Benjamin Cull

My research interests include vector biology, vector ecology, vector surveillance, enzootic cycles of vector-borne disease, and host-pathogen-vector interactions, with a focus on ticks and tick-borne diseases. I am now a Research Assistant Professor in the Munderloh/Kurtti tick lab at the University of Minnesota, where my work includes studying the Ixodes scapularis endosymbiont Rickettsia buchneri, the innate immune response of the tick to pathogens, and development of novel vaccines to TBDs.