Toledo Lab

We are the Toledo Lab in the Department of Entomology at Rutgers University

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Fun day in the lab today as we got to show some of our work to students filming a report on one of the lab’s ongoing projects! 🥼🎥 #Rutgers #RutgersEntomology

[NJ Mosquito Control Association @NJMosquitoAssn]

Today is World Malaria Day.

Malaria is a preventable and treatable disease that continues to have a devastating impact on the health and livelihood of people around the world. #njmca #worldmalariaday

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Fantastic symposia organized by the students and great #EBEntSoc23 meeting! 🥳

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Next we stopped in Providence, Rhode Island for @EB_Entsoc! 🎉

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Lab PI, Dr. Alvaro Toledo, presented in the “Rush to Stop the Invasion” symposium, his presentation titled “Phenology and Control of the Asian Longhorned Tick: Lessons Learned”.

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All and all, another fantastic @NJMosquitoAssn meeting in the books! Great job by everyone in our lab! ☺️🥳

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Our lab had a very busy spring break! We first stopped at @NJMosquitoAssn’s 110th annual meeting in Atlantic City, NJ where our two graduate students presented on their work.

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Lab PI, Dr. Alvaro Toledo, also gave a presentation titled “Phenology and Control of the Asian Longhorned Tick: Lessons Learned”

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Check out the Department of Entomology’s website below and follow them on Twitter @RU_Entomology

https://t.co/gpLkG2bQoQ

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The Rutgers Department of Entomology is hosting their "Prospective Student Event" virtually on October 25th and 26th!

#gradschool #entomology #Rutgers

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Prospective graduate students please come and join us for this event! You will have the opportunity to meet one-on-one with faculty members, learn more about our program, and hear from our current graduate students!

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Congratulations to lab members Julia González & Dr. Toledo for their publication “Repellency of novel catnip (Nepeta cataria) cultivar extracts against Ixodes scapularis and Haemaphysalis longicornis (Acari: Ixodida: Ixodidae)” being published in Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases! 🎊

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Happy National Moth Week!! 🦋 Join us tonight as we celebrate on the Rutgers NB campus near the Passion Puddle! 💫 We'll have black light traps set up by 9:30 pm, so be sure to bring your camera and collection gear! 🔍 Any questions? DM us for more information.

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Members of the Toledo lab are organizing a special issue of Insects on "Research and Advances in Acarology". Please see the link and the images below for more information!

https://t.co/G2tGVzdhZf

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Congratulations to graduate student Matt Bickerton for passing his qualifying exam and becoming a PhD candidate! 🍾🎉

[Rutgers Global Health Institute @RutgersGHI]

5 faculty ➡️ 5 projects ➡️ $50,000 in Global Health Seed Grants

5/5: ⭐️ Alvaro Toledo ⭐️
@RutgersSEBS – "Ectoparasites and Diseases of Poverty in Low-Income Urban Communities"

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Aravind did a fantastic job presenting his poster titled “Determining Fatty Acid Requirements for Lyme Disease Spirochete Growth” at the Aresty Research Symposium! 🎉

Great job! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