Rockies and High Plains Vector-borne Diseases Center

Let's introduce the partner institutions of RaHP VEC! We'll begin with the lead institution, Colorado State University. CSU is located in Fort Collins, CO. Principal investigators of RaHP VEC are based out of CSU & we'll dive deeper into that later. Learn more about RaHP VEC at the link in our bio.

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Wishing everyone happy holidays from RaHP VEC! ❄️🦟✨

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Check out the article here: journals.plos.org/plosntds/art...

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Hey everyone, we'll be at these meetings and conferences in 2026! If you are planning to be at any of these, let's get together and chat while we are there!

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We are almost to the start of winter! Do you know what winter is good for? Reading! Did you know RaHP VEC has a blog? Check out blog posts written by RaHP VEC interns highlighting the work they conducted this season: rahpvec.blogspot.com

02.12.2025 22:59 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A Disease-Carrying Mosquito Has Landed in the Rocky Mountains Where It Historically Couldn’t Survive - Inside Climate News The Aedes aegypti mosquito that can carry dengue was thought to be too reliant on a hot and wet climate to survive in the Mountain West. But now, a population is thriving in Western Colorado.

The mosquitoes that carry dengue and other dangerous diseases wouldn’t have been able to survive in Colorado before. Now they’re thriving in one community as temperatures warm.

10.11.2025 16:36 — 👍 21    🔁 20    💬 1    📌 0

We want to give a huge thank you to each & every one of you who attended, presented, & supported the 77th annual UMAA Conference last week! Thank you to the sustaining members & sponsors of the UMAA! We appreciate all of our members & those who make events like this possible. See you next year!

05.11.2025 14:48 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Starting your job search or about to launch your first lab? 🚀 Join ✨Beyond the Degree: Thriving in Your Career✨ to hear from pros across different sectors on how to start strong and thrive in vector ecology!

🗓️Monday, February 2, 2026

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31.10.2025 15:34 — 👍 7    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0

Ancient origin of an urban underground mosquito Understanding how life is adapting to urban environments represents an important challenge in evolutionary biology. In this work, we investigate a widely cited example of urban adaptation, Culex pipie...

A new genetic study in Science overturns the myth of the “London Underground Mosquito,” revealing that this common urban insect originated not below the cities of modern Europe, but in ancient Mediterranean civilizations more than a thousand years ago. https://scim.ag/43xWovB

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