New paper on scale and bristle development in Aedes aegypti! September 10, 2020

Actin bundles play a different role in shaping scales compared to bristles in the mosquito Aedes aegypti

New paper with collaborators on ReMOT Control in Nasonia wasps! August 2, 2020

With the Akbari lab at UCSD and former Rasgonlab Member Duverney Chaverra-Rodriguez, ReMOT Control is now working in parasitic hymenoptera!

Germline mutagenesis of Nasonia vitripennis through ovarian delivery of CRISPR‐Cas9 ribonucleoprotein

Dr. Sujit Pujhari starts independent faculty position August 2, 2020

We are sad that Sujit has left us, but thrilled that he has begun an independent position at the University of South Carolina Medical School. We expect big things from him in the future!

Humanized mouse models for COVID19 May 22, 2020

We wrote a thing. Why not, nothing else better to do on lockdown…

Mice with humanized-lungs and immune system – an idealized model for COVID-19 and other respiratory illness

New densovirus paper in Parasites and Vectors! April 22, 2020

Anopheles gambiae densovirus (AgDNV) negatively affects Mayaro virus infection in Anopheles gambiae cells and mosquitoes

ReMOT Control CRISPR Editing of whiteflies (Bemisia tabaci) published in CRISPR Journal!! April 21, 2020

Very proud of this one, seems like we’ve been working on it forever! Also, got the cover of the journal!

New paper on ReMOT Control in Anopheles! April 20, 2020

Cas9-mediated gene-editing in the malaria mosquito Anopheles stephensi by ReMOT Control

New NIH grant for the RasgonLab! September 29, 2019

With a new 5 year $2.7M grant from the NIH, we’re excited to return to our roots and continue our research on West Nile virus and Culex tarsalis!

New Postdoc Dr. Sultan Asad July 16, 2019

Sultan just joined the RasgonLab to study mosquito-virus interactions. Welcome!

Visiting PhD student Gemma McLaughlin July 16, 2019

Gemma McLaughlin is here to learn how to apply ReMOT Control to hymenopterans!