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Poppy Pescod

Liverpool School of Tropical MedicineORCID 0000-0003-0464-8114Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Genetics· 2 Evolutionary Biology· 1 Genomics· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 3 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 2 Organism:bacteria (other)· 1 Assay:CRISPR screen· 1 Organism:Drosophila· 1 Research Focus:drug response / drug discovery· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Amalia AnthousiiD· 2 shared Josephine ShepherdiD· 2 shared Tony NolaniD· 2 shared Alex Asidi· 1 shared Alistair C. DarbyiD· 1 shared Alistair MilesiD· 1 shared Ashley HalliD· 1 shared Carla Siniscalchi· 1 shared

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2023-2026 · peak 1/yr

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10 top collaborators · 16 mutual co-author links

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GeneticsbioRxivPreprintSep 11, 2026

Functional disruption of vgsc reveals haplosufficiency with implications for insecticide resistance and genetic control in Anopheles gambiae

Poppy Pescod, Ashley Hall, Sian Yates-Wakley…·Tony Nolan

This study generates CRISPR-edited Anopheles gambiae lines to investigate vgsc's role in insecticide resistance and genetic control, finding haplosufficiency and reduced susceptibility to pyrethroids.

DOI 10.64898/2026.09.09.750417

experimental assay

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GenomicsbioRxivPreprintJun 26, 2025

Hybrid short- and long-read assembly of an experimentally evolved Sodalis glossinidius strain SgGmmC1*

Poppy Pescod, Lee Rafuse Haines, Alistair C. Darby, Ian Goodhead

The paper presents a comparative genomic analysis of Sodalis glossinidius strains showing genome degradation over time in laboratory culture.

DOI 10.1101/2025.06.26.659281

bacteria (other)whole-genome sequencing

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Evolutionary BiologyScientific ReportsPeer-reviewedSep 18, 2024

Cryptic population structure and insecticide resistance in Anopheles gambiae from the southern Democratic Republic of Congo

Tristan P. W. Dennis, Poppy Pescod, Sonia Barasa…·Francis Wat’senga

The paper investigates insecticide resistance and population structure in Anopheles gambiae from southern DRC, finding high resistance and genetic differentiation between populations.

13 citations

Drosophilawhole-genome sequencing

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GeneticsThe CRISPR JournalPeer-reviewedSep 13, 2023

Measuring the impact of genetic heterogeneity and chromosomal inversions on the efficacy of CRISPR-Cas9 gene drives in different strains of Anopheles gambiae

Poppy Pescod, Giulia Bevivino, Amalia Anthousi…·Tony Nolan

This study evaluates how genetic variation and chromosomal inversions affect CRISPR-Cas9 gene drive homing in Anopheles gambiae strains, finding no significant reduction in homing despite target site heterogeneity.

13 citations

CRISPR screenexperimental assay

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