Michelle Bui

New Paper - CRISPR/Cas9-mediated mutagenesis of the Asian Citrus Psyllid, Diaphorina citri biorxiv.org/content/10.110… 👏 @vectorgen @BuiMP @duverneydj @HiveBiosystems

Targeting Sex Determination to Suppress Mosquito Populations. biorxiv.org/content/10.110… Congrats to all the authors. @MINGLI08019428 @NikolayKandul @Ruichensun @zhenxinzaoyi @elena_DB87 @Daniel_J_Brogan @GenomicsCaltech @CraigMontell1 @MarshallJohnM @ucsdbiosciences

Ive been working on this for a majority of my grad studies. Its done thanks to these amazing folks @elena_DB87 @YuemeiDong @yunchong_zhao @zhenxinzaoyi @MINGLI08019428 @GenomicsCaltech @buchman_anna @vanessabottino @michaelwperry @MosquitoExpert @Omar_Akbari_ & Anthony James-UCI

Im thrilled to share our paper featuring our new tool for transactivating endogenous genes in Aedes aegypti! biorxiv.org/content/10.110….

@Omar_Akbari_ endowment 🙃

Question - If you discovered a selfish gene that was necessary to force its transmission to all progeny and ensure all progeny were males (females get converted into males) - what would you name such a gene?