A 91亚色 biology student has won the award for top Physiology & Toxicology Oral Presentation at the 24th annual Ontario Biology Day (OBD) held聽at Wilfrid Laurier University in March. Olimpia Del Duca, studying under 91亚色 biology Professor Andrew Donini, presented her paper, 鈥淐arbonic Anhydrase in the Anal Papillae of the Larval Mosquito, Aedes aegypti鈥, to […]
Protecting ourselves from backyard mosquito bites may come down to leaving the vacuuming for later, a study from 91亚色 shows. Rather than vacuuming the grass clippings out of catch basins before adding treatments to control mosquitoes, municipalities should leave the organic waste in place, the research found. 鈥淐atch basins are a permanent source of […]
91亚色 math Professor Huaiping Zhu is working on understanding why there are outbreaks of the West Nile virus some years and not others. What goes into the mix 鈥 temperature, precipitation, mosquito population 鈥 to trigger the exact conditions needed for the virus to thrive? Knowing the answer could help in the development of mosquito […]