News feature on Dr. Yan’s Research: “Starving mosquitoes for science”

Dr. Jiayue (Gabriel) Yan recently published an article in the journal Communications Biology titled “Nutritional stress compromises mosquito fitness and antiviral immunity, while enhancing dengue virus infection susceptibility”. A behind-the-scenes article was written about Dr. Yan’s work by the UIUC News Bureau and was featured on UIUC, PRI, and INHS websites.

The paper is available online – DOI: 10.1038/s42003-023-05516-4

Photo by Fred Zwicky