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Fotis C. Kafatos

Division of Cell & Molecular Biology
South Kensington Campus, SAF
London, SW7 2AZ
UK

f.kafatos[at]imperial.ac.uk

I am one of the PIs in the Kafatos/Christophides Lab at Imperial College, London and the President of the European Research Council and Chairman of its Scientific Council.


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Research Interests

Education

1965 PhD, Biology Harvard University, USA.
1962 MA, Biology Harvard University, USA.
1961 AB, Zoology (High Honours) Cornell University, USA.
Primary and secondary education in Crete

Academic Appointments

2007 - present Adjunct Professor of Immunology & Infectious Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health
2005 - present Professor, Chair of Immunogenomics, Imperial College, London, UK.
1993 - 2005 Director General, and group leader at European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Heidelberg, Germany.
1982 - 1993 Founder and Director, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, FORTH, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
1982 - present Professor of Biology (part-time), University of Crete, Greece, (on leave).
1972 - 1982 Professor of Biology (part-time), University of Athens, Greece.
1978 - 1981 Chair, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Harvard University, USA.
1969 - 1994 Professor of Biology, Harvard University, USA.
1965 - 1969 Assistant Professor of Biology, Harvard University, USA.
1965 Instructor of Biology, Harvard University, USA.

Honours

President of the European Research Council and Chairman of its Scientific Council, 2007 - 2011
Fondation Louis Jeantet – 25th Anniversary Special Prize, 2008
Member, European Academy of Sciences and Arts, 2007
Uni-Heidelberg Grosse Universitats Medal, 2005
Medal of Honour, City of Heraklion, Crete, 2004
“Bundesverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse”, awarded by the President of the Federal Republic of Germany, 2004
Medal “Taxiarchis of Phoenix”, awarded by the President of the Hellenic Republic, for contributions to Science, Culture and Society, 2003
Foreign Member of the Royal Society of London, 2003
Member, Pontifical Academy of Sciences, 2003
Foreign Member of the French Academy of Sciences, 2002
Honorary Medal for Distinction in Biology, Academy of Athens, 2000
Honorary Professor, University of Heidelberg, Germany 2000
G.J. Mendel Honorary Gold Medal for Merit in the Biological Sciences, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 1995
Member, Academia Europaea, 1991
Member, National Academy of Science, USA, 1982
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1980

Honorary Doctorates
  • Agricultural University of Athens 1992
  • University Thessaloniki 1994
  • Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg 2002
  • University of Thrace 2004
  • Cyprus University of Technology 2008

Board Memberships (partial list)

2004 – present
Sanger Institute, Hinxton (UK), Scientific Advisory Board
2004 – 2007
International Risk Governance Council (Geneva), Scientific and Technical Council
2004 – present
Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas Carlos III (Spain), Scientific Advisory Board
2003 – present
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (Seattle), Scientific Board of “Grand Challenges in Global Health Initiative”
2003 – present
Hellenic Pasteur Institute (Athens), Scientific Committee
2002 – present
Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory (Singapore), International Scientific Advisory Board
2002 – present
Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology (VIB), Chair of the Institutional Advisory Board
2002 – 2003
European Intergovernmental Research Organisation Forum (EIROforum), Chair
2002
International Review Panel on Development of Biotechnology in Finland (Chair)
2001 – present
University of Geneva School of Medicine, External Scientific Advisory Board
2000 – present
Institut Pasteur (Paris), External Scientific and Strategic Committee
2000 – present
Sars International Centre for Marine Molecular Biology (Bergen), Scientific Advisory Committee
1998 – 2002
Fondation des Treilles, Scientific Committee
1998 – 2001
Conseil National de la Science, France
1997 – 2002
Fondation Bettencourt Schueller (Paris), Scientific Committee
1995 – present
Max-Planck Institut (Göttingen), Member and Chair of the Fachbeirat
1995 – 2004
Fondation Louis Jeantet de Mèdicine (Geneva), Science Committee
1995 – 2000
Wellcome CRC Institute (Cambridge), International Advisory Board
1994 – present
Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (Crete), Chair of International Scientific Advisory Board
1994 – 1999
National Science Advisory Board of Greece (Athens)
1991 – 1998
WHO/TDR (Geneva), Steering Committee on Biological Control of Vectors, Molecular Entomology
1991 – 1994
International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology (Nairobi), Governing Board/Programme Committee
1988 – 1990
European Molecular Biology Organisation Council
1987 – 1994
Committee for the European Development of Science and Technology – CODEST (European Commission)
1976 – 1993
University of Crete and Foundation of Research and Technology – Hellas Governing Board (overlapping periods)

Publications (partial list)

2009

  1. Lawson D, Arensburger P, Atkinson P, Besansky NJ, Bruggner RV, Butler R, Campbell KS, Christophides GK, Christley S, Dialynas E, Hammond M, Hill CA, Konopinski N, Lobo NF, MacCallum RM, Madey G, Megy K, Meyer J, Redmond S, Severson DW, Stinson EO, Topalis P, Birney E, Gelbart WM, Kafatos FC, Louis C, and Collins FH. VectorBase: a data resource for invertebrate vector genomics. Nucleic Acids Res 2009 Jan; 37(Database issue) D583-7. doi:10.1093/nar/gkn857 pmid:19028744. PubMed HubMed [2009ref1]

