SELECTED Manuscripts - Submitted/Under Peer Review
2019
Split-HGD system forces super-Mendelian transmission and knocks out multiple genes
Gene Drive Categories
(53) Schairer, C.E., Cheung, C., Buchman, A., Akbari, O.S., Bloss, C.S., Interdisciplinary development of a standardized introduction to gene drives for lay audiences. (2019).
Current Publication Status: Submitted to Public Understanding of Science
Current Publication Status: Submitted to Public Understanding of Science
(52) Robyn R. Raban, John M. Marshall and Omar S. Akbari. Progress toward engineering gene drives for population control. (2019).
Current Publication Status: Submitted to Journal of Experimental Biology
Current Publication Status: Submitted to Journal of Experimental Biology
Public Engagement
(51) Cynthia E. Schairer, James Najera, Anthony A. James, Omar S. Akbari, and Cinnamon S. Bloss. Free, prior and informed consent for field trials of genetically engineered insects in the US. (2019).
Current Publication Status: Submitted to Journal of Responsible Innovation
Current Publication Status: Submitted to Journal of Responsible Innovation
Photo from iStock Microvone.
(50) Robert M. Friedman, John M. Marshall and Omar S. Akbari.
Gene Drives Still on the Horizon: An update on progress and new technological alternatives. (2019).
Current Publication Status: Submitted to Issues in Science and Technology
Gene Drives Still on the Horizon: An update on progress and new technological alternatives. (2019).
Current Publication Status: Submitted to Issues in Science and Technology
Schematic of life cycle of Plasmodium falciparum.
(49) John M. Marshall*, Robyn Raban, Nikolay P. Kandul, Jyotheeswara R. Edula, Tomás León, and Omar S. Akbari*. Winning the tug-of-war between effector gene design and pathogen evolution in vector population replacement strategies. (2019).
*Corresponding Author(s).
Current Publication Status: Submitted to Frontiers in Genetics
*Corresponding Author(s).
Current Publication Status: Submitted to Frontiers in Genetics
Community-Engagement-Triangle (Capire) from the Capire consulting group.
(48) Cynthia E Schairer, Riley Taitingfong, Omar S. Akbari and Cinnamon S Bloss. A Typology of Community and Stakeholder Engagement Based on Documented Examples in the Field of Novel Vector Control. (2019).
Current Publication Status: Submitted to Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases.
Current Publication Status: Submitted to Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases.
CRISPR/Cas9 efficiently generates heritable, site-specific mutations in Culex quinquefasciatus.
Replacement, remediation and confinement outcomes for translocations and UDMEL
Mosquitoes are attracted to odors emitted by orchids. Photo credit Jeffrey Riffell
Mathematical Model predictions comparing split drives to linked drives and release of a transgene.
Engineered resistance to Dengue
(43) Anna Buchman, Stephanie Gamez, Ming Li, Igor Antoshechkin, Shin-Hang Lee, Shin-Wei Wang, Chun-Hong Chen, Melissa J. Klein, Jean-Bernard Duchemin, James E. Crowe, Jr., Prasad N. Paradkar*, and Omar S. Akbari*, Broad Dengue Neutralization in Mosquitoes Expressing an Engineered Antibody. (2019)
*Corresponding Author(s)
Current Publication Status: Submitted to Plos Pathogens;
Manuscript Available on bioRxiv
Also Available on Cell Sneak Peak
*Corresponding Author(s)
Current Publication Status: Submitted to Plos Pathogens;
Manuscript Available on bioRxiv
Also Available on Cell Sneak Peak
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS - Peer reviewed/Accepted AND In Press
Model-predicted impact of releases of pgSIT eggs on Aedes aegypti mosquito population density with comparison to releases of Wolbachia-based incompatible insect technique (IIT), release of insects carrying a dominant lethal gene (RIDL), and female-specific RIDL (fsRIDL).
(42) Kandul, N.P, Liu, J., Sanchez C., H.M.,Wu, S.L., Marshall, J.M., Akbari,O.S.*, Reply to ‘Concerns about the feasibility of using “precision guided sterile males” to control insects.’ (2019).
