Publications

Engineering black soldier flies as a platform for sustainable biomanufacturing and bioremediation.
Kate Tepper, Owain Edwards, Anwar Sunna, Ian T Paulsen, Maciej Maselko (2024), "Diverting organic waste from landfills via insect biomanufacturing using engineered black soldier flies (Hermetia illucens)" Commun Biol 7, 862

Black soldier fly genetic engineering.
Chandran Pfitzner, Kate Tepper, Sheemal Kumar, Carly Retief, Justin M McNab, Robert A Harrell, Maciej Maselko (2024), "Rapid generation and screening of transgenic black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens)"

Engineering insects for biomanufacturing and bioremediation.
Michael Clark*, Kate Tepper*, Kerstin Petroll, Sheemal Kumar, Anwar Sunna, and Maciej Maselko (2021), "Bioremediation of Industrial Pollutants by Insects Expressing a Fungal Laccase".

Methylmercury demethylation and volatilization by animals expressing microbial enzymes.
Kate Tepper, Josh King, Pradeep M Cholan, Chandran Pfitzner, Marco Morsch, Simon C Apte, Maciej Maselko (2024), "Methylmercury demethylation and volatilization by animals expressing microbial enzymes"

Biomanufacturing of a functional microbial phytase in an insect host.
Carly Retief, Sheemal Kumar, Kate Tepper, Maciej Maselko (2024), "Biomanufacturing of a functional microbial phytase in an insect host"