Improvements in our ability to re-write the genetics of living organisms that have been developed in the past few decades are rapidly accelerating the ability of biotechnology to address problems in medicine, agriculture, and the environment. In the area of pest and invasive species control, innovative new genetic methods are already making an impact for organisms such as mosquitoes. Our group has been developing and refining genetic methods to control aquatic invasive species.

Michael Smanski, Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics and Research Fellow at MAISRC will fill us in on this interesting research.

This webinar will introduce the diversity of genetic pest control methods that exist, share our current progress in translating these into common carp, and forecast what still needs to be done before these approaches can impact local populations of invasive fish.

The free webinar is on May 6 at 1 pm CT. Register here.