Current Publication Status: Accepted and in press @ Nature Communications
Current Publication Status: Accepted and in press @ Nature Communications
(41) Richard Feachem, Ingrid Chen, Omar S. Akbari, Amelia Bertozzi-Villa, Samir Bhatt, Fred Binka, Maciej Boni, Caroline Buckee, Joseph Dieleman, Arjen Dondorp, Alex Eapen, Neelam Sekhri Feachem, Scott Filler, Peter Gething, Roly Gosling, Annie Haakenstad, ; Kelly Harvard, ; Arian Hatefi, ; Jimee Hwang, Dean Jamison, Kate Jones, Corine Karema, Richard Nchabi Kamwi, Altaf Lal, PhD; Erika Larson, Cynthia Lee, Margaret Lees, Neil Lobo, Angela Micah, Bruno Moonen, Gretchen Newby, Xiao Ning, Muhammad Pate, Martha Quiñones, Michelle Roh, Ben Rolfe, Dennis Shanks, Balbir Singh, Kenneth Staley, James Tulloch, MJennifer Wegbreit, Hyun Ju Woo, Winnie Mpanju-Shumbusho; LANCET COMMISSION ON MALARIA ERADICATION Malaria Eradication. Within a Generation: Ambitious, Achievable and Necessary. (2019).
Current Publication Status: Accepted and In Press @ The Lancet.
Current Publication Status: Accepted and In Press @ The Lancet.
CO2 modulates mosquitoes’ responses to small field rotating visual objects
(40) Vinauger, C., Van Breugel, F., Locke, L., Tobin, K., Dickinson, M., Fairhall, A., Akbari, O.S., Riffell, J., Visual-olfactory integration in the human disease vector mosquito, Aedes aegypti. (2019). DOI: :https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.06.043
Press Release(s):
UW News (http://www.washington.edu/news/2019/07/18/mosquito-sensory-integration/). PDF HERE
Science Daily (https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/07/190718112528.htm)
Press Release(s):
UW News (http://www.washington.edu/news/2019/07/18/mosquito-sensory-integration/). PDF HERE
Science Daily (https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/07/190718112528.htm)
GCaMP6s is a general tool to record calcium responses in
multiple tissues in Ae. aegypti.
(39) Bui, M., Shyong, J., Lutz, E.K., Yang, T., Li, M., Truong, K., Arvidson,R., Buchman,A., Riffell, J.A.*, Akbari, O.S.* Live calcium imaging of Aedes aegypti neuronal tissues reveals differential importance of chemosensory systems. (2019). BMC Neuroscience. 2019 Jun 17;20(1):27. doi: 10.1186/s12868-019-0511-y. PMID: 31208328
*Corresponding Author(s)
See gCamp in Action in Ae. aegypti:
Supplemental Video 1 - Adult Mouthparts - Link
Supplemental Video 2 - Adult Antennae - Link
Supplemental Video 3 -Adult Compound Eye - Link
Supplemental Video 4 - Whole Larvae - Link
Supplemental Video 5 - Larval Brain - Link
*Corresponding Author(s)
See gCamp in Action in Ae. aegypti:
Supplemental Video 1 - Adult Mouthparts - Link
Supplemental Video 2 - Adult Antennae - Link
Supplemental Video 3 -Adult Compound Eye - Link
Supplemental Video 4 - Whole Larvae - Link
Supplemental Video 5 - Larval Brain - Link
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Drive Through Genome Elimination
(38) Benetta, E.D., Akbari, O.S., Ferree, P.M., Sequence Expression from Supernumerary B Chromosomes: Function or Fluff? (2019)Genes, 10, 123; doi:10.3390/genes10020123
Engineered resistance to Zika virus
(37) Buchman, A., Gamez, S., Li, M., Antoshechkin, I., Lee, S.H., Wang, S.W., Chen, C.H., Klein, M.J., Duchemin, J.B. , Paradkar, P.N.*, Akbari, O.S.*, Engineered resistance to Zika virus (ZIKV) in transgenic Ae. aegypti expressing a polycistronic cluster of synthetic miRNAs. (2019). PNAS published ahead of print February 5, 2019 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1810771116
*Corresponding Author(s).
Press Releases:
https://www.csiro.au/en/News/News-releases/2019/mozzies-get-wings-clipped-spreading-Zika-virus
*Corresponding Author(s).
Press Releases:
https://www.csiro.au/en/News/News-releases/2019/mozzies-get-wings-clipped-spreading-Zika-virus
Zygotic expression of CRISPR components ensures 100% penetrance
(36) Kandul, N.P, Liu, J., Sanchez C., H.M.,Wu, S.L., Marshall, J.M., Akbari,O.S.*, Transforming Insect Population Control with Precision Guided Sterile Males with Demonstration in Flies. Nature Communications. volume 10, Article number: 84 (2019) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07964-7
Supplementary Information. pdf
*Corresponding Author(s)
Press Releases:
New CRISPR-based technology developed to control pests with precision-guided genetics.
Precision-Guided Sterile Insect Technique. IGTRCN
Broadcasted Live on Local TV in San Diego - NBC 7
https://www.nbcsandiego.com/on-air/as-seen-on/Local-Researchers-Develop-Insect-Gene-Editing-Tool_San-Diego-504137652.html
Supplementary Information. pdf
*Corresponding Author(s)
Press Releases:
New CRISPR-based technology developed to control pests with precision-guided genetics.
