Welcome! I am an Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the Department of Bacteriology. Research in my lab centers on insect-microbe interactions, with a current focus on those between mosquitoes and their gut microbiota. If this topic interests you, get in touch! We are actively recruiting new lab members.
Mailing address:
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Department of Bacteriology
1550 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706 USA
Lab phone: +1 (608) 263-6375
Fax: +1 (608) 262-9865
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Welcome to Sebastián Díaz!
We are thrilled to welcome Sebastián Díaz as a Visiting Scholar to the lab! Sebastián is currently a Ph.D. student in Frank Avila’s lab at the Universidad de Antioquia in Medellín, Colombia. With support from …
WANTED: Postdoctoral Research Associates
It’s official! We are recruiting two Postdoctoral Research Associates for our 5-year collaborative award from the NSF and BBSRC on mosquito-microbe/microbiome interactions with Eva Heinz and Grant Hughes at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. …
Did Ya Know? Not All Mosquitoes Want Your Blood.
Brought to you as part of the 2020 Wisconsin Science Festival.
Kerri and Andrew receive support from the Dairy Innovation Hub
The lab has received funding from the Dairy Innovation Hub to support a short-term, high-impact proposal on the capacity of flies to acquire and transmit disease-causing bacteria to dairy cows! The award will provide two …
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