Dr. Marzieh Kashkouli mkashkouli@iut.ac.ir Office Research Institute for Biotechnology & Bioengineering, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran Phone +98 313 3912763 Fax +98 313 3912758 Positions Assistant Professor of Research Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering Research Interests Molecular biology Genomics Host-microbe-pathogen interactions Dr. Marzieh Kashkouli Biography Research Projects type: Journal Title DOI type Impact of entomopathogenic nematodes on Thrips tabaci Lindeman (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) life stages in the laboratory and under semi –field conditions. Journal Habitat visualization, identification and acquisition features of the essential symbiont of the pistachio stink bug, Acrosternum heegeri Journal Characterization of a novel Pantoea symbiont allows inference of convergent genome reduction patterns in symbionts of Pentatomidae. Journal Laboratory and field evaluation of insecticides for the control of Aeolesthes sarta Solsky (Coleoptera: Cerambycdae) Journal Heritable gammaproteobacterial symbiont improves the fitness of the pistachio stink bug, Brachynema germari Kolenati (Hem.: Pentatomidae) Journal Potential management tactics for pistachio stink bugs, Brachynema germari, Acrosternum heegeri and Acrosternum arabicum (Hemiptera : Pentatomidae): high temperature and chemical surface sterilants leading to symbiont suppression. Journal Obligate and facultative symbionts in different populations of the greenhouse whitefly, Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Hem.: Aleyrodidae) Journal The crucial role of the endosymbiont Pantoea sp. in morphology and mating of the pistachio green stink bug, Brachynema germari Kolenati (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) Journal Combination of entomopathogenic nematodes and chemical insecticides for controlling the onion thrips, Thrips tabaci (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) in the laboratory condition Journal type: Invited Talk Title DOI type The role and evolution of symbiosis in True bugs Invited Talk