Our new episode with Matthew DeGennaro is here! 🎙️🔬 Dr. Matthew DeGennaro’s laboratory at FIU studies the molecular genetics of mosquito host detection and the vector ecology of Aedes aegypti. Check out the full episode: protocols.io/podcasts/episo… #OpenScience #ScienceTwitter

A new chapter begins and hopefully along with it... a new mosquito repellent. #FIU Ginkgo Bioworks Azitra, Inc. Team awarded $15M by DARPA to develop skin microbiome-based mosquito repellent disq.us/t/3tl5rwb

Hacking the Skin Microbiome to Fool Mosquitos and Prevent Malaria @neodotlife neo.life/2021/01/hackin… #Mosquito FIU Ginkgo Bioworks Azitra, Inc.

Can a blood meal can change visual attention in mosquitoes? We show that it can happen. Elina Barredo #SOSCuba Joshman #FIU royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…

Orco not only helps female mosquitoes find their favorite blood meal, but makes it worth the risk… Fertility decline in female mosquitoes is regulated by the orco olfactory co-receptor biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Thank you Matthew DeGennaro for your constant support and mentorship, it has been an absolute pleasure working with you!!

So proud of Elaine advancing to candidacy today! Elaine Chu #fiu

BSI researchers use AI to predict protein binding interfaces with the best accuracy yet. Chapa Gap Check out the new paper in Nature Machine Intelligence rdcu.be/dlFn3

🎉Congratulations Matt!! Exciting things coming to BSI FIU soon!

Want to control where mosquitoes lay their eggs? We discovered communal cues Aedes aegypti use to manage their population at breeding sites. Time to rethink skip-oviposition. Andre Luis Costa da Silva #Aedes #FIU link.springer.com/10.1038/s42003…

When choosing equal breeding sites, gravid Aedes aegypti 🦟 aggregate more often than expected, depending on the # of females present and involving a density-regulated avoidance response. Matthew DeGennaro, Andre Luis Costa da Silva, Biomolecular Sciences Institute nature.com/articles/s4200…

Just like parents consult online reviews and share perspectives to find the perfect daycare, mosquitoes surprisingly use smell cues shared among a group to select ideal breeding sites for their offspring. Discover this fascinating behavior in my new paper! nature.com/articles/s4200…

Spring is here and so are mosquitoes! FIU College of Arts, Sciences & Education researchers Matthew DeGennaro, Andre Luis Costa da Silva and Kaylee Marrero explain that mosquitoes work together to find suitable egg-laying sites to avoid crowds in The Conversation U.S.. Biomolecular Sciences Institute Read more: ow.ly/tAjU50QWXpx

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