Precision-Guided Sterile Insect Technique. IGTRCN
Broadcasted Live on Local TV in San Diego - NBC 7
https://www.nbcsandiego.com/on-air/as-seen-on/Local-Researchers-Develop-Insect-Gene-Editing-Tool_San-Diego-504137652.html
2018
AaegL5 assembly statistics, annotation, and chromatin accessibility analysis
(35) Benjamin J Matthews, Olga Dudchenko, Sarah Kingan, Sergey Koren, Igor Antoshechkin, Jacob E Crawford, William J Glassford, Margaret Herre, Seth N Redmond, Noah H Rose, Gareth D Weedall, Yang Wu, Sanjit S Batra, Carlos A Brito-Sierra, Steven D Buckingham, Corey L Campbell, Saki Chan, Eric Cox, Benjamin R Evans, Thanyalak Fansiri, Igor Filipovic, Albin Fontaine, Andrea Gloria-Soria, Richard Hall, Vinita S Joardar, Andrew K Jones, Raissa GG Kay, Vamsi Kodali, Joyce Lee, Gareth J Lycett, Sara N Mitchell, Jill Muehling, Michael R Murphy, Arina Omer, Frederick A Partridge, Paul Peluso, Aviva Presser Aiden, Vidya Ramasamy, Gordana Rasic, Sourav Roy, Karla Saavedra-Rodriguez, Shruti Sharan, Atashi Sharma, Melissa Smith, Joe Turner, Allison M Weakley, Zhilei Zhao, Omar S Akbari, William C Black, Han Cao, Alistair C Darby, Catherine Hill, J Spencer Johnston, Terence D Murphy, Alexander S Raikhel, David B Sattelle, Igor V Sharakhov, Bradley J White, Li Zhao, Erez Lieberman Aiden, Richard S Mann, Louis Lambrechts, Jeffrey R Powell, Maria V Sharakhova, Zhijian Tu, Hugh M Robertson, Carolyn S McBride, Alex R Hastie, Jonas Korlach, Daniel E Neafsey, Adam M Phillippy, Leslie B Vosshall. Improved reference genome of Aedes aegypti informs arbovirus vector control. Nature. 2018. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-018-0692-z. pdf.
Press Release(s)
Newsline. Mosquito genome opens new avenues for reducing bug-borne disease.pdf
Newsweek. NEW MOSQUITO GENES DISCOVERED THAT COULD EXPLAIN WHY SOME PEOPLE GET BITTEN MORE THAN OTHERS.
Press Release(s)
Newsline. Mosquito genome opens new avenues for reducing bug-borne disease.pdf
Newsweek. NEW MOSQUITO GENES DISCOVERED THAT COULD EXPLAIN WHY SOME PEOPLE GET BITTEN MORE THAN OTHERS.
Targeted transgene insertion on the D. melanogaster Y-chromosome.
Complex Genome Editing Examples
(33) Gantz V.M and Akbari, O.S.* Gene Editing Technologies and Applications for Insects. Current Opinion in Insect Science (2018). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cois.2018.05.006. pdf
*Corresponding Author(s).
*Corresponding Author(s).
Translocation dynamics in a linear, three population migration model.
(32) Buchman, A.B, Ivy, T., Marshall, J.M., Akbari, O.S.*, Hay B.A.* Engineered reciprocal chromosome translocations drive high threshold, reversible population replacement in Drosophila. ACS Synthetic Biology. (2018) doi: PMID: 29608276. DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.7b00451 . pdf
*Corresponding Author
Supporting Information. pdf
Press Release(s)
www.igtrcn.org Engineered Translocation-based Underdominance Gene Drive. pdf
*Corresponding Author
Supporting Information. pdf
Press Release(s)
www.igtrcn.org Engineered Translocation-based Underdominance Gene Drive. pdf
Taken from Andrew M. Hammond & Roberto Galizi (2018): Gene drives to fight malaria:
current state and future directions, Pathogens and Global Health
(31) Robyn Raban and Omar S. Akbari*. Gene drives may be the next step towards sustainable control of malaria. (2018) Pathogens and Global Health. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/20477724.2017.1453587. pdf
*Corresponding Author(s).
*Corresponding Author(s).
Synthetically Engineered D. Suzukii Medea
(30) Buchman, A.B., Marshall, J.M, Ostrovski, D., Yang, T., Akbari O.S.*, Synthetically Engineered Medea Gene Drive System in the Worldwide Crop Pest, D. suzukii. (2018) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1713139115. pdf
*Corresponding Author
Recommended in F1000Prime as being of special significance in its field.
