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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.  Grishma Parikh is a PhD candidate in the Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology program, doing her dissertation work in the Medical Entomology Laboratory. Undergraduate Students: Current: 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 research projects. Erica Hellmich is studying mosquito immune responses in the Science with Practice Program. Kody Guiter is going to identify blood meals from mosquitoes trapped across the state. Brendan Dunphy is compiling a checklist of the mosquitoes of Iowa; he recently was awarded the Wayne A. Rowley scholarship. Brianne Simonsen runs a tight ship in the mosquito rearing room. Many thanks to the numerous students in years passed who have dedicated time and energy to mosquito and tick-borne disease surveillance in Iowa. Best of luck to you all. Updated 02/12/2007 - 4:36pm
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