معرفی
Brian Weiss is a Senior Research Scientist in Epidemiology and Lecturer in Microbial Diseases at the Yale School of Public Health, affiliated with the Aksoy Lab and Yale Institute for Global Health. His research focuses on host-pathogen interactions, symbiosis, and vector biology, particularly in tsetse flies and their role in transmitting African trypanosomiasis.
- Yale School of Public Health
- Aksoy Lab
- Yale Institute for Global Health
Education:
- PhD, University of Alberta (2003)
- MSc, University of Queensland (1997)
- BSc in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado (1995)
Research Interests encompass understanding how tsetse flies interact with their endosymbiotic bacteria, including nutritional supplementation, immune system development, and strategies to reduce vector competence via paratransgenesis. His work bridges genetics, genomics, and microbiome studies to combat infectious diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Publications highlight collaborations with Serap Aksoy and others, spanning vector-parasite interactions, symbiont manipulation, and genomic resources for tsetse flies. Key contributions include studies on sterile insect techniques and microbial control of trypanosome transmission.
