Dr. Omar Akbari University of California, San Diego, USA

Dr. Akbari is an Assistant Professor at the University of California, San Diego. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Nevada, Reno where he sstudied the role cis-regulatory modules play in cellular identity along the anterio-posterior axis in developing Drosophila melanogaster embryos. His work currently focuses on developing synthetic... read morebiology inspired systems to understand and combat disease spreading insects.