Elaine Chu

Postdoctoral fellow @JohnsHopkins || Molecular Microbiology & Immunology ||

[Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute @JHMRImalaria]

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

[Elaine Chu @chuelainee]

🎉🥹

[Matthew DeGennaro @MattDeGennaro]

⁦@chuelainee⁩ brought the joy today while defending her dissertation.

[FIU @FIU]

Spring is here and so are mosquitoes! @FIUCASE researchers @MattDeGennaro, @AndreSilvaAedes and Kaylee Marrero explain that mosquitoes work together to find suitable egg-laying sites to avoid crowds in @ConversationUS.
@Biomolecul90001
Read more: https://t.co/VP3J9bSp7O

[Andre Luis Costa da Silva @AndreSilvaAedes]

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

[Communications Biology @CommsBio]

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

[Matthew DeGennaro @MattDeGennaro]

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

[Biomolecular Sciences Institute @Biomolecul90001]

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

[Elaine Chu @chuelainee]

🎉Congratulations Matt!! Exciting things coming to BSI @FIU soon!

[Biomolecular Sciences Institute @Biomolecul90001]

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.

[Elaine Chu @chuelainee]

@areyoukeddingme 🥹🫶❤️ thank you for your continuous friendship, mentorship and support!!! Glad that @hamer_lab brought us together 😎

[Matthew DeGennaro @MattDeGennaro]

So proud of Elaine advancing to candidacy today! @chuelainee #fiu

[Elaine Chu @chuelainee]

Thank you @MattDeGennaro for your constant support and mentorship, it has been an absolute pleasure working with you!!

[Matthew DeGennaro @MattDeGennaro]

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…

[Matthew DeGennaro @MattDeGennaro]

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

[Matthew DeGennaro @MattDeGennaro]

Can a blood meal can change visual attention in mosquitoes? We show that it can happen. @ElinaBarredo @JoshmanRaji #FIU https://t.co/icBbcmD3eo

[Elaine Chu @chuelainee]

@tttracyhawk Wow, beautiful bread ☺🤤

[Matthew DeGennaro @MattDeGennaro]

Hacking the Skin Microbiome to Fool Mosquitos and Prevent Malaria @neodotlife https://t.co/V010ZsyplM #Mosquito @FIU @Ginkgo @azitrainc

[Elaine Chu @chuelainee]

@areyoukeddingme @PSU_Entomology @ciddpsu @agsciences Omg can I attend 😍

[Matthew DeGennaro @MattDeGennaro]

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

[Elaine Chu @chuelainee]

@areyoukeddingme @SkeeterCierra @cgrhodes_ @areyoukeddingme yes, it was the sweetest thing ever 🥺❤ I still have it too!! 🥰

[Elaine Chu @chuelainee]

@areyoukeddingme @MachtingerLab @PSU_Entomology @psupostdoc So proud of you Karen!!!!

[Elaine Chu @chuelainee]

@areyoukeddingme @metalmosquito first before reconfirming with RAMP. I would definitely recommend reconfirming with a second test.

[Elaine Chu @chuelainee]

@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