Jewelna Akorli

The paper documents rapid genomic and behavioral shifts toward human specialization in urban Aedes aegypti populations in West Africa over five years.

This study assesses how lab storage conditions affect physicochemical changes in field-collected mosquito breeding water, finding that ambient humidity and temperature significantly influence these changes.

This study examines how drought tolerance of Aedes aegypti mosquito eggs varies with climate conditions and human association, finding urban mosquitoes have higher survival under arid conditions.

This study uses metabolomics and gene expression to show the methionine cycle regulates Aedes aegypti development and dengue virus susceptibility, with larval stages showing high methylation capacity and adult stages showing gene expression peaks.

This study maps the single-cell transcriptional and metabolic changes in Aedes aegypti midgut and fat body after a bloodmeal, revealing diverse cell populations and a novel fat body-yolk cell type.

This study examines the thermotolerance of mosquito eggs and adults from Aedes species, finding that human-associated lineages have higher egg viability under high-temperature stress.

This study uses metagenomics to analyze trophic interactions of Anopheles gambiae larvae in freshwater ecosystems, revealing shared resources and non-exclusive predation patterns.

This study compares activity and sleep levels across 17 Ae. aegypti lines, finding population differences linked to host preference, ancestry, and human population density.

The paper identifies novel persistent viruses in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes using small RNA sequencing and confirms their replication and transmissibility in cell lines.

This study investigates dengue virus susceptibility in African Aedes aegypti populations and finds significant variation and strain-specific interactions.

This paper evaluates DNA extraction from blood filter spots and eluates used for ELISA, finding higher DNA concentration in PBS compared to SDB, with 85% PCR success rate.