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Adriana Adolfi

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Verified email at lstmed.ac.uk
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[HTML][HTML] Efficient population modification gene-drive rescue system in the malaria mosquito Anopheles stephensi

A Adolfi, VM Gantz, N Jasinskiene, HF Lee… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Cas9/gRNA-mediated gene-drive systems have advanced development of genetic
technologies for controlling vector-borne pathogen transmission. These technologies include …

Functional genetic validation of key genes conferring insecticide resistance in the major African malaria vector, Anopheles gambiae

A Adolfi, B Poulton, A Anthousi… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Resistance in Anopheles gambiae to members of all 4 major classes (pyrethroids, carbamates,
organochlorines, and organophosphates) of public health insecticides limits effective …

[HTML][HTML] Hidden genomic features of an invasive malaria vector, Anopheles stephensi, revealed by a chromosome-level genome assembly

M Chakraborty, A Ramaiah, A Adolfi, P Halas… - BMC biology, 2021 - Springer
Background The mosquito Anopheles stephensi is a vector of urban malaria in Asia that
recently invaded Africa. Studying the genetic basis of vectorial capacity and engineering genetic …

[HTML][HTML] New insecticide screening platforms indicate that Mitochondrial Complex I inhibitors are susceptible to cross-resistance by mosquito P450s that metabolise …

…, D Malone, R Davies, A Anthousi, A Adolfi… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Fenazaquin, pyridaben, tolfenpyrad and fenpyroximate are Complex I inhibitors offering a
new mode of action for insecticidal malaria vector control. However, extended exposure to …

Multi-tissue GAL4-mediated gene expression in all Anopheles gambiae life stages using an endogenous polyubiquitin promoter

A Adolfi, E Pondeville, A Lynd, C Bourgouin… - Insect biochemistry and …, 2018 - Elsevier
The ability to manipulate the Anopheles gambiae genome and alter gene expression
effectively and reproducibly is a prerequisite for functional genetic analysis and for the …

Opening the toolkit for genetic analysis and control of Anopheles mosquito vectors

A Adolfi, GJ Lycett - Current opinion in insect science, 2018 - Elsevier
Highlights • Advanced tools and resources are available to silence or overexpress Anopheles
genes. • Precise genome editing is broadly applicable to multiple Anopheles species. • …

Using the GAL4-UAS system for functional genetics in Anopheles gambiae

…, F Colman, A Anthousi, L Grigoraki, A Adolfi… - JoVE (Journal of …, 2021 - jove.com
The bipartite GAL4-UAS system is a versatile and powerful tool for functional genetic
analysis. The essence of the system is to cross transgenic 'driver' lines that express the yeast …

Site-directed φC31-mediated integration and cassette exchange in Anopheles vectors of malaria

A Adolfi, A Lynd, GJ Lycett, AA James - JoVE (Journal of Visualized …, 2021 - jove.com
Functional genomic analysis and related strategies for genetic control of malaria rely on
validated and reproducible methods to accurately modify the genome of Anopheles mosquitoes. …

Author Correction: Hidden genomic features of an invasive malaria vector, Anopheles stephensi, revealed by a chromosome-level genome assembly

M Chakraborty, A Ramaiah, A Adolfi, P Halas… - BMC biology, 2022 - Springer
Due to a labeling error in one of our Iso-Seq samples, the RNA sample that was collected
24h after blood feeding was labeled as 324 by the sequencing center because they …

[PDF][PDF] Hidden features of the malaria vector mosquito, Anopheles stephensi, revealed by a high-quality reference genome

M Chakraborty, A Ramaiah, A Adolfi, P Halas… - bioRxiv, 2020 - emersonlab.org
Anopheles stephensi is a vector of urban malaria in Asia and has recently invaded eastern
Africa. Genomic tools for studying its vectorial capacity and engineering genetic interventions …