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Filippo Guerra is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Laboratory of Entomology, Wageningen University, specializing in genome editing and sex determination mechanisms in insects using the jewel wasp Nasonia vitripennis as a primary model organism.
He holds a Master of Science (MSc) degree and completed his PhD at Wageningen University in April 2024 under supervisors Prof. Marcel Dicke and Dr. Erik Verhulst. His doctoral research focused on the role of the doublesex gene in sexual differentiation across Nasonia species.
Guerra's work integrates CRISPR-Cas9 technology with evolutionary and developmental biology to dissect sex-determination pathways. His research spans entomological genomics, molecular genetics, and functional gene editing, emphasizing comparative analyses of sex-determination signals across insect taxa. Current efforts target precision genome engineering applications in parasitoid wasps.
His 2025 publications reveal a dual focus: advancing SYNCAS-mediated CRISPR techniques for Nasonia genome editing and synthesizing evolutionary diversity in insect sex-determination systems. These works demonstrate convergence of molecular entomology, gene-editing innovation, and evolutionary developmental biology.
Guerra operates within Wageningen University's Laboratory of Entomology, building directly on his completed PhD project 'Defining Doublesex interactome in the parasitoid wasp Nasonia vitripennis' (2018-2024). This foundational work established molecular frameworks now extended through his postdoctoral genome-editing research.
