Merit-based NSF Grant Extension Supports Expansion of Gene-editing Technology
Published:19 Aug.2020 Source:Penn State
Red fluorescent protein cargo has been delivered into this mosquito egg using the gene-editing tool ReMOT Control. A new round of National Science Foundation funding will enable researchers to expand the technology for use in vertebrate species.
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Researchers who developed an improved method of gene editing for the study of arthropods will expand the technology for use in vertebrate species such as mice, fish and birds after receiving new funding from the National Science Foundation.
A team led by Jason Rasgon, professor of entomology and disease epidemiology in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, received a two-year, more than $1.2 million extension of a previous grant from NSF's Enabling Discovery through GEnomic Tools (EDGE) program. EDGE grants fund projects aimed at developing new genomic tools and providing the research community with information about how to use them.