Alberto A. Rascón

This paper describes the adaptation of a biochemistry lab course to an online format during the pandemic and its evolution into a CURE capstone lab with pedagogical strategies and resources.

This study characterizes the activity and role of Aedes aegypti chymotrypsin in blood digestion, showing its substrate specificity and the presence of a protease network, with EcR regulating its expression.

This study identifies midgut proteases in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes and their role in blood meal digestion using MSP-MS, revealing shifts in proteolytic activity and substrate specificity.

The paper identifies and characterizes essential eggshell proteins in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, showing their roles in melanization and viability, but finds their RNAi phenotypes differ from EOF1 RNAi effects.