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Travis van Warmerdam

Pennsylvania State University

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Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Organism:C. elegans· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Organism:multiple species· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1 Research Focus:variant calling· 1

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Infectious transgenesis in arthropods

Najmeh Nejat, Travis van Warmerdam, Jason L. Rasgon

The paper introduces GEValT, a method for heritable CRISPR gene editing in arthropods via oral viral transduction, enabling efficient gene knock-out and knock-in.

bioRxiv · Sep 17, 2026 · PreprintMolecular Biology

Hologenomic structure of bacterial and fungal community composition in the West Nile virus vector Culex tarsalis

Eunho Suh, Naomi Huntley, Travis van Warmerdam, Jamie P. Spychalla, Najmeh Nejat, Jason L. Rasgon

This study examines the hologenomic structure of bacterial and fungal communities in Culex tarsalis mosquitoes, finding geographic and environmental influences on microbiome composition and partial correlation with host genetics.

bioRxiv · Sep 1, 2025 · PreprintEcology