The group of Hajime WATANABE at Osaka University, School of Engineering, has succeeded to apply methods of genome editing such as CRISPR/Cas9 to optimize daphnia for environmental monitoring and testing of physiologically active substances.
Takashi NAKANISHI et al., PLoS One DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098363
Group at Osaka University tailors daphnia for environmental monitoring