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 2010 LMCA Annual Meeting

CrownPlazaThe LMCA annual meeting will be held in Baton Rouge, LA on Tuesday November 30th thru Thursday December 2nd at the Crown Plaza Hotel.  Room rates will be $94 per night.  Rooms can be reserved by calling 225-925-2244 using the promotion code LMC.  Please make your reservations early.

The conference is an opportunity for members to interact with colleagues, obtain the latest information concerning all aspects of mosquito control and to earn  credits required to maintain the State of Louisiana Pesticide Applicator's License.  The LMCA member meeting registration is $110 by November 5th.  Registration Form


LMCA Research Fund Award

James MohlerJames Mohler was recently awarded a stipend of $5,000 to pursue his research at Tulane University.  His project is entitled "Potential of Retrovirouses as Genetic Vectors of Mosquito Transformation." A retrovirus is an RNA virus that is replicated in a host cell via the enzyme reverse transcriptase to produce DNA from its RNA genome.  If James's laboratory-based study is successful, it could lead to the development of new tools for fighting mosquito transmitted pathogens and for controlling mosquitoes.  Abstract







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