Mosquitologist (aka Asian tiger mosquito mom) 🦟 & Assistant professor @ UC Davis • #WomaninSTEM 👩🏻🔬 • she/her 🇰🇷🇺🇸
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Lisa Baik 🦟
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Insect targeting toxin produced by Streptomyces!! 🪰🦠 now published in Nature Microbiology @natmicrobiol.nature.com
This body of work was so fun to contribute to! I got to venture back to my first love, Drosophila, and combine it with my current love of insect gustation/sensory neurobiology!
I have found the source of all mosquitoes
Hello from Vancouver! Dusting off the bsky credentials to highlight two new mosquito preprints from the lab...
extremely proud of everyone who contributed and happy to have their work out for all to see. Lots of good stuff happening in the lab these days!
More below...
Baik Lab at the picnic day!! @ucdaviscaes.bsky.social
The scientific dad (my PhD advisor) paid a little visit with his family during picnic day!
It’s worth pointing out that his daughter standing next to me was only six years old and MUCH shorter when I first started in his lab as a grad student 😅
Entomology at Picnic Day is popping off!! Longest line I’ve seen all day 😱
🦟🦟🦟 My lab is looking for a Junior Specialist (lab tech) to join our team to conduct research in sensory neurobiology of mosquitoes! 🦟🦟🦟
Application should be submitted at recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07678 by July 1st, 2026.
Please help spread the word.
Mimicry found in my yard this morning! Bee-mimicking fly 🪰🐝🪰🐝
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I’m thrilled to share my journey from the kitchen to the lab, which has ultimately led me to publish in Cell Journals. I hope you enjoy reading my latest paper:
