Katie Willis

Postdoc at @imperialcollege with @TargetMalaria developing novel genetic technologies for pest control.

[Katie Willis @Bio_Katie]

Our new preprint is now available. Here we explore how genomic editors could be used to suppress pest populations locally.

[bioRxiv Evobio @biorxiv_evobio]

Genomic editors for localised population suppression https://t.co/gTQ3dTLdSN #biorxiv_evobio

[Ioanna Morianou @ioanna_mor]

I am so happy to finally share this preprint, containing the main body of my PhD work, on engineering resilient #genedrives for #malaria control!!🦟🌍
We predict 🧬, test 🔬, and overcome 🥳 target site resistance expected to arise in nature.⬇️
https://t.co/97W1WxDJiH

[Imperial PFDC @ImperialPFDC]

🌟 Katie is a postdoc in the Faculty of Natural Sciences - Find out more about Katie and the fascinating work they do in part 3 of our postdoc profiles video series for #NPAW2024! 🎉 👇

https://t.co/LiuuWu3BJN

[Philippos Papathanos @phiC32]

"Nothing in vector biology makes sense except in the light of @VectorBase... and now the lights are going out. 💡🔌 #SaveVectorBase

[Katie Willis @Bio_Katie]

Happy to report that our latest preprint is now out. Here we describe a new genetic biocontrol strategy for localised population suppression using a selectively neutral genetic construct. https://t.co/w5iT0GqHRP

[Ignacio Tolosana @IgnacioTolosana]

The preprint on the Y-linked editor is out! A novel, powerful self-limiting tool for vector control. This was the main focus of my PhD and I’m very happy that it finally sees the light of day! Great mathematical modelling by @Bio_Katie. @TargetMalaria
https://t.co/9lPkCI49kv

[Bill Gates @BillGates]

In this fascinating @NYTimes article, @snolen shares how an international team of scientists, including @TargetMalaria, is using cutting-edge technology to fight an ancient disease. https://t.co/OJ3cE9VIT7

[Target Malaria @TargetMalaria]

Great to see Dr. Katie Willis @Bio_Katie of @imperialcollege @ImperialSci presenting @TargetMalaria & how her PhD and postdoc work is contributing to this at the Silwood 75th Anniversary Alumni event👏

You can watch her talk below, from 1:35:57 ⤵️
https://t.co/seQJECfL21

[bioRxiv @biorxivpreprint]

Gene drive designs for efficient and localisable population suppression using Y-linked editors https://t.co/WkHEvP3XTn #bioRxiv

[Target Malaria @TargetMalaria]

In London today?

Come join us at the @ExRdFestival to learn about Target Malaria’s work!

We’ve got our Target Malaria comic & colouring books 📚, the very first Target Malaria card game and even live mosquitoes in a cage!

#endmalaria #ExRdFest #malariaresearch

[Roberto Galizi @roberto_galizi]

A genetically encoded anti-CRISPR protein constrains gene drive spread and prevents population suppression https://t.co/ysGPopEAWh

[Katie Willis @Bio_Katie]

@TimBarraclough9 Stuck the interview on YouTube where it may survive longer than the bdelloid rotifers, whether that's 10 years or 24,000.
https://t.co/QOAyvaXA2V

[PLOS Genetics @PLOSGenetics]

What's better than a #gene drive? Willis and Burt say: a double drive

They propose a new method to exploit sequence differences between target and non-target populations to restrict the spread and impact of a gene drive
#Genomics #InvasiveSpecies
https://t.co/5xeBaOn7Zi

[Target Malaria @TargetMalaria]

Dr @Diabate17699096 and #TargetMalariaBurkinaFaso🇧🇫 @IrssF are excited to share the results of the 2019 release of non gene drive genetically modified sterile male mosquitoes🦟 in Burkina Faso. Go to👉https://t.co/IZ7hxQCwJr #EndMalaria

[Drew Hammond @DrewMarcHammond]

Hurrah! This beast was the longest I've slogged away on a single story, but it was worth it. @TonahN did a nice twitter breakdown. My take home: exactly how and when you express your CRISPR has massive implications for end-joining and drive resistance.

[Katie Willis @Bio_Katie]

Our new paper on modelling double drives and private alleles for localised population genetic control is now published in PLOS Genetics! #genedrive
https://t.co/7cboODvNxy

[MosquitoPapers @mosquito_papers]

Double drives and private alleles for localised population genetic control https://t.co/WadcXkSYtm

[Katie Willis @Bio_Katie]

If you'll be the guide to my Cas9, maybe we can go home together?

[Katie Willis @Bio_Katie]

@NJWhite_Evo Yep it is, glad you enjoyed it :)

[Katie Willis @Bio_Katie]

Our new preprint on double drives and private alleles for localised population genetic control. https://t.co/VyG2DAVISm