The second part of my dissertation research is up online as a preprint!

Last week I had the opportunity to share my research in North Carolina at the Annual American Society for Rickettsiology Meeting. I enjoyed hearing about the current research in the field and connecting with a great community of scientists! #ASR2025

Washington State University researchers have discovered how the bacteria that cause anaplasmosis and Lyme disease hijack cellular processes in ticks to ensure their survival and spread to new hosts, including humans. #Ticks #TickResearch #WSUVetMed #WSU #GoCougs news.wsu.edu/press-releas...

The Tiny Thieves Inside Every Tick Bite Every summer, millions of Americans venture into tall grass and wooded trails, unknowingly walking into microscopic crime scenes. Inside the ticks waiting in that vegetation, bacteria are pulling off one of nature's most elegant heists—turning their hosts'…

Excited to share my first, first-author paper was published in PNAS today! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Very happy to share the latest preprint from my lab led by Kaylee Vosbigian @kaylee-vosbigian.bsky.social ! We found that Anaplasma activates the ATF6 branch of the unfolded protein response in Ixodes ticks to facilitate cholesterol uptake for growth and survival. #MicroSky #Anaplasma #ticks