ALT Students extracting DNA from ticks

ALT Students extracting dna: moving from the isolation step to the wash step

ALT Students applying DNA and prepping their PCR reaction

ALT Students in the lab getting ready to put their PCR reactions into the thermalcycler

ALT CVM Public Health MS student showing off mosquitoes collected with a light trap (we don't use the light- we use co2 or a stinky lure)

ALT Light trap without the light, but with a cooler holding dry ice. When the dry ice sublimates it emits CO2 and lures the lady mosquitoes. FACT only female mosquitoes bite.

ALT Gravid trap collected gravid ("pregnant") mosquitoes. The trap was baited with a liver powder infusion and WORKED!

ALT Public health UG student successfully catches gravid mosquitoes along the 3rd creek Greenway.

ALT Viva getting ready to talk about ticks on animals at animal shelters

ALT Angela asking public health professionals what they want to learn more about

ALT Angelas qr code for feedback!