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Lab Members Brad Tucker is the Lab Manager for the Medical Entomology Laboratory. He runs the show. A list of manuscripts to which Brad has contributed is available through this link to PUBLICATIONS. Graduate Students: Jon Oliver is working on a Master's degree in the Entomology program, that focuses on tick ecology and physiology. He spends the summer months in the field, working on tick-borne disease surveillance in Iowa. A list of Jon's publications is available through this LINK.  Grishma Parikh is a PhD candidate in the Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology program, doing her dissertation work in the Medical Entomology Laboratory. She recently passed her prelims!! A list of Grishma's publications is available through this LINK. Hourly Employees: Current: During the spring, summer and fall, a small crew of dedicated students receives, sorts, and identifies mosquito and tick specimens from all over the state of Iowa. Students also are involved in mosquito rearing, and in guided and independent research projects. Some undergraduates work or have worked in the lab through the Work Study, Undergraduate Research Assistantship, Science with Practice, and Undergraduate Freshman Honors Research programs, and in Independent Research projects (ENT/MICRO 490). Many thanks to the numerous students in years passed who have dedicated time and energy to mosquito and tick-borne disease surveillance in Iowa, and to basic lab operations. Best of luck to you all. Updated 11/07/2008 - 10:29am
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