Zika and chikungunya: mosquito-borne viruses in a changing world

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nyas.13306/full

More details on our new CDC funded project to create a Northeast Regional Center of Excellence in Vector borne diseases.

Talya Shragai is the lead author on a review paper entitled, “Zika and Chikungunya: mosquito-borne viruses in a changing world” now accepted for publication in Annals of the NY Academy of Sciences!

Congratulations are in order!  Alex Amaro was just named as a postdoctoral fellow supported through the NIH Reproductive Sciences and Genomics Training Program!!!  Way to go Alex!

Nick recently accepted a position at the California Dept of Public Health!  He will be working as a Vector Control Specialist focusing on Zika and other arboviruses!  Congrats and Good Luck Nick!

We will miss Susan, but wish her well in her new position at Grinnell College!! Congratulations Susan!

A mosquito sperm’s journey from male ejaculate to egg: Mechanisms, molecules, and methods for exploration

We are very pleased to welcome Dr. Yassi Hafezi to lab in April 2016. She is interested in the reproductive fitness of insects that are genetically engineered for pest management.  Read more about Yassi’s experience and interests on the member page!

Talya Shragai has been awarded a CALS Alumni Associate Academic Enrichment Grant to support her Citizen Science work on the Asian Tiger mosquito in New York!