
Max Scott Lab
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We study genes that determine sex in insects and use this knowledge to develop strains for genetic control of pests.All views are our own.
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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 🪰🎭






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





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…