2008

  1. Pinto SB, Kafatos FC, and Michel K. The parasite invasion marker SRPN6 reduces sporozoite numbers in salivary glands of Anopheles gambiae. Cell Microbiol 2008 Apr; 10(4) 891-8. doi:10.1111/j.1462-5822.2007.01091.x pmid:18005239. PubMed HubMed [2008ref1]
  2. Mendes AM, Schlegelmilch T, Cohuet A, Awono-Ambene P, De Iorio M, Fontenille D, Morlais I, Christophides GK, Kafatos FC, and Vlachou D. Conserved mosquito/parasite interactions affect development of Plasmodium falciparum in Africa. PLoS Pathog 2008 May 16; 4(5) e1000069. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1000069 pmid:18483558. PubMed HubMed [2008ref2]
All Medline abstracts: PubMed HubMed

2007

  1. Lawson D, Arensburger P, Atkinson P, Besansky NJ, Bruggner RV, Butler R, Campbell KS, Christophides GK, Christley S, Dialynas E, Emmert D, Hammond M, Hill CA, Kennedy RC, Lobo NF, MacCallum MR, Madey G, Megy K, Redmond S, Russo S, Severson DW, Stinson EO, Topalis P, Zdobnov EM, Birney E, Gelbart WM, Kafatos FC, Louis C, and Collins FH. VectorBase: a home for invertebrate vectors of human pathogens. Nucleic Acids Res 2007 Jan; 35(Database issue) D503-5. doi:10.1093/nar/gkl960 pmid:17145709. PubMed HubMed [2007ref1]
  2. Thompson J, Fernandez-Reyes D, Sharling L, Moore SG, Eling WM, Kyes SA, Newbold CI, Kafatos FC, Janse CJ, and Waters AP. Plasmodium cysteine repeat modular proteins 1-4: complex proteins with roles throughout the malaria parasite life cycle. Cell Microbiol 2007 Jun; 9(6) 1466-80. doi:10.1111/j.1462-5822.2006.00885.x pmid:17253978. PubMed HubMed [2007ref2]
  3. Waterhouse RM, Kriventseva EV, Meister S, Xi Z, Alvarez KS, Bartholomay LC, Barillas-Mury C, Bian G, Blandin S, Christensen BM, Dong Y, Jiang H, Kanost MR, Koutsos AC, Levashina EA, Li J, Ligoxygakis P, Maccallum RM, Mayhew GF, Mendes A, Michel K, Osta MA, Paskewitz S, Shin SW, Vlachou D, Wang L, Wei W, Zheng L, Zou Z, Severson DW, Raikhel AS, Kafatos FC, Dimopoulos G, Zdobnov EM, and Christophides GK. Evolutionary dynamics of immune-related genes and pathways in disease-vector mosquitoes. Science 2007 Jun 22; 316(5832) 1738-43. doi:10.1126/science.1139862 pmid:17588928. PubMed HubMed [2007ref3]
  4. Koutsos AC, Blass C, Meister S, Schmidt S, MacCallum RM, Soares MB, Collins FH, Benes V, Zdobnov E, Kafatos FC, and Christophides GK. Life cycle transcriptome of the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae and comparison with the fruitfly Drosophila melanogaster. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007 Jul 3; 104(27) 11304-9. doi:10.1073/pnas.0703988104 pmid:17563388. PubMed HubMed [2007ref4]
  5. Pindyurin AV, Moorman C, de Wit E, Belyakin SN, Belyaeva ES, Christophides GK, Kafatos FC, van Steensel B, and Zhimulev IF. SUUR joins separate subsets of PcG, HP1 and B-type lamin targets in Drosophila. J Cell Sci 2007 Jul 15; 120(Pt 14) 2344-51. doi:10.1242/jcs.006007 pmid:17606990. PubMed HubMed [2007ref5]
  6. Schnitger AK, Kafatos FC, and Osta MA. The melanization reaction is not required for survival of Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes after bacterial infections. J Biol Chem 2007 Jul 27; 282(30) 21884-8. doi:10.1074/jbc.M701635200 pmid:17537726. PubMed HubMed [2007ref6]
  7. Ecker A, Pinto SB, Baker KW, Kafatos FC, and Sinden RE. Plasmodium berghei: plasmodium perforin-like protein 5 is required for mosquito midgut invasion in Anopheles stephensi. Exp Parasitol 2007 Aug; 116(4) 504-8. doi:10.1016/j.exppara.2007.01.015 pmid:17367780. PubMed HubMed [2007ref7]
All Medline abstracts: PubMed HubMed

