Congatulations to Project Bridge Johns Hopkins for being awarded the 2019 Next Generation Award at SfN.  The Next Generation Award recognizes SfN chapter members who have made outstanding contributions to public communication, outreach, and education about neuroscience. 

Project Bridge Johns Hopkins is an organization run by Graduate Students aimed at exposing underrepresented minorities to neuroscience research.  

Publications from Primary Faculty members - October 2019:

Afify A, Betz JF, Riabinina O, Lahondère C, Potter CJ.  Commonly Used Insect Repellents Hide Human Odors from Anopheles Mosquitoes. Curr Biol. 2019 Oct 15. pii: S0960-9822(19)31167-4. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.09.007. [Epub ahead of print]

Congratulations to Dr. Christopher Potter, a Primary member in the Neuroscience Department, and his lab for uncovering how commonly used insect repellents such as DEET interfere with an Anopheles mosquito's sense of smell.  Their recent work now appears in Current Biology. 

Afify A, Betz JF, Riabinina O, Lahondère C, Potter CJ (2019). Commonly used insect repellents hide human odors from Anopheles mosquitoes. Current Biology. DOI:10.1016/j.cub.2019.09.007. 

https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(19)31167-4.