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www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/18...

#Oropouche #OROV #Arbovirus #Culicoides #VectorBiology #OneHealth #EmergingViruses #Entomology #Brazil #PublicHealth #lacoi_ifnmg 10/10

Join Prof Gong Cheng (Tsinghua University) for our International Arbovirus Biology Seminar, exploring the molecular basis of flavivirus infection in mosquitoes and determinants of vector competence.
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#Arbovirus #Flavivirus #VectorBiology

#OneHealth #OROV #EmergingViruses #DiseaseEcology #Fulbright #VectorBiology
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Through this delicate process, science makes the invisible visible.

#sciart #microscopy #entomology #vectorbiology #infectiousdiseases #publichealth #scienceisbeautiful #artinscience

Calcitonin‐like diuretic hormone influences reproduction in adult female Rhodnius prolixus Highlights • CT/DH-like immunoreactivity is present in female reproductive tissues • CT/DH receptor transcripts are expressed in the fat body and ovaries • RNAi knockdown of CT/DH receptors reduces e...

Calcitonin-like diuretic #hormone influences #reproduction in adult female #Rhodnius prolixus, a blood-feeding insect.
#OpenAccess #VectorBiology
Areej N. Al-Dailami, Ian Orchard, Angela B. Lange
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Microscopic Secrets YouTube video by Dasyuridae

🧬 Microscopic Secrets
A new look at Aussie wildlife ticks reveals surprising bacterial diversity! 🐨🦔🦘 Bottom line: the microbial world inside Australian ticks is way more complex than we thought
doi.org/10.1007/s104...
#WomSAT #Podcast #TickResearch #VectorBiology
youtu.be/ut2wuEciwNE?...

Stage-resolved metabolomics reveals the methionine cycle as a key regulator of Aedes aegypti development and dengue virus susceptibility Developmental transitions in the mosquito Aedes aegypti are central to vector competence and disease transmission, yet the underlying metabolic programs remain poorly defined. Here, we use untargeted ...

Kicking off the new year with mosquitoes, metabolomics, & arboviruses! 🥳

🦟Our new preprint is out! We mapped the metabolism of the Aedes aegypti mosquito across its life cycle to find new ways to fight dengue virus.

Check it out on: doi.org/10.64898/202...

#VectorBiology #Metabolomics #Mosquito

🧪 Colombia now records 50 chigger species, including a newly described one. New host records + larval ID key strengthen biodiversity and Orientia surveillance in the Neotropics. 🕷️🇨🇴#Acarology #Chiggers #VectorBiology

We've characterized the microbiome of the sucking louse, Linognathus stenopsis (Phthiraptera, Anoplura, Linognathiidae). Understanding these microbial communities is key to know louse biology and vector potential.

doi: 10.1093/jme/tjaf060

#Entomology #Microbiome #VectorBiology #Parasitology

Investigating the role of urban vegetation alongside other environmental variables in shaping Aedes albopictus presence and abundance in Montpellier, France Urban greening helps address urbanization challenges, but it may also favor mosquito species, vectors of pathogens causing human diseases. This study examines the relationship between urban…

🌿🦟 New paper out !
We investigated how urban vegetation and other environmental factors shape the presence and abundance of Aedes albopictus in Montpellier, the second greenest city in France. 🧪 🌐
🔗 buff.ly/lI0AQ7p

#UrbanEcology #Mosquitoes #PublicHealth #UrbanGreening #Dengue #VectorBiology

📸 Huge thanks to Nil Rahola and Luciano Mucci for their outstanding macrophotography work.
🔗 All publications are freely available on Zenodo.

#Entomology #Mosquitoes #Culicidae #Anopheles #Toxorhynchites #Biodiversity #Taxonomy #VectorBiology #Zenodo #Research #Afrotropical

Finally, we show a heat-stable RNase-sensitive salivary factor boosts infection; if identified could provide a potential target for new antivirals or vaccines
#VectorBiology #Arboviruses #Immunology #Virology #SandFlies #SkinBiology #HostPathogenInteractions

It was about time to leave the old platform and join this one!
Excited to connect with old and new friends here 🧬✨
#vectorbiology #mosquitoes

A laboratory-adapted and a clinical isolate of dengue virus serotype 4 differently impact Aedes aegypti life-history traits relevant to vectorial capacity | Microbiology Spectrum As dengue virus (DENV) cases rise globally, vector control strategies targeting Aedes aegypti remain essential to public health. The effectiveness of these interventions depends on understanding how v...

Our new study shows that two DENV-4 genotype II strains - a lab-adapted and a clinical isolate - differently affect Aedes aegypti fertility, flight, and infection, revealing genotype-specific impacts on vector competence.
📄 journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/... #Dengue #VectorBiology #Aedesaegypti

🚨 New paper in @royalsociety.org
🦟 Plasmodium relictum tweaks mosquito metabolism & behavior to boost transmission 🧬🐦
Thanks @olofhellgren.bsky.social and Ana Rivero 💪🏻

#AvianMalaria #VectorBiology #Transcriptomics

👉 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

Fun fact: She started her career as a diagnostician–and now focuses on research to solve the toughest diagnostic problems.