2006

  1. Volz J, Mller HM, Zdanowicz A, Kafatos FC, and Osta MA. A genetic module regulates the melanization response of Anopheles to Plasmodium. Cell Microbiol 2006 Sep; 8(9) 1392-405. doi:10.1111/j.1462-5822.2006.00718.x pmid:16922859. PubMed HubMed [2006ref1]
  2. Vlachou D, Schlegelmilch T, Runn E, Mendes A, and Kafatos FC. The developmental migration of Plasmodium in mosquitoes. Curr Opin Genet Dev 2006 Aug; 16(4) 384-91. doi:10.1016/j.gde.2006.06.012 pmid:16793259. PubMed HubMed [2006ref2]
  3. Lycett GJ, McLaughlin LA, Ranson H, Hemingway J, Kafatos FC, Loukeris TG, and Paine MJ. Anopheles gambiae P450 reductase is highly expressed in oenocytes and in vivo knockdown increases permethrin susceptibility. Insect Mol Biol 2006 Jun; 15(3) 321-7. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2583.2006.00647.x pmid:16756551. PubMed HubMed [2006ref3]
  4. Moita LF, Vriend G, Mahairaki V, Louis C, and Kafatos FC. Integrins of Anopheles gambiae and a putative role of a new beta integrin, BINT2, in phagocytosis of E. coli. Insect Biochem Mol Biol 2006 Apr; 36(4) 282-90. doi:10.1016/j.ibmb.2006.01.004 pmid:16551542. PubMed HubMed [2006ref4]
  5. Michel K, Suwanchaichinda C, Morlais I, Lambrechts L, Cohuet A, Awono-Ambene PH, Simard F, Fontenille D, Kanost MR, and Kafatos FC. Increased melanizing activity in Anopheles gambiae does not affect development of Plasmodium falciparum. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006 Nov 7; 103(45) 16858-63. doi:10.1073/pnas.0608033103 pmid:17065316. PubMed HubMed [2006ref5]
  6. Cohuet A, Osta MA, Morlais I, Awono-Ambene PH, Michel K, Simard F, Christophides GK, Fontenille D, and Kafatos FC. Anopheles and Plasmodium: from laboratory models to natural systems in the field. EMBO Rep 2006 Dec; 7(12) 1285-9. doi:10.1038/sj.embor.7400831 pmid:17099691. PubMed HubMed [2006ref6]
All Medline abstracts: PubMed HubMed

