Omar Akbari
@Omar_Akbari_
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Professor @ University of California, San Diego.
La Jolla, CA
Joined April 2016
A true privilege to co-organize the 2024 Genetic Biocontrol GRC with the AMAZING @LeeYoosook!!!! Thank you so much @LeeYoosook!! Also big thanks to the amazing speakers, discussion leaders, poster presenters and attendees for making the conference so welcoming and inclusive ❤️😀
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@UCSDCooperLab At first I thought it was fake. Then I searched NIH's website to find the policy statement -
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RT @NIH: Last year, $9B of the $35B that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) granted for research was used for administrative overhead,…
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Nice paper from Agragene. pgSIT induces 100% female killing and male sterilty phenotypes! pgSIT sterile males induce a refractory mating period in wildtype females. Game Changer for genetic biocontol!
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Apply to attend the 2026 Gordon Research Conference on Genetic Biocontrol. This time it will be in Maine, USA in July of 2026.
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RT @ucsdbiosciences: 2024 @UCSanDiego Health Innovation Spotlight features research led by Andrea Smidler and @Omar_Akbari_...
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RT @UCSanDiego: A groundbreaking genetic technology developed at #UCSanDiego stops the spread of #malaria by targeting mosquitoes. This inn…
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RT @305Mosquito: Here's a recent @PBS News Hour segment about the reasons behind the recent surge in #mosquito-borne illnesses like #dengue…
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RT @AngelaMeccarie1: I want to recognize my PhD student, Sima, for doing a great job with this work Thank you for…
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Florida’s influx of travel-related dengue soars beyond 2024 estimates
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Entanglements: The Undark Podcast: Should We Unleash GMO Mosquitoes?
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St. Louis-Based Agragene to Deploy Gene-Edited Fruit Flies to Save Fruit Crops in Field Studies
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RT @danaparish: 🔥📣 I am thrilled to bring you this fascinating, shocking interview with former CDC Director, Dr. Robert Redfield. 👀 I almos…
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RT @Omar_Akbari_: Throwback Friday - When @NikolayKandul Found a Bilateral Gynandromorph In Drosophila melanogaster. Genetics is Fun! http…
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Establishing a dominant early larval sex-selection strain in the Asian malaria vector Anopheles stephensi
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RT @305Mosquito: This @PBS News Hour segment examines what’s behind the recent surge in #mosquito-borne illnesses. Click through to learn m…
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