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Lisa Baik 🦟

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Mosquitologist (aka Asian tiger mosquito mom) 🦟 & Assistant professor @ UC Davis • #WomaninSTEM 👩🏻‍🔬 • she/her 🇰🇷🇺🇸 🔗 fightthebite.org

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Lisa Baik 🦟 @mosquitolady.bsky.social · Nov 22

I feel incredibly proud of my postodc work published on today’s issue of @natureportfolio.bsky.social

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

What can 🦟 taste? 👤🌸💧
Are some people "tastier" to 🦟 than others?

Here we examined the taste system of mosquitoes 🦟👅. I was astounded by its beautiful complexity!

Mosquito taste responses to human and floral cues guide biting and feeding - Nature

Taste neurons of the mosquito Aedes albopictus regulate biting, feeding and egg-laying behaviours by responding to taste cues in human sweat, nectar and egg-laying sites via excitation or inhibition.

www.nature.com

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Lisa Baik 🦟 @mosquitolady.bsky.social · 18d

First day of school (as a faculty member)!!!

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SergioEfe @sergioefe.bsky.social · Aug 20

"Europe is entering a new phase — where longer, more widespread and more intense transmission of mosquito borne disease is becoming the new normal."

www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-even...

World Mosquito Day 2025: Europe sets new records for mosquito-borne diseases - ECDC supporting Member States in adapting to ‘new normal’

ECDC has warned that record breaking outbreaks of West Nile virus (WNV) infection and chikungunya virus disease point to a ‘new normal’ in Europe.

www.ecdc.europa.eu

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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · Aug 20

“Officials say it is possible the resident was infected with malaria in New Jersey.
If confirmed, this would be the first known locally acquired case of malaria in the state since 1991…There are about 100 travel-associated cases of malaria reported in New Jersey each year.”

NJ officials investigate case of malaria in resident with no recent international travel

If confirmed, this would be the first known locally acquired case of malaria in the state since 1991.

6abc.com

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Becky Johnson @entomososwin.bsky.social · Jul 30

So glad to finally have this out with co-author @mallerybreban.bsky.social and very thankful for the many amazing people who contributed to this study and provided materials and input! 🦟🦠1/12 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Implications of successive blood feeding on Wolbachia-mediated dengue virus inhibition in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes - Nature Communications

Dengue virus transmission by Ae. aegypti mosquitoes poses a significant public health threat, necessitating innovative control strategies. Here, the authors demonstrate that, while successive blood fe...

www.nature.com

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Lisa Baik 🦟 @mosquitolady.bsky.social · Jul 29

Freezer boxes emptied and moving boxes packed. I am coming home, UC Davis @ucdavis.bsky.social 💙💛💙💛

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tomtom-auer.bsky.social @tomtom-auer.bsky.social · May 7

We are #hiring! Interested in comparative neuroscience? Check details here (www.unifr.ch/bio/en/depar...). We look for a motivated #PhD student or #PostDoc to combine genetics, physiology, neural circuit tracing, and behaviour to study taste processing evolution in #Drosophila. Please repost.

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Lisa Baik 🦟 @mosquitolady.bsky.social · May 1

Happy 6-yr anniversary, Carlson lab! 🥹

It has been the best 6 years of my scientific career and I’m going to miss them so dearly when I leave 😭

The best career advice I can give to the young scientists: find a mentor, mentees, and lab that you love. It makes science so much more worth it.

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Jessica Zung @jlzung.bsky.social · Apr 22

Kicking off my Bluesky account by sharing a new review I wrote with @lindymcbr.bsky.social for @currentbiology.bsky.social! If you’ve ever wondered about the source of your stank or just want to learn why humans smell weird (it's true!), then this review is for you! 👃🧪🤔 doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...

a diagram showing a cross-section of human skin, showing that sebaceous compounds are broken down under UV radiation

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Lisa Baik 🦟 @mosquitolady.bsky.social · Apr 21

Congrats Leah!!!

Leah Houri-Zeevi @leahhouri.bsky.social · Apr 20

✨🦟✨HOW DO MOSQUITOES HAVE SEX? ✨🦟✨

Join us for a wild journey into hidden female control, rapidly evolving stimulation devices, fierce species competition, and DEADLY MOSQUITOES!

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Entomological Society of America @entsocamerica.bsky.social · Mar 20

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The BMJ @bmj.com · Mar 18

Dengue, an arboviral infection transmitted by Aedes mosquitos, is endemic in more than 100 countries.

This practice article discusses assessment and management of dengue
www.bmj.com/content/388/...

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HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · Mar 18

CDC issues a health advisory notice on dengue. Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands have been battling outbreaks, along with detections in California, Florida, and Texas.