Supporting Information. pdf
Press Release(s)
MIT Technology Review - Farmers seek to deploy powerful gene drive. pdf
www.technlogyreview.de pdf (in german)
UCSD News Center - Researchers Develop First Gene Drive Targeting Worldwide Crop Pest. pdf
www.sciencemag.org - Can a genetic weapon combat one of the world’s major crop destroyers?. pdf
www.kjzz.org - Researchers Turn to Gene Drive to Fight Destructive, Invasive Fruit Fly. pdf ; MP3
https://igtrcn.org/gene-drive-in-a-major-agricultural-pest/ - Gene Drive in a Major Agricultural Pest. pdf
Todays Science - Driving Out Pests with Genetic Engineering. pdf
Confinement of Gene Drives
(29) Marshall, J.M*, Akbari, O.S.*, Can CRISPR-based gene drive be confined in the wild? A question for molecular and population biology. ACS Chemical Biology. 2018 Feb 7. doi: 10.1021/acschembio.7b00923. pdf.
*Corresponding Author(s).
bioRxiv 173914; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/173914. pdf
Press Releases(s)
https://igtrcn.org. Gene Drives and the Potential Benefits of CRISPR Technology. pdf
*Corresponding Author(s).
bioRxiv 173914; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/173914. pdf
Press Releases(s)
https://igtrcn.org. Gene Drives and the Potential Benefits of CRISPR Technology. pdf
Odour stimuli are learned and represented differentially in the mosquito brain
(28) Vinauger, C., Lahondère1, C., Wolff, G.H., Locke, L.T., Liaw, J.E., Parrish, J.Z., Akbari, O.S., Dickinson, M.H., Riffell, J.A., Dopamine modulation of host learning in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. (2018). Current Biology. doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2017.12.015. pdf
bioRxiv. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/172726. pdf
Insect Olfaction: Once Swatted, Twice Shy. Current Biology Dispatch. pdf
Press Releases(s)
www.sciencenews.org .Rough lessons can lessen the pull of human scent on a mosquito. pdf
www.nytimes.com. Swatting at Mosquitoes May Help You Avoid Bites, Even if You Miss. pdf
www.nationalgeographic.com. First-Ever Evidence That Mosquitoes Can Be Trained. pdf
www.washington.edu. If you swat mosquitoes, they may learn to avoid your scent. pdf
www.popsci.com. Mosquitoes learn not to mess with you when you swat them. pdf
www.nature.com. How to teach mosquitoes to avoid temptation. pdf
www.npr.com. How To Teach Mosquitoes To Leave You Alone. pdf
bioRxiv. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/172726. pdf
Insect Olfaction: Once Swatted, Twice Shy. Current Biology Dispatch. pdf
Press Releases(s)
www.sciencenews.org .Rough lessons can lessen the pull of human scent on a mosquito. pdf
www.nytimes.com. Swatting at Mosquitoes May Help You Avoid Bites, Even if You Miss. pdf
www.nationalgeographic.com. First-Ever Evidence That Mosquitoes Can Be Trained. pdf
www.washington.edu. If you swat mosquitoes, they may learn to avoid your scent. pdf
www.popsci.com. Mosquitoes learn not to mess with you when you swat them. pdf
www.nature.com. How to teach mosquitoes to avoid temptation. pdf
www.npr.com. How To Teach Mosquitoes To Leave You Alone. pdf
2017
Ae. aegypti Double and Triple CRISPR mutants.
(27) Li M., Bui M., Yang T., White B.J., Akbari O.S.* Germline Cas9 Expression Yields Highly Efficient Genome Engineering in a Major Worldwide Disease Vector, Aedes aegypti. (2017). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) ; published ahead of print November 14, 2017, doi:10.1073/pnas.1711538114. pdf.
Supporting Information. pdf
*Corresponding Author
PNAS Podcast.
Transcript PDF
Listen Here
Press Release(s)
IGTRCN - High Knock in/out Rates in Aedes aegypti Expressing Cas9 from a Transgene. pdf
UCR Today - Making Mosquitoes Self-Destruct - UCR researchers are generating genetically engineered insects to help prevent the spread of infectious diseases. pdf
www.wired.com - This gene-editing tech might be too dangerous to unleash. pdf
www.sciencenews.org - Current CRISPR gene drives are too strong for outdoor use, studies warn. pdf
www.geneengnews.com - Cas9 Expression in Mosquito Germlines Could Help Prevent Disease Spread. pdf
www.ibtimes.com - Yellow, Three-Eyed, Wingless Mosquitoes Created Using CRISPR Gene Editing Tool.pdf
www.news-medical.net - CRISPR shows potential to reduce diseases spread by mosquitoes. pdf
www.entomologytoday.com - Another Step Forward in Genetic Engineering of Mosquitoes.pdf
www.futurism.com - We Just Used Genetic Engineering to Create Completely Yellow, Three-Eyed, Wingless Mosquitoes
PNAS - In this Issue. Cas9-expressing mosquito strains pave the way toward gene drives. pdf
Supporting Information. pdf
*Corresponding Author
PNAS Podcast.
