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Omar S. Akbari is a researcher affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their work spans several intersecting scientific fields, with a strong focus on genetics, molecular biology, and public health as related to insect science and vector control.

Their main areas of study include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Medicine

Within these broader fields, more specific subfields relevant to their research encompass molecular biology, insect science, public health, environmental and occupational health, genetics, and plant science.

Akbari's research addresses several concentrated topics such as:

  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Insect behavior and control techniques
  • Insect resistance and genetics
  • Insect and arachnid ecology and behavior
  • Malaria research and control

The researcher has published extensively across different scientific venues. Their frequent publication outlets include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Journal of Visualized Experiments
  • Scientific Reports
  • Insect Molecular Biology

Omar S. Akbari has collaborated closely with several frequent co-authors, including Robyn Raban, John M. Marshall, Igor Antoshechkin, Ming Li, and Ting Yang.

A selection of recent papers illustrates the focus of their research:

  • Development of a confinable gene drive system in the human disease vector Aedes aegypti, 2020, published in eLife
  • Combating mosquito-borne diseases using genetic control technologies, 2021, published in Nature Communications
  • Suppressing mosquito populations with precision guided sterile males, 2021, published in Nature Communications
  • Improved reference genome of the arboviral vector Aedes albopictus, 2020, published in Genome Biology
  • Standardizing the definition of gene drive, 2020, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Best Publications

  • Improved reference genome of Aedes aegypti informs arbovirus vector control

    Benjamin J. Matthews;Benjamin J. Matthews;Olga Dudchenko;Olga Dudchenko;Sarah B. Kingan;Sergey Koren

  • Cheating evolution: engineering gene drives to manipulate the fate of wild populations

    Jackson Champer;Anna Buchman;Omar S. Akbari

  • Safeguarding gene drive experiments in the laboratory

    Omar S. Akbari;Hugo J. Bellen;Ethan Bier;Simon L. Bullock

  • Mapping a multiplexed zoo of mRNA expression

    Harry M. T. Choi;Colby R. Calvert;Naeem Husain;David Huss

  • The developmental transcriptome of the mosquito Aedes aegypti, an invasive species and major arbovirus vector

    Omar S Akbari;Igor Antoshechkin;Henry Amrhein;Brian Williams

  • Transforming insect population control with precision guided sterile males with demonstration in flies.

    Nikolay P. Kandul;Junru Liu;Hector M. Sanchez C.;Sean L. Wu

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

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

  • Germline Cas9 expression yields highly efficient genome engineering in a major worldwide disease vector, Aedes aegypti.

    Ming Li;Michelle Bui;Ting Yang;Christian S. Bowman

  • A Synthetic Gene Drive System for Local, Reversible Modification and Suppression of Insect Populations

    Omar S. Akbari;Kelly D. Matzen;John M. Marshall;Haixia Huang

  • Overcoming evolved resistance to population-suppressing homing-based gene drives.

    John M. Marshall;Anna Buchman;Héctor M. Sánchez C.;Omar S. Akbari

  • Synthetically engineered Medea gene drive system in the worldwide crop pest Drosophila suzukii

    Anna Buchman;Anna Buchman;John M Marshall;Dennis Ostrovski;Ting Yang;Ting Yang

  • Novel synthetic Medea selfish genetic elements drive population replacement in Drosophila; a theoretical exploration of Medea-dependent population suppression.

    Omar S. Akbari;Chun-Hong Chen;John M. Marshall;Haixia Huang

  • Improved reference genome of the arboviral vector Aedes albopictus.

    Umberto Palatini;Reem A. Masri;Luciano V. Cosme;Sergey Koren

  • Radical remodeling of the Y chromosome in a recent radiation of malaria mosquitoes

    Andrew Brantley Hall;Philippos-Aris Papathanos;Atashi Sharma;Changde Cheng

  • Generation of heritable germline mutations in the jewel wasp Nasonia vitripennis using CRISPR/Cas9.

    Ming Li;Lauren Yun Cook Au;Deema Douglah;Abigail Chong

  • Rules of the road for insect gene drive research and testing.

    Zach N Adelman;Omar S Akbari;John Bauer;Ethan Bier

  • Core commitments for field trials of gene drive organisms.

    Kanya C. Long;Luke Alphey;George J. Annas;Cinnamon S. Bloss

  • Engineered Reciprocal Chromosome Translocations Drive High Threshold, Reversible Population Replacement in Drosophila.

    Anna B. Buchman;Tobin Ivy;John M. Marshall;Omar S. Akbari;Omar S. Akbari

  • Gene editing technologies and applications for insects.

    Valentino M Gantz;Omar S Akbari

  • Improved reference genome of the arboviral vector Aedes albopictus

    U. Palatini;R.A. Masri;L.V. Cosme;S. Koren

Frequent Co-Authors

Bruce A. Hay
Bruce A. Hay California Institute of Technology
J. Spencer Johnston
J. Spencer Johnston Texas A&M University
Ethan Bier
Ethan Bier University of California, San Diego
Adam M. Phillippy
Adam M. Phillippy National Institutes of Health
Sergey Koren
Sergey Koren National Institutes of Health
Luke Alphey
Luke Alphey University of York
Zhijian Tu
Zhijian Tu Virginia Tech
Jeffrey R. Powell
Jeffrey R. Powell Yale University
Craig Montell
Craig Montell University of California, Santa Barbara
Anthony A. James
Anthony A. James University of California, Irvine

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