2005

  1. Abraham EG, Pinto SB, Ghosh A, Vanlandingham DL, Budd A, Higgs S, Kafatos FC, Jacobs-Lorena M, and Michel K. An immune-responsive serpin, SRPN6, mediates mosquito defense against malaria parasites. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2005 Nov 8; 102(45) 16327-32. doi:10.1073/pnas.0508335102 pmid:16260729. PubMed HubMed [2005ref1]
  2. Volz J, Osta MA, Kafatos FC, and Mller HM. The roles of two clip domain serine proteases in innate immune responses of the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae. J Biol Chem 2005 Dec 2; 280(48) 40161-8. doi:10.1074/jbc.M506191200 pmid:16188883. PubMed HubMed [2005ref2]
  3. Vontas J, Blass C, Koutsos AC, David JP, Kafatos FC, Louis C, Hemingway J, Christophides GK, and Ranson H. Gene expression in insecticide resistant and susceptible Anopheles gambiae strains constitutively or after insecticide exposure. Insect Mol Biol 2005 Oct; 14(5) 509-21. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2583.2005.00582.x pmid:16164607. PubMed HubMed [2005ref3]
  4. Sim C, Hong YS, Vanlandingham DL, Harker BW, Christophides GK, Kafatos FC, Higgs S, and Collins FH. Modulation of Anopheles gambiae gene expression in response to o'nyong-nyong virus infection. Insect Mol Biol 2005 Oct; 14(5) 475-81. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2583.2005.00578.x pmid:16164603. PubMed HubMed [2005ref4]
  5. Michel K, Budd A, Pinto S, Gibson TJ, and Kafatos FC. Anopheles gambiae SRPN2 facilitates midgut invasion by the malaria parasite Plasmodium berghei. EMBO Rep 2005 Sep; 6(9) 891-7. doi:10.1038/sj.embor.7400478 pmid:16113656. PubMed HubMed [2005ref5]
  6. Meister S, Kanzok SM, Zheng XL, Luna C, Li TR, Hoa NT, Clayton JR, White KP, Kafatos FC, Christophides GK, and Zheng L. Immune signaling pathways regulating bacterial and malaria parasite infection of the mosquito Anopheles gambiae. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2005 Aug 9; 102(32) 11420-5. doi:10.1073/pnas.0504950102 pmid:16076953. PubMed HubMed [2005ref6]
  7. Moita LF, Wang-Sattler R, Michel K, Zimmermann T, Blandin S, Levashina EA, and Kafatos FC. In vivo identification of novel regulators and conserved pathways of phagocytosis in A. gambiae. Immunity 2005 Jul; 23(1) 65-73. doi:10.1016/j.immuni.2005.05.006 pmid:16039580. PubMed HubMed [2005ref7]
  8. Vlachou D, Schlegelmilch T, Christophides GK, and Kafatos FC. Functional genomic analysis of midgut epithelial responses in Anopheles during Plasmodium invasion. Curr Biol 2005 Jul 12; 15(13) 1185-95. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2005.06.044 pmid:16005290. PubMed HubMed [2005ref8]
  9. Vlachou D and Kafatos FC. The complex interplay between mosquito positive and negative regulators of Plasmodium development. Curr Opin Microbiol 2005 Aug; 8(4) 415-21. doi:10.1016/j.mib.2005.06.013 pmid:15996894. PubMed HubMed [2005ref9]
  10. Belyakin SN, Christophides GK, Alekseyenko AA, Kriventseva EV, Belyaeva ES, Nanayev RA, Makunin IV, Kafatos FC, and Zhimulev IF. Genomic analysis of Drosophila chromosome underreplication reveals a link between replication control and transcriptional territories. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2005 Jun 7; 102(23) 8269-74. doi:10.1073/pnas.0502702102 pmid:15928082. PubMed HubMed [2005ref10]
  11. Xu X, Dong Y, Abraham EG, Kocan A, Srinivasan P, Ghosh AK, Sinden RE, Ribeiro JM, Jacobs-Lorena M, Kafatos FC, and Dimopoulos G. Transcriptome analysis of Anopheles stephensi-Plasmodium berghei interactions. Mol Biochem Parasitol 2005 Jul; 142(1) 76-87. doi:10.1016/j.molbiopara.2005.02.013 pmid:15907562. PubMed HubMed [2005ref11]
  12. Kriventseva EV, Koutsos AC, Blass C, Kafatos FC, Christophides GK, and Zdobnov EM. AnoEST: toward A. gambiae functional genomics. Genome Res 2005 Jun; 15(6) 893-9. doi:10.1101/gr.3756405 pmid:15899967. PubMed HubMed [2005ref12]
  13. Michel K and Kafatos FC. Mosquito immunity against Plasmodium. Insect Biochem Mol Biol 2005 Jul; 35(7) 677-89. doi:10.1016/j.ibmb.2005.02.009 pmid:15894185. PubMed HubMed [2005ref13]
  14. Hill CA, Kafatos FC, Stansfield SK, and Collins FH. Arthropod-borne diseases: vector control in the genomics era. Nat Rev Microbiol 2005 Mar; 3(3) 262-8. doi:10.1038/nrmicro1101 pmid:15703759. PubMed HubMed [2005ref14]
  15. Danielli A, Barillas-Mury C, Kumar S, Kafatos FC, and Loukeris TG. Overexpression and altered nucleocytoplasmic distribution of Anopheles ovalbumin-like SRPN10 serpins in Plasmodium-infected midgut cells. Cell Microbiol 2005 Feb; 7(2) 181-90. doi:10.1111/j.1462-5822.2004.00445.x pmid:15659062. PubMed HubMed [2005ref15]
  16. Hall N, Karras M, Raine JD, Carlton JM, Kooij TW, Berriman M, Florens L, Janssen CS, Pain A, Christophides GK, James K, Rutherford K, Harris B, Harris D, Churcher C, Quail MA, Ormond D, Doggett J, Trueman HE, Mendoza J, Bidwell SL, Rajandream MA, Carucci DJ, Yates JR 3rd, Kafatos FC, Janse CJ, Barrell B, Turner CM, Waters AP, and Sinden RE. A comprehensive survey of the Plasmodium life cycle by genomic, transcriptomic, and proteomic analyses. Science 2005 Jan 7; 307(5706) 82-6. doi:10.1126/science.1103717 pmid:15637271. PubMed HubMed [2005ref16]
All Medline abstracts: PubMed HubMed

2004

  1. Kafatos FC. Mouse biology at Monterotondo. Science 2004 Nov 26; 306(5701) 1475. doi:10.1126/science.306.5701.1475 pmid:15567837. PubMed HubMed [2004ref1]
  2. Lycett GJ, Kafatos FC, and Loukeris TG. Conditional expression in the malaria mosquito Anopheles stephensi with Tet-On and Tet-Off systems. Genetics 2004 Aug; 167(4) 1781-90. doi:10.1534/genetics.104.028175 pmid:15342516. PubMed HubMed [2004ref2]
  3. Osta MA, Christophides GK, Vlachou D, and Kafatos FC. Innate immunity in the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae: comparative and functional genomics. J Exp Biol 2004 Jul; 207(Pt 15) 2551-63. doi:10.1242/jeb.01066 pmid:15201288. PubMed HubMed [2004ref3]
  4. Christophides GK, Vlachou D, and Kafatos FC. Comparative and functional genomics of the innate immune system in the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae. Immunol Rev 2004 Apr; 198 127-48. pmid:15199960. PubMed HubMed [2004ref4]
  5. Vlachou D, Zimmermann T, Cantera R, Janse CJ, Waters AP, and Kafatos FC. Real-time, in vivo analysis of malaria ookinete locomotion and mosquito midgut invasion. Cell Microbiol 2004 Jul; 6(7) 671-85. doi:10.1111/j.1462-5822.2004.00394.x pmid:15186403. PubMed HubMed [2004ref5]
  6. Osta MA, Christophides GK, and Kafatos FC. Effects of mosquito genes on Plasmodium development. Science 2004 Mar 26; 303(5666) 2030-2. doi:10.1126/science.1091789 pmid:15044804. PubMed HubMed [2004ref6]
  7. Blandin S, Shiao SH, Moita LF, Janse CJ, Waters AP, Kafatos FC, and Levashina EA. Complement-like protein TEP1 is a determinant of vectorial capacity in the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae. Cell 2004 Mar 5; 116(5) 661-70. pmid:15006349. PubMed HubMed [2004ref7]
  8. Kafatos FC and Eisner T. Unification in the century of biology. Science 2004 Feb 27; 303(5662) 1257. doi:10.1126/science.303.5662.1257 pmid:14988521. PubMed HubMed [2004ref8]
  9. Abraham EG, Islam S, Srinivasan P, Ghosh AK, Valenzuela JG, Ribeiro JM, Kafatos FC, Dimopoulos G, and Jacobs-Lorena M. Analysis of the Plasmodium and Anopheles transcriptional repertoire during ookinete development and midgut invasion. J Biol Chem 2004 Feb 13; 279(7) 5573-80. doi:10.1074/jbc.M307582200 pmid:14627712. PubMed HubMed [2004ref9]
  10. Srinivasan P, Abraham EG, Ghosh AK, Valenzuela J, Ribeiro JM, Dimopoulos G, Kafatos FC, Adams JH, Fujioka H, and Jacobs-Lorena M. Analysis of the Plasmodium and Anopheles transcriptomes during oocyst differentiation. J Biol Chem 2004 Feb 13; 279(7) 5581-7. doi:10.1074/jbc.M307587200 pmid:14627711. PubMed HubMed [2004ref10]
All Medline abstracts: PubMed HubMed

