Omar S. Akbari

Department of Entomology and Riverside Center of Disease Vector Research, University of California, Riverside

Affiliated withUniversity of California, Riverside University of California, San Diego University of California

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JoVE Journal Publications

ArticleTotal : 4	Year
Publication title Cited by 17	2017
Publication title Cited by 5	2020
Publication title Cited by 7	2021
Publication title Cited by 2	2025

Other Publications

Article	Year
Identification of Genes Uniquely Expressed in the Germ-Line Tissues of the Jewel Wasp Nasonia vitripennis. G3 (Bethesda, Md.)\| PubMed ID: 26464360	2015
Cheating evolution: engineering gene drives to manipulate the fate of wild populations. Nature reviews. Genetics\| PubMed ID: 26875679	2016
Radical remodeling of the Y chromosome in a recent radiation of malaria mosquitoes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America\| PubMed ID: 27035980	2016
Male-Killing Spiroplasma Alters Behavior of the Dosage Compensation Complex during Drosophila melanogaster Embryogenesis. Current biology : CB\| PubMed ID: 27161498	2016
Generation of heritable germline mutations in the jewel wasp Nasonia vitripennis using CRISPR/Cas9. Scientific reports\| PubMed ID: 28424460	2017
Overcoming evolved resistance to population-suppressing homing-based gene drives. Scientific reports\| PubMed ID: 28630470	2017
Unique sequence organization and small RNA expression of a "selfish" B chromosome. Chromosoma\| PubMed ID: 28780664	2017
Erratum to: Unique sequence organization and small RNA expression of a "selfish" B chromosome. Chromosoma\| PubMed ID: 28821911	2017
Germline Cas9 expression yields highly efficient genome engineering in a major worldwide disease vector, . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America\| PubMed ID: 29138316	2017
Highly Efficient Site-Specific Mutagenesis in Malaria Mosquitoes Using CRISPR. G3 (Bethesda, Md.)\| PubMed ID: 29233915	2018
Can CRISPR-Based Gene Drive Be Confined in the Wild? A Question for Molecular and Population Biology. ACS chemical biology\| PubMed ID: 29370514	2018
Modulation of Host Learning in Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes. Current biology : CB\| PubMed ID: 29395917	2018
Gene drives may be the next step towards sustainable control of malaria. Pathogens and global health\| PubMed ID: 29566584	2017
Engineered Reciprocal Chromosome Translocations Drive High Threshold, Reversible Population Replacement in Drosophila. ACS synthetic biology\| PubMed ID: 29608276	2018
Synthetically engineered gene drive system in the worldwide crop pest . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America\| PubMed ID: 29666236	2018
Improved reference genome of Aedes aegypti informs arbovirus vector control. Nature\| PubMed ID: 30429615	2018
Gene editing technologies and applications for insects. Current opinion in insect science\| PubMed ID: 30551769	2018
Transforming insect population control with precision guided sterile males with demonstration in flies. Nature communications\| PubMed ID: 30622266	2019
Engineered resistance to Zika virus in transgenic expressing a polycistronic cluster of synthetic small RNAs. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America\| PubMed ID: 30723148	2019
Sequence Expression of Supernumerary B Chromosomes: Function or Fluff? Genes\| PubMed ID: 30744010	2019
Live calcium imaging of Aedes aegypti neuronal tissues reveals differential importance of chemosensory systems for life-history-specific foraging strategies. BMC neuroscience\| PubMed ID: 31208328	2019
Visual-Olfactory Integration in the Human Disease Vector Mosquito Aedes aegypti. Current biology : CB\| PubMed ID: 31327719	2019
Reply to 'Concerns about the feasibility of using "precision guided sterile males" to control insects'. Nature communications\| PubMed ID: 31477702	2019
Winning the Tug-of-War Between Effector Gene Design and Pathogen Evolution in Vector Population Replacement Strategies. Frontiers in genetics\| PubMed ID: 31737050	2019
A typology of community and stakeholder engagement based on documented examples in the field of novel vector control. PLoS neglected tropical diseases\| PubMed ID: 31765377	2019
The olfactory basis of orchid pollination by mosquitoes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America\| PubMed ID: 31871198	2020
Assessment of a Split Homing Based Gene Drive for Efficient Knockout of Multiple Genes. G3 (Bethesda, Md.)\| PubMed ID: 31882406	2020
Broad dengue neutralization in mosquitoes expressing an engineered antibody. PLoS pathogens\| PubMed ID: 31945137	2020
Development of a confinable gene drive system in the human disease vector . eLife\| PubMed ID: 31960794	2020
The Developmental Transcriptome of , a Major Worldwide Human Disease Vector. G3 (Bethesda, Md.)\| PubMed ID: 31964684	2020
