Thomas Hart
tmhartbio.bsky.social
Thomas Hart
@tmhartbio.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins BSPH MMI
Ticks and Tickborne diseases
Host-pathogen interactions
http://the-hart-lab.com 🏳️‍🌈
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Milder winters & rainy springs make for prime breeding grounds for ticks says Asst Prof Thomas Hart @tmhartbio.bsky.social an infectious-disease microbiologist @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social

The warmer it is, the more ticks are able to survive through the seasons he says
www.wsj.com/health/welln...
Ticks Are Really Bad This Summer. What to Do About Them
Milder winters and rainy springs help the parasites thrive in the U.S., and emergency-room visits for bites are up.
www.wsj.com
July 8, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Tick bites are are on the rise this and they can carry some nasty illnesses. Which are most common depends where you live. Here's what to know to protect yourself.
Tick risks vary by region. Here's where diseases have spread and how to stay safe
Tick bites are are on the rise this and they can carry some nasty illnesses. Which are most common depends where you live. Here's what to know to protect yourself.
n.pr
June 23, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Today!

3rd Annual Ticks and Tickborne Diseases Symposium
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore

April 30, 2025

publichealth.jhu.edu/lyme-and-tic...

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April 30, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Happy to share our new ScienceTM paper from Yingjun Cui, Erol Fikrig and @aaronmring.bsky.social et al. We built a yeast display library of 3,000+ I. scapularis proteins to profile antigens recognized by tick-resistant hosts, and developed a new anti-tick vaccine. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Tick feeding or vaccination with tick antigens elicits immunity to the Ixodes scapularis exoproteome in guinea pigs and humans
Comprehensive profiling of Ixodes scapularis antigens reveals that tick bites induce antivector immunity linked to acquired tick resistance.
www.science.org
March 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
We're looking for a postdoc to join my group @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social MMI department to investigate host-pathogen interactions in Lyme disease!
If interested, please email a cover letter, CV, and contact information for three references to me at thart15@jh.edu.
December 18, 2024 at 9:22 PM