RESEARCH
Every year, the Oak Processionary Caterpillar emerges and affects hundreds of thousands of people in the Netherlands alone. As current methods are often costly, non-specific and/or ineffective, our aim is to genetically engineer a biological pesticide that would target specific and essential sequences in the caterpillar to reduce their growing population. Our focus on specificity sets our pesticide apart from others, it is easy to deploy, and does not harm other insects.