Anna Childers

Anna Childers
Country	United States of America
Organizations:	Behavioral Plasticity Research Institute, Agricultural Research Services, Bee Research Laboratory at the United States Department of Agriculture, United States Department of Agriculture
Titles:	Computational Biologist
Focal areas:	Agriculture, Genetics, Genomics
Focal species:	American grasshopper (Schistocerca americana), Brown locust (Locustana pardalina), Central American locust (Schistocerca piceifrons), Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria), Migratory grasshopper (Melanoplus sanguinipes), South American locust (Schistocerca cancellata), Schistocerca serialis
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Biography

Anna Childers serves as the Project Lead for the Ag100Pest Initiative, focusing on sequencing the genomes of agricultural arthropod pest species. Her work spans cooperative efforts involving several locust and grasshopper species. Her contributions to projects, such as Schistocerca locust work under the Behavioral Plasticity Research Institute (BPRI) and research on desert and brown locusts funded by USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), highlight her dedication to advancing understanding in this field. Additionally, her involvement in studying the migratory grasshopper (Melanoplus sanguinipes), supported by USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA-APHIS), demonstrates her multifaceted research efforts.