--- title: Vector Surveillance Webinar (Tick & Mosquito) description: Watch Ryan Ragland, Sr. Molecular Biologist, as he brings the lab to the sample in our latest Vector Surveillance webinar focused on ticks and mosquitos. --- [![logo](https://blog.biomeme.com/hubfs/logo.svg)](https://biomeme.com) - [Applications](https://biomeme.com/applications) - [Host Response Rapidly analyze host immune responses](https://biomeme.com/applications/host-response) - [Our Evidence](https://biomeme.com/applications/host-response/our-evidence) - [Infectious Disease Detect and identify infectious agents quickly](https://biomeme.com/applications/infectious-disease) - [Pandemic Preparedness](https://biomeme.com/applications/infectious-disease/pandemic-preparedness) - [Biodefense Secure and reliable testing for biodefense applications](https://biomeme.com/cbrn-solutions) - [Biowarfare Detection Suite](https://biomeme.com/biowarfare-detection-suite) - [Solutions by Sector](https://biomeme.com/solutions-by-sector) - [Researchers Portable and efficient testing for remote areas](https://biomeme.com/applications/researchers) - [Platforms](https://biomeme.com/platforms) - [Franklin ISP](https://biomeme.com/platforms/franklin-isp) - [Franklin](https://biomeme.com/platforms/franklin) - [Our Vision](https://biomeme.com/our-vision) - [One Health](https://biomeme.com/our-vision/one-health) - [Antimicrobial Resistance](https://biomeme.com/our-vision/antimicrobial-resistance) - [Antibiotic Resistance](https://biomeme.com/our-vision/antimicrobial-resistance/antibiotic-resistance) - [Antimicrobial Stewardship](https://biomeme.com/our-vision/antimicrobial-stewardship) - [Host Response](https://biomeme.com/our-vision/host-response) - [Layman's View](https://biomeme.com/our-vision/host-response/understanding-host-response) - [Support](https://help.biomeme.com/) - [About](https://biomeme.com/about) - [Careers](https://biomeme.com/careers) - [Leadership](https://biomeme.com/about/leadership) - [Scientific Advisory Board](https://biomeme.com/scientific-advisory-board) - [Insights](https://blog.biomeme.com/) - [Contact Us](https://biomeme.com/about/contact) [![logo](https://blog.biomeme.com/hubfs/logo.svg)](https://biomeme.com) - [Applications](https://biomeme.com/applications) - [Host Response](https://biomeme.com/applications/host-response) - [Our Evidence](https://biomeme.com/applications/host-response/our-evidence) - [Infectious Disease](https://biomeme.com/applications/infectious-disease) - [Pandemic Preparedness](https://biomeme.com/applications/infectious-disease/pandemic-preparedness) - [Biodefense](https://biomeme.com/cbrn-solutions) - [Biowarfare Detection Suite](https://biomeme.com/biowarfare-detection-suite) - [Solutions by Sector](https://biomeme.com/solutions-by-sector) - [Researchers](https://biomeme.com/applications/researchers) - [Platforms](https://biomeme.com/platforms) - [Franklin ISP](https://biomeme.com/platforms/franklin-isp) - [Franklin](https://biomeme.com/platforms/franklin) - [Our Vision](https://biomeme.com/our-vision) - [One Health](https://biomeme.com/our-vision/one-health) - [Antimicrobial Resistance](https://biomeme.com/our-vision/antimicrobial-resistance) - [Antibiotic Resistance](https://biomeme.com/our-vision/antimicrobial-resistance/antibiotic-resistance) - [Antimicrobial Stewardship](https://biomeme.com/our-vision/antimicrobial-stewardship) - [Host Response](https://biomeme.com/our-vision/host-response) - [Layman's View](https://biomeme.com/our-vision/host-response/understanding-host-response) - [Support](https://help.biomeme.com/) - [About](https://biomeme.com/about) - [Careers](https://biomeme.com/careers) - [Leadership](https://biomeme.com/about/leadership) - [Scientific Advisory Board](https://biomeme.com/scientific-advisory-board) - [Insights](https://blog.biomeme.com/) - [Contact Us](https://biomeme.com/about/contact) # Vector Surveillance Webinar (Tick & Mosquito) **Written By:** Biomeme Staff Watch Ryan Ragland, Senior Molecular Biologist, as he brings the lab to the sample in our latest Vector Surveillance webinar. In this 44 minute video, Ryan shows you how Biomeme's latest technology can help biosurveillance teams in the often austere, remote locations where many infectious diseases unpredictably and rapidly emerge prepare a tick sample, perform real-time PCR, and interpret the actionable results without shipping samples back to the lab.   Biomeme's real-time PCR platform can be used with a variety of samples types like: - Mosquito (*Culicidae*) - Tick (*Ixodida*) - Sand fly (*Phlebotominae*) - Midge (*Chironomus spp.*) - Kissing bug (*Triatominae)* Biosurveillance teams, like the [Navy Entomology Center of Excellence (NECE),](https://www.med.navy.mil/sites/nmcphc/wounded-ill-and-injured/Pages/vector-control.aspx) use Biomeme's field-forward tools to meet the most urgent missions directly at the point of need. Learn how biosurveillance teams use Biomeme for their vector surveillance missions around the world [here](https://info.biomeme.com/vector-surveillance). Biomeme has developed a plethora of tests for vector surveillance missions like the [Mosquito-Borne Pathogen Panel](https://shop.biomeme.com/collections/go-strips/products/mosquito-borne-pathogen-panel-go-strips), [Pan-Dengue Virus test](https://shop.biomeme.com/collections/go-strips/products/pan-dengue-virus-go-strips), [Tick + Pathogen Panel](https://shop.biomeme.com/collections/go-strips/products/tick-pathogen-panel-go-strips), [Pan-Rickettsia (Rickettsia Species)](https://shop.biomeme.com/collections/go-strips/products/pan-rickettsia-rickettsia-species-go-strips) test, and [more](https://shop.biomeme.com/collections/go-strips/vector-surveillance). Don't see a test that you need? Become a Biomeme Developer [here](https://biomeme.com/developer-program/). ### About Ryan Ragland [Ryan](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-ragland-aa31b114/) is a human geneticist, cancer and molecular biologist with training in bioinformatics. Before he began his work with Biomeme, Inc. over 3 years ago, Ryan was an oncology research leader at the University of Pennsylvania for over 7 years, and before that worked in human genetics research in Michigan for over 8 years. Ryan has diverse experience working on molecular targets involved in the cell cycle, cancer development, DNA damage checkpoints, cell survival and programmed cell death, as well as experience working with mouse models of cancer. He obtained his Bachelors degree in Biology from Oberlin College and his PhD in Human Genetics from University of Michigan Medical School. #### Subscribe Now Get the latest tips from Biomeme shipped right to your inbox ## Related Blog Posts [![](https://blog.biomeme.com/hubfs/Pillars_feature.png)](https://blog.biomeme.com/unveiling-the-three-pillars-of-biomemes-impactful-approach-to-precision-diagnosis) [Product Explainers](https://blog.biomeme.com/tag/product-explainers) ### Unveiling the Three Pillars of Biomeme's Impactful Approach to Precision Diagnosis Host response testing allows physicians to quickly rule out entire categories of potential infection to narrow their focus to the likely culprits for an illness. This can enable physicians to make... 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