Transcript PDF
Listen Here
Press Release(s)
IGTRCN - High Knock in/out Rates in Aedes aegypti Expressing Cas9 from a Transgene. pdf
UCR Today - Making Mosquitoes Self-Destruct - UCR researchers are generating genetically engineered insects to help prevent the spread of infectious diseases. pdf
www.wired.com - This gene-editing tech might be too dangerous to unleash. pdf
www.sciencenews.org - Current CRISPR gene drives are too strong for outdoor use, studies warn. pdf
www.geneengnews.com - Cas9 Expression in Mosquito Germlines Could Help Prevent Disease Spread. pdf
www.ibtimes.com - Yellow, Three-Eyed, Wingless Mosquitoes Created Using CRISPR Gene Editing Tool.pdf
www.news-medical.net - CRISPR shows potential to reduce diseases spread by mosquitoes. pdf
www.entomologytoday.com - Another Step Forward in Genetic Engineering of Mosquitoes.pdf
www.futurism.com - We Just Used Genetic Engineering to Create Completely Yellow, Three-Eyed, Wingless Mosquitoes
PNAS - In this Issue. Cas9-expressing mosquito strains pave the way toward gene drives. pdf
Gene Drive
(26) Adelman, Z., Akbari, O.S., Bauer, J., Bier, E., Bloss, C., Carter, S., Callender, C., Costero-Saint Denis, A., Cowhey P., Dass, B., Delborne, J., Devereaux, M., Ellsworth, P., Gantz V., Gibson C., Hay B.A., Hoddle M., James A.A., James, S., Jorgenson, L., Kalichman M., Marshall J., McGinnis W., Newman J., Pearson A., Quemada H., Rudenko L., Shelton A., Vinetz J., Weisman, J., Wong B., Wozniak C., Rules of the road for insect gene drive research and testing. Nature Biotechnology. 2017 Aug 8;35(8):716-718. doi: 10.1038/nbt.3926. pdf
Press Release(s)
IGTRCN: Guidance Sought by Gene Drive Researchers. pdf
Press Release(s)
IGTRCN: Guidance Sought by Gene Drive Researchers. pdf
Dependence of population elimination probability on homing rate and resistant allele generation rate
(25) Marshall J.M.*, Buchman, A.B., Sanchez C. H.M., Akbari O.S.*, Overcoming evolved resistance to population-suppressing homing-based gene drives. Scientific Reports. (2017) doi:10.1038/s41598-017-02744-7. pdf
*Corresponding Author
Supporting Information. pdf .
bioRxiv. (2016) doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/088427. pdf
Press Release(s)
Halting Mosquitoes on Continental Scale. pdf
TheScientist-Researchers Propose Solution to Gene Drive Technology Problem. pdf
New gene-editing technique could drive out mosquito borne disease. pdf
UC Berkeley Press release. pdf
www.geneengnews.com. pdf
www.TheGuardian.ng.pdf
*Corresponding Author
Supporting Information. pdf .
bioRxiv. (2016) doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/088427. pdf
Press Release(s)
Halting Mosquitoes on Continental Scale. pdf
TheScientist-Researchers Propose Solution to Gene Drive Technology Problem. pdf
New gene-editing technique could drive out mosquito borne disease. pdf
UC Berkeley Press release. pdf
www.geneengnews.com. pdf
www.TheGuardian.ng.pdf
First CRISPR mutants in three worldwide Malaria vectors
(24) Li M., Akbari O.S., White B.J., Highly efficient site-specific mutagenesis in Malaria mosquitoes using CRISPR. (2017). G3 (Bethesda). 2017 Dec 12. pii: g3.1134.2017. doi: 10.1534/g3.117.1134. pdf
Supporting Information. pdf
bioRxiv. pdf.
Press Release(s)
www.IGTRCN.com. A Protocol for the Highly Efficient Generation of Stable Mosquito Knockout Lines Using CRISPR/Cas9. pdf
Supporting Information. pdf
bioRxiv. pdf.
