Karina Botello, MNAS-MS

IRTA Postbaccalaureate Fellow

Education:

B. Sc. and MNAS-MS, Biology, Missouri State University

Languages Spoken: Spanish
Portrait of Karina Botello, MNAS-MS, B.Sc.

Biography

My work aims to understand the role of salivary proteins in modulating the vertebrate host innate immune response to mosquito bites. I am also working on how mosquito saliva modulates arbovirus transmission and infection.