Hillyer Lab lunch (without the undergrads, who are on break)

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I’ll share a positive. We had a great lab lunch this week. I am super proud of my team for their scholarship, dedication, collaborative spirit, and coming together to form a family. I’m very fortunate to lead this team! ⁦Vanderbilt University⁩ ⁦Vanderbilt College of Arts and Science⁩ ⁦EvolutionVU⁩

I am pleased to share my latest publication Nature Communications, rdcu.be/d9eN1. We demonstrate for first-time hemocytes play an agonistic role in Plasmodium falciparum infection and regulate intestinal cell proliferation. #Mosquito, #Malaria, #Hemocytes, #JHBSPB

Mississippi researchers investigate growing tick-borne allergy to red meat wlox.com/2025/02/12/mis…

Hillyer lab lunch!

Congratulations ⁦Vanderbilt University⁩ graduates! #VU2025

Super congrats to Dr. Jordyn Barr for receiving her PhD diploma ⁦Vanderbilt University⁩ #VU2025 . She is an amazing scientist!

Also leaving my lab ⁦Vanderbilt University⁩ are two talented undergrads on their way to PhD and MSTP programs: Seokin Yang and Saksham Saksena. Thank your for being key members of the team and best wishes! #VU2025

Insect wing circulation! Great research by Jake Socha and colleagues. doi.org/10.1039/d4lc00…

Congratulations to the 2025 Vanderbilt University Department of Biological Sciences Graduate Student Award winners! Biological Sciences at Vanderbilt Vanderbilt College of Arts and Science Lindsay Martin

Alexandra Probst and colleagues from the Catteruccia and Wirth labs screened 81 compounds for mosquito-stage Plasmodium activity. Two drugs targeting CytB blocked transmission—even in insecticide-resistant mosquitoes—when embedded in bednet-like materials! nature.com/articles/s4158…

Cellular immune senescence in mosquitoes accelerates when the temperature is warmer. Great research by then grad student Dr. Jordyn Barr and then undergrad Saksham Saksena published in Developmental and Comparative Immunology. Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt College of Arts and Science doi.org/10.1016/j.dci.…

Here’s just some of the incredible speakers joining us for the #Scopes100 Conference 🎙️ From law and education to science, activism, and public engagement—this is one event you won’t want to miss. National Center for Science Education 📍 July 11–12 | Nashville

Proud to announce our latest research! Warmer temperature accelerates reproductive senescence in mosquitoes. Vanderbilt University EvolutionVU Vanderbilt College of Arts and Science doi.org/10.3389/fphys.…