2003

  1. Kumar S, Christophides GK, Cantera R, Charles B, Han YS, Meister S, Dimopoulos G, Kafatos FC, and Barillas-Mury C. The role of reactive oxygen species on Plasmodium melanotic encapsulation in Anopheles gambiae. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2003 Nov 25; 100(24) 14139-44. doi:10.1073/pnas.2036262100 pmid:14623973. PubMed HubMed [2003ref1]
  2. Dessens JT, Sidn-Kiamos I, Mendoza J, Mahairaki V, Khater E, Vlachou D, Xu XJ, Kafatos FC, Louis C, Dimopoulos G, and Sinden RE. SOAP, a novel malaria ookinete protein involved in mosquito midgut invasion and oocyst development. Mol Microbiol 2003 Jul; 49(2) 319-29. pmid:12828632. PubMed HubMed [2003ref2]
  3. Danielli A, Kafatos FC, and Loukeris TG. Cloning and characterization of four Anopheles gambiae serpin isoforms, differentially induced in the midgut by Plasmodium berghei invasion. J Biol Chem 2003 Feb 7; 278(6) 4184-93. doi:10.1074/jbc.M208187200 pmid:12456678. PubMed HubMed [2003ref3]
All Medline abstracts: PubMed HubMed

2002

  1. Cantera R, Ler K, Rusten TE, Barrio R, Kafatos FC, and Technau GM. Mutations in spalt cause a severe but reversible neurodegenerative phenotype in the embryonic central nervous system of Drosophila melanogaster. Development 2002 Dec; 129(24) 5577-86. pmid:12421699. PubMed HubMed [2002ref1]
  2. Niar O, Markianos K, Volz J, Oduol F, Tour A, Bagayoko M, Sangar D, Traor SF, Wang R, Blass C, Dolo G, Bouar M, Kafatos FC, Kruglyak L, Tour YT, and Vernick KD. Genetic loci affecting resistance to human malaria parasites in a West African mosquito vector population. Science 2002 Oct 4; 298(5591) 213-6. doi:10.1126/science.1073420 pmid:12364806. PubMed HubMed [2002ref2]
  3. Christophides GK, Zdobnov E, Barillas-Mury C, Birney E, Blandin S, Blass C, Brey PT, Collins FH, Danielli A, Dimopoulos G, Hetru C, Hoa NT, Hoffmann JA, Kanzok SM, Letunic I, Levashina EA, Loukeris TG, Lycett G, Meister S, Michel K, Moita LF, Mller HM, Osta MA, Paskewitz SM, Reichhart JM, Rzhetsky A, Troxler L, Vernick KD, Vlachou D, Volz J, von Mering C, Xu J, Zheng L, Bork P, and Kafatos FC. Immunity-related genes and gene families in Anopheles gambiae. Science 2002 Oct 4; 298(5591) 159-65. doi:10.1126/science.1077136 pmid:12364793. PubMed HubMed [2002ref3]
  4. Zdobnov EM, von Mering C, Letunic I, Torrents D, Suyama M, Copley RR, Christophides GK, Thomasova D, Holt RA, Subramanian GM, Mueller HM, Dimopoulos G, Law JH, Wells MA, Birney E, Charlab R, Halpern AL, Kokoza E, Kraft CL, Lai Z, Lewis S, Louis C, Barillas-Mury C, Nusskern D, Rubin GM, Salzberg SL, Sutton GG, Topalis P, Wides R, Wincker P, Yandell M, Collins FH, Ribeiro J, Gelbart WM, Kafatos FC, and Bork P. Comparative genome and proteome analysis of Anopheles gambiae and Drosophila melanogaster. Science 2002 Oct 4; 298(5591) 149-59. doi:10.1126/science.1077061 pmid:12364792. PubMed HubMed [2002ref4]
  5. Holt RA, Subramanian GM, Halpern A, Sutton GG, Charlab R, Nusskern DR, Wincker P, Clark AG, Ribeiro JM, Wides R, Salzberg SL, Loftus B, Yandell M, Majoros WH, Rusch DB, Lai Z, Kraft CL, Abril JF, Anthouard V, Arensburger P, Atkinson PW, Baden H, de Berardinis V, Baldwin D, Benes V, Biedler J, Blass C, Bolanos R, Boscus D, Barnstead M, Cai S, Center A, Chaturverdi K, Christophides GK, Chrystal MA, Clamp M, Cravchik A, Curwen V, Dana A, Delcher A, Dew I, Evans CA, Flanigan M, Grundschober-Freimoser A, Friedli L, Gu Z, Guan P, Guigo R, Hillenmeyer ME, Hladun SL, Hogan JR, Hong YS, Hoover J, Jaillon O, Ke Z, Kodira C, Kokoza E, Koutsos A, Letunic I, Levitsky A, Liang Y, Lin JJ, Lobo NF, Lopez JR, Malek JA, McIntosh TC, Meister S, Miller J, Mobarry C, Mongin E, Murphy SD, O'Brochta DA, Pfannkoch C, Qi R, Regier MA, Remington K, Shao H, Sharakhova MV, Sitter CD, Shetty J, Smith TJ, Strong R, Sun J, Thomasova D, Ton LQ, Topalis P, Tu Z, Unger MF, Walenz B, Wang A, Wang J, Wang M, Wang X, Woodford KJ, Wortman JR, Wu M, Yao A, Zdobnov EM, Zhang H, Zhao Q, Zhao S, Zhu SC, Zhimulev I, Coluzzi M, della Torre A, Roth CW, Louis C, Kalush F, Mural RJ, Myers EW, Adams MD, Smith HO, Broder S, Gardner MJ, Fraser CM, Birney E, Bork P, Brey PT, Venter JC, Weissenbach J, Kafatos FC, Collins FH, and Hoffman SL. The genome sequence of the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae. Science 2002 Oct 4; 298(5591) 129-49. doi:10.1126/science.1076181 pmid:12364791. PubMed HubMed [2002ref5]