Press Release(s)
www.IGTRCN.com. A Protocol for the Highly Efficient Generation of Stable Mosquito Knockout Lines Using CRISPR/Cas9. pdf
Flowchart for creation of CRISPR mutants in N. vitripennis
(23) Li, M., Bui, M., Akbari, O.S.*, Embryo microinjection and transplantation technique for genome manipulation of Nasonia vitripennis. J. Vis. Exp., e56990, doi:10.3791/56990 (2017). pdf
*Corresponding Author
Link to video here
Press Release(s)
JoVE Monthly Highlights December 2017 Video. pdf
*Corresponding Author
Link to video here
Press Release(s)
JoVE Monthly Highlights December 2017 Video. pdf
Schematic of Nasonia vitripennis embryo collection and CRISPR/Cas9 microinjections.
(22) Li, M., Cook, L.U., Douglah, D., Chong, A., White, B.J., Ferree, P.M*, Akbari, O.S.*, Generation of heritable germline mutations in the jewel wasp Nasonia vitripennis using CRISPR/Cas9. Scientific Reports, Article number 901 (2017) doi:10.1038/s41598-017-00990-3. pdf
*Corresponding Author
Supporting Information. pdf
bioRxiv Version here. pdf
Press Release(s) - Over 30 News Articles on this paper here are a few:
IGTRCN "Nasonia Genome Editing." pdf
UCR Today "Researchers Create Red-eyed Mutant Wasps." pdf
Gizmodo "Scientists Are Making Horrible Red-Eye Mutant Wasps Because Why the Hell Not." pdf
UPI "Scientists engineer red-eyed mutant wasps." pdf
Yahoo Tech. pdf
SCI News. pdf
www.iflscience.com. pdf
Technology Review pdf
Radio/Video
BBC World Service Radio Interview - Listen Here
Youtube Video
*Corresponding Author
Supporting Information. pdf
bioRxiv Version here. pdf
Press Release(s) - Over 30 News Articles on this paper here are a few:
IGTRCN "Nasonia Genome Editing." pdf
UCR Today "Researchers Create Red-eyed Mutant Wasps." pdf
Gizmodo "Scientists Are Making Horrible Red-Eye Mutant Wasps Because Why the Hell Not." pdf
UPI "Scientists engineer red-eyed mutant wasps." pdf
Yahoo Tech. pdf
SCI News. pdf
www.iflscience.com. pdf
Technology Review pdf
Radio/Video
BBC World Service Radio Interview - Listen Here
Youtube Video
PSR specific small RNAs
2016
Multiplexed in situ hybridization chain reaction (HCR)
(20) H.M.T. Choi, C.R. Calvert, N. Husain, D. Huss, J.C. Barsi, B.E. Deverman, R.C. Hunter, M. Kato, S.M. Lee, A.C.T. Abelin, A.Z. Rosenthal, O.S. Akbari, Y. Li, B.A. Hay, P.W. Sternberg, P.H. Patterson, E.H. Davidson, S.K. Mazmanian, D.A. Prober, M. van de Rijn, J.R. Leadbetter, D.K. Newman, C. Readhead, M.E. Bronner, B. Wold, R. Lansford, T. Sauka-Spengler, S.E. Fraser, N.A. Pierce. Mapping a multiplexed zoo of mRNA expression. Development, (2016) 143, 3632-3637 doi:10.1242/dev.140137 . pdf
A Spiroplasma-infected male embryo exhibiting male-killing phenotypes. Blue labels are DNA, green labels are neurons. By P.M. Ferree.
(19) Cheng B, Kuppanda N, Aldrich JC, Akbari OS*, Ferree PM*. Male-Killing Spiroplasma Alters Behavior of the Dosage Compensation Complex during Drosophila melanogaster Embryogenesis. Current Biology 2016 May 23;26(10):1339-45. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.03.050. Epub 2016 May 5. PMID: 27161498. pdf
*Corresponding Author
Primer Article
Host–Symbiont Interactions: Male-Killers Exposed. pdf
Press Release
Exploiting Male-Killing Bacteria to Control Insects. pdf
*Corresponding Author
Primer Article
Host–Symbiont Interactions: Male-Killers Exposed. pdf
Press Release
Exploiting Male-Killing Bacteria to Control Insects. pdf
The NRY of An. gambiae mainly consists of massively amplified tandem arrays of a small number of satellites and TEs
(18) Hall AB, Papathanos PA, Sharma A, Cheng C, Akbari OS, Assour L, Bergman NH, Cagnetti A, Crisanti A, Dottorini T, Fiorentini E, Galizi R, Hnath J, Jiang X, Koren S, Nolan T, Radune D, Sharakhova MV, Steele A, Timoshevskiy VA, Windbichler N, Zhang S, Hahn MW, Phillippy AM, Emrich SJ, Sharakhov IV, Tu ZJ, Besansky NJ. Radical remodeling of the Y chromosome in a recent radiation of malaria mosquitoes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016 Apr 12;113(15):E2114-23. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1525164113. Epub 2016 Mar 29. PMID: 27035980. pdf
Press Release
Scientists Unlock Genetic Secret that Could Help Fight Malaria. pdf
Press Release
Scientists Unlock Genetic Secret that Could Help Fight Malaria. pdf
We got the Cover!
