NEW STUDY FROM @JohnsHopkinsSPH: An orange-colored yeast species isolated from a #Baltimore sidewalk several years ago could be the basis of eco-friendly #mosquito traps. "safe & inexpensive mosquito-control strategies that reduce #malaria transmission."
https://t.co/dHHvUlioBj
Just like parents consult online reviews and share perspectives to find the perfect daycare, mosquitoes surprisingly use smell cues shared among a group to select ideal breeding sites for their offspring. Discover this fascinating behavior in my new paper!
https://t.co/q3eMM8Ubk7
When choosing equal breeding sites, gravid Aedes aegypti 🦟 aggregate more often than expected, depending on the # of females present and involving a density-regulated avoidance response.
@MattDeGennaro, @AndreSilvaAedes, @Biomolecul90001
https://t.co/wQrdfcWQ3h
Want to control where mosquitoes lay their eggs? We discovered communal cues Aedes aegypti use to manage their population at breeding sites. Time to rethink skip-oviposition.
@AndreSilvaAedes#Aedes#FIU https://t.co/xVkMIgcdf0
BSI researchers use AI to predict protein binding interfaces with the best accuracy yet. @chapagap Check out the new paper in Nature Machine Intelligence https://t.co/rNzDjZNYsT
The Biomolecular Sciences Institute appoints Dr. Matthew DeGennaro as its new director. As director of the BSI, Dr. DeGennaro will continue supporting the Institute’s multidisciplinary research mission that leads to improved human health.
Want to learn about the mosquito’s relationship with water? Check out Elaine Chu’s first publication in my lab. The chapter is in the book she’s holding…
Orco not only helps female mosquitoes find their favorite blood meal, but makes it worth the risk… Fertility decline in female mosquitoes is regulated by the orco olfactory co-receptor https://t.co/F19M4PctgQ
A new chapter begins and hopefully along with it... a new mosquito repellent. #FIU@Ginkgo@azitrainc Team awarded $15M by DARPA to develop skin microbiome-based mosquito repellent https://t.co/Zd1LZKIBvG
@areyoukeddingme @metalmosquito Hey! Yes, you are correct, Harris County first screens pools of mosquitoes with an ELISA and if it comes back positive then it will get screened once more with a RAMP test. As for potential sources for false positives from the RAMP, I am unsure since we screen with the ELISA