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Abdul
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PhD~~Zoonosis and public health~Viruses, Mosquitoes, Bats, Molecular Biology, Proteins, Antivirals, Cell Models, Vaccines~~Adventure, Animation, Foodie, Disney!🦟🦠🧫🔬🧪👨‍🔬!!
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Today is the 14 year anniversary for the RasgonLab at Penn State
October 1, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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ReMOT Control reagents are now available on @addgene.bsky.social! Go git 'em!

www.addgene.org/Jason_Rasgon
Addgene: Jason Rasgon Lab Materials
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September 15, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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📢 A chikungunya outbreak in China has infected more than 7,000 people. Chikungunya causes fever and joint pain, but in some cases can be fatal. There is no vaccine or real treatment. Epidemiologist Jason Rasgon, from Penn State University, explains how the disease is tr...
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Chikungunya: a new mosquito-borne virus to contend with
www.sbs.com.au
August 11, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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End of summer lab lunch
August 8, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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In an urgent effort to save Hawaii’s critically endangered native birds from avian malaria, drones are now being used to drop #Wolbachia and thousands of lab-bred mosquitoes into the island forests. What a future come true.

www.newsbreak.com/fort-worth-l...
Thousands of mosquitoes are being dropped by drone over islands in Hawaii. - NewsBreak
In an urgent effort to save Hawaii’s critically endangered native birds, drones are now being used to drop thousands of lab-bred mosquitoes into the island
www.newsbreak.com
July 27, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Sindbis virus is suppressed in the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti by Atg6/BECN1 (autophagy-related 6)-mediated activation of autophagy
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Sindbis virus is suppressed in the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti by Atg6/BECN1 (autophagy-related 6)-mediated activation of autophagy
Macroautophagy/autophagy is a critical modulator of pathogen invasion response in vertebrates and invertebrates. However, how it affects mosquito-borne viral pathogens that significantly burden pub...
www.tandfonline.com
July 21, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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New RasgonLab paper (ahead of print) published in Autophagy!

By Dr. Sujit Pujhari & other former RasgonLab members

"Sindbis virus is suppressed in the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti by Atg6/BECN1 (autophagy-related 6)-mediated activation of autophagy"

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Sindbis virus is suppressed in the yellow fever mosquito aedes aegypti by Atg6/BECN1 (autophagy-related 6)-mediated activation of autophagy
Macroautophagy/autophagy is a critical modulator of pathogen invasion response in vertebrates and invertebrates. However, how it affects mosquito-borne viral pathogens that significantly burden pub...
www.tandfonline.com
June 27, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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New work from Abdul Wahaab in my lab! With @zureishon.bsky.social and Hieu Tran Nguyen Minh, in collaboration with ‪@joshuabenoit.bsky.social!

Effect of prolonged dehydration stress on the vector competence of Aedes aegypti for Mayaro virus

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org
June 17, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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Manuscript acceptance! Probably the last one for the year
December 21, 2024 at 1:28 PM
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December 8, 2024 at 2:22 PM
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FIU and Miami are great places to study athropod vectors in the lab as well as the field. Apply by Jan 5th for our open rank tenure track position: www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Open rank tenure track faculty position in Vector Biology - Miami, Florida job with Florida International University Biomolecular Sciences Institute | 12832412
Open Rank (Assistant, Associate, or Full) Professor position in vector biology at FIU
www.nature.com
December 4, 2024 at 5:01 PM
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🦟New study out of @vectorgen.bsky.social's lab finds #Wolbachia in Aedes aegypti can both help and hinder virus control, depending on the strain.

This highlights the need for more research to unlock Wolbachia's full potential against mosquito-borne diseases.

journals.plos.org/plosntds/art...
Variable effects of transient Wolbachia infections on alphaviruses in Aedes aegypti
Author summary In recent years, wild populations of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in over a dozen countries have been deliberately infected with Wolbachia pipientis (“Wolbachia”); an intracellular bacteriu...
journals.plos.org
November 20, 2024 at 4:40 PM
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New Orleans dinner with the Rasgon, Hansen, Smith, and Attardo labs!
November 16, 2024 at 1:51 PM
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Couldn’t find a virology starter pack so here’s one to get the ball rolling. Repost/reply if you are a virologist so I can find and add you to the list!

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November 10, 2024 at 2:43 PM
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📢 Closing soon - Postdoc position in my group at Yale!

Please apply if you are interested in using innovative experimental approaches and genomics to study dengue virus ecology and evolution 🦟🦠🧬

vogelslab.com/2024/05/30/w...
We’re hiring!
Postdoctoral Associate in Arbovirology Posting status: open until position is filled (updated 2024.09.30) The Vogels Lab is seeking a Postdoctoral Associate to join our growing team in the Departme…
vogelslab.com
November 8, 2024 at 11:37 PM