Progress towards engineering gene drives for population control. The Journal of experimental biology\| PubMed ID: 32034041	2020
Genome elimination mediated by gene expression from a selfish chromosome. Science advances\| PubMed ID: 32284986	2020
A drug-inducible sex-separation technique for insects. Nature communications\| PubMed ID: 32355156	2020
Modeling confinement and reversibility of threshold-dependent gene drive systems in spatially-explicit Aedes aegypti populations. BMC biology\| PubMed ID: 32398005	2020
Programmable RNA Targeting Using CasRx in Flies. The CRISPR journal\| PubMed ID: 32584145	2020
A day in the life of a mosquito insectary team: pushing for solutions to mosquito-borne diseases. Lab animal\| PubMed ID: 32807984	2020
Improved reference genome of the arboviral vector Aedes albopictus. Genome biology\| PubMed ID: 32847630	2020
Active Genetic Neutralizing Elements for Halting or Deleting Gene Drives. Molecular cell\| PubMed ID: 32949493	2020
Diverse Defenses: A Perspective Comparing Dipteran Piwi-piRNA Pathways. Cells\| PubMed ID: 32992598	2020
A Sensitive, Rapid, and Portable CasRx-based Diagnostic Assay for SARS-CoV-2. medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences\| PubMed ID: 33106816	2020
Interdisciplinary development of a standardized introduction to gene drives for lay audiences. BMC medical research methodology\| PubMed ID: 33153449	2020
Opinion: Standardizing the definition of gene drive. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America\| PubMed ID: 33208534	2020
Targeting female flight for genetic control of mosquitoes. PLoS neglected tropical diseases\| PubMed ID: 33270627	2020
Core commitments for field trials of gene drive organisms. Science (New York, N.Y.)\| PubMed ID: 33335055	2020
A mosquito small RNA genomics resource reveals dynamic evolution and host responses to viruses and transposons. Genome research\| PubMed ID: 33419731	2021
Suppression of female fertility in with a CRISPR-targeted male-sterile mutation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America\| PubMed ID: 34031258	2021
Engineered reproductively isolated species drive reversible population replacement. Nature communications\| PubMed ID: 34078888	2021
Combating mosquito-borne diseases using genetic control technologies. Nature communications\| PubMed ID: 34282149	2021
Suppressing mosquito populations with precision guided sterile males. Nature communications\| PubMed ID: 34508072	2021
Human attractive cues and mosquito host-seeking behavior. Trends in parasitology\| PubMed ID: 34674963	2022
Development of a Rapid and Sensitive CasRx-Based Diagnostic Assay for SARS-CoV-2. ACS sensors\| PubMed ID: 34714054	2021
Exploiting a Y chromosome-linked Cas9 for sex selection and gene drive. Nature communications\| PubMed ID: 34893590	2021
Scale-type-specific requirement for the mosquito Aedes aegypti Spindle-F homologue by regulating microtubule organization. Insect molecular biology\| PubMed ID: 34919304	2022
CRISPR-Mediated Genome Engineering in Aedes aegypti. Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)\| PubMed ID: 35796955	2022
Technological advances in mosquito olfaction neurogenetics. Trends in genetics : TIG\| PubMed ID: 36414481	2023
A CRISPR endonuclease gene drive reveals distinct mechanisms of inheritance bias. Nature communications\| PubMed ID: 36414618	2022
CRISPR mediated transactivation in the human disease vector Aedes aegypti. PLoS pathogens\| PubMed ID: 36656895	2023
Complete mitogenome sequence of from Hawai'i Island. Mitochondrial DNA. Part B, Resources\| PubMed ID: 36685646	2023
CRISPR-Cas9 Methods and Key Considerations in the Production of Mutant Strains. Cold Spring Harbor protocols\| PubMed ID: 36931732	2023
Generating Mutant Strains with Transgenic Cas9. Cold Spring Harbor protocols\| PubMed ID: 36931733	2023
A gene drive is a gene drive: the debate over lumping or splitting definitions. Nature communications\| PubMed ID: 36991021	2023
A confinable female-lethal population suppression system in the malaria vector, . Science advances\| PubMed ID: 37406109	2023
Manipulating the Destiny of Wild Populations Using CRISPR. Annual review of genetics\| PubMed ID: 37722684	2023
Advances and challenges in synthetic biology for mosquito control. Trends in parasitology\| PubMed ID: 38000957	2024
Upper Bound on the Mutational Burden Imposed by a CRISPR-Cas9 Gene-Drive Element. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology\| PubMed ID: 38076841	2023
Identification of human skin microbiome odorants that manipulate mosquito landing behavior. Scientific reports\| PubMed ID: 38238397	2024
Eliminating malaria vectors with precision-guided sterile males. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America\| PubMed ID: 38917000	2024
Establishing a dominant early larval sex-selection strain in the Asian malaria vector Anopheles stephensi. Infectious diseases of poverty\| PubMed ID: 39523387	2024