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Ashley Yates-Stewart

2019 TPS Alumna

TPS Fellow Ashley Yates

Current Position

Cotton Insect Resistance Manager, Bayer Crop Science, Chesterfield, Missouri 

Education

  • PhD, Translational Plant Sciences, The Ohio State University, 2019
  • MS, Entomology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2014
  • BS, Biology, Illinois College, 2010

Research Focus

As a Masters student, Ashley’s research focused on RNA interference as a tool for the functional analysis of genes in the Colorado potato beetle. Ashley’s PhD work with Dr. Andy Michel focused on the molecular interaction between soybean aphid biotypes and aphid-resistant soybean. 

TPS Experience

Grants & Awards

  • 2018-2020 United States Department of Agriculture, AFRI-ELI Predoctoral Fellowship
  • 2018 Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting: 1st place, Student Competition
  • 2018 Ohio Valley Entomological Association Forum: 3rd place, PhD Student Competition
  • 2018 Entomological Society of America, Kenneth and Barbara Starks Plant Resistance to Insects Graduate Student Award
  • 2018 The Ohio State University, Department of Entomology, Lowell R. Nault Research Award
  • 2018 North Central Branch Entomological Society of America Meeting: 3rd place, PhD Student Poster Competition
  • 2017 North Central Branch Entomological Society of America Meeting: 1st place, PhD Student Poster Competition
  • 2016 Ohio Valley Entomological Association Forum: 2nd place, PhD Student Oral Competition
  • 2016 The Ohio State University, Department of Entomology: Runner-up, DeLong PhD Student Oral Competition
  • 2016 North Central Branch Entomological Society of America Meeting: 2nd place, PhD Student Oral Competition
  • 2016 Ohio Soybean Council Scholarship
  • 2016 SEEDS: OARDC Research Enhancement Competitive Grants Program recipient

Publications

Yates-Stewart, A.D., Daron, J., Wijerante, S., Shahid, S., Edgington, H.A., et al. (2020). Soybean aphids adapted to host-plant resistance by down regulating putative effectors and up regulating transposable elements. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 121. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibmb.2020.103363

Yates, A. & Michel, A. (2018). Mechanisms of aphid adaptation to host plant resistance. Current Opinion in Insect Science, 26, 41-49.

Wenger, J.A., Cassone, B.J., Legeai, F., Johnston, J.S., Bansal, R., Yates, A.D., Coates, B.S., Pavinato, V.A.C., Michel, A. (2017). Whole genome sequence of the soybean aphid, Aphis glycines. Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol.

Schoville, S.D., Chen, Y.H., Andersson, M.N., Benoit, J.B., Bowsher, J.H., et al. (2017). A model species for agricultural pest genomics: the genome of the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Sci. Rep. 1–62.