Peter Piermarini

On-Line Veterinary Entomology Certificate Courses

Content for each course delivered in a series of on-line lectures and readings. Each module has a 15 question quiz to test comprehension; each quiz requires a score of 70% to earn a certificate (multiple attempts are allowed). For additional details please contact Dr. Peter Piermarini: piermarini.1@osu.edu

Introduction to Veterinary Entomology 2.0
An introduction to the fascinating world of Veterinary Entomology and arthropod pests that impact the health of domestic animals. This course is approved for CE credit by the Ohio Veterinary Medical Licensing Board (OVMLB) on an hour per hour basis. It can be completed in 3-6 hours.
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Veterinary Entomology: Mites and Ticks 2.0
The goals of this on-line course are to introduce you to mites and ticks, as well as highlight some fascinating aspects about their basic biology and the impacts they have on animal and human health (with an emphasis on domestic animals). This course is approved for CE credit by the OVMLB on an hour per hour basis. It can be completed in 2-3 hours. 
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Veterinary Entomology: Nematocera (Sand Flies, Black Flies, Mosquitoes & Biting Midges)
The goals of this on-line course are to introduce you to nematoceran flies, as well as highlight some fascinating aspects about their basic biology and the impacts they have on animal and human health (with an emphasis on domestic animals). This course is approved for CE credit by the OVMLB on an hour per hour basis. It can be completed in 1-2 hours.
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Courses Taught

• 2012-Present   ENTMLGY 4607: Veterinary Entomology On-line (taught every semester). This 7-week on-line undergraduate course introduces students to the fascinating world of arthropod pests and vectors that affect the health of domestic animals.
• 2016-Present  ENTMLGY 6703: Molecular Techniques and Data Analysis (cotaught every other even year with Dr. Larry Phelan). This 7-week graduate course introduces students to key molecular and metabolomics techniques used in the field of Entomology. Students participate in a hands-on laboratory project that allows them to integrate various experimental approaches to test a hypothesis.
• 2020-Present  ENTMLGY 7890: Special Topics in Entomology (cotaught every other even year with Drs. Megan Meuti and Sarah Short). In this semester long graduate seminar course students read and lead discussions on the most recent literature on mosquito biology.

