

2020 Virginia Tech Science Festival!
The 2020 Virginia Tech Science Festival was held virtually this year but it did not prevent us from participating! Joanna, Karthikeyan...


We have moved to Steger Hall!
We are excited to announce that the Lahondère lab has moved to Steger Hall this Summer! This is part of an effort from the Fralin Life...
2 new preprints on BioRxiv!
We are excited to share two new preprints! The first one is a collaborative project with Claudio Lazzari, Aurélie Fauqet, Ricardo Araujo...


Welcome Zach!
We are delighted to welcome Zach Baker as our Summer 2020 Filed and Lab Assistant! Zach will be working closely with Joanna on her project.


Insect Biotech Conference 2020
Joanna and Forde did a fantastic job at presenting their work during the 2020 Insect Biotech Conference organized by Dr. jean-Paul...


Congrats Graduates!
Congrats to Sarah and Ryan on your graduation!!! And congrats to Aley on the obtention of a position at Thermo Fisher this Fall!


Forde Upshur, MS!
Congratulations to Forde Upshur for successfully defending his Master's thesis entitled "Factors influencing sugar feeding in invasive...


Congrats to Joanna!
Congratulations to Joanna for winning the 1st place for her presentation on the interactions between mosquitoes and amphibians at the...


Congrats to Joanna, PhD candidate!
Congratulations to Joanna who successfully passed her preliminary exam!!!


New paper out in Trends in Parasitology
I am delighted that our paper with Karthikeyan Chandrasegaran, Luis Escobar and Clément Vinauger is now available online! Abstract:...


Outreach: Kids' Tech
We are really excited to have had the opportunity to participate in the Kids' Tech University event last month! I gave a talk to 120 kids...


New paper out in PNAS!
I am really excited to share our latest paper published in PNAS!! Abstract: Mosquitoes are important vectors of disease and require...


Congrats to Lauren and Ryan on their GCC awards!
Congratulations to Lauren (BS/MS student) and Ryan (BS student) for being awarded a Global Change Center Undergraduate Research Award!...


Our COIS paper recommended by F1000
Our article: Thermoprotective adaptations are critical for arthropods feeding on warm-blooded hosts., Current opinion in insect science,...


ESA 2019 in Saint Louis, Mo
The lab was well represented at this year ESA conference in Saint Louis, MO with 4 talks including Joanna Reinhold, Morgen VanderGiessen,...





















