Andie Smidler, PhD

Mosquito Genetic Engineer, CRISPR and Gene Drive expert, @UNC @Harvard alumn

[Andie Smidler, PhD @ASmidler]

Check our my new Review article, out today in Parasites & Vectors https://t.co/XFd4iyq2C7

[Andie Smidler, PhD @ASmidler]

Excited to have my doctoral gene drive work finally up on bioRxiv. Check it out!
https://t.co/irFiGMZo6j

[Omar Akbari @Omar_Akbari_]

GO ANDIE!! 🔥Innovator Award Spotlight: Andie Smidler @ UCSD Akbari Lab https://t.co/sWjn0cQ16X via @YouTube @ASmidler @ucsdbiosciences @CrisprQc @geochurch @flamcatt

[Andie Smidler, PhD @ASmidler]

Check out our new study out this week in Science Advances!

Our new system, IFEGENIA, demonstrates inducible female-elimination making it useful for vector control.

https://t.co/U9apjsIZVy

[Andie Smidler, PhD @ASmidler]

Happy to have finally submitted the CRISPR-mediated spermless male A. gambiae story from my Dissertation!
https://t.co/6NDK32H9N2
Keep your eyes peeled for the next gen. of this technology combining and perfecting sterility and female elimination. Coming soon w/ @Omar_Akbari_

[Andie Smidler, PhD @ASmidler]

Anyone else considering going to this conference on Emerging Genetic Biocontrol Technologies in Kenya?
(Abstracts are due the 30th)
https://t.co/PvqkGZ2t1t

[Andie Smidler, PhD @ASmidler]

@Omar_Akbari_ @vectorgen @DrewMarcHammond @leslievosshall Womp womp. Of all the places they could have put the marker (Burt 2003 anyone?)

[Andie Smidler, PhD @ASmidler]

@DrewMarcHammond Let’s start a new hashtag. I call it the #labnotebookchallenge. Obviously you published 1st, but I’ve been wondering… who *actually made* the first CRISPR Anopheles gambiae?

In Boston we got our first Cas9 transgenic mid-Aug 2014 (pics). Your first CRISPR line?

[Andie Smidler, PhD @ASmidler]

@Omar_Akbari_ @DrewMarcHammond My first drive broke down too! I tried to build one with TALENs as part of my Master's thesis in Strasbourg, and the repeats collapsed by generation #3. Never published. That was 2011/2012

[Andie Smidler, PhD @ASmidler]

@Omar_Akbari_ @DrewMarcHammond and I are having a little challenge. Want to join Aedes in?
When was UCSD's first CRISPR mosquito??

https://t.co/0w6dkbR5fn

[Andie Smidler, PhD @ASmidler]

@DrewMarcHammond Let’s start a new hashtag. I call it the #labnotebookchallenge. Obviously you published 1st, but I’ve been wondering… who *actually made* the first CRISPR Anopheles gambiae?

In Boston we got our first Cas9 transgenic mid-Aug 2014 (pics). Your first CRISPR line?

[Andie Smidler, PhD @ASmidler]

@DrewMarcHammond @vectorgen @leslievosshall Oh yeah. Freaking seminal

[Andie Smidler, PhD @ASmidler]

@DrewMarcHammond I know! it's crazy how science works like that. I was so hyper focused and balls-to-the-walls those days, it really did feel like a race.

[Andie Smidler, PhD @ASmidler]

@DrewMarcHammond I’m willing to cal it a draw if you are

[Andie Smidler, PhD @ASmidler]

@DrewMarcHammond Yep! Pretty freaking even!

[Andie Smidler, PhD @ASmidler]

@MosquitoLab Or is he just now even more on point, being the warm-weather embodiment of their idol?

[Omar Akbari @Omar_Akbari_]

It's #TimeToDeliverZeroMalaria.

This #WorldMalariaDay, meet the researchers from @UCSanDiego @pamcafrica @IrssDro @TargetMalaria @UCIrvine @LSTMnews @ASmidler working to #innovate to transform the fight against #malaria 👉https://t.co/VRNJXRxvBd

#OutreachNetwork #EndMalaria

[Andie Smidler, PhD @ASmidler]

@Omar_Akbari_ He’s got a little sippy cup and everything😢

[Andie Smidler, PhD @ASmidler]

Came across this pic and it shot me right through the heart. I can only imagine raising a child under a bed net - especially one at this age - the same age as my daughter. It's my motivation for today.

Anophelines, your days are numbered.

Don't forget @worldmalariaday is 4/25

[Andie Smidler, PhD @ASmidler]

Excited to be giving a talk at this fantastic GRC meeting in Spain next year!

[Omar Akbari @Omar_Akbari_]

RT - Please Apply to participate in the 2024 Genetic Biocontrol GRC. This will take place @ Castelldefels, Spain. The current speaker / discussion leader lineup is now posted. Take a peak. Please contact chairs @Omar_Akbari_ @LeeYoosook 🤩 if you have any questions. https://t.co/0D3j8KHZd5