Peter W. Atkinson
Professor, Department of Entomology
Institute for Integrative Genome Biology
University of California, Riverside
Expertise: Mosquito genetics and molecular biology
Research focus:

• Genetic control strategies for mosquito vectors
• Transposable elements and mosquito population genetics

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Timothy J. Bradley
Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of California, Irvine
Expertise: Mosquito physiology, with special emphasis on salt and water balance, desiccation resistance, metabolic responses and energetics
Research focus:

• Adaptations in larval mosquitoes to aquatic environments
• Metabolic responses of adult insects to environmental stresses

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Ring T. Cardé
Professor, Department of Entomology
University of California, Riverside
Expertise: Insect responses to semiochemicals, evolution of communication systems, and use of semiochemicals in pest management
Research focus:

• Odor-guided mosquito behavior, attraction to odors and other cues from hosts and oviposition sites

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Anthony J. Cornel
Associate professor, Department of Entomology
University of California, Davis
Expertise: Ecology, systematics, cytogenetics and control of mosquitoes
Research focus:

• Population structure of Anopheles gambiae s.l. in sub Saharan Africa
• Population structure of Culex pipiens s. l.--- in the USA and Africa
• Mechanisms of insecticide resistance in Anopheles gambiae and Culex pipiens mosquito complexes
  

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Research

Brian A. Federici
Professor, Department of Entomology
University of California, Riverside
Expertise: Insect pathology and microbial control with emphasis on viral and bacterial pathogens of medically important insects
Research focus:

• Use of insecticidal bacteria as larvicides to control mosquito vectors of disease

• Recombinant DNA techniques to construct mosquitocidal bacteria more than tenfold more effective than those currently used in commercial bacterial larvicides

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Sarjeet S. Gill
Professor, Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience
University of California, Riverside
Expertise: Insect biochemistry; insect and insecticide toxicology
Research focus:

• Understanding transport pathways involved during blood feeding in mosquitoes
• Identification of the molecular mechanisms involved in viral release in mosquitoes
• Elucidation of the mechanisms of action of bacterial toxins used in mosquito control programs

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Bruce D. Hammock
Professor, Department of Entomology
University of California, Davis
Expertise: Biochemistry and physiology of endocrine regulation in insects; disruption of chemical mediation by chemical means and biotechnology; comparative pesticide metabolism in insects and mammals; selective toxicity of pesticides
Research focus:

• Metabolism of pyrethroid insecticides in insecticide resistant strains of mosquitoes
• Natural toxins for possible mosquito control
• Substrates for monitoring genes associated with insecticide resistance in mosquitoes
• Purification of enzymes associated with insecticide resistance

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Lab research:
Superfund Basic Research and Training Program
Laboratory of Pesticide and Biotechnology

Anthony A. James
Professor, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, College of Medicine; and Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, School of Biological Sciences
University of California, Irvine
Expertise: Mosquito genetic and molecular genetic tools
Research focus:

• Genetic and molecular genetic tools to interrupt parasite transmission by mosquitoes
• Identification of vaccine and drug targets in malaria parasites

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Gregory C. Lanzaro
Medical entomologist; director of the University of California Mosquito Research Program
Department of Entomology
University of California, Davis
Expertise: Genetics and population biology of mosquitoes that transmit malaria
Research focus:

• Population and molecular genetics of insect vectors of human disease, with an emphasis on malaria in Africa
• Molecular genetics and immunology of insect vector salivary proteins

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Lanzaro Vector Genetics Lab
UC Mosquito Research Program

Sharon P. Lawler
Associate professor, Department of Entomology
University of California, Davis
Expertise: Aquatic community ecology; non-target effects of mosquito control (both chemicals and introduced fish)
Research focus:

• Effects of mosquito adulticides on aquatic invertebrates
• Effects of irrigated rice management and flooding on mosquito populations

