Jason Rasgon
Professor of Entomology and Disease Epidemiology
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W127 Millenium Science Complex
University Park, PA 16802 - jlr54@psu.edu
- 814-863-3668
Research Summary
Integrating population biology, ecology, molecular tools and theory to address fundamental and applied questions related to vector arthropods and the pathogens they transmit.
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Culicidae Wolbachia Arthropods Genes Microbiota Culex Tarsalis Microbiome Mosquito Control Anopheles Bacteria Gene Editing Oocyst Pathogens Phenotype West Nile Virus Malaria Culex Microflora Insecta Insects Gene Drive Technology Methodology Technology Disease Vectors PlasmodiumMost Recent Publications
Temperature affects viral kinetics and vectorial capacity of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes co-infected with Mayaro and Dengue viruses
Gerard Terradas, Jaime Manzano-Alvarez, Chiara Vanalli, Kristine Werling, Isabella M. Cattadori, Jason L. Rasgon, 2024, Parasites and Vectors
Microbiomes of Two Pest Fly Species of Pennsylvania Mushroom Houses
Joyce M. Sakamoto, Ikkei Shikano, Jason L. Rasgon, 2024, Insects
Gene Editing in the Chagas Disease Vector Rhodnius prolixus by Cas9-Mediated ReMOT Control
Leonardo Lima, Mateus Berni, Jamile Mota, Daniel Bressan, Alison Julio, Robson Cavalcante, Vanessa Macias, Zhiqian Li, Jason L. Rasgon, Ethan Bier, Helena Araujo, 2024, CRISPR Journal on p. 88-99
Corrigendum: A mosquito small RNA genomics resource reveals dynamic evolution and host responses to viruses and transposons
Qicheng Ma, Satyam P. Srivastav, Stephanie Gamez, Gargi Dayama, Fabiana Feitosa-Suntheimer, Edward I. Patterson, Rebecca M. Johnson, Erik M. Matson, Alexander S. Gold, Douglas E. Brackney, John H. Connor, Tonya M. Colpitts, Grant L. Hughes, Jason L. Rasgon, Tony Nolan, Omar S. Akbari, Nelson C. Lau, 2024, Genome Research on p. 160
Alpha-mannosidase-2 modulates arbovirus infection in a pathogen- and Wolbachia-specific manner in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes
Nadya Urakova, Renuka E. Joseph, Allyn Huntsinger, Vanessa M. Macias, Matthew J. Jones, Leah T. Sigle, Ming Li, Omar S. Akbari, Zhiyong Xi, Konstantinos Lymperopoulos, Richard T. Sayre, Elisabeth A. McGraw, Jason L. Rasgon, 2024, Insect Molecular Biology
Dehydration stress and Mayaro virus vector competence in Aedes aegypti
Jaime Manzano-Alvarez, Gerard Terradas, Christopher J. Holmes, Joshua B. Benoit, Jason L. Rasgon, 2023, Journal of Virology on p. e0069523
The Development and Expansion of in vivo Germline Editing Technologies in Arthropods: Receptor-Mediated Ovary Transduction of Cargo (ReMOT Control) and Beyond
Gerard Terradas, Vanessa M. Macias, Hillary Peterson, Sage Mckeand, Grzegorz Krawczyk, Jason L. Rasgon, 2023, Integrative and Comparative Biology on p. 1550-1563
Signatures of adaptive decreased virulence of deformed wing virus in an isolated population of wild honeybees (Apis mellifera)
Allyson M. Ray, Emma C. Gordon, Thomas D. Seeley, Jason L. Rasgon, Christina M. Grozinger, 2023, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Culex tarsalis Is a Competent Host of the Insect-Specific Alphavirus Eilat Virus (EILV)
Renuka E. Joseph, Nadya Urakova, Kristine L. Werling, Hillery C. Metz, Kaylee Montanari, Jason L. Rasgon, 2023, Journal of Virology
Identification of MicroRNAs in the West Nile Virus Vector Culex tarsalis (Diptera: Culicidae)
Sultan Asad, Ahmed M. Mehdi, Sujit Pujhari, Claudia Rückert, Gregory D. Ebel, Jason L. Rasgon, 2023, Journal of Medical Entomology on p. 282-293
Most-Cited Papers
Harnessing mosquito-Wolbachia symbiosis for vector and disease control
