This project builds on recent work reporting tick transmission of relapsing fever spirochetes and genome sequencing of both the pathogen and tick vector. We have utilized both next generation and ...

The central dogma describes the flow of genetic information within a biological system. It states that DNA is transcribed into RNA, which is then translated into proteins. This process of gene ...

LAS CRUCES - New Mexico State University Biology Professor Immo Hansen calls it “the most dangerous animal in the world.” Not based on its size, but based on its deadly cargo. Hansen studies ...

Growing up in Tanzania, Prisca witnessed malaria as a daily reality with children missing school and families spending their limited savings on treatment. Witnessing how a preventable disease could ...