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The Yellow Fever Mosquito is a globally invasive mosquito that prefers to bite human beings because it prefers the odor of human beings to the odor of other animals. In parts of its native range in…
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May 4th, 2023 Speaker
Timothy W. Schwanitz, GS (2924323) Department
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
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Mosquitos pose a great threat to human health and the economy due to the diseases they carry which kill thousands of humans every year. The goal of this project was to create a tool that could…
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May 4th, 2023 Speaker
Hannah Even, UG '25 Department
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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Malaria was eradicated in the United States in 1951, but it is now the sixth biggest cause of death in low-income nations, and conventional preventative approaches, like pesticides, are becoming…
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May 3rd, 2023 Speaker
Felicia Sanders, UG '25 (2770420) Department
Global Health and Policy
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EEB 522 Seminar Series, Colloquium on the Biology of PopulationsPresented by Jeremy Herren, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (Icipe)“Harnessing mosquito symbionts for…
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February 16th, 2023 Speaker
Jeremy Herren Department
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Location
10 Guyot Hall
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Researchers have discovered a specific blend of chemicals that mimics the human odor mosquitoes respond to, which could lead to the development of baits that would attract mosquitoes to lethal traps.…
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