This week Piet will be talking about “Continued susceptibility of the wMel Wolbachia infection in Aedes aegypti to heat stress following field deployment and selection” (Ross & Hoffmann 2018, Insects). Come along Wednesday to have a chat about this experiment in evolving a strain of a bacteria that blocks virus transmission in mosquitoes.
Evolution Brain Storming Lab on Level 2 Robertson Building
Wednesday 2-3pm
ross_hoffmann-2018-wolbachia-heat-stress.pdf |