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Gregory C. Lanzaro is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on mosquito-borne diseases and control, with significant work in malaria research and control. Lanzaro's work spans multiple fields including medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

Their key areas of study include public health, environmental and occupational health, molecular biology, insect science, genetics, and immunology. Prominent topics in their research cover mosquito-borne diseases and control strategies, malaria research, insect symbiosis and bacterial influences, CRISPR and genetic engineering, insect resistance and genetics, invertebrate immune response mechanisms, and viral infections involving vectors.

Lanzaro has published extensively in several noted scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Scientific Reports
  • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
  • BMC Genomics
  • Evolutionary Applications
  • Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology

Recent publications by Gregory C. Lanzaro include:

  • Development of a confinable gene drive system in the human disease vector Aedes aegypti, 2020, eLife
  • Next-generation gene drive for population modification of the malaria vector mosquito, Anopheles gambiae, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Emergence of behavioural avoidance strategies of malaria vectors in areas of high LLIN coverage in Tanzania, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Abundance of conserved CRISPR-Cas9 target sites within the highly polymorphic genomes of Anopheles and Aedes mosquitoes, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Selection of sites for field trials of genetically engineered mosquitoes with gene drive, 2021, Evolutionary Applications

The scientist collaborates frequently with several colleagues in the field, including Anthony J. Cornel, Yoosook Lee, Melina Campos, Marc Crepeau, and João Pinto. These collaborations have contributed to a body of work crossing multiple disciplines within vector biology and genetic technologies.

Best Publications

  • Sequencing of Culex quinquefasciatus Establishes a Platform for Mosquito Comparative Genomics

    Peter Arensburger;Karine Megy;Robert M Waterhouse;Robert M Waterhouse;Jenica Abrudan

  • Cellodextrin Transport in Yeast for Improved Biofuel Production

    Jonathan M. Galazka;Chaoguang Tian;Chaoguang Tian;William T. Beeson;Bruno Martinez

  • Sandfly Maxadilan Exacerbates Infection with Leishmania major and Vaccinating Against It Protects Against L. major Infection

    Robin V. Morris;Charles B. Shoemaker;John R. David;Gregory C. Lanzaro

  • Adaptive introgression in an African malaria mosquito coincident with the increased usage of insecticide-treated bed nets

    Laura C. Norris;Bradley J. Main;Yoosook Lee;Travis C. Collier

  • Complexities in the genetic structure of Anopheles gambiae populations in west Africa as revealed by microsatellite DNA analysis

    Gregory C. Lanzaro;Yeya T. Touré;John Carnahan;Liangbiao Zheng

  • DNA analysis of transferred sperm reveals significant levels of gene flow between molecular forms of Anopheles gambiae.

    F. Tripet;Y. T. Touré;C. E. Taylor;D. E. Norris

  • Development of a confinable gene drive system in the human disease vector Aedes aegypti

    Ming Li;Ting Yang;Nikolay P Kandul;Michelle Bui

  • Saliva of Lutzomyia longipalpis sibling species differs in its composition and capacity to enhance leishmaniasis.

    Alon Warburg;Elvira Saraiva;Gregory C. Lanzaro;Richard G. Titus

  • Lutzomyia longipalpis is a species complex : genetic divergence and interspecific hybrid sterility among three populations

    Gregory C. Lanzaro;Katherine Ostrovska;Marco V. Herrero;Phillip G. Lawyer

  • Next-generation gene drive for population modification of the malaria vector mosquito, Anopheles gambiae.

    Rebeca Carballar-Lejarazú;Christian Ogaugwu;Christian Ogaugwu;Taylor Tushar;Adam Kelsey

  • Frequency of multiple inseminations in field-collected Anopheles gambiae females revealed by DNA analysis of transferred sperm.

    Frédéric Tripet;Yeya T. Touré;Guimogo Dolo;Gregory C. Lanzaro

  • Phylogeography of the neotropical sand fly Lutzomyia longipalpis inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences.

    J. C. Arrivillaga;D. E. Norris;M. D. Feliciangeli;Gregory C Lanzaro

  • Sand fly saliva enhances Leishmania amazonensis infection by modulating interleukin-10 production.

    Nilufer B. Norsworthy;Jiaren Sun;Dia Elnaiem;Gregory C Lanzaro

  • Different combinations of gap repressors for common stripes in Anopheles and Drosophila embryos

    Yury Goltsev;William Hsiong;Gregory Lanzaro;Michael Steven Levine

  • Relationship between kdr mutation and resistance to pyrethroid and DDT insecticides in natural populations of Anopheles gambiae.

    Lisa Reimer;Etienne Fondjo;Salomon Patchoké;Brehima Diallo

  • Gene Flow Among Populations of the Malaria Vector, Anopheles gambiae, in Mali, West Africa

    Charles Taylor;Yeya T. Touré;John Carnahan;Douglas E. Norris

  • Microsatellite DNA and isozyme variability in a West African population of Anopheles gambiae

    Gregory C Lanzaro;L. Zheng;Y. T. Toure;S. F. Traore

  • Spatiotemporal dynamics of gene flow and hybrid fitness between the M and S forms of the malaria mosquito, Anopheles gambiae.

    Yoosook Lee;Clare D. Marsden;Laura C. Norris;Travis C. Collier

  • Spatial and habitat distribution of Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles arabiensis (Diptera: Culicidae) in Banambani village, Mali.

    Frances E. Edillo;Yeya T. Touré;Gregory C. Lanzaro;Guimogo Dolo

  • Genomes & Developmental Control Different combinations of gap repressors for common stripes in Anopheles and Drosophila embryos

    Yury Goltsev;William Hsiong;Gregory Lanzaro;Mike Levine

Frequent Co-Authors

Eleazar Eskin
Eleazar Eskin University of California, Los Angeles
Alon Warburg
Alon Warburg Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Bart G. J. Knols
Bart G. J. Knols Wageningen University & Research
Montgomery Slatkin
Montgomery Slatkin University of California, Berkeley
Andrew Spielman
Andrew Spielman Harvard University
Marc A. T. Muskavitch
Marc A. T. Muskavitch Biogen (United States)
Omar S. Akbari
Omar S. Akbari University of California, San Diego
Evgeny M. Zdobnov
Evgeny M. Zdobnov Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
Anthony A. James
Anthony A. James University of California, Irvine
Michael S. Levine
Michael S. Levine Princeton University

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