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S. Rooney

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Organism:Arabidopsis· 3 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 2 Approach:genetic perturbation / CRISPR· 1

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L. Alphey· 3 shared S. Basu· 3 shared W. Larner· 3 shared A. Merits· 2 shared B. Atkinson· 2 shared C. M. Reitmayer· 2 shared E. Levitt· 2 shared R. Fragkoudis· 2 shared

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L. Alphey

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Optimizing CRE and PhiC31 mediated recombination in Aedes aegypti

L. Z. Carabajal Paladino, R. Wilson, P. Y. L. Tng, V. Dhokiya, E. Keen, P. Cuber, W. Larner, S. Rooney, M. Nicholls, A. Uglow, L. Williams, M. A. E. Anderson, S. Basu, P. T. Leftwich, L. Alphey

This paper improves genetic manipulation techniques in Aedes aegypti by introducing transgenic lines for Cre-mediated recombination and a plasmid-based PhiC31 integrase system for stable transgene integration.

bioRxiv · Jul 7, 2023 · PreprintBioengineering

A Zika virus-responsive sensor-effector system in Aedes aegypti

S. Basu, C. M. Reitmayer, S. Lumley, B. Atkinson, M. L. Schade-Weskott, S. Rooney, W. Larner, E. E. Montiel, R. Gutierrez-Lopez, E. Levitt, H. M. Munyanduki, A. M. E. Elrefaey, A. T. Clarke, S. Koit, E. Zusinaite, , L. Alphey

This paper describes a genetic system in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes that selectively eliminates ZIKV-infected individuals to reduce vectorial capacity.

bioRxiv · Feb 6, 2023 · PreprintBioengineering

Fake it to break it: mimicking superinfection exclusion disrupts alphavirus infection and transmission in the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti

C. M. Reitmayer, E. Levitt, S. Basu, B. Atkinson, R. Fragkoudis, A. Merits, S. Lumley, W. Larner, A. V. Diaz, S. Rooney, C. J. E. Thomas, K. von Wyschetzki, K. Rausalu, L. Alphey

The paper demonstrates that mimicking superinfection exclusion in mosquitoes reduces alphavirus replication and transmission.

bioRxiv · Sep 20, 2022 · PreprintMicrobiology