It's May term at UTK & I'm teaching Public Health Entomology

We set out mosquito traps along the Greenway yesterday & picked them up today- yep those are skeeters.

VectorEd Network's
@utknoxville.bsky.social

#SunsOutVectorsOut

Look who is right there in the middle!
#MEGABITESS educator & middle school educator of the year (for Knox county) Mrs Butterfield from Bearden Middle School!
Congrats!

If you work with undergraduate students, please forward
(1) Public Health Entomology Training at the Univ of Tennessee via CDC funded VectorEd Network's Student Training Network
Students @ Tenn will work w/ agencies on La Crosse virus and other vector-borne diseases.
@vectorednetwork.bsky.social

@ TN Mosquito Vector Control Association to introduce the group to @VectorEdNetwork.bsky.social

@viva-tick-chick.bsky.social spoke about evaluating passive surveillance w animal shelters

ATucker (not on here) spoke and asked participants about wanted future trainings

Published Friday, the National One Health Framework to Address Zoonotic Diseases and Advance Public Health Preparedness in the U.S.

The dominant word seems to be "coordinate", which, yeah, needed

The field of Veterinary Entomology is important.
While we were able to eradicate the primary screwworm, it still lingers in other areas of the world.
An important reminder that global issues are local issues.
#cattle #VetEntomol
www.reuters.com/business/hea...

Don't miss Popping Protocols this afternoon at 2pm in 222B where you can pitch a protocol based problem, and people in the room can help you try to solve it
#entsoc24 #@MUVE_ESA

Did you miss the conversation about failed experiments? Some notes from this morning below, feel free to add more below!! Many thanks to those who contributed
#entsoc24

We did it! Just like many talks, as we went up, there was a hole (yep a hole in the balloon!).
But we did it, "still fly ready"
Not as scary as I thought
Glad I did it
And met more entomologists through our shared experiences
#EntSoc24 @machtingerlab.bsky.social

I feel connected to the @EntsocAmerica students giving their first talk this morning.
Yeah, it's scary, but it'll be ok
It'll be ok
W @MachtingerLab
#EntSoc24

Yall, it's happening... #MEGABITESS students will be joining students from SC and GA to present their research at the
@entsocamerica.bsky.social SEB mtg in March.

Yes, High School, Middle School, & Elementary School scientists talking BUGS!

Catch it Sunday @ noon!🤩

New paper alert from an 8yr collaboration w/ @forestservice @usfs_srs. FIA crews checked selves for ticks & sent ticks to us. Then Butler took those GPS points & dates to create this risk map for #tickencounters in the SE US. It's not perfect, but is a good start! journals.plos.org/plosntds/art...

Started the morning w/ my #Valentine & gave blood
Why do we give?
Extra months w my mom
Extra wks w my dad
Extra wks w his bro
My nieces & newphews still have their mom
For 3 people we may or may not know & their family, friends, & community
#snacksforbreakfast
#giveblood

I've been going nonstop, to the point I was getting stress sick

Broken plane kept me in knoxville yesterday, so today...
I sorted mosquitoes at work and coins after dinner

Yes, I listened to my favorite podcasts and checked 2 boxes that were not a priority

We lost a Hackberry tree about 2 years ago...
Our Christmas Elm will take its place
Super excited about it

Note, there was solid discussion about persimmon, plum, redbud, and dogwood - but the elm won

#HappyHolidays

New CDC alert on these cases of tickborne Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

- 5 hospitalized
- 4 under 18 years old
- 3 dead
- all recently in Tecate, Mexico

CDC now urging doctors "do not delay treatment pending the result of a confirmatory laboratory test"

emergency.cdc.gov/han/2023/han...

W/ the busy-ness of #EntSoc23, I want to share this new paper. We report predictors used to find #AsianLonghornedTicks from the field. We also share ideas for running a tick blitz in areas w/o the tick & where to find them on a potentially infested farm.

journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

Job announcement! Join the UTK team as part of the VectorEDNetwork. We are looking for someone interested in working w/ the public & training professionals in vector biology, ecology, management.

goals are to predict/prevent/respond to vector-borne diseases

ut.taleo.net/careersectio...