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X-WR-CALNAME:Entomology Seminar: Brandyce St Laurent
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DESCRIPTION:Abstract: Brandy is a research associate in Courtney Murdock’
 s lab. She will discuss her previous work investigating different aspects 
 of malaria transmission Southeast Asia\, including the transmissibility of
  drug-resistant malaria parasites and the feeding ecology of diverse vecto
 r species. Global malaria elimination efforts are now being threatened by 
 an invasive South Asian urban malaria vector Anopheles stephensi. Changing
  climate and shifts in land use are also rapidly changing the landscape fo
 r malaria transmission. While the effects of temperature on malaria transm
 ission have been investigated\, the influence of humidity on mosquito and 
 pathogen parameters affecting disease dynamics are less understood. In the
  Murdock lab\, we have investigated the impact of humidity on the relation
 ship between temperature and natural history traits in larval stage and ad
 ult mosquitoes. To investigate the impact of both temperature and humidity
  on parasite development in this mosquito\, we infected An. stephensi with
  Plasmodium falciparum NF54 and placed infected mosquitoes under variable 
 temperature (16°C - 36°C) and relative humidity (30-90%) conditions. Mid
 guts and salivary glands of infected mosquitoes were dissected every three
  days post-infection to quantify the developmental timing of oocysts and s
 porozoites. We will discuss the infection outcomes under these range of te
 mperatures and previously uninvestigated variation in relative humidity. U
 nderstanding the dynamics of malaria infection in An. stephensi will help 
 us to better predict and model the environmental suitability for this inva
 sive vector.
GEO:42.446579;-76.47934
LOCATION:Comstock Hall\, 2123
SUMMARY:Entomology Seminar: Brandyce St Laurent
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.cornell.edu/event/entomology-seminar-brandy-st
 -laurent
CATEGORIES:Research
CATEGORIES:Presentation
CATEGORIES:Seminar
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