🦟 Can we "pasteurize" mosquitoes to stop dengue & Zika?
Sarah Merkling
@merklinglab.bsky.social uses AI + CRISPR to analyze stomach cells and understand why some mosquitoes spread viruses while others don't.
Goal: Make disease-carrying mosquitoes harmless.
#Zika #Dengue
Sarah Merkling wants to "pasteurize" mosquitoes!
At the Institut Pasteur, Sarah Merkling's research focuses on a topic that is still largely unknown: interactions between mosquitoes and viruses. She boldly devises novel strategies based on state-of-...
