First day of school (as a faculty member)!!!

"Europe is entering a new phase — where longer, more widespread and more intense transmission of mosquito borne disease is becoming the new normal." www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-even...

“Officials say it is possible the resident was infected with malaria in New Jersey. If confirmed, this would be the first known locally acquired case of malaria in the state since 1991…There are about 100 travel-associated cases of malaria reported in New Jersey each year.”

So glad to finally have this out with co-author @mallerybreban.bsky.social and very thankful for the many amazing people who contributed to this study and provided materials and input! 🦟🦠1/12 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Freezer boxes emptied and moving boxes packed. I am coming home, UC Davis @ucdavis.bsky.social 💙💛💙💛

We are #hiring! Interested in comparative neuroscience? Check details here (www.unifr.ch/bio/en/depar...). We look for a motivated #PhD student or #PostDoc to combine genetics, physiology, neural circuit tracing, and behaviour to study taste processing evolution in #Drosophila. Please repost.

Happy 6-yr anniversary, Carlson lab! 🥹 It has been the best 6 years of my scientific career and I’m going to miss them so dearly when I leave 😭 The best career advice I can give to the young scientists: find a mentor, mentees, and lab that you love. It makes science so much more worth it.

Kicking off my Bluesky account by sharing a new review I wrote with @lindymcbr.bsky.social for @currentbiology.bsky.social! If you’ve ever wondered about the source of your stank or just want to learn why humans smell weird (it's true!), then this review is for you! 👃🧪🤔 doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...

Congrats Leah!!!

Dengue, an arboviral infection transmitted by Aedes mosquitos, is endemic in more than 100 countries. This practice article discusses assessment and management of dengue www.bmj.com/content/388/...

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.

The Sorrells Lab is hiring a recent college graduate interested in neurobiology of mosquitoes! The position is ideal for someone interested in gaining skills for graduate school. Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/164849

New report shows that NIH grants fueled $95 billion in economic activity and 407,782 jobs in 2024. That's not to mention the countless lives that biomedical research has saved. Show me a better investment than that. www.forbes.com/sites/michae...

This may be the darkest of times, but I won’t let it stop me from celebrating this little moment: I received the keys to my new lab @ucdavis.bsky.social today ☺️ #ScienceMustGoOn 🧬🧪🦟

I am deeply grateful to the extremely hard-working and dedicated staff at the NIH and NSF. Thank you to all of the Program Officers, Scientific Review Officers, Grants Management Specialists, and so many more, who have made the engine of US science and innovation run.

🚨🚨 Newly graduating undergrads interested in a PhD but wanting more research experience, consider applying to PREP @UCDavis. Feb 17 deadline.. Give it a shot! What's the harm, right? You get to live in beautiful Davis for a year. 🚲 Reach out if you have questions prep.ucdavis.edu/apply plz repost

I created a starter pack highlighting Women in the field of Disease Vector Biology and Ecology: go.bsky.app/E7wuQus Please share and let me know if you’d like to be added! 🦟🦠🪰

That time I had that crazy Gallinipper mosquito show up in my mountain mint!! #artadventcalendar Day 13

Second floor of Yale Science Building = best floor!!! Another year of successful white elephant gift exchange 🎁🎄❄️

Mosquitoes: the photo gallery. I feel better about posting this in the off-season, for some reason (*scratches*)

A mosquito all dressed up for a rave at Nadja's vampire nightclub (and the fabled blood sprinklers) 👀 Uranotaenia sapphirina

The newly renovated Yale Peabody museum is looking extra festive for a holiday party tonight! 🎄🦖🦕❄️

🦟 Pestered by mosquitoes? Fear not—grapefruit might hold the key! 🍊In our latest paper in @currentbiology.bsky.social, led by Merybeth Triana and Felipe Andreazza, we explore how nootkatone, a compound derived from grapefruit, affects mosquitoes. authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...

Why did I think that turkey breast would be much much smaller?! 😵‍💫

New record of autochthonous #dengue in #france in 2024: 85 cases, resulting from 2271 imported cases and #Aedes albopictus colonization Data from #SantePubliqueFrance www.santepubliquefrance.fr/maladies-et-...

I feel incredibly proud of my postodc work published on today’s issue of @natureportfolio.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41... What can 🦟 taste? 👤🌸💧 Are some people "tastier" to 🦟 than others? Here we examined the taste system of mosquitoes 🦟👅. I was astounded by its beautiful complexity!

Climate change has a major impact on our health and this forthcoming presentation highlights the need for vigilance and cooperation to monitor the spread of infectious disease from mosquito borne diseases 🧪

Long Beach airport looking especially pretty today 😱😍

This one was special as I got to share my current work with my old department. Thanks for having me, UCI Physiology & Biophysics! ☺️

Had a wonderful time sharing my work with the Synapses to Circuit (S2C) community at UCLA. Thank you for the invite Jeff Donlea & @ceazarnave.bsky.social !! The invertebrate neuro community was especially great! 🪱🪰🦟🧠