Kostas Bourtzis, Stephen L. Dobson, Zhiyong Xi, Jason L. Rasgon, Maurizio Calvitti, Luciano A. Moreira, Hervé C. Bossin, Riccardo Moretti, Luke Anthony Baton, Grant L. Hughes, Patrick Mavingui, Jeremie R.L. Gilles, 2014, Acta Tropica on p. S150-S163
Native microbiome impedes vertical transmission of Wolbachia in Anopheles mosquitoes
Grant L. Hughes, Brittany L. Dodson, Rebecca M. Johnson, Courtney C. Murdock, Hitoshi Tsujimoto, Yasutsugu Suzuki, Alyssa A. Patt, Long Cui, Carlos W. Nossa, Rhiannon M. Barry, Joyce M. Sakamoto, Emily A. Hornett, Jason Rasgon, 2014, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America on p. 12498-12503
Targeted delivery of CRISPR-Cas9 ribonucleoprotein into arthropod ovaries for heritable germline gene editing
Duverney Chaverra-Rodriguez, Vanessa M. Macias, Grant L. Hughes, Sujit Pujhari, Yasutsugu Suzuki, David R. Peterson, Donghun Kim, Sage McKeand, Jason L. Rasgon, 2018, Nature Communications
Wolbachia Enhances West Nile Virus (WNV) Infection in the Mosquito Culex tarsalis
Brittany L. Dodson, Grant L. Hughes, Oluwatobi Paul, Amy C. Matacchiero, Laura D. Kramer, Jason L. Rasgon, 2014, PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
The microbiome modulates arbovirus transmission in mosquitoes
Shivanand Hegde, Jason L. Rasgon, Grant L. Hughes, 2015, Current Opinion in Virology on p. 97-102
Transinfection: A method to investigate Wolbachia-host interactions and control arthropod-borne disease
G. L. Hughes, J. L. Rasgon, 2014, Insect Molecular Biology on p. 141-151
Combating mosquito-borne diseases using genetic control technologies
Guan Hong Wang, Stephanie Gamez, Robyn R. Raban, John M. Marshall, Luke Alphey, Ming Li, Jason L. Rasgon, Omar S. Akbari, 2021, Nature Communications
Temperature alters Plasmodium blocking by Wolbachia
Courtney C. Murdock, Simon Blanford, Grant L. Hughes, Jason L. Rasgon, Matthew B. Thomas, 2014, Scientific Reports
Gene drive for mosquito control: Where did it come from and where are we headed?
Vanessa M. Macias, Johanna R. Ohm, Jason L. Rasgon, 2017, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Dehydration prompts increased activity and blood feeding by mosquitoes
Richard W. Hagan, Elise M. Didion, Andrew E. Rosselot, Christopher J. Holmes, Samantha C. Siler, Andrew J. Rosendale, Jacob M. Hendershot, Kiaira S.B. Elliot, Emily C. Jennings, Gabriela A. Nine, Paula L. Perez, Alexandre E. Rizlallah, Miki Watanabe, Lindsey E. Romick-Rosendale, Yanyu Xiao, Jason L. Rasgon, Joshua B. Benoit, 2018, Scientific Reports
News Articles Featuring Jason Rasgon
Apr 22, 2024
Kissing bugs, vector for Chagas disease, successfully gene edited for first time
Kissing bugs, or triatomine bugs, are the primary vector for Chagas disease. New research from an international team, including a Penn State researcher, demonstrates — for the first time — the use of CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing in kissing bugs and opens the door to research on applied strategies for Chagas disease control.
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Mar 14, 2024
St. Tammany's ditches are fouled with untreated sewage. The mosquitoes are loving it.
The pollution in drainage ditches in St. Tammany Parish appears to be allowing a disease-carrying mosquito to thrive, even after insecticide treatments
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Dec 07, 2023
USDA grant supports reproductive microbiome training program
The USDA NIFA has awarded Penn State a five-year, US$238,500 grant to establish a graduate training pipeline in reproductive microbiome research
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Dec 06, 2023
New USDA grant to support graduate reproductive microbiome training program
The USDA NIFA has awarded Penn State a five-year, $238,500 grant to establish a graduate training pipeline in reproductive microbiome research.
