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Dimopoulos Group -Team
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The Dimopoulos Group is an international team of scientists, that study mosquitoes wich transmit human pathogens such as malaria parasites and denue virus, as part to their postdoctoral training, or PhD and master degree thesis research. George Dimopoulos, PhD MBA, Professor / Group Leader. George has lead his group since 2003. He has worked on mosquito vector biology since 1991, and pioneered with several discoveries in mosquito-pathogen interactions, innate immunity and microbiota. Jenny is studying the.
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Dimopoulos Group -News
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Jenny Carlson joined the team as a PD after graduating from UC Davis where she studied the vector competence of Culicine mosquitoes for bird malaria. Jenny has extensive field entomology expertise from her graduate work. In the Dimopoulos group she will study the mosquito microbiota and how it may cause a trans-stadial immune priming. Jenny will also characterize the larvicidal and mosquitocidal activity of. In a semi-field faciliy in Zambia. Hannah MacLeod joined the team as a PhD graduate student.
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Dimopoulos Group -Join
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Motivated individuals with strong molecular biology, functional genomics and/or vector biology background are encouraged to communicate with. For potential training opportunities as postdoctoral fellows and visiting fellows. Selection is based on credentials, motivation and funding. The Dimopoulos Group provides a dynamic, interactive and collegial research environment, with unique opportunities for productive scientists to realize their biomedical career goals. Innovation and team work go hand-in-ha...
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Dimopoulos Group -Publications
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PUBLICATIONS (PUBLISHED, IN PRESS OR ACCEPTED). Simoes ML and Dimopoulos. G (2015) A mosquito mediator of parasite-induced immune priming. Trends Parasitol. pii: S1471-4922(15)00168-3. Zhang G, Niu G, Franca CM, Dong. Y, Wang X, Butler NS, Dimopoulos. G, Li J. (2015) Anopheles Midgut FREP1 Mediates Plasmodium Invasion. J Biol Chem. Kang S, Shields AR, Jupatanakul N and Dimopoulos G (2014) Suppressing dengue-2 infection by chemical inhibition of Aedes aegypti host factors. PLoS NTD, 7;8(8):e3084. Pike A, ...
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Dimopoulos Group -Education
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Dean's Lecture by Dr. George Dimopoulos:. Elucidating Mosquito Biology to Fight Disease", March 27, 2013. Courses convened by George Dimopoulos:. Molecular Entomology Course Flyer. The Business of Academic Biomedical Research (PH.260.815). The Business of Academic Biomedical Research. George Dimopoulos and Sarah Short taught the first Medical Entomology Course at the University of Puerto Rico. Course lecturers, from left to right:. Dr Sarah Short (JHSPH). Dr George Dimopoulos (JHSPH).
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Read more about the Dimopoulos Group here. Jenny Carlson joined the group as a PD in October after graduating from UC Davis where she studied Culicine mosquito vector competence for bird malaria. Ja joined the group in September as a visiting fellow from Chiangmai University. She is working on a collaborative project that focuses on the mosquito microbiota, and how it can influence vector competence. 09/2015. Hannah MacLeod (left) and Celia Demby joined the team as PhD graduate students. 05/2015. Was awa...
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Dimopoulos Group -Science
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Malaria is transmitted by anopheline mosquitoes and caused by protozoan parasites of the genus Plasmodium. Dengue fever and dengue hemorrhagic fever are caused by dengue viruses that belong to the Flavivirus genus. Four antigenically distinct serotypes exist (DEN-1, DEN-2, DEN-3, and DEN-4) and they are spread by Aedes. Mosquitoes. The Aedes aegypti. Is the most common dengue vector while Aedes albopictus. The mosquito vector immune system plays an importnat role in regulating susceptibility to human pat...