Emily McDermott

Classical biological control

🚨The Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor focused on soilborne diseases of plants. This is a 12 month position (80% research, 20% teaching).🦠🌱👇 uasys.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UASYS/jo…

Our Technician position has just been posted! We are looking for someone w/ a MS or BS+experience to help with project management and running basic lab assays. Apply by 07OCT: uasys.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UASYS/de…

So very happy to finally share the work from my master’s! Check it out to see why zoos make excellent biosurveillance sites and to find out what mosquitoes in zoos are feeding on! academic.oup.com/jme/advance-ar…

There is also a Research Technician position in the pipeline, so please keep an eye out for that as well!

We're hiring! I am looking to hire two (!) postdocs to work on vector-borne and zoonotic pathogen surveillance & metagenomics as part of the @REDINET_Program. These are 2 yr positions with the possibility of extension. Apply by 21SEP: uasys.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/UASYS/job/Faye…

Excited to announce that McDermott Lab PhD student, Blythe has just published her very first paper! Here we show that fluralaner has low contact efficacy against Culicoides, but potential for use as a systemic to control feeding midges parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

If you’re curious about what my classmates and I learned and did during our masters, then check out this new article from the @_NEVBD that summarizes everything and addresses gaps in the vector-borne disease workforce! academic.oup.com/jme/advance-ar…

Marisol, a REEU student from @utrgv, presented her work on heartworm surveillance last week and then we celebrated with a lab lunch. It was great having her in the lab this summer!

Effective #tick biosecurity and surveillance depends upon a firm understanding of tick biology, risks, & management. VPH resident @andreas_elef developed four 5-min educational videos for #livestock #producers - watch here rb.gy/il52l @OHIOBEEF @Ohio_Cattlemen #beef

ICYMI: @ArkansasEPP @AgINArk's @No_See_Em weighs in on #mosquitoes in Arkansas with @THV11's @horbacewicz thv11.com/article/life/a… via @THV11

@KYT_ThatsME Ya I mean there’s not really a reasonable explanation for comments like that other than that. 100% unnecessary and shitty

@KYT_ThatsME Also uhhh “animal aspiration” is exactly what we call it??

Excited to present on mosquito-borne diseases and identification today at the @wgcvbd Vector-Borne Disease Management Workshop for some of our local and regional vector control and pest management professionals 🦟

1. The *minimum* conditions for malaria - competent mosquitoes and warm enough temperatures - are met in the southern U.S. even in the absence of climate change. We didn’t get rid of malaria here until 1949. This event is not inherently attributable to climate change.

Apropos of nothing, we have plenty of Anopheles mosquitoes in this country capable of transmitting Plasmodium and have, like, since forever

@KYT_ThatsME Yup, also discovered this the other day :(

BEHOLD: #Tick season is upon us. Learn the ins & outs of which insect repellents work best for you in this week's Musings on Nature at bit.ly/MoN-insect-rep…. @AgInArk #Arkansas #summer

Last #LIWC2023 tweet comes w/ 3 requests. 1- The Murillo lab is looking for pests of #poultry sign up here! murillolab.ucr.edu/poultry-survey 2- @caleb_hubb is looking for house flies 3- @katyvsmith is still looking for images of flies &/or ticks from #livestock tiny.utk.edu/CattlePestImag…