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monika gulia-nuss

Monika Gulia-Nuss

Associate Professor | Biochemistry Graduate Program Director

Summary

My research investigates the molecular, cellular, and evolutionary mechanisms underlying arthropod biology, with a particular focus on reproductive and developmental processes, germline formation, and the genetic regulation of fertility. We develop and apply genetic tools, including CRISPR-based genome editing, to investigate gene function and elucidate the mechanisms underlying these processes. My research integrates molecular genetics, functional genomics, and genome engineering to advance our understanding of vector biology, reproduction, and development.

Courses

Functional Genomics (BCH 706)
Arthropod Biochemistry Colloquium (BCH 794)

Education

B.S. Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, India, 1997
M.S. Maharshi Dayanand University, 1999
Ph.D. Maharshi Dayanand University, 2006

Publications

Book Chapter(s)

2022

Transgenic Insects. Techniques and Applications

M. Pham, A.Sharma, A. Nuss, M. Gulia-Nuss

Tick chromosome mapping. In: Protocols for Cytogenetic Mapping of Arthropod Genomes

2014

Ed: Igor Sharakov. CRC Press publishing

Monika Gulia-Nuss, Jason Meyer and Catherine Hill

Journals

2025

Journal of Medical Entomology, Volume 62, Issue 6, November 2025, Pages 1622–1625

Koloski CW, Sharma A, Faustino B, King N, Gulia-Nuss M.

2024

Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 2024 Nov;15(6):102379

Reyes JB, McVicar M, Beniwal S, Sharma A, Tillett R, Petereit J, Nuss A, Gulia-Nuss M.

2024

Molecular Biology and Evolution, Volume 41, Issue 9, September 2024, msae18

Klementz BC, Brenneis G, Hinne IA, Laumer EM, Neu SM, Hareid GM, Gainett G, Setton EVW, Simian C, Vrech DE, Joyce I, Barnett AA, Patel NH, Harvey MS, Peretti AV, Gulia-Nuss M, Sharma PP.

Gene editing in agricultural, health, and veterinary pest arthropods: recent advances

2024

Current Opinion in Insect Science Volume 65, October 2024, 101235

Madhusudan Manjunatha, Michael Pham, Monika Gulia-Nuss, Andrew Nuss

2024

iScience. 2024 Jul 8;27(8):110468

Pham M, Hoffmann HH, Kurtti TJ, Chana R, Garcia-Cruz O, Aliabadi S, Gulia-Nuss M.

2023

Life science alliance 6

Andrew B Nuss, Johnathan S Lomas, Jeremiah B Reyes, Omar Garcia-Cruz, Wenlong Lei, Arvind Sharma, Michael N Pham, Saransh Beniwal, Mia L Swain, Molly McVicar, Isaac Amankona Hinne, Xingtan Zhang, Won C Yim, Monika Gulia-Nuss

2022

Cold Spring Harb Protoc. 2023 Apr 3;2023(4):pdb.prot108224

Reyes, J. B., Nuss, A. B. & Gulia-Nuss, M.

2022

iScience Volume 25, Issue 3, 18 March 2022, 103781

A Sharma, M Pham, J Reyes, R Chana, WC Yim, CC Heu, D Kim, D Chaverra-Rodriguez, J Rasgon, R Harrell II, A Nuss, M Gulia-Nuss

2022

J Vis Exp Sep 13;(187)

A. Sharma, M.Pham, R. Harrell II, A.Nuss, M. Gulia-Nuss

2021

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 11, 678037

Nuss, A., Sharma, A., & Gulia-Nuss, M.

2020

Insects 2020, 11, 201; doi:10.3390/insects11030201

Jeremiah Reyes, Cuauhtemoc Ayala-Chavez, Arvind Sharma, Michael Pham, Andrew B Nuss, Monika Gulia-Nuss

2020

Atmospheric Environment Volume 242, 1

Sarrah Dunham-Cheatham, Seth Lyman, Mae Sexauer Gustin

2020

Scientific Reports

Arvind Sharma, Jeremiah Reyes, David Borgmeyer, Cuauhtemoc Ayala-Chavez, Katie Snow, Fiza Arshad, Andrew Nuss, Monika Gulia-Nuss

Insulin-Like Peptide Signaling in Mosquitoes: The Road Behind and the Road Ahead.

