Could making buffets for mosquitoes help us learn about their preferences for human hosts?
Mosquitoes use scent cues to locate humans to feed upon, but do some humans smell more appealing than others, and if so, why?
Kate Moran has an MSc in Tropical Disease Biology from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. She is often found typing instructions into a computer to electrocute pieces of silicon in a specific pattern to solve problems for humans. During her free time, she wonders how she can use her ability to tackle software bugs to help combat vector-borne diseases.
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