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Jul 07, 2023
Florida issues MALARIA alert as two MORE people catch deadly mosquito-born disease - in first US outbreak in two decades
Two more people have come down with malaria in southern Florida, health officials say — after doctors were warned to look out for more cases.
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Jun 29, 2023
Got a fever and testing negative for Covid? It could be MALARIA, CDC says - as disease-ridden mosquitos spread in US for first time in decades
Fever-stricken patients coming to hospitals should be checked for malaria, health officials say — even if they have not recently left the United States.
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Nov 08, 2022
Faculty in College of Ag Sciences recognized for research achievements
Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences lauded outstanding accomplishments in research during the college’s inaugural Research Awards Ceremony, held Oct. 25 at the Hintz Family Alumni Center on the University Park campus.
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Jul 12, 2022
Rasgon named Huck Chair of Disease Epidemiology and Biotechnology
Jason Rasgon, professor of entomology and disease epidemiology, has been named Dorothy Foehr Huck and J. Lloyd Huck Chair in Disease Epidemiology and Biotechnology.
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May 25, 2022
Injecting Cockroaches with CRISPR Gene Edits Their Offspring
A new method has allowed researchers to conduct the first gene knock-out and knock-in edits on cockroaches and may extend to many other insects.
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Mar 16, 2022
Huck Students Receive Alumni Awards
Two Huck IGDP students have been recognized as part of the 2021-22 Graduate School Alumni Association faculty and student awards in the Life & Health Sciences section.
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Feb 16, 2022
Scientists develop gene-editing tools that may decrease tick-borne disease
In May 2021, scientists released the first batch of genetically-altered mosquitoes in the Florida Keys as part of a project to combat disease-carrying insects.The mosquitoes, modified versions of the Aedes aegypti species, is associated with several diseases, including Zika and yellow fever. Experts say using modified insects to control populations provides an alternative to insecticides, which some mosquitoes are evolving to develop immunity towards.
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Feb 15, 2022
World’s first gene editing tools for ticks may help decrease tick-borne diseases
Reducing tick-borne diseases, such as Lyme disease, may now be possible thanks to two new gene editing methods developed by researchers at Penn State; the University of Nevada, Reno; and the University of Maryland. The methods could allow scientists to alter parts of the tick genome that are involved in harboring and transmitting pathogens.
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Feb 17, 2021
Silencing the alarm
An enzyme in the saliva of certain insects prevents their food plants from warning neighboring plants of an attack.
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Sep 09, 2020
More dengue fever and less malaria – mosquito control strategies may need to shift as Africa heats up
As it becomes too warm for comfort, the Anopheles mosquitoes that transmit malaria may lose the battle against climate change in Africa. But a new foe is on the horizon.
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Aug 05, 2020
Gene-edited mosquitoes are ready for the U.S. — but is the U.S. ready for them?
In mid-June, Florida’s department of agriculture and consumer services approved a plan to release millions of genetically modified mosquitoes into the wild.
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Apr 23, 2020
Gene-editing protocol for whitefly pest opens door to control
Whiteflies are among the most important agricultural pests in the world, yet they have been difficult to genetically manipulate and control, in part, because of their small size. An international team of researchers has overcome this roadblock by developing a CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing protocol that could lead to novel control methods for this devastating pest.
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Sep 17, 2019
Study on DNA spread by genetically modified mosquitoes prompts backlash
For 10 years, the company Oxitec has been testing whether genetically modified (GM) mosquitoes can suppress populations of their natural brethren, which carry devastating viruses such as Zika and dengue. Its strategy: Deploy (nonbiting) male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes bearing a gene that should doom most of their offspring before adulthood.
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Aug 27, 2019
Graphene film promising for blocking mosquitoes
Health officials are touting a new protection against bloodsucking insects amid reports of a rare mosquito-borne disease that has infected four people in Massachusetts, killing one woman.
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Jan 31, 2019
Scientists Are Tweeting About The Strangest Experiments They've Ever Done
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