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Maik Bischoff @maikbischoff.bsky.social · Jul 30

This thread below is criminally under-liked and under-shared!

Young #Drosophila researchers (PhDs, postdocs, and early-career Drosophilists): fill out the survey by Sept 1st to get matched with a mentor who can support you with your career.

Established Drosophilists, like/share Shefali's Thread ;)

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Hugo Perdomo @hugodperdomo.bsky.social · Jul 29

How can mosquitoes tolerate viral infections?

In our latest preprint we show that mosquitoes that can regulate their metabolism after infection can tolerate viral infections better.

Thanks to all the authors for all your ideas and contributions

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Metabolic homeostasis favors tolerance to persistent viral infection in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes

The mosquito Aedes aegypti harbors a wide range of persistent viral infections, including both medically important arboviruses and insect-specific viruses (ISVs). However, the mechanisms underpinning ...

www.biorxiv.org

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Cassandra Koh 🦟🔬🧪 @cassandrakoh.bsky.social · Jul 28

📣 I'm recruiting a postdoc researcher to join my team for a project on mosquito-specific viruses and host interactions. Peep the job description & how to apply below. Perfect for soon-to-be or recent PhD graduates in mosquito vector biology 🦟 or arbovirology 🦠
🗓️ Application deadline 31 August 2025

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Kevin Maringer (he/they) 🏳️‍🌈♾️ @maringerlab.bsky.social · Jun 4

We have a postdoc position available in which we’re using flavivirus replication/molecular biology to make refractory mosquitoes - in collaboration with the Trevor Sweeney lab at @pirbrightinst.bsky.social. Check out the advert on LinkedIn and apply by 12/6.

www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...

The Pirbright Institute hiring Postdoctoral Researcher in Woking, England, United Kingdom | LinkedIn

Posted 1:09:44 PM. Postdoctoral Researcher – (24P-73)The Pirbright Institute Salary: £38,5000 to 40,000 per annum36…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.

www.linkedin.com

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Chloë R McKenzie @chloermckenzie.bsky.social · May 21

Success in academia often has more to do with luck, patronage and the job market than “hard work”.
Good academics acknowledge this.
I worked hard, but I was in the right place at the right time on occasion. Historians far more talented than I have fallen between the cracks.

Illustration showing a graduation ceremony, with speaker addressing graduates: “Let the example of my fluke success guide nearly all of you to crushing disappointment”.

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The Lambrechts Lab @lambrechtslab.bsky.social · May 5

Exciting Opportunity! The Mouse Genetics Lab @institutpasteur.bsky.social is seeking a #postdoc researcher to explore the genetic determinants of Zika virus transmission in #mice and #mosquitoes. Join us in advancing public health research with cutting-edge resources! #Virology #Genetics #ZIKV 🦠🔬

Post-doctoral position on host-vector transmission of Zika virus using mouse models - Research

The Mouse Genetics Laboratory is recruiting a post-doctoral fellow to study the role of host genetic determinants in the transmission of Zika virus between mice and mosquitoes in a collaborative proje...

research.pasteur.fr

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Hugo Perdomo @hugodperdomo.bsky.social · Mar 14

It is impressive to see the lack of accountability but this is a common thing in many parts of the world sadly, not only in the Mack Planck.

For future students and post-docs, inform yourself well before joining a lab, attitudes like this should not be supported

Elisabeth Bik - Perpetrator 5, a fraudulent microbiologist @elisabethbik.bsky.social · Mar 14

The Max Planck Society is Germany's preeminent research organization, boasting 31 Nobel laureates. But insufficient oversight leaves international scientists exposed to abuse and the whims of the institutes' directors.

www.dw.com/en/how-germa...

Abuse of power at Germany's elite research institution – DW – 03/13/2025

The Max Planck Society is Germany's preeminent research organization, boasting 31 Nobel laureates. But insufficient oversight leaves international scientists exposed to abuse and the whims of the inst...

www.dw.com

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Hugo Perdomo @hugodperdomo.bsky.social · Mar 3

Congrats Cassandra

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Cassandra Koh 🦟🔬🧪 @cassandrakoh.bsky.social · Mar 3

Hello new friends! I'm Cassandra, a vector biologist at Institut Pasteur and today is my official first day as a #newPI!!! My team will study virus-virus-host interactions using mosquitoes, specifically the influence of the mosquito virome on the transmission of arboviruses like dengue and Zika 🧵1/5