(17) Champer J, Buchman A, Akbari OS*. Cheating evolution: engineering gene drives to manipulate the fate of wild populations.# Nature Review Genetics. 2016 Mar;17(3):146-59. doi: 10.1038/nrg.2015.34. Epub 2016 Feb 15. Review. PMID: 26875679. pdf
*Corresponding Author
#Journal Cover Image
Primer Article
Genetically-modified insects to combat vector-borne diseases — curtain rise or fall? pdf
Press Release
Engineered Gene Drives and the Future. pdf
Insect Gene Drives – Reviewed and Compared. pdf
*Corresponding Author
#Journal Cover Image
Primer Article
Genetically-modified insects to combat vector-borne diseases — curtain rise or fall? pdf
Press Release
Engineered Gene Drives and the Future. pdf
Insect Gene Drives – Reviewed and Compared. pdf
2015
Cover
(16) Marshall, J.M., Akbari, O.S., Chapter 9 - Gene Drive Strategies for Population Replacement. Pages 169-200 pdf In book Genetic Control of Malaria and Dengue, 1st Edition, Zach Adelman. 2015. ISBN: 978-0-12-800246-9. pdf.
We got the Cover! Nasonia Vitripennis - by Omar Akbari
(15) Ferree PM*, Fang C, Mastrodimos M, Hay BA, Amrhein H, Akbari OS*. Identification of Genes Uniquely Expressed in the Germ-Line Tissues of the Jewel Wasp Nasonia vitripennis.# G3 (Bethesda). 2015 Oct 13;5(12):2647-53. doi: 10.1534/g3.115.021386.PMID: 26464360. Free PMC Article. pdf
Supplemental Information
*Co-Corresponding Authors
#Journal Cover Image
Press Release
Entomologist’s Jewel Wasp Gene Research Published. pdf
Supplemental Information
*Co-Corresponding Authors
#Journal Cover Image
Press Release
Entomologist’s Jewel Wasp Gene Research Published. pdf
The spread of RNA-guided gene drive systems. Unlike the population dynamics of normal genomic alterations, gene drive systems can spread changes through wild populations by converting heterozygotes into homozygotes in each generation.
(14) Akbari OS, Bellen HJ, Bier E, Bullock SL, Burt A, Church GM, Cook KR, Duchek P, Edwards OR, Esvelt KM, Gantz VM, Golic KG, Gratz SJ, Harrison MM, Hayes KR, James AA, Kaufman TC, Knoblich J, Malik HS, Matthews KA, O'Connor-Giles KM, Parks AL, Perrimon N, Port F, Russell S, Ueda R, Wildonger J. Safeguarding gene drive experiments in the laboratory. Science. 2015 Aug 28;349(6251):927-9. doi: 10.1126/science.aac7932. Epub 2015 Jul 30. PMID: 26229113. pdf
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Gene drive research: Safeguarding the greater good. pdf
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Gene drive research: Safeguarding the greater good. pdf
Antibody bound to the egg zona pellucida (indicated in blue), a binding site for sperm, results in infertility - By Bruce Hay
(13) Li J, Olvera AI, Akbari OS, Moradian A, Sweredoski MJ, Hess S, Hay BA. Vectored antibody gene delivery mediates long-term contraception. Current Biology. 2015 Oct 5;25(19):R820-2. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.08.002. PMID: 26439332. pdf
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Long-term contraception in a single shot. pdf
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Long-term contraception in a single shot. pdf
2014
Fluorescent analysis of regulatory regions in Aedes aegypti.
(12) Akbari OS, Papathanos PA, Sandler JE, Kennedy K, Hay BA. Identification of germline transcriptional regulatory elements in Aedes aegypti. Scientific Reports. 2014 Feb 4;4:3954. doi: 10.1038/srep03954. PMID: 24492376. pdf
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(11) Philippos A. Papathanos, Nikolai Windbichler and Omar S. Akbari. Sex Ratio Manipulation for Insect Population Control. Chapter 6. 2014.Page no: 83. pdf Transgenic Insects: Techniques and Applications. Mark Q. Benedict. 2014.
