A postdoctoral position is available to work on analysis of the gut and salivary gland proteomes of a major hemipteran pest of agricultural importance. The management of pest insects is confounded by the arrival of invasive pest species and the evolution of insect resistance to current management approaches. Most of the alternative approaches for management act via the gut, including the use of bacteria-derived pesticidal proteins, viruses and gene silencing RNAs.  The integrity of these bioactives can also be compromised by salivary enzymes released into plants as hemipteran pests feed. Detailed knowledge of the proteins on the surface of the gut epithelium and in the salivary gland is important for optimization of established technologies that target- or enter via- the gut, and f