  6. Alphey L, Beard CB, Billingsley P, Coetzee M, Crisanti A, Curtis C, Eggleston P, Godfray C, Hemingway J, Jacobs-Lorena M, James AA, Kafatos FC, Mukwaya LG, Paton M, Powell JR, Schneider W, Scott TW, Sina B, Sinden R, Sinkins S, Spielman A, Tour Y, and Collins FH. Malaria control with genetically manipulated insect vectors. Science 2002 Oct 4; 298(5591) 119-21. doi:10.1126/science.1078278 pmid:12364786. PubMed HubMed [2002ref6]
  7. Bagni C, Bray S, Gogos JA, Kafatos FC, and Hsu T. The Drosophila zinc finger transcription factor CF2 is a myogenic marker downstream of MEF2 during muscle development. Mech Dev 2002 Sep; 117(1-2) 265-8. pmid:12204268. PubMed HubMed [2002ref7]
  8. Blandin S, Moita LF, Kcher T, Wilm M, Kafatos FC, and Levashina EA. Reverse genetics in the mosquito Anopheles gambiae: targeted disruption of the Defensin gene. EMBO Rep 2002 Sep; 3(9) 852-6. doi:10.1093/embo-reports/kvf180 pmid:12189180. PubMed HubMed [2002ref8]
  9. Rusten TE, Cantera R, Kafatos FC, and Barrio R. The role of TGF beta signaling in the formation of the dorsal nervous system is conserved between Drosophila and chordates. Development 2002 Aug; 129(15) 3575-84. pmid:12117808. PubMed HubMed [2002ref9]
  10. Kafatos FC. A revolutionary landscape: the restructuring of biology and its convergence with medicine. J Mol Biol 2002 Jun 14; 319(4) 861-7. doi:10.1016/S0022-2836(02)00427-8 pmid:12079311. PubMed HubMed [2002ref10]
  11. Dimopoulos G, Christophides GK, Meister S, Schultz J, White KP, Barillas-Mury C, and Kafatos FC. Genome expression analysis of Anopheles gambiae: responses to injury, bacterial challenge, and malaria infection. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2002 Jun 25; 99(13) 8814-9. doi:10.1073/pnas.092274999 pmid:12077297. PubMed HubMed [2002ref11]
  12. Thomasova D, Ton LQ, Copley RR, Zdobnov EM, Wang X, Hong YS, Sim C, Bork P, Kafatos FC, and Collins FH. Comparative genomic analysis in the region of a major Plasmodium-refractoriness locus of Anopheles gambiae. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2002 Jun 11; 99(12) 8179-84. doi:10.1073/pnas.082235599 pmid:12060762. PubMed HubMed [2002ref12]
  13. Dimopoulos G, Kafatos FC, Waters AP, and Sinden RE. Malaria parasites and the anopheles mosquito. Chem Immunol 2002; 80 27-49. pmid:12058645. PubMed HubMed [2002ref13]
  14. Lycett GJ and Kafatos FC. Anti-malarial mosquitoes?. Nature 2002 May 23; 417(6887) 387-8. doi:10.1038/417387a pmid:12024196. PubMed HubMed [2002ref14]
  15. Zhang D, Dimopoulos G, Wolf A, Miana B, Kafatos FC, and Winzerling JJ. Cloning and molecular characterization of two mosquito iron regulatory proteins. Insect Biochem Mol Biol 2002 May; 32(5) 579-89. pmid:11891134. PubMed HubMed [2002ref15]
  16. Merrill CE, Riesgo-Escovar J, Pitts RJ, Kafatos FC, Carlson JR, and Zwiebel LJ. Visual arrestins in olfactory pathways of Drosophila and the malaria vector mosquito Anopheles gambiae. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2002 Feb 5; 99(3) 1633-8. doi:10.1073/pnas.022505499 pmid:11792843. PubMed HubMed [2002ref16]
  17. Bolshakov VN, Topalis P, Blass C, Kokoza E, della Torre A, Kafatos FC, and Louis C. A comparative genomic analysis of two distant diptera, the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, and the malaria mosquito, Anopheles gambiae. Genome Res 2002 Jan; 12(1) 57-66. doi:10.1101/gr.196101 pmid:11779831. PubMed HubMed [2002ref17]
  18. Peter A, Schttler P, Werner M, Beinert N, Dowe G, Burkert P, Mourkioti F, Dentzer L, He Y, Deak P, Benos PV, Gatt MK, Murphy L, Harris D, Barrell B, Ferraz C, Vidal S, Brun C, Demaille J, Cadieu E, Dreano S, Gloux S, Lelaure V, Mottier S, Galibert F, Borkova D, Miana B, Kafatos FC, Bolshakov S, Sidn-Kiamos I, Papagiannakis G, Spanos L, Louis C, Madueo E, de Pablos B, Modolell J, Bucheton A, Callister D, Campbell L, Henderson NS, McMillan PJ, Salles C, Tait E, Valenti P, Saunders RD, Billaud A, Pachter L, Klapper R, Janning W, Glover DM, Ashburner M, Bellen HJ, Jckle H, and Schfer U. Mapping and identification of essential gene functions on the X chromosome of Drosophila. EMBO Rep 2002 Jan; 3(1) 34-8. doi:10.1093/embo-reports/kvf012 pmid:11751581. PubMed HubMed [2002ref18]
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2001

