Degrees:
2013
Doctorate Biological Systems and Organisms
My doctorate degree project investigated ecological and genetic factors that contribute to variation in vector competence in mosquito populations. It involved the detection of the presence of bacteria endosymbionts in field-caught mosquitoes using 454-pyrosequencing, using lab strains of Aedes aegypti to investigate up-regulation of immune genes after microinjection, and improving the linkage map of Aedes aegypti for mapping the resistance gene against filarial infection in Aedes aegypti using RAD-tag sequencing.