New paper: Adegoke A, Ribeiro JMC, Smith RC, Karim S.
Tick Innate Immune Responses to Hematophagy and Ehrlichia Infection at Single-Cell Resolution https://t.co/2wynlrgvtP
Extremely proud of three @theticklab members who won awards at the 2023 Southeastern Branch of Entomological Society of America conference. Julia Hanson (First place undergrad poster), Latoyia Downs (First place PhD paer), and Abdulsalam Adegoke (First place PhD paper).
Finally accepted and available in print. "Hematophagy and tick-borne Rickettsial pathogen shape the microbial community structure and predicted functions within the tick vector, Amblyomma maculatum" #microbiome#ticks#rickettsiae
https://t.co/sdyv4TzAZc
Interference with LTβR signaling by tick saliva facilitates transmission of Lyme disease spirochetes | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences https://t.co/jAXvwV8jPW
Congrats to @ssurendraraj@CrispellGaz and all fabulous undergrads for the acceptance of this article.
Alpha-Gal Syndrome: Involvement of Amblyomma americanum α-D-galactosidase and α-1,4 Galactosyltransferase enzymes in α-gal metabolism https://t.co/vV4lPdTT2h
@AlphaGal_RES@megsquitophd@LonnieRhea@inaturalist I wouldn’t mind seeing this done on West Coast ticks as well. When initially working with this, we picked the ticks that were known to bite humans in the SE USA. Thanks for reading. :)