Abdul

Today is the 14 year anniversary for the RasgonLab at Penn State

ReMOT Control reagents are now available on @addgene.bsky.social! Go git 'em!

www.addgene.org/Jason_Rasgon

Chikungunya: a new mosquito-borne virus to contend with

📢 A chikungunya outbreak in China has infected more than 7,000 people. Chikungunya causes fever and joint pain, but in some cases can be fatal. There is no vaccine or real treatment. Epidemiologist Jason Rasgon, from Penn State University, explains how the disease is tr...
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End of summer lab lunch

Thousands of mosquitoes are being dropped by drone over islands in Hawaii. - NewsBreak In an urgent effort to save Hawaii’s critically endangered native birds, drones are now being used to drop thousands of lab-bred mosquitoes into the island

In an urgent effort to save Hawaii’s critically endangered native birds from avian malaria, drones are now being used to drop #Wolbachia and thousands of lab-bred mosquitoes into the island forests. What a future come true.

www.newsbreak.com/fort-worth-l...

Sindbis virus is suppressed in the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti by Atg6/BECN1 (autophagy-related 6)-mediated activation of autophagy Macroautophagy/autophagy is a critical modulator of pathogen invasion response in vertebrates and invertebrates. However, how it affects mosquito-borne viral pathogens that significantly burden pub...

Sindbis virus is suppressed in the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti by Atg6/BECN1 (autophagy-related 6)-mediated activation of autophagy
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Sindbis virus is suppressed in the yellow fever mosquito aedes aegypti by Atg6/BECN1 (autophagy-related 6)-mediated activation of autophagy Macroautophagy/autophagy is a critical modulator of pathogen invasion response in vertebrates and invertebrates. However, how it affects mosquito-borne viral pathogens that significantly burden pub...

New RasgonLab paper (ahead of print) published in Autophagy!

By Dr. Sujit Pujhari & other former RasgonLab members

"Sindbis virus is suppressed in the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti by Atg6/BECN1 (autophagy-related 6)-mediated activation of autophagy"

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

New work from Abdul Wahaab in my lab! With @zureishon.bsky.social and Hieu Tran Nguyen Minh, in collaboration with ‪@joshuabenoit.bsky.social!

Effect of prolonged dehydration stress on the vector competence of Aedes aegypti for Mayaro virus

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Mosquitoes can be extra-bitey in droughts Mosquitoes can survive prolonged droughts by drinking blood, which helps to explain why rates of mosquito-borne illness don't always decline in dry periods.

www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

Happy New Year Jason !! 🎉

Manuscript acceptance! Probably the last one for the year

Open rank tenure track faculty position in Vector Biology - Miami, Florida job with Florida International University Biomolecular Sciences Institute | 12832412 Open Rank (Assistant, Associate, or Full) Professor position in vector biology at FIU

FIU and Miami are great places to study athropod vectors in the lab as well as the field. Apply by Jan 5th for our open rank tenure track position: www.nature.com/naturecareer...

Variable effects of transient Wolbachia infections on alphaviruses in Aedes aegypti Author summary In recent years, wild populations of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in over a dozen countries have been deliberately infected with Wolbachia pipientis (“Wolbachia”); an intracellular bacteriu...

🦟New study out of @vectorgen.bsky.social's lab finds #Wolbachia in Aedes aegypti can both help and hinder virus control, depending on the strain.

This highlights the need for more research to unlock Wolbachia's full potential against mosquito-borne diseases.

journals.plos.org/plosntds/art...

New Orleans dinner with the Rasgon, Hansen, Smith, and Attardo labs!

I'd like to be added….Thanks!

Couldn’t find a virology starter pack so here’s one to get the ball rolling. Repost/reply if you are a virologist so I can find and add you to the list!

go.bsky.app/SinqoJU

We’re hiring! Postdoctoral Associate in Arbovirology Posting status: open until position is filled (updated 2024.09.30) The Vogels Lab is seeking a Postdoctoral Associate to join our growing team in the Departme…

📢 Closing soon - Postdoc position in my group at Yale!

Please apply if you are interested in using innovative experimental approaches and genomics to study dengue virus ecology and evolution 🦟🦠🧬

vogelslab.com/2024/05/30/w...