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The Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com · 1d

The first discovery of Aedes aegypti eggs in the UK shows how climate change and global travel are helping mosquitoes that spread dengue and Zika expand northwards.

First evidence in the UK of breeding aegypti mosquito – the main spreader of dengue, chikungunya and Zika

The first discovery of Aedes aegypti eggs in the UK shows how climate change and global travel are helping mosquitoes that spread dengue and Zika expand northwards.

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Anna Schneider @schneidera.bsky.social · Mar 27

Ready for action! Great to be part of #EMCA2025 this week at @itmantwerp.bsky.social Antwerp — connecting with colleagues and sharing advances in mosquito control 🇪🇺🦟

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Isabelle Kramer @kramerisabelle.bsky.social · Mar 25

The @emca.bsky.social #EMCA2025 at @itmantwerp.bsky.social started and everyone is pretty excited! Check out our lovely dog ( @svielma.bsky.social) with EMCA merge! 🦟 @vectorbrus.bsky.social @ruthmueller.bsky.social @schneidera.bsky.social @adwine.bsky.social

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Dr Steven White @drstevenmwhite.bsky.social · Mar 2

A new modelling paper led by PhD student Renato Andrade on how mosquito ageing affects population dynamics @ukceh.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social 🦟

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Incorporating adult age into mosquito population models: implications for predicting abundances in changing climates

Mosquito-borne diseases (MBDs) pose increasing threats under future climate change scenarios and an understanding of mosquito population dynamics is p…

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Institut Pasteur | 130 years of biomedical research @pasteur.fr · Feb 14

🌟 Join Institut Pasteur as a Junior Research Group Leader 🌟
Explore host-microbe interactions in key areas like vaccinology, infectious diseases, neuro-immunology, and maternal health.

📅 Deadline: Feb 28, 2025 (few weeks left!)

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Call for applications 2025 - Creation of new research groups at the Institut Pasteur - Research

The Institut Pasteur launches an international call to recruit new junior research group leaders in the application of cutting-edge transdisciplinary approaches to the exploration of host-microbe, tis...

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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.

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Théo Maire @theomaire.bsky.social · Jan 27

Thrilled to share 'BuzzWatch', my post-doc work with Felix Hol and @lambrechtslab.bsky.social

➡️Filming mosquitoes in a cage with a €15 camera but for 700h(1month) revealed fascinating insights into their behavior⌛🦟🎥⏳

preprint🔍 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
DIY guide 🛠️ theomaire.github.io/buzzwatch
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BuzzWatch: uncovering multi-scale temporal patterns in mosquito behavior through continuous long-term monitoring

Understanding the temporal dynamics of mosquito behavior is essential for developing effective interventions against pathogen transmission. However, limited knowledge exists about the environmental, p...

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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · Jan 30

Genetic diversity has declined within two-thirds of more than 600 species over the past three decades, according to research published in Nature. The findings highlight the need for conservation efforts to prevent genetic diversity loss. https://go.nature.com/42EpVo5 🧪

This is figure 1, which shows a summary of the systematic review dataset.

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Marc Johnson (he/him) @evoecolab.bsky.social · Jan 31

Important new paper just out on the origins & #evolbiol of the London Underground Mosquito Culex p. molestus by @yukihaba.bsky.social @lindymcbr.bsky.social. Spoiler alert: Molestus originated 1000s of years ago in the Middle East www.biorxiv.org/content/bior... #evolviol #urbanevolution

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Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp @itmantwerp.bsky.social · Jan 20

⏳ Only 2 days left! The abstract submission deadline for the XII International European Mosquito Control Association (EMCA) Conference is just around the corner—22/1. 🚨 Let’s take action together - Register today and be part of the change! 🦟 www.emca2025.eu @emca.bsky.social

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Karen C. Poh @areyoukeddingme.bsky.social · Jan 16

DYK lone star ticks are SUPER mobile? But how much do they actually move in the field/lab? Danny Marshall (PhD student in Jeb Owen's lab) just published a paper on movement activity of LSTs.👏 We hope this work will help with future movement modeling of lone star ticks!

Link: doi.org/10.1186/s130...

Spatial and temporal activity patterns of Amblyomma americanum - Parasites & Vectors

Background Estimates of tick abundance and distribution are used to determine the risk of tick-host contact. Tick surveys provide estimates of distributions and relative abundance for species that rem...

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Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp @itmantwerp.bsky.social · Jan 16

Hi 👋 - we're excited to share and connect with you all. Let's soar to new heights in global health 🌍✨

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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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Isabelle Kramer @kramerisabelle.bsky.social · Jan 15

This is such a nice idea! I would love to be added! 🦟

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