Patents by Inventor ZACHARY KNECHT

ZACHARY KNECHT has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • METHODS FOR MODULATING INSECT HYGRO- AND/OR THERMOSENSATION
    Publication number: 20190153451
    Abstract: A method of modulating hygrosensing and/or thermosensing in an animal, particularly, an insect or disease vector, is provided. Also provided is a method of reducing survival, host-seeking, and/or reproductive capability of an animal, particularly an insect or disease vector. The methods involve an effective amount of an agent that modulates the activity and/or expression of a polynucleotide or polypeptide of an ionotropic receptor (Ir) selected from one or more of Ir25a, Ir93a, Ir40a, Ir68a, or Ir21a. A method of identifying an agent that modulates survival, host-seeking, and/or reproductive capability of an animal, e.g., an insect, is further provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: ZACHARY KNECHT, PAUL GARRITY, LINA NI