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Research Themes

Research Themes overview
    Black soldier fly - insect bioconversion Insect Pest Genomics Plasticity in Heliconius chemical defence The evolution and development of wing patterns Tigermoth polymorphism

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    Information For Postdoctoral researchers Information For Potential PhD Students Information For Undergraduate funding

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Research Themes

Research Themes overview Black soldier fly - insect bioconversion Insect Pest Genomics Plasticity in Heliconius chemical defence The evolution and development of wing patterns Tigermoth polymorphism

Opportunities

Opportunities overview Information For Postdoctoral researchers Information For Potential PhD Students Information For Undergraduate funding

    Insect Evolution and Genomics Group

    What are the origins of biodiversity? How can insects contribute to a sustainable future for our planet? We study insects to understand evolutionary processes at the population and species level, and to better manage insect pests and promote a sustainable food system.

    Research themes

    Soldier flies

    Insects for food waste

    Caterpillar defenses

    Cyanogenic butterflies

    corn armyworm caterpillar
    Pest genomics

    Using genomics to study crop pest evolution

    Lab in thetford

    Who are we?

    Meet the team!

    People Opportunities to join the lab

    News

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    19 May 2026

    Lab retreat in Thetford

    A motley crew with bows

    18 May 2026

    Faster and fatter - over expression of ILP2 in the black soldier fly

    Six black soldier fly adults on white background

    15 May 2026

    Cryptic genetic diversity in the black soldier fly

    A soldier fly on the cover of GBE

    6 May 2026

    Optix and Ivory again!

    6 May 2026

    Collision of genomes

    5 May 2026

    New website

    Collaborators and partners

    Richard Merrill, Munich

    Alberto Soares Correa, Brazil

    Florian Hollfelder, Cambridge

    Gregor Gorjanc, Roslin

    Yongping Huang, Shanghai

    Simon Martin, Edinburgh

    Joana Meier, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute

    Carolina Pardo-Diaz, Bogota, Colombia

    Insect Evolution and Genomics Group

    Contact Information

    Department of Zoology Downing Street Cambridge CB2 3EJ
    Email:cj107@cam.ac.uk

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