Moon, Ki Won

Moon, Kiwon

Graduate (MS candidate)

Insect Molecular Physiology

Email : ufust@naver.com

[Academy]

Andong National University (BS)

[Research]

My research interest is controlling mosquitoes using microbial pesticides. Currently, I prepare a bacterial toxin originated from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis (BtI). I assume this bacterial Cry toxin disintegrates the mosquito midgut. Once the midgut epithelium is damaged, the gut microbes can get access to the mosquito hemocoel and cause fatal septicemia. Following is a mosquito (한국숲모기, Aedes koreicus) that I culture for my interesting study.