Saturday
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
3:15 pm - 4:00 pm
Keynote Session: Suppressive Gene Drives and Genetic Approaches to Constrain them in Anopheles Mosquitoes
Discussion Leader: Daniel Perez Ramos (University of Florida/ Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, United States)
3:15 pm - 3:45 pm
Chrysanthi Taxiarchi (PoloGGB, Italy)
"Genetic Approaches to Constrain Population Suppression Gene Drives in Anopheles Mosquitoes"
3:45 pm - 4:00 pm
Discussion
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Poster Session
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Genetic Biocontrol for Public Health
Discussion Leader: Junru Liu (University of California, San Diego, United States)
5:30 pm - 5:45 pm
Abraham Mayoke (Marien Ngouabi University, Faculty of Science and Techniques, Congo - Brazzaville)
"Genetic Diversity and Population Structure of Glossina Fuscipes from Congo: Paving Way for Tsetse Control Strategies and Eradication"
5:45 pm - 5:50 pm
Discussion
5:50 pm - 6:05 pm
Joshua Ang (University of York, United Kingdom)
"Harnessing a Versatile Ribonuclease-Inhibitor System for Genetic Biocontrol"
6:05 pm - 6:10 pm
Discussion
6:10 pm - 6:25 pm
Valeri Vasquez (Stanford University, United States)
"Optimal Deployment of Genetic Biocontrol Under Environmental Uncertainty: Mathematical Modeling to Prescribe Strategies for Public Health"
6:25 pm - 6:30 pm
Discussion
6:30 pm - 6:45 pm
Silvia Grilli (Imperial College London, United Kingdom)
"Expanding the Genetic Engineering Toolbox of Regulatory Sequences to Drive Endonucleases for Vector Control of Anopheles Gambiae"
6:45 pm - 6:50 pm
Discussion
6:50 pm - 7:05 pm
Nicole Page (Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom)
"Engineering Increased Precision in Gene Editing for Genetic Control of Mosquito Vectors of Disease"
7:05 pm - 7:10 pm
Discussion
7:10 pm - 7:25 pm
Cole Butler (North Carolina State University, United States)
"Partially Functional Resistance in Gene Drive Control"
7:25 pm - 7:30 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Genetic Biocontrol for Food Security and Biodiversity
Discussion Leader: Inaiara de Souza Pacheco (University of California, Riverside, United States)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Ana Parra (University of Melbourne, Australia)
"The Haplolethal Gene wupA of Drosophila Exhibits Potential as a Target for an X-Poisoning Gene Drive"
9:15 am - 9:20 am
Discussion
9:20 am - 9:35 am
Ziqian Xu (University of Oxford, United Kingdom)
"Investigating the Role of Different Ecological Density-Dependent Feedback on a 2-Locus Underdominance Gene Drive System"
9:35 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 9:55 am
Ceili Peng (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States)
"Towards Mammalian Gene Drive: Improving Effective Male Homology-Directed Repair"
9:55 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:15 am
Rebecca Paxton (University of Adelaide, Australia)
"Living with Gene Drives: Designing Gene Drives as Experiences"
10:15 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:35 am
Sebastian Kamau (Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), United States)
"Towards Y-Linked Editors for Rodent Population Suppression"
10:35 am - 10:40 am
Discussion
10:40 am - 10:55 am
Isabel Kim (Cornell University, United States)
"The Confinement of Threshold-Dependent Gene Drives in Continuous Space"
10:55 am - 11:00 am
Discussion
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Poster Session
Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Mentorship Component: Building a Strong Foundation for a Career in Science
Discussion Leader: Yoosook Lee (University of Florida, United States)
1:30 pm - 1:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
1:40 pm - 1:50 pm
Alfred Handler (USDA-ARS, United States)
"Prospects and Approaches for Advanced Genetic Biocontrol Research in the USDA Agricultural Research Service"
1:50 pm - 1:55 pm
Discussion
1:55 pm - 2:05 pm
Eric Caragata (University of Florida, United States)
"Careers in Academia for Genetic Biocontrol"
2:05 pm - 2:10 pm
Discussion
2:10 pm - 2:30 pm
General Discussion
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Complete the GRS Evaluation Forms; Election of Future Chair(s)
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes