If you’re ever feeling guilty about not cooking a fresh home-cooked meal, a reminder that people in cities historically either had cooks or ate at food stalls, going back to Ancient Greece. Ancient Egypt, too, although since everybody ate bread, beer, and onions, less of a thing.

I think he should be forced to carry it to term

The final chapter of my dissertation has been published in Journal of Medical Entomology! Follow the link to learn more about the host-associations of Culex panocossa, an invasive mosquito in south Florida! Lary Reeves #UFbugs academic.oup.com/jme/advance-ar…

No escurinho da cozinha (eu que liguei a luz depois)

Haemagogus janthinomys is one of the primary vectors of sylvatic yellow fever virus. This charming specimen was collected while biting me deep in the heart of the Pantanal in Brazil while out on fieldwork for CREATE-NEO.

Scientists living the dream!

A study finds Culex erraticus mosquitoes overwintering in tortoise burrows in Florida, which could play a role in mosquito-borne disease cycles there. 🔗 Some Florida Mosquitoes Spend the Winter in Tortoise Burrows entomologytoday.org/2024/03/07/cul…

Happy International Women’s Day from the Vasilakis Lab!

Sharing the preprint for my 1st first-author publication! Couldn’t have done it without FDOH and FL mosquito control programs who provided data and help of Lindsay Campbell & co-authors! 🦟🐓🌎 researchsquare.com/article/rs-412…

Thrilled to see our collaborative work w/ the Hanley (not on X) & Rossi Dr. Shannan_Rossi labs nature.com/articles/s4146…. Our data confirm experimentally that ZIKV has the potential to establish a sylvatic transmission cycle in the Americas. ASTMH Sociedade Brasileira de Virologia UTMB News Mauricio Nogueira’s lab @Famerp

Ahem. Remember this talking point? Who's surprised by the reality?

Shorten the election season…Save the world!!!

Proud to have been the 2023 recipient of the Shope International Fellowship from ACAV ASTMH ! Also thanks to CREATE-NEO for further support for this work.

The MMR vaccine does not cause autism. There is no need for further research on this. It's been done. Multiple times. At a cost of billions. Its a settled question.