Really nice video showing 6 parts (aka needles) of a mosquito proboscis:
ArtSci is my attempt to take a scientific image and present it as art. Heavy Photoshopping and other image processing is involved.
Just saw this really nice article about Conor McMeniman, my insectary-mate at Hopkins:
http://magazine.jhsph.edu/2016/summer/features/all-that-buzz/
As a side note – the photos are really good. When you write an article about me, please make the same 😛
The article also mentions our latest work!
Our JoVE paper that describes the 4-field olfactometer is available online now!
Check it out here:
http://www.jove.com/video/54346/olfactory-behaviors-assayed-computer-tracking-drosophila-four
or here:
and feel free to ask us for the pdf’s of the paper and supplementary info.
Our paper that describes anatomy of olfactory Orco+ neurons in the Anopheles gambiae has been accepted to Nature Communications! 🙂
A new paper that has just been published in Science describes a gene aptly named Yob, that determines gender of malaria mosquitoes Anopheles gambiae. Over-expression of this gene kills female mosquitoes, whereas silencing of Yob kills males.
Congratulations to my collaborator Nathan on a nice paper!
