B.Sc. Agroecology and Plant Health. Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

M.Sc. Agroecology and Plant Health. Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

I am a graduate student in the MCO program. I completed my undergraduate and Master’s degrees in Agroecology and Plant Health at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where I worked on designing a CRISPR-based gene drive system to control populations of the malaria vector, Anopheles gambiae. I’m currently interested in the evolution and development of the germ line, as well as exploring genetic tools for studying non-model insects.

Spermatogenic context controls outcomes of engineered sex distortion in malaria mosquitoes. Lamdan, L.B., Popovsky-Sarid, S., Kolley, E.S.M., Sarig, A., Haber, D.A., Yonah, E.S., Marois, E., Davranoglou, L.R., Arien, Y., Papathanos, P.A. (2026). bioRxiv 715086.

Mosquito sex separation using complementation of selectable traits and engineered neo-sex chromosomes. Zaada, D.S.Y., Toren, O., Krsticevic, F., Haber, D.A., Gildman, D., Galpaz, N., Häcker, I., Schetelig, M.F., Marois, E., Arien, Y., Papathanos, P.A. (2025). Nature Communications, 16, 11175.

Targeting mosquito X-chromosomes reveals complex transmission dynamics of sex ratio distorting gene drives. Haber, D.A.*, Arien, Y*., Lamdan, L.B., Alcalay, Y., Zecharia, C., Krsticevic, F., Yonah, E.S., Avraham, R.D., Krzywinska, E., Krzywinski, J., Marois, E., Windbichler, N., Papathanos, P.A. (2024) Nature Communications 15: 4983

Sex ratio manipulation using gene drive for mosquito population control. Arien, Y.*, Alcalay, Y.*, Haber, D.A., Lamdan, L.B., Avraham, R.D., Papathanos, P.A. (2022). In Transgenic Insects – Techniques and Applications (2nd ed., pp. 224–242).