Insect Genetics Group
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2026
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The Y chromosome gene draupnir reveals constraints on engineering Y-linked sex-ratio distorters in malaria mosquitoes.
D'Amato R, Yonah ES, Cagnetti A, Krsticevic F, Sarig A, Di Martino S, Trusso A, Galizi R, Windbichler N, Simoni A, Papathanos PA. bioRxiv -
Spermatogenic context controls outcomes of engineered sex distortion in malaria mosquitoes.
Lamdan LB, Popovsky-Sarid S, Kolley ESM, Sarig A, Haber DA, Yonah ES, Marois E, Davranoglou LR, Arien Y, Papathanos PA. bioRxiv -
Sensory coding of borneol repellency in culicine mosquitoes via the Or49 pathway
Vainer Y, Sar-Shalom E, Wang Y, Huff RM, Perets D, Yakir E, Ghaninia M, Coutinho-Abreu IV, Ruiz C, Rajamanickam D, Warburg A, Akbari O, Papathanos PA, Ignell R, Riffell JA, Pitts J, Bohbot JD. Nature Communications.
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An OpIE2-DsRed marker disrupts female blood-feeding and shortens lifespan in the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae.
Sarig A, Sar-Shalom E, Kolley ESM, Yonah ES, Lamdan LB, Lewin AR, Partosh T, Pines G, Bohbot JD, Papathanos PA. Genetics. -
Reprogramming sex for vector control: maleness-associated transgenes in Aedes albopictus.
Zaada DSY, Papathanos PA, Marois E. Current Opinion Insect Science. -
Mosquito Sex Separation using Complementation of Selectable Traits and Engineered Neo-Sex Chromosomes.
Zaada DSY, Toren O, Krsticevic F, Haber DA, Gildman D, Galpaz N, Häcker I, Schetelig MF, Marois E, Arien Y and Papathanos PA. Nature Communications. -
Neoclassical development of genetic sexing strains for insect pest and disease vector control.
Petrucci G, Gregoriou ME, Papathanos PA, Schetelig MF, Tu Z and Bourtzis K. Insect Science. -
CRISPR/Cas9-mediated mutagenesis of the white-eye gene in the tephritid pest Bactrocera zonata.
Nazarov A, Partosh T, Krsticevic F, Rallis D, Arien Y, Ostrovsky G, Kramer RM, Halon E, Handler AM, Baxter SW, Gazit Y, Mathiopoulos KD, Pines G, Papathanos PA. Insect Science. -
Detection of sex chromosomes in Tephritid pests using R-CQ and KAMY, two computational methods to support generic pest management applications.
Rallis D, Tsoumani KT, Krsticevic F, Papathanos PA, Mathiopoulos KD, Papanicolaou A. Insect Science. -
Chemosensory mechanisms of larval foraging and competitive advantage in the invasive mosquito Aedes albopictus.
Perets D, Ke H, Campli G, Sar-Shalom E, Krsticevic F, Yakir E, Waterhouse RM, Wang Y, Papathanos PA and Bohbot JD. bioRxiv. -
Genome assembly of five Tephritid species for the enhancement of the Sterile Insect Technique.
Djambazian H, Chen S-H, Bérubé P, Nikolouli K, Grigoriou M-E, Rallis D, Darby A, Windbichler N, Schetelig MF, Papathanos PA, Mathiopoulos K, Pines G, Ragoussis J, Bourtzis K. bioRxiv. -
Developing Y chromosome sex ratio distorters in the model insect Drosophila melanogaster.
Arien Y, Zacharia C, Yonah E, Bonda E and Papathanos PA. bioRxiv. -
3D-Feedy: An open and portable membrane feeder for mosquito research
Ens G, Lewin AR, Zaada DSY, Doron J, Gilan Z, Livne A, Ordan E, Papathanos PA. bioRxiv.
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Gene drive and genetic sex conversion in the global agricultural pest Ceratitis capitata.
Meccariello M, Hou S, Davydova S, Fawcett J, Siddall A, Leftwich PT, Krsticevic F, Papathanos PA, Windbichler N. Nature Communications. -
Targeting mosquito X-chromosomes reveals complex transmission dynamics of sex ratio distorting gene drives.
Haber DA, Arien A, Lamdan LD, Alcalay A, Zecharia CS, Krsticevic F, Yonah ES, Avraham RD, Windbichler N and Papathanos PA. Nature Communications. -
Identification of novel toxins associated with the extracellular contractile injection system using machine learning.
Aleks Danov, Inbal Pollins, Eric Moon, Mengfei Ho, Brenda A Wilson, Philippos A Papathanos, Tommy Kaplan, Asaf Levy. Molecular Systems Biology.
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A chromosomal-scale reference genome of the New World Screwworm, Cochliomyia hominivorax.
Tandonnet S, Krsticevic F, Basika T, Papathanos PA, Torres TT, Scott MJ. DNA Research.
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Sex Ratio Manipulation Using Gene Drive for Mosquito Population Control.
Arien Y, Alcalay Y, Haber DA, Lamdan LB, Avraham RD, Papathanos PA. Transgenic Insects - techniques and applications, 2nd edition. -
Intronic gRNAs for the construction of minimal gene drive systems.
Nash A, Capriotti P, Hoermann A, Papathanos PA, Windbichler N. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology.
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2023
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Synthetic Sex Ratio Distorters Based on CRISPR for the Control of Harmful Insect Populations.
Fasulo B, Meccariello M, Papathanos PA, and Windbichler N. Area-Wide Integrated Pest Management. -
The potential for a released autosomal X-shredder becoming a driving-Y chromosome and invasively suppressing wild populations of malaria mosquitoes.
Alcalay Y, Fuchs S, Galizi R, Bernardini F, Haghighat-Khah RE, Rusch DB, Adrion JR, Hahn MW, Tortosa P, Papathanos PA. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. -
Engineered sex distortion in the global agricultural pest Ceratitis capitata.
Meccariello M, Krsticevic F, Colonna R, Del Corsano G, Fasulo B, Papathanos PA, Windbichler N. BMC Biology. -
Exploiting a Y chromosome-linked Cas9 for sex selection and gene drive
Gamez S, Chaverra-Rodriguez D, Buchman A, Kandul NP, Sanchez SCM, Bennett JB, Sanchez HM, Yang T, Antoshechkin I, Duque JE, Papathanos PA, Marshall JM, Akbari OS. Nature Communications.