Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases
University of Georgia
Michael Strand is a Regents Professor in the Department of Entomology and member of the Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases. His mosquito research has recently been featured in a number of news stories. What drives mosquitoes’ bloodlust? Their hormones (Nature) The Science Behind What Makes Mosquitoes Bite You! Explained (News 9) Mosquito bloodlust …
By Donna Huber Tania Rozario, assistant professor in the Department of Genetics and member of the Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases, recently received a seed grant from the Hypothesis Fund to develop a new approach toward advancing tapeworm research. Her natural inquisitiveness and willingness to tackle tough questions has led to this moment. …
Jessica Kissinger and Dennis Kyle received the Lamar Dodd Creative Research Award during UGA’s Honors Week. The award recognizes established investigators whose overall scholarly body of work has had a major impact on the field of study and has established the investigator’s international reputation as a leader in the field. Jessica Kissinger, Distinguished Research Professor …
by Donna Huber Baihetiya “Barna” Baierna, a cellular biology graduate student in Silvia Moreno’s laboratory, received an American Heart Association Pre-doctoral Fellowship. It will fund her training for the next two years as she studies the mitochondrion of Toxoplasma gondii. Baierna grew up wanting to follow in her mother’s footsteps as a scientist. “My …
by Donna Huber From an early age, Diego Huet has been interested in the unusual and fascinating found in the natural world. His early encounters with animals, plants and insects nurtured his curiosity about nature. Their striking colors and sometimes strange shapes drew his interest, and even today he continues to capture them through macro photography. …
