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Daniel Jeffares
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Funded PhD: study how Leishmania parasites and their sand fly vectors adapt to Amazon urbanisation. Includes fieldwork in Brazil plus genomics and spatial epidemiology. UK students only. Apply by 7 Jan 2026: djeffares.github.io/phd.html
Manaus sits on the banks of the Amazon River, surrounded by rainforest that is increasingly shaped by human activity. In this landscape, Leishmania parasites—and the sand flies that transmit them—are shifting from their original wildlife hosts, such as sloths, into farms and human-modified forests.
November 27, 2025 at 12:18 PM