Name: Felix D. Guerrero
Education:
Stephen F. Austin State University, B.S. with Highest Honors, Environmental Management, 1976
Stephen F. Austin State University, M.S. Chemistry, B.F. Walker, Major Professor, 1978
Texas A&M University, Ph.D. Biochemistry, John E. Mullet, Major Professor, 1988
University of British Columbia, Certificate in Bioinformatics, 2004
Recent Professional Experience:
July, 1990-Present. Research Physiologist, USDA-ARS Livestock Insect Laboratory. Research
August, 1988-July, 1990. Postdoctoral Research Associate, CIBA-GEIGY Biotechnology, Research
Triangle Park, NC. Research
Publications closely related to wildlife health research:
MI BELLGARD, MOOLHUIJZEN, PM, GUERRERO, FD, SCHIBECI, D, RODRIGUEZ-VALLE M,
PETERSON, DG, DOWD, SE, BARRERO, R, HUNTER, A, MILLER, R, LEW-TABOR, A,
CattleTickBase: Internet based analysis tools and bioinformatics repository of available genomics
resources for Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus, International Journal for Parasitology,
42:161-169 (2012).
P MOOLHUIJZEN, LEW-TABOR A, MORGAN JAT, RODRIGUEZ VALLE M, PETERSON DG,
DOWD SE, GUERRERO FD, BELLGARD M, APPELS R, The complexity of Rhipicephalus
(Boophilus) microplus genome characterized through detailed analysis of two BAC clones, BMC
Research Notes, 4:254 (2011).
RF MERCADO-CURIEL, PALMER GH, GUERRERO FD, BRAYTON KA, Temporal characterisation
of the organ-specific Rhipicephalus microplus transcriptional response to Anaplasma marginale
infection, International Journal for Parasitology, 41: 851-860 (2011).
R ANDREOTTI, PEREZ DE LEON, A, DOWD, SE, GUERRERO, FD, BENDELE, KG, SCOLES, GA,
Assessment of bacterial diversity in the cattle tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus through
tag-encoded pyrosequencing, BMC Microbiology, 11:6 (2011).
FD GUERRERO, DOWD, SE, Tick G protein-coupled receptors as targets for development of new
acaricides, In: Veterinary Parasitology (Frank Columbus, ed.), NovaScience Publishing,
Hauppauge, NY, (2010).
LD FOIL, GUERRERO, FD, BENDELE, KG, Detection of target site resistance to pyrethroids and
organophosphates in the horn fly using multiplex PCR, Journal of Medical Entomology 47: 855861 (2010).
FD GUERRERO, MOOLHUIJZEN, P, PETERSON, DG, BIDWELL, S, CALER, E, BELLGARD, M,
NENE, VM, DJIKENG, A, Reassociation kinetics-based approach for partial genome sequencing
of the cattle tick, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus, BMC Genomics 11: 374 (2010).
AY LI, GUERRERO F, POUND JM, DAVEY RB, PEREZ DE LEON A, Developing novel technology
for the control of ticks of veterinary and human importance. In: Proceedings of Agricultural
Research International Conference, Nanjing, China. (2009).
RG BASTOS, UETI, MW, GUERRERO, FD, KNOWLES, DP, SCOLES, GA, Silencing of a putative
immunophilin gene in the cattle tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus increases the infection
rate of Babesia bovis in larval progeny, Parasites & Vectors, 2: 57 (2009).
FD GUERRERO, DOWD, SE, DJIKENG, A, WILEY, GB, MACMIL, SL, SALDIVAR, L, NAJAR, F,
ROE, BA, A database of expressed genes from the New World Screwworm, Cochliomyia
hominivorax (Coquerel) (Diptera: Calliphoridae), Journal of Medical Entomology, 46: 1109-1116
(2009).
FD GUERRERO, DOWD, SE, SUN, Y, SALDIVAR, L, WILEY, GB, MACMIL, SL, NAJAR, F, ROE,
BA, FOIL, LD, Microarray analysis of female- and larval-specific gene expression in the horn fly
(Diptera: Muscidae), Journal of Medical Entomology, 46: 257-270 (2009).
FD GUERRERO, SCOLES, GA, SALDIVAR, L, BRAYTON, KA, Microarray analysis of
Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus gene expression associated with Babesia bovis infection, In:
Proceedings of the VI Seminario Internacional de Parasitologia Animal 2008, September 3-5,
2008, Vera Cruz, Mexico. CD-ROM (2008).
FD GUERRERO, DOWD, SE, NENE, VM, FOIL, LD, Expressed cDNAs from embryonic and larval
stages of the horn fly (Diptera: Muscidae), Journal of Medical Entomology, 45: 686-692 (2008).
L SALDIVAR, GUERRERO, FD, MILLER, RJ, BENDELE, KG, GONDRO, C, BRAYTON, KA,
Microarray analysis of gene expression in acaricide-exposed southern cattle ticks, Rhipicephalus
(Boophilus) microplus, Insect Molecular Biology, 17: 597-606 (2008).
A RACHINSKY, GUERRERO, FD, SCOLES, GA, Proteomic profiling of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus)
microplus midgut responses to infection with Babesia bovis, Veterinary Parasitology 152: 294313 (2008).
FD GUERRERO, WANG, M, RACHINSKY, A, New control methodologies: Using genomic and
proteomic studies to guide identification of potential targets for design of novel tick control
technologies. Proceedings from 2006 Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting
Symposium entitled "A multinational examination of the strategies used to fight against the
southern cattle tick, Boophilus microplus", Thomas Say Publications in Entomology, Landham,
MD (2008).
FD GUERRERO, WANG, M, NENE, VM, DOWD, SE, SALDIVAR, L, EST-based gene indices for the
cattle fever tick, the horn fly and the screwworm fly. In: PINARD, M-H, GAY, C, PASTORET,
P-P, DODET, B, (eds) Animal Genomics for Animal Health, International Symposium
Proceedings, October, 2007. Developments in Biologicals, Vol. 132: 115-120, Karger AG
(Basel). (2008).
M WANG, GUERRERO, FD, PERTEA, G, NENE, VM, Global comparative analysis of ESTs from the
southern cattle tick, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus, BMC Genomics 8: 368. (2007).
A RACHINSKY, GUERRERO, FD, SCOLES, GA, Differential protein expression in ovaries of
uninfected and Babesia-infected southern cattle ticks, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus,
Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 37: 1291-1308 (2007).
JP VAN ZEE, GERACI, NS, GUERRERO, FD, WIKEL, SK, STUART, JJ, NENE, VM, HILL, CA,
Tick genomics: The Ixodes genome project and beyond, International Journal of Parasitology
37: 1297-1305 (2007).
FD GUERRERO, BENDELE, KG, DAVEY, RB, GEORGE, JE, Detection of Babesia bigemina infection
in strains of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus collected from outbreaks in South Texas,
Veterinary Parasitology, 145: 156-163 (2007).
FD GUERRERO, NENE, VM, GEORGE, JE, BARKER, SC, WILLADSEN, P, Sequencing a new target
genome: The southern cattle tick Boophilus microplus (Acari: Ixodidae) genome project, Journal
of Medical Entomology, 43: 9-16 (2006).