AKBARI LAB LEADS Major DARPA FUNDED PROJECT RELATED TO GENE DRIVES!!!

UC Riverside-led Team Wins $14.9 Million to Battle Disease-carrying Mosquitoes
"DARPA award is the largest ever for a UCR researcher​"
https://ucrtoday.ucr.edu/48303

DARPA funds UCSD gene drive research against mosquito-borne diseases
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/biotech/sd-me-darpa-ucsd-20170719-story.html

Building the Safe Genes Toolkit
https://www.darpa.mil/news-events/2017-07-19

Small Pest, Big Battle
http://www.news.ucsb.edu/2017/018051/small-pest-big-battle

UC San Diego Researchers Join $14.9 Million Fight Against Disease-transmitting Mosquitoes
http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/pressrelease/uc_san_diego_researchers_join_14.9_million_fight_against_disease

Defense department pours $65 million into making CRISPR safer
http://news.berkeley.edu/2017/07/19/defense-department-pours-65-million-into-making-crispr-safer/

How will we keep controversial gene drive technology in check?http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/07/how-will-we-keep-controversial-gene-drive-technology-check

​DARPA Awards $65M to Improve Gene-Editing Safety, Accuracy
http://www.genengnews.com/gen-news-highlights/darpa-awards-65m-to-improve-gene-editing-safety-accuracy/81254686

Zika, dengue, yellow fever: UC Riverside researcher gets $14.9 million to thwart disease-carrying mosquitoes
http://www.pe.com/2017/07/21/zika-dengue-yellow-fever-uc-riverside-researcher-gets-14-9-million-to-thwart-disease-carrying-mosquitoes/

UC Davis Joins DARPA-funded “Safe Genes” Program
http://blogs.ucdavis.edu/egghead/2017/07/25/uc-davis-joins-darpa-funded-safe-genes-program

UC San Diego researchers selected for DARPA project against mosquito-borne diseaseshttps:
https://homelandprepnews.com/stories/23427-uc-san-diego-researchers-selected-darpa-project-mosquito-borne-diseases/

UC Zika research aims to ‘collapse’ mosquito populations
http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/health-and-medicine/article163405773.html