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Bieke Machiels 🔻 @bieke.bsky.social · Feb 28

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mara lawniczak @marakat.bsky.social · Feb 24

if you have an interest in improving the genomic resources available for mosquitoes, please fill in our google form at tinyurl.com/MosquitoReferenceGenomes. please share this with colleagues who might be interested. thank you! [3/3]

Register your interest in participating in the Global Culicidae Reference Genomes Project

We are seeking mosquito biologists around the world who would be interested in collecting and contributing specimens of any vector species that currently lacks a reference genome. Aim: We are aiming ...

tinyurl.com

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Hugo Perdomo @hugodperdomo.bsky.social · Feb 12

The awsome figures were done by @aedesvigilax.bsky.social

Hugo Perdomo @hugodperdomo.bsky.social · Feb 12

Last week we @akhorramnejad.bsky.social publish a paper on how climate change could alter mosquitoes-virus interactions

Here is a blog post in Research Communities from @springernature.com summarising our results using a less technical language and telling the #BehindthePaper go.nature.com/41fy80U

Warmer sicker? Or warmer stronger? How climate change shapes mosquito immunity.

go.nature.com

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Hugo Perdomo @hugodperdomo.bsky.social · Feb 5

Thanks Joel

Hugo Perdomo @hugodperdomo.bsky.social · Feb 4

Our results highlight the importance of multigenerational studies when trying to predict how mosquitoes will react to global warming🧵(5/5)

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Hugo Perdomo @hugodperdomo.bsky.social · Feb 4

(3) cost of infection or reproductive output of infected mosquitoes.

We found that there is an increase after one generation but after ten generations mosquitoes have similar reproductive output than standard mosquitoes 🧵(4/5)

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Hugo Perdomo @hugodperdomo.bsky.social · Feb 4

(2) Resistance or the ability for mosquitoes to clear the viral infection

We found that after being exposed for a single generation to heat their resistance increased, but after being exposed for ten generations the resistance returned to the same level of standard mosquitoes 🧵(3/5)

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Hugo Perdomo @hugodperdomo.bsky.social · Feb 4

We meassure 3 different parameters.
(1)Tolerance or the ability for mosquitoes to maintain health at high viral concentrations.

We found that the tolerance of mosquitoes increased after being exposed to heat for one generation and it increased even more after ten generations 🧵(2/5)

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Hugo Perdomo @hugodperdomo.bsky.social · Feb 4

Check out our paper, co-authored by @akhorramnejad.bsky.social and me. Published in @commsbio.bsky.social

We explore how global change will affect mosquito-virus interaction. We use single or multi-generational exposure to heat to address this.
A 🧵 with our results (1/5)
rdcu.be/d8wse

rdcu.be

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Hugo Perdomo @hugodperdomo.bsky.social · Jan 7

I have been visiting family and friends for the last two weeks for the holidays. So good to disconnect for a little bit and charge batteries for a new year

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Chloé Lahondère @lahonderelab.bsky.social · Dec 10

I created a starter pack highlighting Women in the field of Disease Vector Biology and Ecology: go.bsky.app/E7wuQus Please share and let me know if you’d like to be added! 🦟🦠🪰

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Pedro Vale @pfvale.bsky.social · Nov 28

I'm advertising several positions at all levels ( #PhD, #Postdoc, #RA). If you're enthusiastic, collaborative, and interested in the #ecological and #evolutionary dynamics of #infection, please get in touch - link below.

pedrovale.bio.ed.ac.uk/open-positions

([email protected])

An origami Drosophila fruit fly. (image from @origamiorganelles.bsky.social).

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Elisabeth Bik - Perpetrator 5, a fraudulent microbiologist @elisabethbik.bsky.social · Dec 10

Bad bar charts are pervasive across biology
Scientific ‘shorthand’ could be introducing data distortions into published papers.
Amanda Heidt writes Nature.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Bad bar charts are pervasive across biology

Scientific ‘shorthand’ could be introducing data distortions into published papers.

www.nature.com

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Ottavia Romoli @ottavia-romoli.bsky.social · Nov 18

The Anna-Bella Failloux’s lab is looking for a postdoctoral researcher to work on the spillover and adaptation of arboviruses to human-biting mosquitoes @institutpasteur.bsky.social. Send your application to [email protected] before Feb 28th, 2025! Come and do awesome research in Paris!

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Hugo Perdomo @hugodperdomo.bsky.social · Dec 9

Lab lunch at fiera Milano

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