L. C., Jr. (ed.). Proceedings of the XV International Symposium on Chironomidae. Chironomidae Research Group, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota, pp. 222-234.
Chung H, Sztal T, Pasricha S, Sridhar M, Batterham P, and Daborn PJ (2009). Characterization of Drosophila melanogaster cytochrome P450 genes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 106, 5731–5736
Sztal T, Chung H, Gramzow L, Daborn PJ, Batterham P, and Robin C (2007). Two independent duplications forming the Cyp307a genes in Drosophila Insect Biochem Mol Biol 37, 1044-1053
Chung H, Bogwitz MR, McCart C, Andrianopoulos A, ffrench-Constant RH, Batterham P, and Daborn PJ (2007). Cis-regulatory elements in the Accord retrotransposon result in tissue-specific expression of the Drosophila melanogaster insecticide resistance gene Cyp6g1. Genetics 175, 1071–1077
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Willoughby L, Chung H, Lumb C, Robin C, Batterham P, and Daborn PJ (2006). A comparison of Drosophila melanogaster detoxification gene induction responses for six insecticides, caffeine and Phenobarbital Insect Biochem Mol Biol 36, 934-942.
Bogwitz MR, Chung H, Magoc L, Rigby S, Wong W, O’Keefe M, McKenzie JA, Batterham P, and Daborn PJ (2005). Cyp12a4 confers lufenuron resistance in a natural population of Drosophila melanogaster.Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 102, 12807-12812.
Tan EK, Chung H, Chandran VR, Tan C, Shen H, Yew K, Pavanni R, Puvan KA, Wong MC, Teoh ML, et al. (2004). Nurr1 mutational screen in Parkinson’s disease. Mov Disord 19, 1503-1505.
Tan EK, Tan C, Fook-Chong SM, Lum SY, Chai A, Chung H, Shen H, Zhao Y, Teoh ML, Yih Y, et al. (2003). Dose-dependent protective effect of coffee, tea, and smoking in Parkinson’s disease: a study in ethnic Chinese. J Neurol Sci. 216, 163-167.
Tan EK, Chung H, Zhao Y, Shen H, Chandran VR, Tan C, Teoh ML, Yih Y, Pavanni R, and Wong MC (2003). Genetic analysis of Nurr1 haplotypes in Parkinson’s disease Neurosci Lett. 347, 139-142.
Others
Chung H (2007). Evolution of a PhD project: From jumping genes to biochemical pathways Traffic (Melbourne University Postgraduate Association) No.9 (Highly commended prize)
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