Margaret Becker PhD
mvbecker.bsky.social
Margaret Becker PhD
@mvbecker.bsky.social
Studying the impact of environmental factors on Ae. aegypti arboviral susceptibility in the Dickson lab. Currently looking for a postdoctoral fellowship or other job opportunities!
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📢 Offre de #thèse en modélisation écologique !
Diversité et distribution des #moustiques en #AfriqueDeLOuest 🌍🦟🌐

📍 #Sénégal
🎯 candidatures Sénégal et sous-région

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Merci de partager🙏

#Modélisation #Ecologie #IRD #Biodiversité #
April 24, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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🦟🧪 ***I'm recruiting*** one student (M.S. or Ph.D.) to join my lab January 2026. Students need a 3.0 GPA and have an interest/experience in mosquito taxonomy, phenotypes, or ecology. Work on genetics/genomics is a plus. Deadline is 15 October 2025. US based students only. yeemosquitolab.org
Yee Mosquito Lab
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yeemosquitolab.org
April 24, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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I am thrilled to present the Mosquito Cell Atlas! We analyzed 367K nuclei from 19 tissues in male & female mosquitoes, creating a comprehensive resource for vector biology & infectious disease research.

Plus we made some surprising discoveries! 🦟🧵

biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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March 5, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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globally, there are ~3500 described mosquito species in the Culicidae family and many of these are important vectors of disease but only a small percentage have genomic resources. we are launching a pilot project to generate high quality reference genomes for 100 important mosquito species [1/3]
February 24, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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Happy to share our work exploring the genetic basis of dengue susceptibility in Aedes aegypti and revealing the antiviral role of a cytochrome P450. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
It had been a long and wild ride that started back when I was a postdoc within @lambrechtslab.bsky.social ! A thread ⬇️
Dengue virus susceptibility in Aedes aegypti linked to natural cytochrome P450 variants
The mosquito Aedes aegypti is the primary vector for dengue virus (DENV), which infects millions of people annually. Variability in DENV susceptibility among wild Ae. aegypti populations is governed b...
www.biorxiv.org
February 28, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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Excited to announce our next speaker Dr William de Souza who will be presenting work on virus transmission dynamics of #emerging #arboviruses NEXT THURSDAY.
Will be great to get some perspective from an up-and-coming investigator. PLEASE help with a repost for this community driven seminar series.
February 12, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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🦟 "‘London Underground’ #mosquito has surprisingly ancient origins: once thought to have evolved inside the Tube network, a tunnel-dwelling mosquito might actually have emerged thousands of years ago in #Egypt." by Chris Simms @nature.com news
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
‘London Underground’ mosquito has surprisingly ancient origins
Once thought to have evolved inside the Tube network, a tunnel-dwelling mosquito might actually have emerged thousands of years ago in Egypt.
www.nature.com
February 4, 2025 at 10:59 AM
According to Anastasia who's a post doc, I'm supposed to have a go-to drink while writing my dissertation. I told her it was Sprite Zero 😂 alcohol makes me too sleepy and caffeine doesn't work anymore
February 9, 2025 at 2:48 AM