From bugs to budo: Dominic Reisig of NCSU Entomology & Plant Pathology dances between battling boll weevils and mastering martial arts, proving that passion has many dimensions. For more, join Shane Campbell-Staton, Ph.D. on this final week's episode of #HumanFootprintPBS airing Wed, Aug 9 at 8/9c on PBS.

gene drive in the medfly!🧬🪰 🔬new preprint from the lab with Angela Meccariello Philip Leftwich Philippos Papathanos & generously funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research #genedrive #synbio biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

New work from Novas et al. of the the Max Scott Lab reports on the identification and functional analysis of Cochliomyia hominivorax U6 gene promoters: doi.org/10.1111/imb.12… #OpenAccess #CRISPR #Cas9 #Screwworm #U6promoter #GeneEditing

CRISPR Gene Drives: The future of agricultural pest control? | 10/3 #GESColloquium @ 12PM in 1911 Bldg, room 129 & Zoom Amarish Yadav, a postdoc in Max Scott Lab, joins us to discuss the potential & challenges of using CRISPR gene drives for crop pests. mailchi.mp/ncsu/ges-collo…

Work by Yadav et al. of Max Scott Lab reports the expansion of the genetic toolbox for manipulation of the global crop pest Drosophila suzukii: doi.org/10.1111/imb.12… #OpenAccess #CRISPR #Cas9 Photos (from M. Scott): Eye mutants; authors A. Yadav & A. Yamamoto collect #SWD.

The Max Scott Lab is open for trick-or-treating! We’re inviting all our NCSU Entomology & Plant Pathology friends to “fly” by Thomas 1542 for some #Halloween buzz. We promise there aren’t any maggots roaming around 😉

Huge thanks to everybody who helped turn the Max Scott Lab into a super spooky zone today! Shoutout to Juan, Kalindu, and Amarish Yadav for decorating, and to Escher Cattle for the amazing fly mask 🪰🎭

Gene editing of the deep orange gene leads in temperature-sensitive lethal mutant strains. Check out our new paper in BMC Biotechnology 👇rdcu.be/dxHyk

Si encuentras una gusanera en tu mascota, no te alarmes. Compra medicina con larvicida y cicatrizante, aplícalo en la herida y extrae las larvas con pinzas. Colócalas en un recipiente, no al suelo. Entregalas a un veterinario para análisis

Ayer 12 de noviembre se inauguró el primer "Centro de Eclosión y Dispersión del Gusano Barrenador del Ganado" en Palmerola, Honduras🇭🇳. Este centro, clave en la lucha contra esta plaga, permitirá un trabajo más rápido y efectivo junto al centro de Panamá🇵🇦

¡Atención, productores! Nuestros inspectores, promotores y doctores están trabajando arduamente visitando fincas en todas las provincias🇵🇦 para combatir el GBG🪰. Su cooperación es esencial! revise, cure, tome muestras y transporte animales sanos💪🏻 #JuntosContraEIGBG #COPEG

Unlock a $200 discount on our Joint Meeting, Future Agriculture / Genetic Engineering, by registering before December 4th (11:59pm MST). Visit hubs.la/Q02Zd5rR0 or hubs.la/Q02ZcMmW0 to secure your spot. #KSFutureAg25 #KSSustainFuture25 #geneticengineering #plantbio

Scientists built a great wall to keep out the ‘man devourer’ – but now it’s fighting back. The new world screw worm, a species of fly that lays its eggs in the open wounds of warm-blooded animals, is making a comeback. ✍️Arthur Scott-Geddes and Simeon Tegel telegraph.co.uk/global-health/…

Brilliant read on the crumbling wall keeping the 'man devouring' screw worm out of central & north America, by Arthur Scott-Geddes & Simeon Tegel: telegraph.co.uk/global-health/… Telegraph Global Health Security

Screwworm: Why is this flesh-eating parasite making a comeback? newscientist.com/article/245920…

For decades, the screwworm was eliminated in North America, but containment efforts in Panama have failed. Now cattle smugglers are helping the parasite advance north. @evystadium has more. Read the story here: wired.com/story/a-parasi…

Genetic analyses suggest that larval and adult stages of Lucilia cuprina employ different sensory systems biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #biorxiv_genetic

We were happy to contribute a chapter on genetic biocontrol of crop pests to the book “Advances in biocontrol of crop insect pests”, which is now available (shop.bdspublishing.com/store/bds/deta…). Alexis Kriete, Sarah Hudadoff, Ariel Tarrand and Amarish Yadav contributed equally.

Before screwworms were eradicated in the U.S., every cut, every scratch, every navel of a newborn calf threatened to turn fatal. Now the parasites are heading back toward us. Sarah Zhang reports: theatlantic.com/science/archiv…