  1. Vizioli J, Bulet P, Hoffmann JA, Kafatos FC, Mller HM, and Dimopoulos G. Gambicin: a novel immune responsive antimicrobial peptide from the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2001 Oct 23; 98(22) 12630-5. doi:10.1073/pnas.221466798 pmid:11606751. PubMed HubMed [2001ref1]
  2. Wang R, Zheng L, Tour YT, Dandekar T, and Kafatos FC. When genetic distance matters: measuring genetic differentiation at microsatellite loci in whole-genome scans of recent and incipient mosquito species. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2001 Sep 11; 98(19) 10769-74. doi:10.1073/pnas.191003598 pmid:11553812. PubMed HubMed [2001ref2]
  3. Kafatos FC. The future of genomics. Mol Aspects Med 2001 Jun; 22(3) 101-11. pmid:11470138. PubMed HubMed [2001ref3]
  4. Benos PV, Gatt MK, Murphy L, Harris D, Barrell B, Ferraz C, Vidal S, Brun C, Demaille J, Cadieu E, Dreano S, Gloux S, Lelaure V, Mottier S, Galibert F, Borkova D, Miana B, Kafatos FC, Bolshakov S, Sidn-Kiamos I, Papagiannakis G, Spanos L, Louis C, Madueo E, de Pablos B, Modolell J, Peter A, Schttler P, Werner M, Mourkioti F, Beinert N, Dowe G, Schfer U, Jckle H, Bucheton A, Callister D, Campbell L, Henderson NS, McMillan PJ, Salles C, Tait E, Valenti P, Saunders RD, Billaud A, Pachter L, Glover DM, and Ashburner M. From first base: the sequence of the tip of the X chromosome of Drosophila melanogaster, a comparison of two sequencing strategies. Genome Res 2001 May; 11(5) 710-30. doi:10.1101/gr.173801 pmid:11337470. PubMed HubMed [2001ref4]
  5. Dobens LL, Martn-Blanco E, Martnez-Arias A, Kafatos FC, and Raftery LA. Drosophila puckered regulates Fos/Jun levels during follicle cell morphogenesis. Development 2001 May; 128(10) 1845-56. pmid:11311164. PubMed HubMed [2001ref5]
  6. Levashina EA, Moita LF, Blandin S, Vriend G, Lagueux M, and Kafatos FC. Conserved role of a complement-like protein in phagocytosis revealed by dsRNA knockout in cultured cells of the mosquito, Anopheles gambiae. Cell 2001 Mar 9; 104(5) 709-18. pmid:11257225. PubMed HubMed [2001ref6]
  7. Gomulski LM, Pitts RJ, Costa S, Saccone G, Torti C, Polito LC, Gasperi G, Malacrida AR, Kafatos FC, and Zwiebel LJ. Genomic organization and characterization of the white locus of the Mediterranean fruitfly, Ceratitis capitata. Genetics 2001 Mar; 157(3) 1245-55. pmid:11238408. PubMed HubMed [2001ref7]
  8. Rusten TE, Cantera R, Urban J, Technau G, Kafatos FC, and Barrio R. Spalt modifies EGFR-mediated induction of chordotonal precursors in the embryonic PNS of Drosophila promoting the development of oenocytes. Development 2001 Mar; 128(5) 711-22. pmid:11171396. PubMed HubMed [2001ref8]
  9. Dimopoulos G, Mller HM, Levashina EA, and Kafatos FC. Innate immune defense against malaria infection in the mosquito. Curr Opin Immunol 2001 Feb; 13(1) 79-88. pmid:11154922. PubMed HubMed [2001ref9]
  10. Giannoni F, Mller HM, Vizioli J, Catteruccia F, Kafatos FC, and Crisanti A. Nuclear factors bind to a conserved DNA element that modulates transcription of Anopheles gambiae trypsin genes. J Biol Chem 2001 Jan 5; 276(1) 700-7. doi:10.1074/jbc.M005540200 pmid:11016929. PubMed HubMed [2001ref10]
All Medline abstracts: PubMed HubMed

