2018年6月17-23日张宏宇教授应邀参加了The third RCM "Comparing Rearing Efficiency and Competitiveness of Insect Sterile Male Strains Produced by Genetic, Transgenic or Symbiont - based Technologies" ，来自10多个国家昆虫遗传改造与共生菌专家就基于转基因技术和共生菌的SIT技术进行了深入交流，张宏宇教授应邀在会上介绍团队最新研究成果Gut bacteria improve host’s fitness and SIT based on RNAi or CRISPR/CAS9 in B. dorsalis