Leisl Brewster

MSc candidate @UBC researching the molecular and cellular mechanisms behind mosquito smell and taste🦟🧬🔬 | Sailor⛵⛵

[(Ben) Matthews Lab @BenMatthewsUBC]

Here’s a ‘hook’ for our lab’s talk today at 10:40 in room 122 @ #Entsoc2022 in an excellent mosquito symposium - what do these cells sense, and how do they regulate mosquito egg-laying? Transgenic strain/image by ⁦@BrewsterLeisl⁩ and injections done by ⁦@UMDITF⁩

[Orna Phelan @orna_phelan]

It was so great to give my first ever in person talk at a conference at #EntSoc22! If you are interested in mosquitoes that live in highly fluctuating rock pool environments let's talk!

[Leisl Brewster @BrewsterLeisl]

I had a great time presenting my ongoing work on targeted RNAseq in mosquitoes! Really looking forward to these next two days of talks! #Entsoc2022

[Leisl Brewster @BrewsterLeisl]

Aw thank you! Excited to be continuing my journey in the mosquito lab with such a supportive and amazing group of lab members!

[(Ben) Matthews Lab @BenMatthewsUBC]

Huge congratulations to @BrewsterLeisl, the first PhD candidate in the @BenMatthewsUBC lab! Leisl passed her @ZoologyUBC comprehensive exam with flying colours, and we can't wait to see what she does next in the lab! 🦟🔬🧬🧪

[Isaiah Box @box_isaiah]

My first publication! Done with @BenMatthewsUBC and @ke_marshall. We used molecular data to show that intertidal habitats select for ice-binding proteins in invertebrates. It's open access in the latest special issue of @J_Exp_Biol so check it out! https://t.co/Cj3K4KaqLs

[Trends in Biochemical Sciences @TrendsBiochem]

Read also Spotlights on 1) insect #olfactoryreceptors (@BrewsterLeisl @BenMatthewsUBC) and 2) #piRNA/#miRNA, as well as a #TechoftheMonth on RNA purification by #DNAnanoswitches (@arunrichardc @LiefengZhou1 @HalvorsenLab):

https://t.co/0zGiSA0W2l

[Leisl Brewster @BrewsterLeisl]

Woohoo🥳🥳

[(Ben) Matthews Lab @BenMatthewsUBC]

Pleased to present our @TrendsBiochem Spotlight on the groundbreaking work of @MarmolJosefina, Vanessa Ruta and colleagues on the structural basis of insect olfactory receptor biology. Huge kudos to first author @BrewsterLeisl!

https://t.co/J3vVsZoWLT

[Leisl Brewster @BrewsterLeisl]

Very excited to share our Spotlight article highlighting exciting work done by @MarmolJosefina, Vanessa Ruta and Mackenzie Yedlin on the structural basis of insect olfaction!

[Trends in Biochemical Sciences @TrendsBiochem]

Online now - a Spotlight from @BrewsterLeisl and @BenMatthewsUBC titled "Seeing smell: the structural underpinnings of insect olfaction".

They highlight recent work that provides insights into how insects can navigate complex olfactory landscapes.

https://t.co/B6hMFE0wjz