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Walter S. Leal
Professor, Department of Entomology
University of California, Davis
Expertise: Molecular basis of olfaction
Research focus:

• Molecular basis of mosquito olfaction, with particular emphasis on odorant binding, release, and inactivation
• Chemical ecology- and sensory physiology-based approaches aimed at the discovery of novel attractants

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Lab research

Karine G. Le Roch
Assistant professor, Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience
University of California , Riverside
Expertise: Functional genomics of human malaria parasite ,Plasmodium falciparum
Research focus:

• Functional genomics of human malaria parasite ,Plasmodium falciparum
• Interactome of P. falciparum
• Drug discovery against the malaria parasite

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Michael Levine
Professor of genetics and development
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology
University of California, Berkeley
Expertise: Gene networks that control animal development and disease.
Research focus:

• Control of segmentation and gastrulation in the early Drosophila embryo
• Immune response in Drosophila larvae
• Differentiation of the notochord and heart in the sea squirt, Ciona intestinalis.

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Shirley Luckhart
Associate professor, Medical Microbiology and Immunology
School of Medicine, University of California, Davis
Expertise: Molecular cell biology and biochemistry of the interaction between malaria parasites and mosquito hosts
Research focus:

• Characterization of mosquito gene products that inhibit malaria parasite development and molecular/biochemical analysis of parasite damage
• Analysis of expression, signaling, and regulation of anti-parasite genes in Anopheles mosquitoes
• Molecular and functional analyses of immune factors that are conserved between mosquitoes and their mammalian hosts.

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Sergey V. Nuzhdin
Professor, Section of Evolution and Ecology
College of Biological Sciences
University of California, Davis
Expertise: Quantitative and population genetics, genomics
Research focus:

• Evolutionary genetics of Drosophila, yeast, and mosquito

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Alexander S. Raikhel
Professor, Department of Entomology
Director, Center for Disease-Vector Research
University of California, Riverside
Expertise: Molecular biology of insect disease vectors
Research focus:

• Molecular mechanisms linking blood feeding with egg maturation
• Mosquito immunity; reverse-genetics approach utilizing a transgenic technique

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William K. Reisen
Research entomologist and adjunct professor
Director, Arbovirus Field Station, Center for Vector-Borne Disease Research, Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine
University of California, Davis
Expertise: Mosquito ecology
Research focus:

• Population ecology of mosquitoes and their vertebrate hosts in relation to the epidemiology, surveillance and control of mosquito-borne pathogens
• Ecology of mosquitoes and the pathogens they transmit

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Thomas W. Scott
Professor, Department of Entomology
University of California, Davis
Expertise: Ecology, epidemiology, and prevention of mosquito-borne diseases
Research focus:

• Mosquito ecology
• Epidemiology of vector-borne disease
• Vector control strategies for disease prevention

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Mosquito Research Laboratory

Charles E. Taylor
Professor, Department of Entomology
University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)
Expertise: Malaria and Anopheles gambiae
Research focus:

• Population structure of Anopheles gambiae and closely related species in Africa
• Population genomics of Anopheles gambiae

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Christopher J. Voight
Executive director
Mosquito and Vector Control Association of California
Expertise: Surveillance, public education and mosquito control
Designing, setting up and manage large mosquito control programs.

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William E. Walton
Professor, Department of Entomology
University of California, Riverside
Expertise: Biology, ecology and integrated pest management of mosquitoes
Research focus: Ecology and control of insect vectors of human disease, with an emphasis on the integrated management of mosquitoes inhabiting man-made and natural wetlands and irrigated agriculture

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Guiyun Yan
Associate professor, Program in Public Health, College of Health Sciences
University of California, Irvine
Expertise: Mosquito population ecology and genetics, malaria epidemiology
Research focus:
Ecology of African highland malaria

• Population ecology and genetics of African malaria vectors
• Genetics of mosquito refractoriness to malaria parasites
• Evolutionary genetics of host resistance to parasitism

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