2019

Front Endocrinol

Sharma A, Nuss AB, Gulia-Nuss M.

2018

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 12(4)

Nuss, A., Brown, M., Murty, U., Gulia-Nuss, M.

2018

Insects, 9(3)

Pooraiiouby, R., Beard, J., Sharma, A., Reyes, J., Nuss, A., Gulia-Nuss, M.

2017

Journal of Visualized Experiments. 2017 May 8;(123)

Nuss, A., Mathew, M. G., M., Gulia-Nuss

2017

Parasit Vectors 2017 Jan 13;10(1):24. doi: 10.1186/s13071-016-1944-0.

Grabowski JM, Gulia-Nuss M, Kuhn RJ, Hill CA.

Genomic insights into the Ixodes scapularis tick vector of Lyme disease

2016

Nature Communications 7. doi:10.1038/ncomms10507

Gulia-Nuss M, Nuss AB, Meyer, JM, et al.

2015

J Insect Physiol 82:8-16. doi: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2015.08.001

Monika Gulia-Nuss, Anne Elliot, Brown, M. R, Strand, M. R.

Effects of the botanical insecticide, Toosendanin, on blood digestion and egg production by female Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae): Topical application and ingestion

2013

J Med Entomol 50(1):112-21

Zhiquing Ma, Monika Gulia-Nuss, Xing Zhang and Mark R Brown

Ovary ecdysteroidogenic hormone functions independently of the insulin receptor in the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti

2013

Biochem Mol Biol. 43(12):1100-1108

Animesh Dhara, Jai-Hoon Eum, Anne E Robertson, Monika Gulia-Nuss, Kevin J. Vogel, Rolf Graf, Kevin D. Clark, Mark R. Brown, Michael R. Strand.

Targeting gene activity to the female larval fat body of transgenic Aedes aegypti mosquito

2013

Insect Mol Biol 22(1):18-30

Daniel C Totten, Mai Vuong, Oksana.V. Litvinova, Umesh K Jinwal, Monika Gulia- Nuss, Robert A Harrell and Helen Beneš

Insulin-like peptides and the target of rapamycin pathway coordinately regulate blood digestion and egg maturation in the mosquito, Aedes aegypti.

2012

PLoS One 6 (5) e20401

Monika Gulia-Nuss, Anne E Robertson, Mark R Brown and Michael R Strand

Ovary ecdysteroidogenic hormone activates egg maturation in the mosquito, Georgecraigius atropalpus, after adult eclosion or a blood meal.

2012

Journal of Experimental Biology 215: 3758-3767

Monika Gulia-Nuss, Eum, J.-H., Strand, M. R., and Brown, M.

Effect of anti-fat body antibodies on reproductive capacity of mosquito Anopheles stephensi and transmission blocking of Plasmodium vivax.

2011

Ind J Exp Biol 49: 479-482

Monika Gulia-Nuss, Aditya Mundhalia and S.K. Gakhar.

Two insulin-like peptide family members from the mosquito Aedes aegypti exhibit differential biological and receptor binding activities

2010

Mol Cell Endocrinol 328 (1-2): 47-55

Zhimou Wen, Monika Gulia, Animesh Dhara, Kevin D. Clarke, Joe W. Crim, Michael R. Strand and Mark R. Brown.

An Insulin-like peptide regulates egg maturation and metabolism in the mosquito Aedes aegypti

2008

Proc Natl Acad Sciences, USA 105 (15):5716-5721

Mark R. Brown; Kevin D. Clark, Monika Gulia, Zhangwu Zhao, Stephen F. Garczynski, Joe W. Crim, Richard J. Suderman and Michael R. Strand

Anti-mosquito salivary glands antibodies reduce the fecundity of A. stephensi and inhibit the development of malaria parasite in mosquito

2004

J Immunol Immunopathol 5(2): 49-52.

