Maureen Laroche, PhD, FRES
@tattooed-bug.bsky.social
Medical Entomologist & Clinical Bacteriologist — Martinican 🇲🇶 — I talk about Public Health all the time and will do it at your birthday party.
Our tick photo won 2nd place 🎉
November 20, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Our tick photo won 2nd place 🎉
Our Ixodes scapularis photo is a winner 🎉
October 30, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Our Ixodes scapularis photo is a winner 🎉
October 2, 2025 at 2:55 PM
My lab just turned 3 and I'm so proud of us 🥹🎂
October 2, 2025 at 7:15 AM
My lab just turned 3 and I'm so proud of us 🥹🎂
Getting my groceries delivered and...???
September 16, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Getting my groceries delivered and...???
This dang snake... It's been more than two weeks now
September 15, 2025 at 1:07 PM
This dang snake... It's been more than two weeks now
I just want to share how France reacted to the death of a far right leader. And they're not even claiming to be the country of freedom of speech. And yes, of course some people called it tasteless, but the government didn't respond with a systemic, violent repression of free speech.
September 13, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I just want to share how France reacted to the death of a far right leader. And they're not even claiming to be the country of freedom of speech. And yes, of course some people called it tasteless, but the government didn't respond with a systemic, violent repression of free speech.
This guy does this every day for 20 min or so and I feel like he should be leading guided meditation sessions for all of us in the U.S. right now.
September 12, 2025 at 8:39 PM
This guy does this every day for 20 min or so and I feel like he should be leading guided meditation sessions for all of us in the U.S. right now.
Like... I was already stressed and hungry, this thing literally made me tear up
August 31, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Like... I was already stressed and hungry, this thing literally made me tear up
A tale in two photos...
August 30, 2025 at 7:19 PM
A tale in two photos...
The way @expedition33.bsky.social always gets Petri up in his feels 🥹
August 22, 2025 at 10:13 PM
The way @expedition33.bsky.social always gets Petri up in his feels 🥹
Probably trying to find the inner peace that will allow him to wait 5 more hours until dinner.
August 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Probably trying to find the inner peace that will allow him to wait 5 more hours until dinner.
A Twitter friend tweeted last year about ticks at the beach leaving the body of a dead cormorant in California.
I was literally on a plane at that time but had to ask her to get them for us.
Months later, I can't wait to share our short communication about the tick-borne pathogens we found.
I was literally on a plane at that time but had to ask her to get them for us.
Months later, I can't wait to share our short communication about the tick-borne pathogens we found.
August 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
A Twitter friend tweeted last year about ticks at the beach leaving the body of a dead cormorant in California.
I was literally on a plane at that time but had to ask her to get them for us.
Months later, I can't wait to share our short communication about the tick-borne pathogens we found.
I was literally on a plane at that time but had to ask her to get them for us.
Months later, I can't wait to share our short communication about the tick-borne pathogens we found.
Using ivermectin, @carloschaccour.bsky.social and colleagues reduced the incidence of malaria by 26% on top of the control already provided by high use of bed nets.
Wanna hear more about it? Join our seminar with Carlos today at 10 AM CST by registering here: www.zoomgov.com/meeting/regi...
Wanna hear more about it? Join our seminar with Carlos today at 10 AM CST by registering here: www.zoomgov.com/meeting/regi...
August 8, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Using ivermectin, @carloschaccour.bsky.social and colleagues reduced the incidence of malaria by 26% on top of the control already provided by high use of bed nets.
Wanna hear more about it? Join our seminar with Carlos today at 10 AM CST by registering here: www.zoomgov.com/meeting/regi...
Wanna hear more about it? Join our seminar with Carlos today at 10 AM CST by registering here: www.zoomgov.com/meeting/regi...
They're saying Happy Birthday!!!
August 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
They're saying Happy Birthday!!!
🚨 Date change! Event now on Friday 8/8 at 10AM CST. Same link for registration. If you're already registered, you don't need to do it again.
July 31, 2025 at 12:47 PM
🚨 Date change! Event now on Friday 8/8 at 10AM CST. Same link for registration. If you're already registered, you don't need to do it again.
