Perran Ross
@perran.bsky.social
DECRA fellow at the University of Melbourne @pearg.bsky.social | Mosquitoes | Wolbachia | Endosymbionts | Evolutionary Adaptation
The videos show male mosquitoes trying to bite me. My skin was too thick for them to pierce but they sure did try! You'll see in the paper that they can feed successfully under some conditions.
December 29, 2025 at 11:12 AM
The videos show male mosquitoes trying to bite me. My skin was too thick for them to pierce but they sure did try! You'll see in the paper that they can feed successfully under some conditions.
I don't doubt it will be a useful tool. The problem is that when people become over-reliant on technology like this it will affect their own judgement.
October 15, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I don't doubt it will be a useful tool. The problem is that when people become over-reliant on technology like this it will affect their own judgement.
This was originally created many years ago to promote a Wolbachia release program our lab was involved in, but it never got used. So here it is now.
October 5, 2025 at 12:33 PM
This was originally created many years ago to promote a Wolbachia release program our lab was involved in, but it never got used. So here it is now.
This was originally created many years ago to promote a Wolbachia release program our lab was involved in, but it never got used. So here it is now.
October 5, 2025 at 12:31 PM
This was originally created many years ago to promote a Wolbachia release program our lab was involved in, but it never got used. So here it is now.
The Wolbachia papers keep coming! This is a follow-up to the Rio study
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Wolbachia introgression in Rio de Janeiro remains at sub-optimal levels 30 months after its crash: challenges in the sustainability of wMel interventions for dengue control
The deployment of the Wolbachia wMel strain is currently underway in multiple dengue-endemic municipalities across Brazil. The efficacy of this strategy in Rio de Janeiro remains uncertain, primarily ...
www.biorxiv.org
August 1, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The Wolbachia papers keep coming! This is a follow-up to the Rio study
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...