Schedule

Monday, Aug. 26, 2024

10:45 AM - 11:00 AM
[8-1-04] DIPA-CRISPR updated: an engineered Cas9 for increased gene knock-in efficiency
*Yu Shirai1, Takaaki Daimon1 (1. Kyoto University (Japan))

11:00 AM - 11:15 AM
[8-1-05] A formulation based approach for CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing in difficult to transform arthropods
*Sander De Rouck1, Antonio Mocchetti1, Wannes Dermauw 1, Thomas Van Leeuwen1 (1. Laboratory of Agrozoology, Department of Plants and Crops, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University (Belgium))

11:30 AM - 11:45 AM
[8-1-07] CRISPR/Cas9-based split homing gene drive for genetic suppression of the global crop pest, Drosophila suzukii
*Amarish Kumar Yadav1, Akihiko Yamamoto1, Ariel Tarrand1, Cole Butler1, Alun L. Lloyd1, Maxwell J. Scott1 (1. North Carolina State University (United States of America))

10:30 AM - 10:45 AM
[8-1-03] Using the CRISPR/Cas9 system to uncover conserved and novel roles of HOX-gene function in non-model nematodes
*Philipp H Schiffer1 (1. University of Cologne (Germany))

10:15 AM - 10:30 AM
[8-1-02] Applying lessons learned from genetic manipulation in the flatworm Macrostomum lignano to Ixodes ticks
*Jakub Wudarski1,2,3, Eugene Berezikov3, Kiyokazu Agata2, Yasuhiro Kamei2, Monika Gulia-Nuss1 (1. University of Nevada, Reno (United States of America), 2. National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki (Japan), 3. European Research Institute for the Biology of Ageing, Groningen (Netherlands))

9:45 AM - 10:00 AM
[8-1-01] Current Progress in Genetic Tool and Protocol Development for the Lyme disease vector, Ixodes scapularis
*Michael Pham1, Hans-Heinrich Hoffman2, Timothy J Kurtti3, Randeep Chana1, Omar Garcia-Cruz1, Simindokht Aliabadi1, Andrew B Nuss1, Monika Gulia-Nuss1 (1. University of Nevada, Reno (United States of America), 2. Rockefeller University (United States of America), 3. University of Minnesota (United States of America))

 
Monika Gulia-Nuss and Michael Pham 2024, Genetics and genomics symposium: Progress towards genome editing and gene drives in non-model organisms, International Congress of Entomology Conference

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