🚨 Date change! Event now on Friday 8/8 at 10AM CST. Same link for registration. If you're already registered, you don't need to do it again.
July 31, 2025 at 12:47 PM
🚨 Date change! Event now on Friday 8/8 at 10AM CST. Same link for registration. If you're already registered, you don't need to do it again.
Very excited to host my colleague @carloschaccour.bsky.social for a special seminar next Friday at 10 AM CST!
Carlos and his team recently published in the NEJM the results of their BOHEMIA clinical trial, which aimed to assess the use of ivermectin as a control method for malaria and other NTDs.
Carlos and his team recently published in the NEJM the results of their BOHEMIA clinical trial, which aimed to assess the use of ivermectin as a control method for malaria and other NTDs.
July 24, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Very excited to host my colleague @carloschaccour.bsky.social for a special seminar next Friday at 10 AM CST!
Carlos and his team recently published in the NEJM the results of their BOHEMIA clinical trial, which aimed to assess the use of ivermectin as a control method for malaria and other NTDs.
Carlos and his team recently published in the NEJM the results of their BOHEMIA clinical trial, which aimed to assess the use of ivermectin as a control method for malaria and other NTDs.
Student presentations tomorrow! Very proud and excited 🥹
July 24, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Student presentations tomorrow! Very proud and excited 🥹
Seeing this email subject is really making me cackle every time I see it lol. But super excited about these shenanigans with @karalmckinley.bsky.social
June 25, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Seeing this email subject is really making me cackle every time I see it lol. But super excited about these shenanigans with @karalmckinley.bsky.social
Please teleport me to November. There isn't a single good thing about Galveston summers 😩
June 18, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Please teleport me to November. There isn't a single good thing about Galveston summers 😩
Exciting news:
I'm so glad (and still a bit in disbelief) to announce that I will soon be serving as Editor-in-Chief of the Medical and Veterinary Entomology journal of the Royal Entomological Society 🥹 I've been an associate editor at MVE for a while and it's been an amazing experience.
I'm so glad (and still a bit in disbelief) to announce that I will soon be serving as Editor-in-Chief of the Medical and Veterinary Entomology journal of the Royal Entomological Society 🥹 I've been an associate editor at MVE for a while and it's been an amazing experience.
June 17, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Exciting news:
I'm so glad (and still a bit in disbelief) to announce that I will soon be serving as Editor-in-Chief of the Medical and Veterinary Entomology journal of the Royal Entomological Society 🥹 I've been an associate editor at MVE for a while and it's been an amazing experience.
I'm so glad (and still a bit in disbelief) to announce that I will soon be serving as Editor-in-Chief of the Medical and Veterinary Entomology journal of the Royal Entomological Society 🥹 I've been an associate editor at MVE for a while and it's been an amazing experience.
They're back 😒 Summer really is the worst season in Galveston.
June 11, 2025 at 12:20 PM
They're back 😒 Summer really is the worst season in Galveston.
That's why I love them.
People in Academia often like dismissing the importance of being a nice person. People don't need to be loving teletubbies but, being morally good, being able to show kindness, and being around others who do the same clearly makes the whole thing a very different experience.
People in Academia often like dismissing the importance of being a nice person. People don't need to be loving teletubbies but, being morally good, being able to show kindness, and being around others who do the same clearly makes the whole thing a very different experience.
June 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
That's why I love them.
People in Academia often like dismissing the importance of being a nice person. People don't need to be loving teletubbies but, being morally good, being able to show kindness, and being around others who do the same clearly makes the whole thing a very different experience.
People in Academia often like dismissing the importance of being a nice person. People don't need to be loving teletubbies but, being morally good, being able to show kindness, and being around others who do the same clearly makes the whole thing a very different experience.
Cool fieldwork stuff: Trombiculid mites collected from the ears of an Akodon mollis rodent.
Fieldwork: Winnie Contreras.
Images: David Minaya.
Fieldwork: Winnie Contreras.
Images: David Minaya.
June 3, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Cool fieldwork stuff: Trombiculid mites collected from the ears of an Akodon mollis rodent.
Fieldwork: Winnie Contreras.
Images: David Minaya.
Fieldwork: Winnie Contreras.
Images: David Minaya.