Thais` best friend
Today we present Thais` best friend: the Nikon 80i DIC microscope, which is coupled to a TV. With this rather good microscope she`ll identify the nematodes (to genus level) that live in the forest ...
Field trip this coming week
On Dec. 5th our team will travel to one of the forest reserves that we´ll sample for this project (see image below). We´ll set up sampling plots and subplots, and select the trees to be sampled. O...
It´s been published
Dear all,our project has reached full-accomplishment: it´s been published on-line in The Journal of Nematology. We thank our backers for having trusted us. Here´s the link: https://www.exeley.co...
It´s been accepted!
Dear supporters,our manuscript has been accepted for publication in The Journal of Nematology. As soon it comes out will post it. Thanks for your support :)
Manuscript submitted
The manuscript presenting this project´s results/conclusions was submitted today to The Journal of Nematology. We´ll keep you posted!
Final results
The goal of our project was to assess whether entomopathogenic roundworms (ERs) would be effective in killing A. aegypti larvae in the environments more often visited by female mosquitoes to lay th...
The project`s expenditures
Our project is drawing to a close... We concluded the assays to evaluate the efficacy of the roundworm to kill A. aegyptii larvae. In the next lab note will post a table summarizing all results.For...
The relation between efficacy and floor drain`s bottom area
The relation between efficacy and floor drain`s bottom areaIn our previous lab note, we showed that the efficacy of our entomopathogenic roundworm (ER) to kill mosquito larvae varies among types of...
After setbacks, good results!
Once we got our proposal funded, we jumped into the business of assessing the efficacy of entomopathogenic roundworms (ER) to kill larvae of the mosquito A. aegypti. It was a disaster... the larva...
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