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New Paper published April 30, 2012

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New paper published in PLoS ONE!

“Invasion of Wolbachia into Anopheles and Other Insect Germlines in an Ex vivo Organ Culture System”

Hisoshi’s research April 23, 2012

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Dr. Hitoshi Tsujimoto’s PhD work profiled by UGA Today.

Dr. Yasutsugu Suzuki joins lab April 18, 2012

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Dr. Yasutsugu Suzuki has joined the lab as a post-doc. Dr. Suzuki recently received his PhD in virology from Kyoto University.

New funding April 12, 2012

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Congratulations Brian!

In collaboration with the Rasgon Lab, Dr. Brian Foy (Associate Professor at Colorado State University) has been awarded a new RO1 grant from the NIH to study the utility of using endectocides (drugs effective against ectoparasites such as mosquitoes) to control malaria.  Our role on the project is to develop mathematical modeling frameworks to assess the potential effect of endectocide treatment on mosquito population dynamics and malaria transmission.

First mosquito experiment performed at Penn State April 12, 2012

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Now that our insectary is functioning, we can start mosquito experiments.  These Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes were injected with bacteria.

New Rasgon Lab insectary online April 11, 2012

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Our new insectary is finally operational. It consists of 2 independently controlled walk-in chambers that can be programmed for temperature, humidity and light cycle. It includes prep areas and sink.

Rasgon Lab established at Penn State April 11, 2012

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The Rasgon Laboratory recently moved to Penn State University from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Our lab integrates population biology, ecology, molecular tools and theory to address fundamental and applied questions related to vector arthropods and the pathogens they transmit, with emphasis on release of genetically-modified mosquitoes for disease control, pathogen transmission dynamics and bioterrorism issues.