2000

  1. Han YS, Thompson J, Kafatos FC, and Barillas-Mury C. Molecular interactions between Anopheles stephensi midgut cells and Plasmodium berghei: the time bomb theory of ookinete invasion of mosquitoes. EMBO J 2000 Nov 15; 19(22) 6030-40. doi:10.1093/emboj/19.22.6030 pmid:11080150. PubMed HubMed [2000ref1]
  2. Catteruccia F, Nolan T, Loukeris TG, Blass C, Savakis C, Kafatos FC, and Crisanti A. Stable germline transformation of the malaria mosquito Anopheles stephensi. Nature 2000 Jun 22; 405(6789) 959-62. doi:10.1038/35016096 pmid:10879538. PubMed HubMed [2000ref2]
  3. Danielli A, Loukeris TG, Lagueux M, Mller HM, Richman A, and Kafatos FC. A modular chitin-binding protease associated with hemocytes and hemolymph in the mosquito Anopheles gambiae. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2000 Jun 20; 97(13) 7136-41. pmid:10860981. PubMed HubMed [2000ref3]
  4. Dimopoulos G, Casavant TL, Chang S, Scheetz T, Roberts C, Donohue M, Schultz J, Benes V, Bork P, Ansorge W, Soares MB, and Kafatos FC. Anopheles gambiae pilot gene discovery project: identification of mosquito innate immunity genes from expressed sequence tags generated from immune-competent cell lines. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2000 Jun 6; 97(12) 6619-24. pmid:10841561. PubMed HubMed [2000ref4]
  5. Benos PV, Gatt MK, Ashburner M, Murphy L, Harris D, Barrell B, Ferraz C, Vidal S, Brun C, Demailles J, Cadieu E, Dreano S, Gloux S, Lelaure V, Mottier S, Galibert F, Borkova D, Minana B, Kafatos FC, Louis C, Sidn-Kiamos I, Bolshakov S, Papagiannakis G, Spanos L, Cox S, Madueo E, de Pablos B, Modolell J, Peter A, Schttler P, Werner M, Mourkioti F, Beinert N, Dowe G, Schfer U, Jckle H, Bucheton A, Callister DM, Campbell LA, Darlamitsou A, Henderson NS, McMillan PJ, Salles C, Tait EA, Valenti P, Saunder RD, and Glover DM. From sequence to chromosome: the tip of the X chromosome of D. melanogaster. Science 2000 Mar 24; 287(5461) 2220-2. pmid:10731137. PubMed HubMed [2000ref5]
  6. Kafatos FC. Policy forum: European policy. Interesting times--biology, European science, and EMBL. Science 2000 Feb 25; 287(5457) 1401, 1403. pmid:10722387. PubMed HubMed [2000ref6]
  7. Hill F, Benes V, Thomasova D, Stewart AF, Kafatos FC, and Ansorge W. BAC trimming: minimizing clone overlaps. Genomics 2000 Feb 15; 64(1) 111-3. doi:10.1006/geno.1999.6106 pmid:10708525. PubMed HubMed [2000ref7]
  8. Catteruccia F, Nolan T, Blass C, Muller HM, Crisanti A, Kafatos FC, and Loukeris TG. Toward Anopheles transformation: Minos element activity in anopheline cells and embryos. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2000 Feb 29; 97(5) 2157-62. doi:10.1073/pnas.040568397 pmid:10681436. PubMed HubMed [2000ref8]
  9. Vizioli J, Bulet P, Charlet M, Lowenberger C, Blass C, Mller HM, Dimopoulos G, Hoffmann J, Kafatos FC, and Richman A. Cloning and analysis of a cecropin gene from the malaria vector mosquito, Anopheles gambiae. Insect Mol Biol 2000 Feb; 9(1) 75-84. pmid:10672074. PubMed HubMed [2000ref9]
All Medline abstracts: PubMed HubMed
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