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Unraveling the Mystery of DEET

You spray DEET on your arms, and those pesky mosquitoes leave you alone. It works. However, ...

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UC Davis scientists in the Walter Leal lab have discovered the odorant receptor in the Culex mosquito that repels DEET. From left are project scientist Pingxi Xu; postdoctoral scholar Young-Moo Choo; AgChem graduate student Alyssa De La Rosa; and Professor Leal. (Photo credit: Academic Technology Services/Mediaworks)

UC Davis scientists in the Walter Leal lab have discovered the odorant receptor in the Culex mosquito that repels DEET. From left are project scientist Pingxi Xu; postdoctoral scholar Young-Moo Choo; AgChem graduate student Alyssa De La Rosa; and Professor Leal. (Photo credit: Academic Technology Services/Mediaworks)

Posted on Monday, October 27, 2014 at 5:05 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Alyssa De La Rosa (1), Culex quinquefasciatus (9), DEET (4), Pingxi Xu (2), Walter Leal (105), Young-Moo Choo (1)

A Dynamo, a Maverick and an Inspiration

The competition was fierce. We're talking...

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Congratulations!

Members of the Walter Leal lab congratulate Zain Syed on his award. From left are Walter Leal, professor of entomology; Zhao Liu, graduate student; Zain Syed; Julien Pelletier, postdoctoral scholar; and Wei Xu, ag chemistry graduate student. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Blood-fed mosquito

BLOOD-FED MOSQUITO, Culex quinquefasciatus, in the Walter Leal lab, UC Davis Department of Entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Tuesday, June 9, 2009 at 5:01 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: DEET (4), postdoctoral scholar (1), Walter Leal (105), Zain Syed (8)

The Secret's Out

We know it works, but how? Just how does DEET work? Does it jam the senses of a mosquito? Does it...

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Culex quinquefasciatus, the Southern house mosquito, finishes feeding on non-DEET treated skin. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis researcher Zain Syed (right) sprays DEET on the arm of chemical ecologist Walter Leal. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Monday, August 18, 2008 at 2:13 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Culex quinquefasciatus (9), DEET (4), mosquito (7), Southern house mosquito (2), Walter Leal (105), Zain Zyed (1)

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