Our lab’s studies focus on multiple aspects of tsetse flies, the vector of African trypanosomes. These trypanosomes are the causative agents of the devastating Sleeping Sickness disease in Sub-Saharan Africa. The lab’s work covers a range of projects including tsetse immunity and reproduction, tsetse-symbiont interactions and tsetse-trypanosome interactions. The ultimate goal of this work is to improve current strategies and/or develop novel strategies to reduce or eliminate the transmission of Sleeping Sickness in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Lab News

• Aksoy Named Editor of Journal on Tropical Medicine. (10/9/09)
• How Do You Stop the Tsetse Fly from Transmitting Sleeping Sickness? A Host Protein May Provide the Answer. (8/10/09)
• Previous News Stories

Contact Info

Serap Aksoy: (203) 737-2180
Lab: (203) 737-4134
Fax: (203) 785-4782
E-mail: serap.aksoy@yale.edu

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