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Ian Patterson
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Virologist, insect viruses - good ones and bad ones
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📣 I'm recruiting a postdoc researcher to join my team for a project on mosquito-specific viruses and host interactions. Peep the job description & how to apply below. Perfect for soon-to-be or recent PhD graduates in mosquito vector biology 🦟 or arbovirology 🦠
🗓️ Application deadline 31 August 2025
July 28, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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How can mosquitoes tolerate viral infections?

In our latest preprint we show that mosquitoes that can regulate their metabolism after infection can tolerate viral infections better.

Thanks to all the authors for all your ideas and contributions

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Metabolic homeostasis favors tolerance to persistent viral infection in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes
The mosquito Aedes aegypti harbors a wide range of persistent viral infections, including both medically important arboviruses and insect-specific viruses (ISVs). However, the mechanisms underpinning ...
www.biorxiv.org
July 29, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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Overexpression of small antibodies in mosquito midguts inhibits infection by dengue, Zika, chikungunya, and Mayaro viruses. Co-expressing small antibodies with Dcr2 further enhances arbovirus transmission blockade in mosquitoes.

www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Engineered antibody-mediated broad-spectrum suppression of human arboviruses in the Aedes aegypti vector - Communications Biology
Overexpression of small antibodies in mosquito midguts inhibits infection by dengue, Zika, chikungunya, and Mayaro viruses. Co-expressing small antibodies with Dcr2 further enhances arbovirus transmis...
www.nature.com
May 8, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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CDC issues a health advisory notice on dengue. Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands have been battling outbreaks, along with detections in California, Florida, and Texas.
March 18, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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🚨 We are recruiting for two post-doc positions!🚨

1) Development of genetic tools to study mosquito immune cells isu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/IowaStateJob...

2) Role of mosquito immune cells in immune recognition and priming isu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/IowaStateJob...
February 6, 2025 at 9:31 PM