Nikolas Johnston

Entomologist and Bioinformatician


Curriculum vitae



Molecular Horizons, School of Science

University of Wollongong



Publications


Blowfly genomics: Current insights, knowledge gaps, and future perspectives.


Drashti R. Parmar, Nikolas P. Johnston, J. Wallman, Krzysztof Szpila

Current Opinion in Insect Science, 2024


Retrospective review of forensic entomology casework in eastern Australia from 1994-2022


Matt N. Krosch, Nikolas P. Johnston, Kirby Law, J. Wallman, Melanie S. Archer

Forensic Science International, 2024


Anchored phylogenomics and revised classification of the Miltogramminae (Diptera: Sarcophagidae)


Nikolas P. Johnston, Thomas Pape, M. Piwczyński, J. Wallman, B. Wiegmann, Brian Cassel, K. Akbarzadeh, K. Szpila

Systematic Entomology, 2023


Half a century after their discovery: Structural insights into exonuclease and annealase proteins catalyzing recombineering


Lucy J. Fitschen, T. Newing, Nikolas P. Johnston, Charles E. Bell, Gökhan Tolun

Engineering Microbiology, 2023


Large positive ecological changes of small urban greening actions


Luis Mata, A. Hahs, Estíbaliz Palma, A. Backstrom, Nikolas P. Johnston, T. King, Ashley R. Olson, Christina Renowden, Te Smith, Blythe Vogel, S. Ward

Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 2023


The blowfly Chrysomya latifrons inhabits fragmented rainforests, but shows no population structure


Nathan J. Butterworth, J. Wallman, Nikolas P. Johnston, Blake M. Dawson, Joshua Sharp-Heward, A. McGaughran

Oecologia, 2023


Unraveling phylogenetic relationships and species boundaries in the arid adapted Gerbillus rodents (Muridae: Gerbillinae) by RAD-seq data.


M. Piwczyński, L. Granjon, P. Trzeciak, José Carlos Brito, Madalina Oana Popa, Mergi Daba Dinka, Nikolas P. Johnston, Zbyszek Boratyński

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 2023


Host-trailing satellite flight behaviour is associated with greater investment in peripheral visual sensory system in miltogrammine flies


C. Polidori, M. Piwczyński, F. Ronchetti, Nikolas P. Johnston, K. Szpila

Scientific Reports, 2022


Redβ177 annealase structure reveals details of oligomerization and λ Red-mediated homologous DNA recombination


T. Newing, J. Brewster, Lucy J. Fitschen, J. Bouwer, Nikolas P. Johnston, Hai-Bo Yu, G. Tolun

Nature Communications, 2022


Wing measurements are a possible tool for the identification of European forensically important Sarcophagidae.


K. Szpila, Nikolas P. Johnston, K. Akbarzadeh, René Richet, A. Tofilski

Forensic Science International, 2022


A new species of carrion-breeding “golden blowfly” from south-eastern Australia (Diptera: Calliphoridae)


Nikolas P. Johnston, J. Wallman

Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 2021


DNA Barcoding Identifies Unknown Females and Larvae of Fannia R.-D. (Diptera: Fanniidae) from Carrion Succession Experiment and Case Report


A. Grzywacz, Mateusz Jarmusz, K. Walczak, R. Skowronek, Nikolas P. Johnston, K. Szpila

Insects, 2021


First instar larvae of endemic Australian Miltogramminae (Diptera: Sarcophagidae)


K. Szpila, K. Walczak, Nikolas P. Johnston, T. Pape, J. Wallman

Scientific Reports, 2021


The evolution of sexually dimorphic cuticular hydrocarbons in blowflies (Diptera: Calliphoridae)


Nathan J. Butterworth, J. Wallman, F. Drijfhout, Nikolas P. Johnston, P. Keller, Phillip G. Byrne

Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 2020


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