gene driver, genome jester | Assistant Professor @HebrewU's Insect Genetics Lab
Joined February 2013
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New preprint! 🦟🧬 We describe draupnir, the only Y-linked gene transcribed during meiosis in Anopheles gambiae and test whether its regulatory sequences can drive expression from the Y chromosome to power a sex-ratio distorter.
tinyurl.com/4shvt7tj
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A story that started before the lab moved to @EntomologyHUJI. Great to finally have this out. Challenging Y chromosome genomics and genetic engineering led by @roccodamato83, Elad and Alessia.
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New preprint! 🦟🧬The key to engineering daughter-killing in mosquitoes isn't what X-linked gene you target with CRISPR. It's when during sperm development you cut it. X-poisoning in Anopheles at last. shorturl.at/T31TG
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Excellent work over many years by Lee Lamdan and many other lab members.
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Philippos Papathanos retweeted
Mar 25
מכון וולקני אחראי על מחקר יישומי לטובת חקלאות ישראל, מסחור והפצה של תוצרי המחקר הוא יעד חשוב ומרכזי בליבת הפעילות.
אני רואה בתפקיד, ובהצטרפות לשרות הציבורי, שליחות וציונות. זהו תפקיד המאפשר תרומה, הלכה למעשה לסקטור החקלאי הישראלי ולהצלחתו דרך מסחור הידע שקיים ומפותח במכון וולקני.
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31 Oct 2025
Our latest work with @DipteraAI out now on @biorxiv. We built an open, cheap and accessible mosquito membrane feeder 🦟⚙️. 3D-Feedies have been a game changer in our insectaries. Hope you'll give it a try:
biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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The OpIE2-DsRed marker disrupts blood-feeding in female #Anopheles gambiae #mosquitoes by bending the proboscis. A tweaked OpIE2-b promoter fixes it. Check it out:
biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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Philippos Papathanos retweeted
9 Sep 2025
thecrimson.com/article/2025/…
Harvard Funding Cuts Endanger the Massive Fruit Fly Database That Powers Genetic Research
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הפקולטה לחקלאות, מזון וסביבה מזמינה חוקרות וחוקרים מצטיינים להגיש מועמדות למשרות אקדמיות פנויות לשנת הלימודים תשפ"ז (2026–2027), בכל הדרגות האקדמיות.
tinyurl.com/mr3nc83r
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Philippos Papathanos retweeted
8 May 2025
@BillGates talking about #genedrive as one of the tools in the pipeline that could help end #malaria in the next 20 years @transm0 @TargetMalaria
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Philippos Papathanos retweeted
19 Mar 2025
Imperial scientists have genetically modified mosquitoes to stop malaria transmission! 🦟🔬
Just a small release of these mosquitoes could make entire populations malaria-resistant
We invited @SkyNews to peek in our @transm0 insectary 🔽
news.sky.com/story/mosquitoe…
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Philippos Papathanos retweeted
26 Nov 2024
Nicolas Svetec, David Begun, and I wrote a review article about de novo genes. If you are interested in this topic please take a look at this final open-access version @AnnualReviews annualreviews.org/content/jo….
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Philippos Papathanos retweeted
27 Nov 2024
A great #funding #postdoc opportunity, have a look
lnkd.in/dT_U6s_Z
contact me if interested in #compchem #MolecularDynamics #AI #ML #GPCRs #drugdesign
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9 Oct 2024
The coevolution of fungus-ant agriculture science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…
Ants learned to farm fungi during a mass extinction - Ars Technica - arstechnica.com/science/2024…
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Welcome back! VEuPathDB resources are back online today! We will continue to provide bioinformatics services under a new organizational structure. Read more here: veupathdb.org/veupathdb/app/…
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Philippos Papathanos retweeted
2 Oct 2024
Excited to share that the lights are back on.... for now at least.
2 Oct 2024
Welcome back! VEuPathDB resources are back online today! We will continue to provide bioinformatics services under a new organizational structure. Read more here: veupathdb.org/veupathdb/app/…
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Critical loss: the effects of @veupathdb defunding on global health - The Lancet Microbe thelancet.com/journals/lanmi… @VectorBase
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Philippos Papathanos retweeted
15 Sep 2024
My commentary on the closure of @VectorBase. Join me in rallying for its sustainable continuation. Comment, repost, and circulate. Let’s ensure this vital resource remains accessible for our global #VectorBiology research community.
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11 Sep 2024
"Nothing in vector biology makes sense except in the light of @VectorBase... and now the lights are going out. 💡🔌 #SaveVectorBase
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