Emma Camacho

Mom, wife, and Assistant Research Professor @JHBSPH. Leading change from within ✨

[Emma Camacho @Emma_BCC]

So grateful to be part of these spectacular communities @ACasadevall1 lab @JohnsHopkinsMMI @JohnsHopkinsSPH

[Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute @JHMRImalaria]

Too much can kill the mosquito — too little can also kill it. But the right amount can strengthen the mosquito’s defenses and stop #malaria transmission 🦟

Listen to learn more about the Goldilocks dose with @Emma_BCC

https://t.co/Cby86FLuzj

[ℙ𝕆ℝ𝕋𝔸𝕃 𝔸𝕃 𝔻𝕀𝔸 ® @portalaldia]

“No dejen a mi papá abandonado”: el llamado desesperado de Michell Gutiérrez tras 12 días del desastre en Bello Horizonte

Me llamo Michell Gutiérrez y hoy hablo con el corazón roto, con la voz quebrada y con la esperanza de que alguien me escuche.

Han pasado 12 días desde el desastre ocurrido en Bello Horizonte, Playa Grande, y todavía sigo esperando que me ayuden a recuperar a mi padre. Cada día que pasa es una herida más para mi familia. Cada hora de silencio duele. Cada máquina detenida, cada equipo que se retira, cada respuesta que no llega, nos hace sentir que la vida de mi papá y nuestro dolor han sido olvidados.

Estoy aquí, pidiendo ayuda. No estoy pidiendo un favor imposible. Estoy pidiendo humanidad. Estoy pidiendo que no abandonen a mi padre. Estoy pidiendo que las autoridades, los equipos de rescate y todas las personas con poder de actuar vuelvan al lugar, reactiven la búsqueda y no nos dejen solos en medio de esta tragedia.

Ver la maquinaria parada mientras mi familia espera respuestas es una crueldad que nadie debería vivir. Nadie merece ser dejado atrás. Ninguna familia merece cargar con esta angustia sin apoyo, sin explicación y sin acción.

Hoy hago un llamado a la conciencia de todos:
¿Qué nos está pasando como sociedad cuando una familia tiene que suplicar para que no abandonen a su ser querido?
¿Dónde queda la solidaridad, la compasión y el respeto por la vida humana?

Mi padre no es un número. Mi padre no es una noticia más. Mi padre es un ser humano. Es parte de una familia que lo ama, que lo espera y que merece respuestas.

Por eso levanto mi voz, aunque me duela. Por eso sigo pidiendo ayuda. Porque mientras haya una posibilidad, no voy a dejar de luchar.

A quienes puedan ayudar, les ruego: no miren hacia otro lado. Compartan este mensaje. Exijan respuestas. Acompañen esta causa.

Nadie merece ser abandonado de esta manera. Mi papá merece ser buscado. Mi familia merece respuestas. Y Venezuela merece más humanidad.

#TodosConVzla #BelloHorizonte #PlayaGrande #Justicia #Humanidad #NoAlAbandono

[Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute @JHMRImalaria]

Join us in Baltimore on May 28 & 29 for our 29th annual Vector Encounter. Kick off summer with learning, networking & fun with many of the world's leading vector experts. When you register, don't forget to add Thursday's Maryland steamed crab feast! 🦀🔨https://t.co/rH2dfV7rnR

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Faced with the possibility of a tragedy of immense proportions, I make a heartfelt appeal to all the parties involved to assume the moral responsibility of halting the spiral of violence before it becomes an unbridgeable chasm. May diplomacy regain its proper role, and may the well-being of peoples, who yearn for peaceful existence founded on justice, be upheld. And let us continue to pray for peace.

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

I am following with deep concern what is happening in the Middle East and in Iran during this tumultuous time. Stability and peace are not achieved through mutual threats, nor through the use of weapons, which sow destruction, suffering, and death, but only through reasonable, sincere, and responsible dialogue.

[Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute @JHMRImalaria]

Dr. Shengzhang Dong of the Johns Hopkins #Malaria Research Institute engineers transgenic #mosquitoes in the quest to produce mosquitoes that don't transmit disease. He presented his latest research at the @ASTMH 2025 Annual Meeting. #Iamtropmed

[Molecular Microbiology and Immunology @JohnsHopkinsMMI]

“This study opens the door for future research into these adaptations & the identification of urban fungal species that may emerge as potential human pathogens in the near future,” said @JohnsHopkinsSPH researcher & @ACasadevall1 Lab member @Danfqsmith
https://t.co/g1ZdjmK1Ha

[Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute @JHMRImalaria]

Johns Hopkins epidemiologist Dr. Amy Wesolowski explains her work as part of a community of scientists from around the world working together on problems involving #malaria.

[Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute @JHMRImalaria]

We ran into an old friend in Toronto! Dr. Sungano Mharakurwa, director of the #Malaria Program at Africa University in Mutare, Zimbabwe! Dr. Mharakurwa helped start the Johns Hopkins Malaria Institute nearly 25 years ago. #IAmTropMed

[Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute @JHMRImalaria]

It's Day 3 of ASTMH 2025 and the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute is bringing you highlights. Our friend Dr. Himanshu Gupta from GLA University tells us about his exciting research to see if mRNA can be used as a biomarker for severe #malaria. Spoiler alert: it can!

[Molecular Microbiology and Immunology @JohnsHopkinsMMI]

📢📢 📢 MMI Published Research | Casadevall Lab

A recent study published in @ISME_microbes @ISMEComms finds that some fungi may adapt to higher temperatures in urban areas

Read more about the study here ⬇️
https://t.co/Ofkix15Hin

Link to study here ⬇️
https://t.co/UbAJOPjpMp

[Emma Camacho @Emma_BCC]

Fascinating and challenging work with outstanding collaborations @ACasadevall1 @MosquitoExpert @radajbcordero and many more @JohnsHopkinsMMI @CUNY L-DOPA an integrative and ecological safe approach to control malaria and protect the biosphere ✨

[Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute @JHMRImalaria]

Johns Hopkins microbiologist Emma Camacho and her colleagues published a study in @Nature Communications that provides clues to a new, environmentally friendly way to prevent malaria. Watch Dr. Camacho explain it!

[Emma Camacho @Emma_BCC]

Beautiful note about latest published work. Thanks to JHMRI outstanding support! https://t.co/ngWgXeY7BU

[Emma Camacho @Emma_BCC]

@RubayetElahi @JohnsHopkinsMMI Thanks Rubayet!

[Emma Camacho @Emma_BCC]

Last week my first author research article in the malaria field was published in https://t.co/ZiOSPgge50
What a exciting and challenging journey @JohnsHopkinsMMI May this be the first of may more- looking forward to reading your comments and questions✨

[Emma Camacho @Emma_BCC]

@iliciub1 @JohnsHopkinsMMI Thanks Ilinca!

[Molecular Microbiology and Immunology @JohnsHopkinsMMI]

Thank you to this week's Postdoc Summer Research Forum presenters -- @JohnsHopkinsSPH Postdoctoral Fellows Caire Barreto, PhD, of @JohnsHopkinsMMI Dimopoulos Lab and Murilo Ramos Rocha, PhD, of @JohnsHopkinsBMB Weeraratna Lab @AshaniTW!

[Genetics Society of America @GeneticsGSA]

📢 NEW GENOME ALERT in #G3journal

@ACasadevall1 and team published several chromosome-level genome assemblies and annotations of Lomentospora prolificans, a fungal pathogen responsible for serious, often fatal illnesses in immunocompromised patients: https://t.co/URHD735bfn

[mBio @mbiojournal]

Thank you, @ACasadevall1, for your vision, leadership, passion, and countless hours of dedication to #mBio! What an amazing journey it's been, and the work to continue building on what you established will go on. https://t.co/TuIIITnGgC

[Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute @JHMRImalaria]

⏳ 2 days until the #WorldMalariaDay Symposium!

We’re bringing together global minds to rethink mosquito biology, gene editing, and malaria elimination.

Don't miss it!

📍 @JohnsHopkinsSPH
📅 April 25

#BuildABetterMosquito