gene driver, genome jester | Assistant Professor @HebrewU's Insect Genetics Lab
Israel
Joined February 2013
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Philippos Papathanos retweeted
Meet GEValT! Germline Engineering by Viral transduction! No more injections!
ReMOT may be obsolete...
biorxiv.org/content/10.64898โฆ
New preprint! ๐ฆ๐งฌ We describe draupnir, the only Y-linked gene transcribed during meiosis in Anopheles gambiae and test whether its regulatory sequences can drive expression from the Y chromosome to power a sex-ratio distorter.
tinyurl.com/4shvt7tj
A story that started before the lab moved to @EntomologyHUJI. Great to finally have this out. Challenging Y chromosome genomics and genetic engineering led by @roccodamato83, Elad and Alessia.
New preprint! ๐ฆ๐งฌThe key to engineering daughter-killing in mosquitoes isn't what X-linked gene you target with CRISPR. It's when during sperm development you cut it. X-poisoning in Anopheles at last. shorturl.at/T31TG
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ืืืื ืืืืงื ื ืืืจืื ืขื ืืืงืจ ืืืฉืืื ืืืืืช ืืงืืืืช ืืฉืจืื, ืืกืืืจ ืืืคืฆื ืฉื ืชืืฆืจื ืืืืงืจ ืืื ืืขื ืืฉืื ืืืจืืื ืืืืืช ืืคืขืืืืช.
ืื ื ืจืืื ืืชืคืงืื, ืืืืฆืืจืคืืช ืืฉืจืืช ืืฆืืืืจื, ืฉืืืืืช ืืฆืืื ืืช. ืืื ืชืคืงืื ืืืืคืฉืจ ืชืจืืื, ืืืื ืืืขืฉื ืืกืงืืืจ ืืืงืืื ืืืฉืจืืื ืืืืฆืืืชื ืืจื ืืกืืืจ ืืืืข ืฉืงืืื ืืืคืืชื ืืืืื ืืืืงื ื.
Our latest work with @DipteraAI out now on @biorxiv. We built an open, cheap and accessible mosquito membrane feeder ๐ฆโ๏ธ. 3D-Feedies have been a game changer in our insectaries. Hope you'll give it a try:
biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/โฆ
The OpIE2-DsRed marker disrupts blood-feeding in female #Anopheles gambiae #mosquitoes by bending the proboscis. A tweaked OpIE2-b promoter fixes it. Check it out:
biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/โฆ
Philippos Papathanos retweeted
thecrimson.com/article/2025/โฆ
Harvard Funding Cuts Endanger the Massive Fruit Fly Database That Powers Genetic Research
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@BillGates talking about #genedrive as one of the tools in the pipeline that could help end #malaria in the next 20 years @transm0 @TargetMalaria
Philippos Papathanos retweeted
Seeing what bacteria see from a flying UAV ๐๏ธ
rdcu.be/ehkQB
#synbio #biotech @itai_levin @yonchem
Philippos Papathanos retweeted
Imperial scientists have genetically modified mosquitoes to stop malaria transmission! ๐ฆ๐ฌ
Just a small release of these mosquitoes could make entire populations malaria-resistant
We invited @SkyNews to peek in our @transm0 insectary ๐ฝ
news.sky.com/story/mosquitoeโฆ
Philippos Papathanos retweeted
Nicolas Svetec, David Begun, and I wrote a review article about de novo genes. If you are interested in this topic please take a look at this final open-access version @AnnualReviews annualreviews.org/content/joโฆ.
Philippos Papathanos retweeted
A great #funding #postdoc opportunity, have a look
lnkd.in/dT_U6s_Z
contact me if interested in #compchem #MolecularDynamics #AI #ML #GPCRs #drugdesign
Philippos Papathanos retweeted
The coevolution of fungus-ant agriculture science.org/doi/10.1126/scieโฆ
Ants learned to farm fungi during a mass extinction - Ars Technica - arstechnica.com/science/2024โฆ
Philippos Papathanos retweeted
Welcome back! VEuPathDB resources are back online today! We will continue to provide bioinformatics services under a new organizational structure. Read more here: veupathdb.org/veupathdb/app/โฆ
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Excited to share that the lights are back on.... for now at least.
Welcome back! VEuPathDB resources are back online today! We will continue to provide bioinformatics services under a new organizational structure. Read more here: veupathdb.org/veupathdb/app/โฆ
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Critical loss: the effects of @veupathdb defunding on global health - The Lancet Microbe thelancet.com/journals/lanmiโฆ @VectorBase
Philippos Papathanos retweeted
My commentary on the closure of @VectorBase. Join me in rallying for its sustainable continuation. Comment, repost, and circulate. Letโs ensure this vital resource remains accessible for our global #VectorBiology research community.
"Nothing in vector biology makes sense except in the light of @VectorBase... and now the lights are going out. ๐ก๐ #SaveVectorBase
