Nicholas Teets
Regular Faculty
Scholars@UK
Prevalence and consequences of microplastic ingestion in the world's southernmost insect, Belgica antarctica
Devlin, J. J., Lima, C., Kawarasaki, Y., Gantz, J. D., Pavinato, V. A. C., Scaramelli, M., Ferrari, V., Vaccari, L., Birarda, G., Bergami, E., Michel, A. P., Convey, P., Hayward, S. A. L. & Teets, N. M., Nov 15 2025, In: Science of the Total Environment. 1004, 180800.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Plasticity of cold tolerance and body composition in response to varying winter conditions in a temperate wolf spider
Potts White, L. J. & Teets, N. M., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Physiological Entomology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Abiotic conditions can modify the penetrance of transgene-based lethality systems for insect population control
Pérez Gálvez, F. R., Handler, A. M., Hahn, D., Bredlau, J. P. & Teets, N. M., Jul 2 2025, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 292, 2050, 20250307.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Absence of Wolbachia in the sub-Antarctic midge, Eretmoptera murphyi (Diptera: Chironomidae)
Brayley, O., Hayward, S., McCready, K., Liu, S., Chen, Y., Ullah, S., Teets, N. & Convey, P., Aug 2025, In: Antarctic Science. 37, 4, p. 332-337 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Environmental factors affecting RNAi efficacy: Temperature but not plant cultivar influences Colorado potato beetle's response to insecticidal dsRNA
Darrington, M., Solocinski, J., Zhou, S. K., Lecheta, M. C., Palli, S. R., Chen, Y. H. & Teets, N. M., Aug 2025, In: Insect Molecular Biology. 34, 4, p. 581-592 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Obligate diapause and its termination shape the life-cycle seasonality of an Antarctic insect
Yoshida, M., Convey, P., Hayward, S. A. L., Lee, R. E., Denlinger, D. L., Teets, N. M. & Goto, S. G., Dec 2025, In: Scientific Reports. 15, 1, 3890.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Environmental conditions influencing seasonal population dynamics of Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) in mid-latitude organic farms
McCabe, E. A., McCabe, M. E., Devlin, J. J. & Teets, N. M., Nov 2025, In: Agricultural and Forest Entomology. 27, 4, p. 549-563 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Metabolic and transcriptional regulation of reproductive diapause in Arma chinensis
Zhang, M., He, W., Li, Y., Chen, J., Teets, N. M. & Zhang, L., Mar 21 2025, In: iScience. 28, 3, 111761.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Key questions for future research in Physiological Entomology
Büscher, T. H., Appel, A. G., Lüddecke, T., Kostal, V., Vale, P. F., Clissold, F., Maestro, J. L., Numata, H., Tomioka, K., Wybouw, N., Teets, N. & Bruce, T. J. A., Mar 2025, In: Physiological Entomology. 50, 1, p. 1-9 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial
Molecular mechanisms and comparative transcriptomics of diapause in two corn rootworm species (Diabrotica spp.)
