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Academic degreesPhD Department of Biology, University of Toronto at Mississauga, Mississauga, Canada MSc Department of Zoology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada BA(hon) Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada
Research
I'm a vector biologist studying how mosquitoes interact with their environment: specifically, how female mosquitoes find their next blood meal and preferred egg-laying sites. As vectors of diseases, like malaria, dengue, yellow fever, lymphatic filariasis and West Nile Virus, determining that which attracts and repels mosquitoes can help us design traps and repellents to protect people at risk all over the world.
Selected Ongoing project
1. What factors affect the sensitivity of olfactory sensilla in mosquito? 2. Olfactory receptor to neuron to glomerulus (1:1:1): how to reconcile 180 odorant receptors to 50 glomeruli in Culex quinquefasciatus. 3. Gustation and diet choice in mosquitoes: a comparative molecular approach. 4. Blood, sweat and tears: vampire moth host choice—result of molecular evolution? 5. Butterflies in the stomach: identification of lepidopteran volatiles attractive to mosquitoes. 6. Quantification of compound delivery.
Selected publications
Arensburger P, Megy K, Waterhouse RM, Abrudan J, Amedeo P, Antelo B, Bartholomay L, Bidwell S, Caler E, Camara F, Campbell CL, Campbell KS, Casola C, Castro MT, Chandramouliswaran I, Chapman SB, Christley S, Costas J, Eisenstadt E, Feschotte C, Fraser-Liggett C, Guigo R, Haas B, Hammond M, Hansson BS, Hemingway J, Hill SR, Howarth C, Ignell R, Kennedy RC, Kodira CD, Lobo NF, Mao C, Mayhew G, Michel K, Mori A, Liu N, Naveira H, Nene V, Nguyen N, Pearson MD, Pritham EJ, Puiu D, Qi Y, Ranson H, Ribeiro JM, Roberston HM, Severson DW, Shumway M, Stanke M, Strausberg RL, Sun C, Sutton G, Tu ZJ, Tubio JM, Unger MF, Vanlandingham DL, Vilella AJ, White O, White JR, Wondji CS, Wortman J, Zdobnov EM, Birren B, Christensen BM, Collins FH, Cornel A, Dimopoulos G, Hannick LI, Higgs S, Lanzaro GC, Lawson D, Lee NH, Muskavitch MA, Raikhel AS, Atkinson PW. (2010) Sequencing of Culex quinquefasciatus establishes a platform for mosquito comparative genomics. Science 330 (6000): 86-88.
Hill SR, J Zaspel, SJ Weller, BS Hansson and R Ignell (2010) To be or not to be… a vampire: a matter of sensilla numbers in Calyptra thalictri? To be submitted to Arthropod Structure and Development 39 (5): 322-33.
Boddum T, N Skals , SR Hill, BS Hansson and Y Hillbur (2010) Gall midge olfaction: Pheromone sensitive olfactory neurons in Contarinia nasturtii and Mayetiola destructor. Journal of Insect Physiology 56 (9): 1306-14.
Ignell R, S Okawa, JE Englund and SR Hill (2010) Assessment of diet choice by the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti. Physiological Entomology 35 (3): 274–286.
Siju, KP, SR Hill, BS Hansson and R Ignell (2010) Influence of blood meal on the responsiveness of olfactory receptor neurons in antennal sensilla trichodea of the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti. Journal of Insect Physiology 56 (6): 659-65.
Hill SR, BS Hansson and R Ignell (2009) Characterisation of the antennal trichoid sensilla in the southern house mosquito, Culex quinquefasciatus. Chemical Senses 34 (3): 231-252.
Hill SR and I Orchard. (2007) Isolation and characterization of FMRFamide-related peptides from the gut of Locusta migratoria L. Peptides 28 (8): 1490-1497.
Hill SR and I Orchard. (2005) In vitro analysis of the digestive enzymes amylase and a-glucosidase in the midguts of Locusta migratoria L. in response to the myosuppressin, SchistoFLRFamide. Journal of Insect Physiology 52 (1): 1-9.
Hill SR and I Orchard. (2004) The influence of diet and feeding state on FMRFamide-related peptides in the gut of Locusta migratoria L. Peptides 25 (1): 105-114.
Hill SR and I Orchard. (2003) FMRFamide-related peptides in the gut of Locusta migratoria L.: a comprehensive map and developmental profile. Peptides 24 (10): 1511-1524.
Hill SR, SS Leung, NL Quercia, D Vasiliauskas, J Yu, I Pasic, D Leung, A Tran and P Romans. (2001) Ikirara insertions reveal five new Anopheles gambiae transposable elements in islands of repetitious sequence. Journal of Molecular Evolution 52 (3): 215-231.
Hill SR and JJB Smith. (1999) Consistent pattern in the placement of taste sensilla on the labellar lobes of Aedes aegypti. International Journal of Insect Morphology and Embryology 28 (4): 281-290.
Book Chapters Ignell R, MS Sengül, SR Hill and BS Hansson (2010) "Neural Connections" in Ecology and Control of Vector-Borne Diseases: Olfaction in vector-host interactions. Vol. 2 edited by Willem Takken and Bart Knols. ISSN 1875-0699.
Popular Science Crane C (2009) Real-life bloodsuckers. ScienceWorld 66 (4): 8-10.
“Vampire moths discovered” – a National Geographic video (2009) http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/?source=4001 and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2VQZc8PebA
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