Y. Osee Sanogo, Postdoc
Education: MS: 1995, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
PhD: 2000 Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
Research Interest: Genetics of behavior, medical and molecular entomology
Research Topic: My current research focuses on understanding the genetic basis of behavior. The Bell lab is known for its expertise in stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) behavior. Our laboratory is using the stickleback as a model to explore the association between genes, behavior and the environment. Our central hypothesis is that there are inherited and environmentally-responsive genes that affect risk-taking behaviors in sticklebacks, and those genes are shared with other animals, including humans. I am using whole-genome microarrays to identify genes underlying risk-taking behaviors that are responsive to adverse environmental conditions at the individual and population levels. Stickleback represent a robust, replicable model that will help us understand the complex mechanisms involved in behavior such as risk taking or aggression.
Selected Publications:
Sanogo YO, Lampman R. 2008. The house mosquito Culex pipiens complex (Diptera: Culicidae): A threat in your backyard. INHS Reports, Summer 2008, 396:1 - 2.
Sanogo YO, Kim C, Lampman R, Halverson J, Gad A and Novak RJ. 2008. Identification of male specimens of the Culex pipiens complex (Diptera: Culicidae) in the hybrid zone using morphology and molecular techniques. J Med Entomol. 45 (2) 203-209.
Sanogo YO, C, Kim, Lampman R, Novak RJ. 2007. A real-time Taqman polymerase chain reaction for the identification of Culex vectors of West Nile and Saint Louis Encephalitis viruses in North America. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 77: 58-66.
Hubalek Z, Scholz H, Sedlacek I, Melzer F, Sanogo YO, Nesvadbova J. 2007. Brucellosis of the common vole (Microtus arvalis). Vector Borne and Zoon Dis. 7(4):679 - 88.
Sanogo YO, Dobson SL, Bordenstein SR, Novak, RJ. 2007. Disruption of the Wolbachia surface protein gene wspB by a transposable element in mosquitoes of the Culex pipiens complex (Diptera: Culicidae). Insect Mol Biol. Mar;16 (2):143-154
Sanogo YO, Dobson SL. 2006. WO bacteriophage transcription in Wolbachia-infected Culex pipiens. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 36(1):80-85.
Department of Animal Biology
University of Illinois
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