PRIN 2022
Ministero dell’Università e della Ricerca, PRIN 2022 – Linea Giovani, LS1: "SMACK: the Saliva-Mediated feedbaCK signal affecting mosquito biting" – Project code 20225HNCZK
Description
SMACK investigates the saliva-mediated feedback signals that affect mosquito biting, combining insect biology and molecular characterization to identify mechanisms that could be exploited to reduce biting and pathogen transmission.
Role of our laboratory
Molecular and structural characterization of mosquito salivary proteins and feedback signals involved in biting behaviour.
Project details
- Full title: SMACK: the Saliva-Mediated feedbaCK signal affecting mosquito biting
- Funding agency: Ministero dell’Università e della Ricerca
- Programme: PRIN 2022 – Linea Giovani, LS1
- Project code: 20225HNCZK
- Total project funding: EUR 200’000.00 (funding to the laboratory: EUR 65’925.71)
- Project period: 30 November 2023 – 28 February 2026 (with granted extension)
- Institutions involved: University of Milano (Coordinator, Italy), University of L’Aquila (Italy), University of Pavia (Italy)
Unit Coordinator
Federico Forneris
Permanent Staff – Armenise-Harvard Laboratory
Former Lab Members Involved
Francesca Magnani
Lab Alumni – Armenise-Harvard Laboratory