Monika Gulia and S.K. Gakhar

Anti-mosquito larval antibodies reduce the fecundity and viability in malaria vector Anopheles stephensi (Diptera: Insecta).

2003

J Immunol Immunopatho 5(2): 19-22.

Monika Gulia and S.K. Gakhar

Blocking of malaria parasite development in mosquito and fecundity reduction by midgut antibodies in Anopheles stephensi (Diptera: Culicidae)

2003

Arch Insect Biochem Physiol 55 (2):63-70

Suneja, A, Monika Gulia and S.K. Gakhar (

Effect of anti-mosquito haemolymph antibodies after first gonotropic cycle on fecundity of malaria vector A. stephensi and on transmission blocking of malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax.

2003

Ind J Biotech 2: 543- 548

Monika Gulia and S.K. Gakhar

Polypeptides pattern in malaria vector Anopheles stephensi, (Diptera : Culicidae) fed upon immunized blood causing fecundity reduction

2003

Ind J Exp Biol 41: 94-96

Monika Gulia, Gakhar, S.K., and T. Adak

Constitutively and blood meal induced ovarian proteins during gonotropic cycles in malaria vector A.stephensi (Diptera: Insecta)

2002

Entomon. 27: 255-260

Gakhar, S.K., H.K. Shandilya and Monika Gulia

Effect of anti-mosquito haemolymph antibodies on reproductive capacity and on infectivity of malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax to malaria vector A. stephensi

2002

Jap J Infect Dis 55 (3): 78- 82.

Monika Gulia, Suneja, A and S.K.Gakhar

Anti-mosquito egg antibodies reduce the fecundity and viability in malaria vector Anopheles stephensi (Diptera: Insecta).

2001

J Immunol Immunopath 3 (2): 53-56.

Gakhar, S.K. and Monika Gulia

Anti-mosquito ovary antibodies reduce the fecundity of Anopheles stephensi (Diptera: Insecta)

2001

Jap J Infect Dis 54(5):181-183

Gakhar, S.K. Jhamb, A., Monika Gulia and Dixit, R.

Seasonal distribution of Anopheline mosquitoes and epidemiology of malaria in Rohtak District, Haryana, India.

2001

Pranikee-J.Zoo. Soc Orissa, 79-86

S.K.Gakhar, Vandana, V.Yadav, Rajnikant and Monika Gulia

Lay or Popular Publications

2025

Science.

Gulia-Nuss M.

Posters & Presentations

2024

International Congress of Entomology Conference

Monika Gulia-Nuss and Michael Pham

Protocols

2023

Cold Spring Harbor protocols

Reyes, J., Nuss, A. & Gulia-Nuss, M.

Research Reports

2026

Proc Biol Sci. 2026 Feb 11;293(2064):20252557

Klementz B, Neu S, Laumer E, Hinne I, Setton E, Verma N, Hämmerle M, Rallis J, Barnett A, Brenneis G, Gulia-Nuss M, Pavlopoulos A, Sharma P.

2026

Pathogens 2026, 15(8), 855

Aboshi AR, Valencia R, Gomes BA, Sharma A, Rückert C, Teglas M, Nuss AB, Sarna-Wojcicki D, Saxon BJ, Tripp E, Camarena J, Tripp B, Gulia-Nuss M.

2025

Evodevo. 2025 Apr 25;16(1):4

Hinne IA, Ciccotti HR, Wudarski J, Pham MN, Sharma A, McVicar MM, Faustino B, Nuss AB, Sharma PP, Gulia-Nuss M.

2025

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, Volume 16, Issue 5, 2025, 102539, ISSN 1877-959X

Koloski CW, Adam H, Siddiqa A, Bourgeois B, Chilton NB, Gulia-Nuss M, Voordouw MJ.

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