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Dengue, Zika, Chikungunya, Yellow Fever… All these diseases are caused by viruses transmitted to humans by infected mosquitoes. What if we joined forces with these mosquitoes to stop the spread of pathogenic viruses?
This video was created by Lucie Souriac, a Ph.D. student who works on the elaboration of transgenic mosquitoes using the Gene Drive strategy in João Trindade Marques lab (https://ibmc.cnrs.fr/en/laboratoire/m3i-en/equipes/antiviral-responses-in-the-aedes-mosquito/) at the Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology (IBMC) in Strasbourg, France.
Dengue, Zika, Chikungunya, Yellow Fever… All these diseases are caused by viruses transmitted to humans by infected mosquitoes. What if we joined forces with these mosquitoes to stop the spread of pathogenic viruses?
This video was created by Lucie Souriac, a Ph.D. student who works on the elaboration of transgenic mosquitoes using the Gene Drive strategy in João Trindade Marques lab (https://ibmc.cnrs.fr/en/laboratoire/m3i-en/equipes/antiviral-responses-in-the-aedes-mosquito/) at the Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology (IBMC) in Strasbourg, France.

![Designing a self-propelled vesicle inspired by a bacterial swimmer
We present an original design for a self-propelling lipid bilayer vesicle using a DNA origami rotary motor, powered by transmembrane water flow[1] generated via photoactivable sodium pumps[2] and mimicking bacterial locomotion with a rigid helical flagella.
We have built a numerical model to assess the compatibility between the elements of the system and the viability of its structure and function. From this model, we have identified the limitations of the current design and proposed additional functions to consider for future development.
This video was created by Emma Brix, a student in the Cell Physics Master program at the University of Strasbourg.
Related resources:
[1] X. Shi, A. K. Pumm, C. Maffeo, et al., A dna turbine powered by a transmembrane potential
across a nanopore, Nature Nanotechnology 19, 338 (2024), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-023-
01527-8
[2] Y. V. Bertsova, A. V. Bogachev, and V. P. Skulachev, Proteorhodopsin from dokdonia sp. pro95 is a light-driven na+-pump, Biochemistry (Moscow) 80, 449 (2015),
https://doi.org/10.1134/S0006297915040082 Designing a self-propelled vesicle inspired by a bacterial swimmer](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bsNcls_gKms/mqdefault.jpg)








