Flaminia Catteruccia

Associate Professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard University

Flaminia Catteruccia is a molecular entomologist and associate professor of immunology and infectious diseases at Harvard School of Public Health. her research focuses on the reproductive biology of mosquitoes. Her goal is to develop novel methods for mosquito control to reduce the incidence of mosquito-borne malaria, which kills roughly one million people each year and for which no vaccine is yet available.

Experience

–present

Associate Professor, Harvard University

Publications

2013

Characterization of Anopheles gambiae transglutaminase 3 (AgTG3) and its native substrate Plugin., The Journal of Biological Chemistry
2012

Function and composition of male accessory gland secretions in Anopheles gambiae: a comparison with other insect vectors of infectious diseases., Pathogens and Global Health