David Hayes
david-hayes.bsky.social
David Hayes
@david-hayes.bsky.social
PhD student studying fungi for mosquito control
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New paper from the lab. @david-hayes.bsky.social shows that Trichoderma atroviride is toxic to Aedes albopictus larvae 🦟url: academic.oup.com/jme/article-...
Larvicidal activity of Trichoderma atroviride (Hypocreales: Hypocreaceae) against Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae)
Abstract. Larviciding is an important part of effective integrated mosquito management. However, growing resistance to chemical- and bacterial-based insect
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July 7, 2025 at 4:32 AM
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New paper from the lab:
Bianca Morejon defines the regulatory protease network that governs #mosquito #immunity
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
The expanded immunoregulatory protease network in mosquitoes is governed by gene coexpression | PNAS
Serine protease cascades regulate key innate immune responses. Their activation cleaves a series of inactive protease zymogens, which then activate...
www.pnas.org
May 2, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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New preprint from the lab in which we show that Trichoderma culture supernatant kills Aedes albopictus larvae 🦟🍄 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Larvicidal activity of Trichoderma atroviride (Hypocreales: Hypocreaceae) against Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae)
Larviciding is an important part of effective integrated mosquito management. However, growing resistance to chemical and bacterial-based insecticides requires biocontrol agents with novel modes of ac...
www.biorxiv.org
January 22, 2025 at 12:28 PM