Kerri Coon Fall Colloquium

Research in my lab centers on insect-microbe interactions, with a current focus on understanding the diversity and function of gut microbes in mosquitoes and other insect disease vectors. We integrate field and lab-based experiments with bioinformatic approaches to tease apart the mechanisms by which microbes regulate fundamental processes in their insect hosts, from their development and reproduction to their ability to transmit disease-causing agents to humans and other mammals. Other research