Bildungssperre · @dl6dau
10 followers · 503 posts · Server bildung.social

de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hausratt
wurde bereits durch die
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanderra
verdrängt. Diese ist aus Asien eingewandert, somit eine invasive Art, die insbesondere in Bächen und Flüssel Kleintiere jagt.

Das Verdrängen der Wanderratte wäre einfach, preiswert und ohne Gift und Gewalt möglich:
cordis.europa.eu/article/id/12

Allerdings kann diese Entscheidung nur durch die EU erfolgen.

#genedrive #invasiv

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Sterling Ericsson · @sterlingericsson
190 followers · 196 posts · Server mstdn.science

More developments in making gene drives using CRISPR.

In order to combat Drosophila suzukii fruit destroying flies, NC State researchers have created a "homing" gene drive targeting the fly doublesex gene that, if inhibited, will result in sterility of the next generation.

Since the gene is so conserved, it could also be used as a target with other harmful insects.

pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2301

#crispr #genedrive #flies #sterility #biology #Science #biotech #biotechnology #scicomm

Last updated 1 year ago

PhilipLeftwich · @PhilipLeftwich
150 followers · 139 posts · Server ecoevo.social

Gene drive in the medfly! Happy to be part of this preprint with Angela Meccariello, Philippos Papathanos, and Nikolai Windbichler

biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/20

#genedrive #synbio #medfly

Last updated 1 year ago

Brigitte Nerlich · @metaphornerd
429 followers · 458 posts · Server fediscience.org

This week I have done some conceptual digging into metaphors uses in gene drive communication blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/makings

#genedrive #scicomm #metaphor

Last updated 2 years ago

PShockett · @PShockett
38 followers · 122 posts · Server mastodon.world

"On taking a blood meal, mosquitoes with the modification produce two antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) in the gut, which impair the malaria parasite’s development. The two peptides are magainin 2, which was first found within skin secretions of the African claw frog Xenopus laevis, and melittin, a primary toxin component of the European honey bee Apis mellifera." ,

genengnews.com/topics/translat

#malaria #antimicrobialpeptides #genedrive

Last updated 2 years ago

Kevin Oh · @kevinoh
25 followers · 1 posts · Server ecoevo.social

Nice commentary on our recent study demonstrating the first feasible for control of on islands. A promising new tool for

pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.

#genedrive #invasive #rodents #conservation

Last updated 2 years ago

Kevin Oh · @kevinoh
25 followers · 1 posts · Server ecoevo.social

Nice commentary on our recent study demonstrating the first feasible for control of on islands. A promising new tool for

pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.

#genedrive #invasive #rodents #conservation

Last updated 2 years ago

Groms · @groms
54 followers · 833 posts · Server mastodon.world

youtu.be/Ee2Tlex6-PU voices from Africa COP15

#gmo #genedrive

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PLOS Biology · @PLOSBiology
3226 followers · 238 posts · Server fediscience.org

RT @RoliRoberts
Saving Nutkin? Bruce Whitelaw at considers the case for to humanely tackle the invasive in the UK, making room for its endangered red cousin.

#GreySquirrel #genedrive #consgenpop22 #squirrel

Last updated 2 years ago

PhilipLeftwich · @PhilipLeftwich
59 followers · 13 posts · Server ecoevo.social

My introduction! I'm Philip Leftwich, an Associate Professor at the University of East Anglia. I teach , programming, and . I also research gene editing, and applied methods for pest insect control

#genetics #statistics #genedrive

Last updated 2 years ago