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Zach N. Adelman Entomology

Genetically modified mosquitoes, engineering pathogen resistance,   gene drive, and RNAi

Jeffrey R. Bloomquist Entomology Development of novel insecticides for the control of malaria
Carlyle C. Brewster Entomology Satellite remote sensing, geographic information systems (GIS), geostatistics, modeling of disease potential
Paul R. Carlier Chemistry Design and synthesis of species-specific enzyme inhibitors and receptor ligands for insect control
Michael Klemba Biochemistry Catabolism of host hemoglobin by the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum
Jianyong Li Biochemistry Proteomics; biochemistry of chorion hardening and tryptophan metabolism in mosquitoes
Kevin M. Myles Entomology Molecular genetics of innate antiviral immune responses (RNAi) and virus-mediated immune modulation in the mosquito
Sally L. Paulson Entomology Behavioral and environmental risk factors for La Crosse encephalitis virus and factors influencing the vector competence of mosquitoes
Dharmendar Rathore VBI Mechanism of infection of liver cells by Plasmodium falciparum sporozoites, anti-parasitic immune responses
Igor Sharakhov Entomology Genome rearrangements in malaria mosquitoes
Zhijian Jake Tu Biochemistry Mobile genetic elements and gene regulatory networks of small non-coding RNAs in mosquitoes: The interface between functional genomics, comparative genomics, & bioinformatics
Jinsong Zhu Biochemistry
Signal transduction and transcriptional activation in mosquitoes
      
  
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