Lecheta, M. C., Nielson, C., French, B. W., Nadeau, E. A. W. & Teets, N. M., Jan 2025, In: Current Research in Insect Science. 7, 100104.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Editorial: Rising stars in insect physiology
Piermarini, P. M. & Teets, N. M., 2024, In: Frontiers in Insect Science. 4, 1483760.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial
How insects work—Linking genotype to phenotype
Bruce, T., Büscher, T. H., Clissold, F., Teets, N. & Wybouw, N., Dec 2024, In: Physiological Entomology. 49, 4, p. 279-280 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial
Editorial overview: Insect cold tolerance research reaches a Swift new Era
Teets, N. M. & MacMillan, H. A., Dec 2024, In: Current Opinion in Insect Science. 66, 101284.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial
Scoring thermal limits in small insects using open-source, computer-Assisted motion detection
Perez-Galvez, F. R., Zhou, S., Wilson, A. C., Cornwell, C. L., Awde, D. N. & Teets, N. M., 2023, In: Journal of Experimental Biology. 226, 22, jeb246548.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Regulation of forkhead box O transcription factor by insulin signaling pathway controls the reproductive diapause of the lady beetle, Coccinella septempunctata
Chen, J. J., Liu, X. X., Guo, P. H., Teets, N. M., Zhou, J. C., Chen, W. B., Luo, Q. Z., Kanjana, N., Li, Y. Y. & Zhang, L. S., Feb 2024, In: International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 258, 128104.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Survival and nutritional requirements for overwintering Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) in Kentucky
McCabe, E. A., Unfried, L. N. & Teets, N. M., Dec 1 2023, In: Environmental Entomology. 52, 6, p. 1071-1081 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Development of a rapid and simple protocol for oil quantification of small (mg) mass oil seed samples
Bakri, A. A., Amery, M. A., Su, K., Geneve, R., Crocker, M., Teets, N., Armstrong, P., Kachroo, P. & Hildebrand, D., Jul 2023, In: Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology. 50, 102715.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Molecular Mechanisms of Winter Survival
Teets, N. M., Marshall, K. E. & Reynolds, J. A., Jan 23 2023, In: Annual Review of Entomology. 68, p. 319-339 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Simulated winter warming negatively impacts survival of Antarctica's only endemic insect
Devlin, J. J., Unfried, L., Lecheta, M. C., McCabe, E. A., Gantz, J., Kawarasaki, Y., Elnitsky, M. A., Hotaling, S., Michel, A. P., Convey, P., Hayward, S. A. L. & Teets, N. M., Aug 2022, In: Functional Ecology. 36, 8, p. 1949-1960 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Transcriptional Regulation of Reproductive Diapause in the Convergent Lady Beetle, Hippodamia convergens
Nadeau, E. A. W., Lecheta, M. C., Obrycki, J. J. & Teets, N. M., Apr 2022, In: Insects. 13, 4, 343.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Sonoporation-Mediated Delivery of Reagents into Insect Embryos
Teets, N. (PI) & Palli, S. (CoI)
6/1/24 → 5/31/26
Project: Research project
Genotype by Environment Interactions Influencing the Efficacy of Insecticidal RNAi
Teets, N. (PI) & Palli, S. (CoI)
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
8/1/22 → 7/31/26
Project: Research project
Investigating Microplastic Contamination within Antarctica's Only Endemic Insect
Teets, N. (PI)
6/1/22 → 8/31/23
Project: Research project
RII Track-2 FEC: From Genome to Phenome in a Stressful World: Epigenetic regulatory mechanisms mediating thermal plasticity in Drosophila
Teets, N. (PI)
9/1/18 → 7/31/23
Project: Research project
Development of Long-Term Preservation and Revival Protocols for Drosophila
Teets, N. (PI) & Downie, A. (CoI)
8/15/21 → 7/31/24
Project: Research project
Molecular Mechanisms of Diapause in the Corn Rootworm Complex
Teets, N. (PI)
1/1/19 → 3/1/20
Project: Research project
Molecular Mechanisms of Diapause In The Corn Rootworm Complex
Teets, N. (PI)
1/1/18 → 12/31/18
Project: Research project
Drosophila Suzukii Population Collection: A Tool For Integrating Evolutionary Principles Into Pest Management
Garcia, M. (PI) & Teets, N. (CoI)
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
4/1/18 → 7/31/20
Project: Research project
KSEF RDE: Calcium-Dependent Signaling Mechanisms Governing Rapid Cold Hardening in Insects
Teets, N. (PI)
KY Science and Technology Co Inc
7/1/16 → 12/31/18
Project: Research project
Mechanisms of Adaptation to Terrestrial Antarctica through Comparative Physiology and Genomics of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic Insects
Teets, N. (PI)
8/1/19 → 7/31/24
Project: Research project
RII Track-2 FEC: From Genome to Phenome in a Stressful World: Epigenetic regulatory mechanisms mediating thermal plasticity in Drosophila
Teets, N. (PI)
9/1/18 → 7/31/23
Project: Research project
Fellowship for Leslie Potts: Winter Warming Effects On Spiders As Biological Control Agents
Teets, N. (PI) & Potts, L. (CoI)
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
3/15/18 → 3/14/21
Project: Research project
Impact of Genotype and Environmental Variables on Transgene Effectiveness for Conditional Lethality Systems in Insects
Teets, N. (PI)
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
9/1/17 → 8/31/22
Project: Research project
