PhD Candidate, University of Maryland
I am a PhD student studying mycology in agricultural and vector biology systems. I am working on projects analyzing mycorrhizal interactions in agriculture, the transcriptomics of malaria mosquitoes, and genomes of entomopathogenic fungi. I have worked as part of an international team to usher transgenic insect-killing fungi through semi-field trials in Soumousso, Burkina Faso in sub-Saharan Africa.
An argument for gene drive technology to genetically control insects like mosquitoes and locusts
Jul 16, 2020 14:19 pm UTC| Science
The fate of society rests in part on how humans navigate their complicated relationship with insects trying to save good insects and control bad ones. Some insects, like mosquitoes, bite people and make them sick ...
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