July-October 2023 - this is well overdue but congratulations to Dr. Kalin Skinner, Dr. Gabriella Mconnel, and CC Edwards for successfully defending their dissertations and thesis.
April 2023 - Yaizeth Gurrola-Mares an undergraduate researcher in the lab did a superb job presenting her work on the effects of microplastic ingestion on mosquito gut health!
April 2023 - Great work Sri and CC for winning their respective graduate student research awards!!
March 2023 - Congratulations to Sri Jyosthsna Kancharlapalli for being awarded a CDC/ESA Public Health Entomology for All 2 year postdoctoral fellowship at the CDC
March 2023 - Congratulations to CC Edwards and Sri Jyosthsna Kancharlapalli for being awarded a Texas Tech University Graduate Student Research Support Award.
March 2023 - Congratulations to Sri Jyosthsna Kancharlapalli for being awarded a Texas Tech University Doctoral Dissertation Completion Fellowship (DDCF) through the Graduate School.
November 2022 - Congratulations to Sr Jyosthsna Kancharlapalli for passing her qualifying exam.
July 2022 - Congratulations to Sri Jyosthsna Kancharlapalli for publishing her recent work on nectar source and pollinator cross contamination associated with the use of auto dissemination approaches for mosquito control.
April 2022 - Congratulations to Megan Matthews for successfully defending her thesis.
March 2022 - Congratulations to Megan Matthews for publishing her work on Culicoides midge cells, Wolbachia, and virus infections!
Matthews ML, Covey HO, Drolet BS, Brelsfoard CL. Wolbachia wAlbB inhibits bluetongue and epizootic hemorrhagic fever viruses in Culicoides midge cells. Med Vet Entomol. 2022 Mar 10. doi: 10.1111/mve.12569. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35266572.
Matthews ML, Covey HO, Drolet BS, Brelsfoard CL. Wolbachia wAlbB inhibits bluetongue and epizootic hemorrhagic fever viruses in Culicoides midge cells. Med Vet Entomol. 2022 Mar 10. doi: 10.1111/mve.12569. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35266572.
January 2022 - Congratulations to Kalin Skinner for publishing her work on Ixodes scapularis cells and Wolbachia infections!!
Skinner, K.M.; Underwood, J.; Ghosh, A.; Oliva Chavez, A.S.; Brelsfoard, C.L. Wolbachia Impacts Anaplasma Infection in Ixodes scapularis Tick Cells. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 1051. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19031051
Skinner, K.M.; Underwood, J.; Ghosh, A.; Oliva Chavez, A.S.; Brelsfoard, C.L. Wolbachia Impacts Anaplasma Infection in Ixodes scapularis Tick Cells. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 1051. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19031051
November 2021 - The lab group surprised Dr. Brelsfoard with a birthday celebration! Thanks to everyone who put this together.
October 2021 - Congratulations to Sri Jyosthsna Kancharlapalli on her recent publication in PLOS NTD.
https://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0009824
https://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0009824
October 2021 - Congratulations to Alyssa Krafsur for successfully defending her MS thesis!!
July 2021 - Our first lab get together since Covid restrictions. Happy late birthday Sri!
July 2021 - NSF EAGER AWARD
The Brelsfoard lab recently received NSF funding to investigate the effects of microplastics on mosquito microbiomes and vector competence.
July 2020 - Congratulations to Alyssa Krafsur on the acceptance of her first first authored manuscript in Microorganisms
June 2020 - TTU research article on University Homepage
https://today.ttu.edu/posts/2020/07/Stories/insects-that-spread-disease-could-hold-key-prevention
June 2020 - Genetically engineered mosquitoes get EPA approval for release in Florida
https://apple.news/AXaF6qAzJTh-Z1FA5J_HA2A
April 2020 - Kalin Skinner receives a Distinguished Graduate Student Assistantship (DGSA) starting Fall 2020
January 2020 - AMCA Research Fund Award
The Brelsfoard lab recently received funding to investigate potential non-target effects of auto dissemination approaches for mosquito control.
January 2020 - Brelsfoard lab publishes paper concerning Wolbachia infections in Culicoides spp.
Hunter Covey, Rafe H. Hall, Alyssa Krafsur, Megan Matthews, Phillip Shults, Corey L. Brelsfoard. 2020. Cryptic Wolbachia detection and prevalence in Culicoides midge populations in the United States. J. Med. Entomol. 1-8.
December 2020 - Sri Jyosthsna Kancharlapalli joins the lab as a Ph.D. candidate.
April 2nd 2019 - TTU Undergraduate Research Conference
Congratulations to Hunter Hall, Hunter Covey, Chris Owen, and Cameron Crabtree for there successful poster presentations at the annual TTU undergraduate research conference!
July 2021 - NSF EAGER AWARD
The Brelsfoard lab recently received NSF funding to investigate the effects of microplastics on mosquito microbiomes and vector competence.
July 2020 - Congratulations to Alyssa Krafsur on the acceptance of her first first authored manuscript in Microorganisms
June 2020 - TTU research article on University Homepage
https://today.ttu.edu/posts/2020/07/Stories/insects-that-spread-disease-could-hold-key-prevention
June 2020 - Genetically engineered mosquitoes get EPA approval for release in Florida
https://apple.news/AXaF6qAzJTh-Z1FA5J_HA2A
April 2020 - Kalin Skinner receives a Distinguished Graduate Student Assistantship (DGSA) starting Fall 2020
January 2020 - AMCA Research Fund Award
The Brelsfoard lab recently received funding to investigate potential non-target effects of auto dissemination approaches for mosquito control.
January 2020 - Brelsfoard lab publishes paper concerning Wolbachia infections in Culicoides spp.
Hunter Covey, Rafe H. Hall, Alyssa Krafsur, Megan Matthews, Phillip Shults, Corey L. Brelsfoard. 2020. Cryptic Wolbachia detection and prevalence in Culicoides midge populations in the United States. J. Med. Entomol. 1-8.
December 2020 - Sri Jyosthsna Kancharlapalli joins the lab as a Ph.D. candidate.
April 2nd 2019 - TTU Undergraduate Research Conference
Congratulations to Hunter Hall, Hunter Covey, Chris Owen, and Cameron Crabtree for there successful poster presentations at the annual TTU undergraduate research conference!