SENSORY HYPODERMIC NEEDLES WITH WINGS!
Our research program investigates the deadliest of all mosquito species: Anopheles gambiae. Anopheles mosquitoes use their sense of smell (olfaction) to find humans from a distance, and their sense of smell and taste when choosing a place to bite. If infected with a parasite, this bite can lead to the transmission of malaria, which kills more than 400,000 people every year.