Posts Tagged: Gregory Lanzaro

Malaria Observation Day at UC Davis on April 25

With all the news media coverage lately on the Zika virus, the more pressing disease of malaria may seem overshadowed. It shouldn't be, nor is it,...

UC Davis medical entomologist Anthony Cornel with a villager in Mali.

UC Davis medical entomologist Anthony Cornel with a villager in Mali.

UC Davis World Malaria Day will take place Monday, April 25 in the Memorial Union. At the top left is UC Davis medical entomologist Anthony Cornel.

UC Davis World Malaria Day will take place Monday, April 25 in the Memorial Union. At the top left is UC Davis medical entomologist Anthony Cornel.

Anthony Cornel Knows Mosquitoes

Medical entomologist Anthony “Anton” Cornel knows his mosquitoes--and a few snakes, too. When he was doing research in Brazil in...

Medical entomologist Anthony Cornel with a snake in Brazil.

Medical entomologist Anthony Cornel with a snake in Brazil.

UC Davis medical entomologists Anthony Cornel (foreground) and Gregory Lanzaro make annual trips to Mali to study malaria mosquitoes.

UC Davis medical entomologists Anthony Cornel (foreground) and Gregory Lanzaro make annual trips to Mali to study malaria mosquitoes.

Targeting the Malaria Mosquito

If you're a research scientist studying the malaria mosquito, or interested in genomics, you'll want to attend a seminar on Wednesday, April 17 at...

The malaria mosquito, Anopheles gambiae. (Photo by Anthony Cornel)

The malaria mosquito, Anopheles gambiae. (Photo by Anthony Cornel)

Tackling a Massive Killer

It's good to see that the UC Davis campus will host its sixth annual World Malaria Day observance. This year's event, set Wednesday, April 25 from 9...

Malaria mosquito, Anopheles gambiae. (Photo by Anthony Cornel)

Malaria mosquito, Anopheles gambiae. (Photo by Anthony Cornel)

UC Davis medical entomologist Anthony Cornel collecting mosquitoes. (Photo by Rory McAbee)

UC Davis medical entomologist Anthony Cornel collecting mosquitoes. (Photo by Rory McAbee)

Prestigious Award

A prestigious award, and well deserved.Postdoctoral researcher Rebecca “Becky” Trout-Fryxell (right), who studies Culex and Anopheles mosquitoes with...

Culex quinquefasciatus

WEST NILE VIRUS--Infected Culex mosquitoes transmit the West Nile virus, which last year sickened 104 people in California, killing three. (Photo by Anthony Cornel)

Anopheles gambiae

MALARIA MOSQUITO--Anopheles gambiae transmits malaria, which kills more than a million people a year, primarily in Africa. (Photo by Anthony Cornel, UC Davis)

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