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L. Yakob

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Biochemistry· 1 Ecology· 1 Microbiology· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Organism:Arabidopsis· 1 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Research Focus:ecology & biodiversity· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1

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A. Acosta-Serrano· 1 shared A. Casas-Sanchez· 1 shared A. Suhrbier· 1 shared A. T. Pyke· 1 shared B. R. Wimalasiri-Yapa· 1 shared C. C. Jansen· 1 shared C. L. Jeffries· 1 shared C. Rose· 1 shared

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A. Acosta-Serrano

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Temperature alters gene expression in mosquitoes during arbovirus infection

B. R. Wimalasiri-Yapa, R. A. Barrero, L. Stassen, L. M. Hafner, E. A. McGraw, A. T. Pyke, C. C. Jansen, A. Suhrbier, L. Yakob, W. Hu, G. J. Devine, F. D. Frentiu

This study investigates how temperature affects gene expression in mosquitoes infected with chikungunya virus, finding that 28°C elicits the strongest immune response.

bioRxiv · Jul 31, 2020Microbiology

Repurposing the orphan drug nitisinone to control the transmission of African trypanosomiasis

A. Acosta-Serrano, M. Sterkel, L. Haines, A. Casas-Sanchez, V. Owino, R. Vionette-Amaral, S. Quek, C. Rose, M. Silva dos Santos, N. Garcia Escude, H. Ismail, M. I. Paine, S. M. Barribeau, S. Wagstaff, J. I. MacRae, , P. L. Oliveira

This study shows that nitisinone can kill tsetse flies without harming bees, offering an eco-friendly method to control African trypanosomiasis transmission.

bioRxiv · Jun 8, 2020Biochemistry

Detection of a novel insect specific flavivirus across ecologically diverse populations of Aedes aegypti on the Caribbean Island of Saint Lucia

C. L. Jeffries, M. White, L. Wilson, L. Yakob, T. Walker

The paper surveys Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus across Saint Lucia, finding a novel insect-specific flavivirus with high prevalence in Ae. aegypti.

bioRxiv · Oct 5, 2018Ecology