Model for initial alteration of the paternal genome by PSR as suggested by testis transcriptome profiling
(10) Akbari OS*, Antoshechkin I, Hay BA, Ferree PM*. Transcriptome profiling of Nasonia vitripennis testis reveals novel transcripts expressed from the selfish B chromosome, paternal sex ratio. G3 (Bethesda). 2013 Sep 4;3(9):1597-605. dos: 10.1534/g3.113.007583. PMID: 23893741. pdf , Supplemental Data
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*Co-Corresponding Authors
Medea genetics, molecular basis of synthetic elements, and cycles of population replacement
(9) Akbari OS, Chen CH, Marshall JM, Huang H, Antoshechkin I, Hay BA. Novel synthetic Medea selfish genetic elements drive population replacement in Drosophila; a theoretical exploration of Medea-dependent population suppression. ACS Synthetic Biology. 2014 Dec 19;3(12):915-28. doi: 10.1021/sb300079h. Epub 2012 Dec 28. PMID: 23654248. pdf
2013
Global dynamics of gene expression in Aedes aegypti.
(8) Akbari OS, Antoshechkin I, Amrhein H, Williams B, Diloreto R, Sandler J, Hay BA. The developmental transcriptome of the mosquito Aedes aegypti, an invasive species and major arbovirus vector. G3 (Bethesda). 2013 Sep 4;3(9):1493-509. doi: 10.1534/g3.113.006742. PMID: 23833213. pdf
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Online resource. www.vector.caltech.edu
Raw Data can be found at NCBI, Accession: PRJNA209388, Bioproject: 209388
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Online resource. www.vector.caltech.edu
Raw Data can be found at NCBI, Accession: PRJNA209388, Bioproject: 209388
Schematic of the UDMEL Drive System and Illustration of How UDMEL Rewires Developmental Gene Expression
(7) Akbari OS, Matzen KD, Marshall JM, Huang H, Ward CM, Hay BA. A synthetic gene drive system for local, reversible modification and suppression of insect populations. Current Biology. 2013 Apr 22;23(8):671-7. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.02.059. Epub 2013 Mar 28. PMID: 23541732. pdf
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Primer Article
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2011
P element insertion into the endogenous PTE results in homeotic transformation and loss of Abd-B expression.
(6) Ho MC, Schiller BJ, Akbari OS, Bae E, Drewell RA. Disruption of the abdominal-B promoter tethering element results in a loss of long-range enhancer-directed Hox gene expression in Drosophila. PLoS One. 2011 Jan 21;6(1):e16283. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016283. Erratum in: PLoS One. 2011;6(2). doi: 10.1371/annotation/613079ca-aeae-4d29-bc5c-aa7202e6993e. PMID: 21283702. pdf
2010
Drosophila Polytene Chromosomes by Omar Akbari
(5) Oliver D, Sheehan B, South H, Akbari OS, Pai CY. The chromosomal association/dissociation of the chromatin insulator protein Cp190 of Drosophila melanogaster is mediated by the BTB/POZ domain and two acidic regions. BMC Cell Biology. 2010 Dec 31;11:101. doi: 10.1186/1471-2121-11-101. PMID: 21194420. pdf
2009
The Entry/Gateway® cloning procedures for generating epitope-tagged fusion proteins using the P-element destination vectors
(4) Akbari OS, Oliver D, Eyer K, Pai CY. An Entry/Gateway cloning system for general expression of genes with molecular tags in Drosophila melanogaster. BMC Cell Biology. 2009 Jan 29;10:8. doi: 10.1186/1471-2121-10-8. PMID: 19178707. pdf
2008
Molecular organization of cis-regulatory sequences at the Drosophila bithorax complex
(3) Akbari OS, Bae E, Johnsen H, Villaluz A, Wong D, Drewell RA. A novel promoter-tethering element regulates enhancer-driven gene expression at the bithorax complex in the Drosophila embryo. Development. 2008 Jan;135(1):123-31. Epub 2007 Nov 28. PMID: 18045839. pdf
2007
Promoter tethering element regulates long-range promoter-enhancer interactions.
(2) Akbari OS, Schiller BJ, Goetz SE, Ho MC, Bae E, Drewell RA. The abdominal-B promoter tethering element mediates promoter-enhancer specificity at the Drosophila bithorax complex. Fly (Austin). 2007 Nov-Dec;1(6):337-9. PMID: 18504507. pdf
2006
An extensive array of cis-regulatory elements direct embryonic expression of the BX-C homeotic genes.
(1) Akbari OS, Bousum A, Bae E, Drewell RA. Unraveling cis-regulatory mechanisms at the abdominal-A and Abdominal-B genes in the Drosophila bithorax complex. Developmental Biology. 2006 May 15;293(2):294-304. Epub 2006 Mar 20. Review. pdf
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