Welcome

Welcome to the Baxter Laboratory website! We are a research group in the Yale University Dept. of Chemistry. Using the techniques of biophysical chemistry, biochemistry and chemical biology, we are investigating the molecular mechanisms of immunity and fertility in insects. Our goal is to discover new pathways or targets that can be used for preventing transmission of vector-borne diseases, pest control or to illuminate the effects of environmental toxins and habitat disruption on beneficial insect populations.

News

July 5, 2017
In  collaboration with Prof. Eric Baehrecke and colleagues, we report in Cell a novel role for the thioester-containing protein Mcr (macroglobulin-complement related) in the...
January 10, 2017
Our lab has a Current Topics article, “Arthropod Innate Immune Systems and Vector-Borne Diseases” just published in Biochemistry.We discuss the robust defense insects mount...
October 25, 2016
Prof. Baxter has published a review in the Swiss Journal of Chemistry CHIMIA, on the history of chemosterilants applied to control insect pests and disease vectors. The...