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Member Symposium

Tools for Transgenics and Genome Editing in Emerging Models for Insect Functional Genomics

Tuesday, November 7, 2023
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM ET
Location: Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, Chesapeake G-H

In-Person

How to genetically transform lab insect models using PiggyBac transgenesis, as well as CRISPR knock-outs and knock-ins?


This symposium will explore the recent development of research tools, applied to the study of functional genomics in emerging systems in Hemiptera, Coleoptera, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, and Tephtiridae. 


Sponsored by the NSF EDGE program.

Presentations:

  • 1:30 PM - 1:50 PM ET
    Visible markers and CRISPR-Cas9 co-mutation in Oncopeltus fasciatus (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae)

    Presenting Author: Katie Reding (she/her/hers) – University of Maryland

    Co-author: Leslie Pick (she/her/hers) – University of Maryland

  • 1:50 PM - 2:10 PM ET
    Molecular genetic and genomic tools for Peregrinus maidis, an emerging model for the Hemiptera

    Presenting Author: Marcé Lorenzen – North Carolina State University

    Co-Author: William Klobasa – North Carolina State University

    Co-Author: Yu-Hui Wang – Cornell University

    Co-Author: Cesar Xavier – North Carolina State University

    Co-Author: Brad S. Coates – USDA

    Co-Author: Dorith Rotenberg – North Carolina State University

    Co-Author: Anna E. Whitfield – North Carolina State University

  • 2:10 PM - 2:30 PM ET
    New reporter vectors for studying gene regulatory networks in non-traditional model insects

    Presenting Author: Kevin D. Deem (he/him/his) – University of Rochester

    Co-Author: Marc S. Halfon – University at Buffalo

    Co-Author: Yoshinori Tomoyasu – Miami University

  • 2:30 PM - 2:45 PM ET
    Break
  • 2:45 PM - 3:05 PM ET
    Using CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing to mark neural cells in the beetle Tribolium: Non-homologous end joining versus homology directed repair

    Presenting Author: Vera Terblanche Hunnekuhl – University of Göttingen

    Co-Author: Gregor Bucher – George Mason University

  • 3:05 PM - 3:25 PM ET
    Neurogenetic tools in the clonal raider ant for mapping pheromone encoding

    Presenting Author: Taylor Hart – Rockefeller University

    Co-Author: Dominic D. Frank – Rockefeller University

    Co-Author: Lindsey E. Lopes – Rockefeller University

    Co-Author: Leonora Olivos-Cisneros – Rockefeller University

    Co-Author: Kip D. Lacy (he/him/his) – The Rockefeller University

    Co-Author: Waring Trible – Harvard University

    Co-author: Amelia Ritger – University of California

    Co-author: Stephany Valdés-Rodríguez – Rockefeller University

    Co-author: Daniel J.C. Kronauer – The Rockefeller University

  • 3:25 PM - 3:45 PM ET
    Development of fast motion detectors in insect eyes: The example of the male housefly small target motion detector

    Presenting Author: Antoine Donati – University of California

    Co-author: Yunchong Zhao – University of California

    Co-author: Eleanor Terner – University of California

    Co-author: Michael Perry – University of California

  • 3:45 PM - 4:00 PM ET
    Break
  • 4:00 PM - 4:20 PM ET
    A study in ebony: Functional genomics evidence linking the ebony gene to the black pupae phenotype in tephritid fruit flies

    Presenting Author: Dani Paulo (he/him/his) – University of Hawaii

    Co-Author: Sheina Biason Sim (she/her/hers) – USDA-ARS

    Co-author: Scott M. Geib (he/him/his) – USDA

  • 4:20 PM - 4:40 PM ET
    Genetic engineering of pigmentation and cuticle-related genes in the silkworm, Bombyx mori

    Presenting Author: Mizuko Osanai-Futahashi – Ibaraki University

    Co-Author: Yuto Kitamura – Ibaraki University

    Co-Author: Hirosumi Uchiyama – Ibaraki University

    Co-Author: Ryo Futahashi – National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)

    Co-Author: Keiro Uchino – National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO)

    Co-Author: Hideki Sezutsu – National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO)

  • 4:40 PM - 5:00 PM ET
    Building alternative model systems for transgenesis in pyralid moths and butterflies

    Presenting Author: Donya Shodja – George Washington University

    Co-author: Christa Heryanto – George Washington University

    Co-author: Anyi Mazo-Vargas – George Washington University

    Co-author: Arnaud Martin (he/him/his) – George Washington University