# Island Conservation

runs the GBIRd (Genetic Biocontrol of Invasive Rodents) program, using geographically isolated island sites to conduct confined gene-drive field trials for invasive-rodent control, generating the ecological containment and persistence data regulators require.


Source: https://cn.bioecon.ru/companies/island-conservation/
Updated: 2026-08-15

- 国家: United States

## 可核验事实

| 事实 | 数值 | 来源 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 隶属机构 | Island Conservation是入侵啮齿动物遗传生物防治（GBIRd）伙伴关系的创始成员，其他成员包括CSIRO、北卡罗来纳州立大学、德克萨斯A&M大学、阿德莱德大学及美国农业部APHIS。 | https://www.geneticbiocontrol.org/, https://www.geneticbiocontrol.org/opportunities-knowledge-gaps-gene-drive-research/ |
| 研究方向 | 开发基因驱动技术（如t-CRISPR），通过偏倚后代性别比例根除岛屿入侵性啮齿动物。 | https://www.geneticbiocontrol.org/, https://www.geneticbiocontrol.org/opportunities-knowledge-gaps-gene-drive-research/, https://www.islandconservation.org/innovation/ |
| 实验设施 | CSIRO位于澳大利亚Geelong的生物安全小鼠设施。 | https://www.smh.com.au/environment/conservation/could-wa-be-the-genetic-testing-ground-for-synthetic-mice-to-end-mice-20180221-h0wev9.html |
| 科研资助 | DARPA（Safe Genes计划）资助约$650万。 | https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/conservation-minister-opposes-gm-rodent-plan/FHHX2TIWX32LBW2TSTAJMOU4G4/, https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/consortium-eyes-nz-islands-for-genetic-trials-on-pests/YHHBLWCUN2KXZIRSXTS7YRVBVU/, https://www.smh.com.au/environment/conservation/could-wa-be-the-genetic-testing-ground-for-synthetic-mice-to-end-mice-20180221-h0wev9.html |
| 论文产出 | 该伙伴关系发表关于啮齿动物群体基因组学、基因驱动可行性与伦理的研究，包括刊于PNAS与Evolution Applications的论文。 [中等置信度] | https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/csp2.406 |
| 主要研究人员 | Penny Becker（Island Conservation首席执行官）、J. Royden Saah（GBIRd项目协调人）、David Will（Island Conservation创新负责人）、Paul Thomas（阿德莱德大学教授）。 | https://genedrivenetwork.org/blog/a-new-gene-drive-tool-could-help-solve-the-challenge-of-invasive-mice/, https://www.islandconservation.org/island-conservations-board-resolution-genetic-biocontrol-invasive-rodents-partnership/, https://www.islandconservation.org/our-team/ |
| 员工人数 | Island Conservation称设有员工团队、董事会及顾问委员会，但未披露员工总数。 [中等置信度] | https://www.islandconservation.org/2025-impact-report/ |

独立来源: conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com, genedrivenetwork.org, geneticbiocontrol.org, nzherald.co.nz, smh.com.au

## 技术

- [合成生物学的生态风险](https://cn.bioecon.ru/technology/ecological-risks-of-synthetic-biology/)