Recent Publications

1. Li Y, Piermarini PM (2023) Dietary calcium (Ca²⁺) impacts Ca²⁺ content and molecular expression of Ca²⁺transporters in Malpighian tubules of the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti. J Insect Physiol 149: 104551. doi:10.1016/j.jinsphys.2023.104551 
2. Duong PC, McCabe TC, Riley GF, Holmes HL, Piermarini PM, Romero MF, Gillen CM (2022) Sequence analysis and function of mosquito aeCCC2 and Drosophila Ncc83 orthologs. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 143: 103729. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibmb.2022.103729.
3. Martínez Rodríguez EJ, Evans P, Kalsi M, Rosenblatt N, Stanley M, Piermarini PM (2022) Larvicidal Activity of Carbon Black against the Yellow Fever Mosquito Aedes aegypti. Insects 13: 307.
4. Piermarini PM, Denton JS, Swale DR (2022) The Molecular Physiology and Toxicology of Inward Rectifier Potassium Channels in Insects. Annual Review of Entomology 67: 125-142. doi:10.1146/annurev-ento-062121-063338.
5. Aretz CD, Kharade SV, Chronister K, Rusconi Trigueros R, Martinez Rodriguez EJ, Piermarini PM, Denton JS, Hopkins CR. Further SAR on the (Phenylsulfonyl)piperazine Scaffold as Inhibitors of the Aedes aegypti Kir1 (AeKir) Channel and Larvicides. ChemMedChem. 2021 Jan 19;16(2):319-327. doi: 10.1002/cmdc.202000598. Epub 2020 Oct 28. PubMed PMID: 32926544; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7856040.
6. Kalsi M, Walter A, Lee B, DeLaat A, Trigueros RR, Happel K, Sepesy R, Nguyen B, Manwill PK, Rakotondraibe LH, Piermarini PM. Stop the crop: Insights into the insecticidal mode of action of cinnamodial against mosquitoes. Pestic Biochem Physiol. 2021 Jan;171:104743. doi: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2020.104743. Epub 2020 Nov 8. PubMed PMID: 33357565; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7770332.
7. Manwill PK, Kalsi M, Wu S, Martinez Rodriguez EJ, Cheng X, Piermarini PM, Rakotondraibe HL. Semi-synthetic cinnamodial analogues: Structural insights into the insecticidal and antifeedant activities of drimane sesquiterpenes against the mosquito Aedes aegypti. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2020 Feb;14(2):e0008073. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008073. eCollection 2020 Feb. PubMed PMID: 32101555; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7062286.
8. Inocente EA, Nguyen B, Manwill PK, Benatrehina A, Kweka E, Wu S, Cheng X, Rakotondraibe LH, Piermarini PM. Insecticidal and Antifeedant Activities of Malagasy Medicinal Plant (Cinnamosma sp.) Extracts and Drimane-Type Sesquiterpenes against Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes. Insects. 2019 Oct 25;10(11). doi: 10.3390/insects10110373. PubMed PMID: 31731570; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6920793.
9. Aretz CD, Morwitzer MJ, Sanford AG, Hogan AM, Portillo MV, Kharade SV, Kramer M, McCarthey JB, Trigueros RR, Piermarini PM, Denton JS, Hopkins CR. Discovery and Characterization of 2-Nitro-5-(4-(phenylsulfonyl)piperazin-1-yl)- N-(pyridin-4-ylmethyl)anilines as Novel Inhibitors of the Aedes aegypti Kir1 ( AeKir1) Channel. ACS Infect Dis. 2019 Jun 14;5(6):917-931. doi: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.8b00368. Epub 2019 Mar 15. PubMed PMID: 30832472; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7241282.
10. Kalsi M, Gillen C, Piermarini PM. Heterologous Expression of Aedes aegypti Cation Chloride Cotransporter 2 (aeCCC2) in Xenopus laevis Oocytes Induces an Enigmatic Na⁺/Li⁺ Conductance. Insects. 2019 Mar 14;10(3). doi: 10.3390/insects10030071. PubMed PMID: 30875796; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6468792.
11. Rusconi Trigueros R, Hopkins CR, Denton JS, Piermarini PM. Pharmacological Inhibition of Inward Rectifier Potassium Channels Induces Lethality in Larval Aedes aegypti. Insects. 2018 Nov 15;9(4). doi: 10.3390/insects9040163. PubMed PMID: 30445675; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6315791.
12. Kolosov D, Tauqir M, Rajaruban S, Piermarini PM, Donini A, O'Donnell MJ. Molecular mechanisms of bi-directional ion transport in the Malpighian tubules of a lepidopteran crop pest, Trichoplusia ni. J Insect Physiol. 2018 Aug - Sep;109:55-68. doi: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2018.06.005. Epub 2018 Jun 15. PubMed PMID: 29908900.
13. Kolosov D, Piermarini PM, O'Donnell MJ. Malpighian tubules of Trichoplusia ni: recycling ions via gap junctions and switching between secretion and reabsorption of Na⁺ and K⁺ in the distal ileac plexus. J Exp Biol. 2018 Mar 7;221(Pt 5). doi: 10.1242/jeb.172296. PubMed PMID: 29361596.
14. Miller JR, Koren S, Dilley KA, Puri V, Brown DM, Harkins DM, Thibaud-Nissen F, Rosen B, Chen XG, Tu Z, Sharakhov IV, Sharakhova MV, Sebra R, Stockwell TB, Bergman NH, Sutton GG, Phillippy AM, Piermarini PM, Shabman RS. Analysis of the Aedes albopictus C6/36 genome provides insight into cell line utility for viral propagation. Gigascience. 2018 Mar 1;7(3):1-13. doi: 10.1093/gigascience/gix135. PubMed PMID: 29329394; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5869287.
15. Inocente EA, Shaya M, Acosta N, Rakotondraibe LH, Piermarini PM. A natural agonist of mosquito TRPA1 from the medicinal plant Cinnamosma fragrans that is toxic, antifeedant, and repellent to the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2018 Feb;12(2):e0006265. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0006265. eCollection 2018 Feb. PubMed PMID: 29425195; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5823474.

Complete List of Published Research: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/peter.piermarini.1/bibliography/public/