Tag: Flaminia Catteruccia

  • Nation & World

    7 from Harvard among new Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigators

    Seven Harvard affiliates are among 33 scientists from across the United States to be appointed as investigators by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

    3 minutes
    Microscope.
  • Nation & World

    Same old labs but not

    Across Harvard’s campuses, non-COVID-19 work is resuming, labs are reopening, and scientists are settling into life in the “new normal.”

    8 minutes
    Researcher viewed through lab door posted with safety signs.
  • Nation & World

    Medicating mosquitoes to fight malaria

    Considering a new strategy for malaria control that complements existing insecticide-treated bed nets, a Harvard-led study found that mosquitoes landing on surfaces coated with the antimalarial drug atovaquone were blocked from developing the parasite that causes the disease.

    4 minutes
    Mosquito net
  • Nation & World

    Deploying mosquitoes against Zika

    Flaminia Catteruccia, an associate professor of immunology and infectious diseases at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, speaks to the Gazette about using genetically modified mosquitoes to combat the Zika virus and other diseases.

    7 minutes