Michael Delves
@mjdelves.bsky.social
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Associate Prof @ LSHTM/Co-Director of LSHTM Malaria Centre @lshtm-malaria.bsky.social/Malaria cell biology and mosquito transmission/DM me for collaboration and culture protocols.
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Do you have an #AI or #DataScience project transforming health research in #Gambia? This is your chance to showcase it!

Submit your poster today & be part of the future of innovation!

Register here 👉 tinyurl.com/4ejrrh6f & send your posters to [email protected]

#DataScienceAwarenessMonth
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🌍 Join @lshtm.bsky.social’s Global Health Lecture: “Malaria Across Scales: From Global Burden to Cases on Our Doorstep”, exploring resurgence drivers like drug resistance, climate change, & LSHTM’s role 🦟

📆 06 October
🕠 17:30
📍LSHTM (in person only)
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Malaria across scales: From global burden to cases on our doorstep | LSHTM
Despite the intensive efforts this millennium for the control and elimination of malaria and success that this has brought, we are at a critical turning point. Interruption of funding, drug and
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🚨 New @who.int guidance for malaria in crisis settings 🌍 🦟

Dr Bhargavi Rao, co-author, highlights the significance of the manual for frontline workers and the need to integrate malaria control into broader emergency response.

Read more: bit.ly/469Q1kd
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"we found that mosquitoes are drawn to those who avoid sunscreen, drink beer, and share their bed".......
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Blood, sweat, and beers: investigating mosquito biting preferences amidst noise and intoxication in a cross-sectional cohort study at a large music festival https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.21.671470v1
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Today, we joined the global malaria community to mark #WorldMosquitoDay2025.

From India to The Gambia, malaria continues to pose a serious threat.

@malaria-sam.bsky.social & Annette emphasise the importance of ongoing research in driving malaria control & bringing us closer to elimination.

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Today is #WorldMosquitoDay2025🦟

Watch our film on the impact of hidden #malaria in India & why it continues to pose a serious threat to #PublicHealth. Our experts stress the importance of ongoing research driving malaria control & elimination. @lshtm-malaria.bsky.social

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Behind every breakthrough is a dedicated face in the lab

Meet the scientists & technicians @lshtm.bsky.social & @mrcunitgambia.bsky.social working to understand 🦟 & fight malaria, dengue, Zika, & more.

This #WorldMosquitoDay2025, let’s shine a light on their vital work.

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Ahead of #WorldMosquitoDay2025, we celebrate the brilliant scientists and technicians 👩🏽‍🔬🔬 at @mrcunitgambia.bsky.social and @lshtm.bsky.social whose dedication helps us better understand mosquitoes 🦟
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My latest: Pseudoscience Support @wired.com

I cover it ALL.

RFK Jr & MAHA misinformation, Calley Means’ cancer lies, glucose monitors, hormones in milk, food dyes, Dirty Dozen, fluoride, mRNA vaccine, chemicals, diabetes, hep B, beef tallow, seed oils, and more.

Watch ⬇️⬇️

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Biomedical Scientist Answers More Pseudoscience Questions | Tech Support | WIRED
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Don't miss our corporate group discount for #DistanceLearning!

Help support staff development & skills with a 30% bursary available for groups of 3 or more sponsored employees enrolling onto any distance learning programme.

Apply by 23 Sept 2025 👉 www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/fees-a...
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#Chikungunya spreads from Indian Ocean islands🌏

Robert Jones explains #ClimateChange & transmission from people travelling unaware they're infected may be factors behind a recent surge in cases.

www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
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Two weeks ago today, we held our annual retreat, a vibrant day of discussion, innovation & networking with researchers, students, technicians & admin joining in person and online from @mrcunitgambia.bsky.social, Côte d’Ivoire & beyond. 🌍🦟

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lshtm-malaria.bsky.social
Two weeks ago today, we held our annual retreat, a vibrant day of discussion, innovation & networking with researchers, students, technicians & admin joining in person and online from @mrcunitgambia.bsky.social, Côte d’Ivoire & beyond. 🌍🦟

🔗 Read more 👉 bit.ly/458cqMJ
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One for the Apicomplexa peeps:
ever wonder how does the IMC grow so fast during progeny formation? Where do all the lipids come from? In our latest work on malaria RBC stages we implicate this monster protein (~6000 residues!) and ER contact sites.
Happy+proud to share and keen to hear thoughts!
mjdelves.bsky.social
The UK is suffering a great loss of influence in the Global South, and other nations such as China and Russia are stepping into the vacuum. The government should not underestimate the value of 'soft power' for national security and influence.
mjdelves.bsky.social
Helping them grow their economy is obviously a good thing, but surely that is what overseas development aid should be designed to do. By reducing the burden of disease and poverty in a nation, you are enabling more people to work and the local government to invest in other areas of their economy.
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Respectfully, I don't think this is the win you think it is. It's not really resetting the relationship - this implies both sides have agreed. Actually the UK has decided and imposed these funding cuts on the Global South.
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Are you a physician, nurse, or pharmacist looking to specialise in travel medicine?✈️🌏

Gain the knowledge, practical tools & conceptual framework needed to deliver a modern, evidence-based travel health service with our expertly designed short course.

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For those interested in Masters in lab and field based research in infectious disease we have 3 fantastic programmes to choose from MSc Immunology, medical parasitology and entomology and medical microbiology. They benefit from very flexible module choices and summer projects in UK and abroad!
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From surviving malaria as a child to leading cutting-edge research on drug resistance in Africa. Dr Fitsum Tadesse @lshtm.bsky.social is fighting the parasite from both sides. A powerful story of science, and resilience 🧬🌍

Read his journey @NatureMicrobiol 📄
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Fighting malaria as a patient and scientist - Nature Microbiology
Fitsum Tadesse was infected with malaria as a young child in Ethiopia and faced challenges to access efficacious treatment during a time of widespread drug resistance. Today, as a scientist in Africa,...
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Professor Umberto D’Alessandro, #MRCG Unit Director shares insights on the first malaria medicine approved for babies.

“Babies have been systematically excluded from clinical trials assessing the safety and efficacy of antimalarial treatments….”

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#EndMalaria
Expert Comment: First malaria medicine for babies approved | LSHTM
The first malaria treatment specifically developed for newborn babies and young infants has been approved for use. The approval, by Switzerland’s medical agency Swissmedic, of Coartem Baby
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😭 my scientific publishing career is doomed!
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Should we follow Putin out of the ECHR?

Or is it just another Brexit where we give up our rights in the vain pursuit of making migrants disappear?