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Research
Latest papers
Engineered spermidine-secreting Saccharomyces boulardii enhances olfactory memory in Drosophila melanogaster.
Frontiers in neuroscience · 2025
Transcriptomic analysis of the Malpighian tubules of Trichoplusia ni: Clues to mechanisms for switching from ion secretion to ion reabsorption in the distal ileac plexus
Journal of Insect Physiology · 2019
Latest funding
- $20,350
The negative physiological effects of plastic additives on terrestrial insects
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
- $260,000
Leveraging thermal biology to optimise cricket rearing
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
- $224,740
Manipulating diet content and context to improve edible insect farming yield
NSERC · 2021 · Co-investigator
2 publications.
Engineered spermidine-secreting Saccharomyces boulardii enhances olfactory memory in Drosophila melanogaster.
Parweez F, Palou R, Li R, Kadhim L, MacMillan H, Tyers M, Liu XJ
Transcriptomic analysis of the Malpighian tubules of Trichoplusia ni: Clues to mechanisms for switching from ion secretion to ion reabsorption in the distal ileac plexus
Kolosov D, Donly C, MacMillan H, O'Donnell MJ
The negative physiological effects of plastic additives on terrestrial insects
Principal investigators: MacMillan, Heath HA
Keywords: growth and development; insect physiology; metabolism; microplastic; plastic additives; survival
Leveraging thermal biology to optimise cricket rearing
Principal investigators: MacMillan, Heath HA
Keywords: dynamic energy budget; entomophagy; heat shock; insect farming; insect mass production; insect physiology; insect protein production; thermal biology
Manipulating diet content and context to improve edible insect farming yield
Principal investigators: Bertram, Susan SM
Keywords: cricket; density; entomophagy; food; lipids; nutrition; orthoptera; protein; temperature; vitamin c
Microwave Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometer (MP-AES) for Elemental Analysis
Principal investigators: Macmillan, Heath
The ionoregulatory mechanisms of insect chill tolerance
Principal investigators: MacMillan, Heath
Keywords: Chilling injury; Cold tolerance; Gene expression; Insect; Ionomotive enzymes; Ion transport; Neuropeptides; Osmoregulation; Paracellular occlusion; Phenotypic Plasticity
Quantifying optimal thermal environments for crickets, a promising protein source
Principal investigators: MacMillan, Heath
The ionoregulatory mechanisms of insect chill tolerance
Principal investigators: MacMillan, Heath
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
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