Emerging Gene Drive Applications

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David O'Brochta,  ,  2023.

GeneConvene Global Collaborative

Webinar Series:

Emerging Gene Drive Applications 2023 

February 15, 22, March 15, April 19, 26, May 10   2023
11 am- 12:30pm
(Washington, D.C.)

Gene drive systems are being engineered in the laboratory and in some cases shown to be effective at rapidly altering target-gene frequencies in experimental populations. Much of this foundational work has been conducted in insects in the laboratory. This webinar series will focus on emerging potential applications of gene drive technology in a wide variety of organisms. These webinars are intended to inform audiences of the rationale for these development efforts, the current state of research and development and outstanding challenges.

 

February 15, 2023

Towards a CRISPR/Cas9 gene drive in the Diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella
Speaker: Dr. Timothy Harvey-Samuel, The Pirbright Institute

A Table of Contents is available when viewed on YouTube.

 

February 22, 2023

Controlling schistosomiasis with gene drive snail immunity
Speaker: Dr. Richard Grewelle, Stanford University

A Table of Contents is available when viewed on YouTube.

 

March 15, 2923

Therapeutic Interfering Particles(TIPs): Discovery & Development of One-shot, Escape-resistant Antivirals
Speaker: Dr. Leor Weinberger, University of California, San Francisco

A Table of Contents is available when viewed on YouTube.

 

April 19, 2023

A sustainable synthetic biology approach for the control of the invasive golden mussel (Limnoperna fortunei)
Speaker: Dr. Mauro Rebelo, Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho

A Table of Contents is available when viewed on YouTube.

 

April 26, 2023

Developing safeguarding CRISPR-Cas9 gene drive in the plant pathogenic fungus, Sphaerulina musiva, to mitigate Populus diseases.
Speaker: Dr. Joanna Tannous, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

A Table of Contents is available when viewed on YouTube.

 

May 10, 2023

Can CRISPR/Cas-mediated genetic control strategies be developed and applied to glassy-winged sharpshooter and whitefly, hemipteran pests of agriculture?
Speaker: Dr. Peter Atkinson, University of California, Riverside

A Table of Contents is available when viewed on YouTube.