Ongoing Risk of Dengue Virus Infections and Updated Testing Recommendations in the United States

Summary
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is issuing this Health Alert Network (HAN) Health Update to provide additional information to healthcare providers, public health departments, and the public about the ongoing risk of dengue virus (DENV) infections and updates to testing recommendations in the United States. Dengue activity remains high in some parts of the United States and globally, with many countries reporting higher-than-usual number of dengue cases in 2024 and 2025.

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Trevor Sorrells @trevorsorrells.bsky.social · Mar 12

The Sorrells Lab is hiring a recent college graduate interested in neurobiology of mosquitoes! The position is ideal for someone interested in gaining skills for graduate school. Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/164849

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Sherry Pagoto, PhD @drsherrypagoto.bsky.social · Mar 12

New report shows that NIH grants fueled $95 billion in economic activity and 407,782 jobs in 2024.

That's not to mention the countless lives that biomedical research has saved.

Show me a better investment than that.
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...

NIH Grants Fueled $95 Billion In FY 2024 Economic Activity, Finds New Report

National Institutes of Health grants generated almost $95 billion in economic activity nationwide in FY 2024 according to a new report by United for Medical Research.

www.forbes.com

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Lisa Baik 🦟 @mosquitolady.bsky.social · Feb 26

Come visit us!

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Lisa Baik 🦟 @mosquitolady.bsky.social · Feb 25

This may be the darkest of times, but I won’t let it stop me from celebrating this little moment: I received the keys to my new lab @ucdavis.bsky.social today ☺️

#ScienceMustGoOn 🧬🧪🦟

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Kristen Kwan @blockintheback.bsky.social · Feb 15

I am deeply grateful to the extremely hard-working and dedicated staff at the NIH and NSF. Thank you to all of the Program Officers, Scientific Review Officers, Grants Management Specialists, and so many more, who have made the engine of US science and innovation run.

Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Feb 15

Some of the positions of folks at NIH who were terminated (mostly by virtue of timing)

At least 1 institute deputy director
At least 1 institute director of extramural activities
At least 1 program officer (and I am sure many more)
At least 1 SRO (and I am sure many more)

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Megan Dennis @mydennis.bsky.social · Jan 21

🚨🚨 Newly graduating undergrads interested in a PhD but wanting more research experience, consider applying to PREP @UCDavis. Feb 17 deadline.. Give it a shot! What's the harm, right? You get to live in beautiful Davis for a year. 🚲 Reach out if you have questions prep.ucdavis.edu/apply plz repost

Apply

PREP@UCD applicants must… hold a bachelor’s degree in a biomedically-relevant science from an accredited US college or university awarded no more than 36 months prior to applyinghave a GPA of at least...

prep.ucdavis.edu

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Chloé Lahondère @lahonderelab.bsky.social · Dec 10

I created a starter pack highlighting Women in the field of Disease Vector Biology and Ecology: go.bsky.app/E7wuQus Please share and let me know if you’d like to be added! 🦟🦠🪰

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Marguerite/Peg Turley @margueriteturl2.bsky.social · Dec 13

That time I had that crazy Gallinipper mosquito show up in my mountain mint!! #artadventcalendar Day 13

Gallinipper mosquito on mountain mint flowers

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Lisa Baik 🦟 @mosquitolady.bsky.social · Dec 13

Second floor of Yale Science Building = best floor!!!

Another year of successful white elephant gift exchange 🎁🎄❄️

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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · Dec 10

Mosquitoes: the photo gallery.

I feel better about posting this in the off-season, for some reason (*scratches*)

Mosquitoes - Alex Wild

Mosquitoes comprise a large family, Culicidae, of slender, scale-covered flies found worldwide. We think of mosquitoes as voracious blood-feeders, but the primary food of adult mosquitoes is actually ...

www.alexanderwild.com

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Evelyndroid's Aperture Séance and Spooky Spood-Finding 🏳️‍⚧️🕷️ @apsciencebylyn.bsky.social · Dec 6

A mosquito all dressed up for a rave at Nadja's vampire nightclub (and the fabled blood sprinklers) 👀
Uranotaenia sapphirina

Brown mosquito, an unassuming creature except for the bright iridescent sapphire blue stripes down its sides and halfway along each wing

Side view, revealing a few more stripes of bright blue on its sides

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Lisa Baik 🦟 @mosquitolady.bsky.social · Dec 6

The newly renovated Yale Peabody museum is looking extra festive for a holiday party tonight! 🎄🦖🦕❄️

Lisa Baik 🦟 @mosquitolady.bsky.social · Dec 4

This is a deep cut that I didn’t know I needed 🐒 #MonkeyIslandForever

And more importantly, congratulations to all!