#COMPASSCenter #SciSky #OneHealth #VectorBiology #PathogenGenomics #Cornell #VirusResearch

🎓👏 Congrats to Naomie Pature on her successful PhD defense on Amblyomma variegatum biology!
From anatomy to life cycle and microbiome, her work advances tick biology & vector–pathogen interactions. 🌍🔬 @cirad @inrae

#OneHealth #Research #Ticks #VectorBiology #PhDDefense #Teamwork

A review of Leishmania infections in American Phlebotomine sand flies – Are those that transmit leishmaniasis anthropophilic or anthropportunists?★ Translated title: Une revue des infections à Leishmania des phlébotomes américains – Ceux qui transmettent la leishmaniose sont-ils anthropophiles ou anthropoportunistes ? Understanding why Diptera, such as mosquitoes and sand flies, feed on humans is crucial in defining them as vectors of diseases such as malaria, dengue fever, Zika virus, and leishmaniasis.

'A review of Leishmania infections in American Phlebotomine sand flies – Are those that transmit #Leishmaniasis anthropophilic or anthropportunists?★' - a @parasitejournal.bsky.social article published by @edpsciences.bsky.social on #ScienceOpen 📄🔓

#VectorBiology #SandFlies #Parasitology

🚨 Ph.D. Opportunity! 🚨 I’m recruiting students to start in the Spring Semester 2026 (Jan 2026) or the Fall Semester 2026 (Aug 2026) to study the behavior & neurobiology of mosquito-host interactions. Know someone who’d be a perfect fit? Please share! 🦟 #Mosquito #Neurobiology #VectorBiology #Itch

📢📢New paper out from #IRNASA-CSIC in ‘Pathogens’!

📜"Immunization with mRNA-LNPs Encoding Ornithodoros Argasid Tick Antigens Induces Humoral Immune Responses and Tick Resistance"

🔗 doi.org/10.3390/path...

#Pathogens #Immunology #VectorBiology #MolecularBiology #VaccineResearch

New from the Swei lab in Science Advances: In California’s Mediterranean climate, infected ticks don’t respond to weather like uninfected ticks. Cloud cover ↑ density; wind ↓ it. Implications for Lyme risk forecasting.
#LymeDisease #DiseaseEcology #ClimateChange #VectorBiology #SFSU

Bioassay tests reveal for the first time pyrethroid resistance in <i>Aedes</i> mosquitoes from Franceville, southeast Gabon, Central Africa <span class="so-article-trans-title" dir="auto"> Translated... <p xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" class="first" dir="auto" id="d4431853e302">The spread of resistance to insecticides, such as pyrethroids, in <i>Aedes</i> vectors ...

'Bioassay tests reveal for the first time pyrethroid resistance in #AedesMosquitoes from Franceville, southeast Gabon, Central Africa' - a @parasitejournal.bsky.social article on #ScienceOpen:

🖇️ @edpsciences.bsky.social #InsecticideResistance #VectorBiology

With @megyounger.bsky.social's lab, et al., we present the first connectomics work in the disease-vector mosquito Aedes aegypti, revealing how its brain is wired to detect host cues.

Preprint: doi.org/10.1101/2025...

#Neuroscience #Connectomics #vEM #VectorBiology 🧪

The β-triketone, nitisinone, kills insecticide-resistant mosquitoes through cuticular uptake - Parasites & Vectors Background Insecticide resistance in disease-transmitting arthropods of agricultural, veterinary, and public health significance poses a significant threat to vector control programs worldwide. Previo...

New paper out in Parasites & Vectors!
We show that nitisinone, a repurposed β-triketone, kills Anopheles gambiae via tarsal contact, even in pyrethroid-resistant strains.

doi.org/10.1186/s130...

#VectorBiology #Nitisinone #IRS #PublicHealth #malaria #mosquito

Climate differentially impacts ticks infected and uninfected with Borrelia burgdorferi Climate parameters show negative correlations with B. burgdorferi infection prevalence but low impact on uninfected tick density.

#Climate extremes may reduce #Lymedisease risk?

Broughton et al. show Borrelia burgdorferi prevalence in Ixodes pacificus ticks declines under climate stress—challenging long-held assumptions about vector-borne disease and global warming.

#VectorBiology

Excited to share that I’ll begin as Assistant Professor and start my lab this September at Mercer University School of Medicine (Savannah campus), in the Department of Biomedical Sciences! 🧬

#VectorBiology #MosquitoBiology #AcademicTwitter

An insight into the draft genome of the Oriental rat flea, Xenopsylla cheopis, together with its Wolbachia endosymbiont - BMC Genomics Background The Oriental rat flea, Xenopsylla cheopis, is a main vector of plague caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. Transcriptomic analysis of this insect and the interaction between Yersinia an...

At long last, the genome of Xenopsylla cheopis — the infamous Oriental rat flea and historic vector of plague — has been sequenced and published!

A genomic treasure trove for vector biologists, evolutionary entomologists, and plague researchers alike.

#Genomics #Entomology #VectorBiology #NIH

🧬 New #preprint!
🎯 We completed the life cycle of Amblyomma variegatum using an artificial membrane feeding system — no live hosts! 🕷️🩸
👉 doi.org/10.21203/rs....
#ticks #OneHealth #vectorbiology #artificialfeeding #tropicaldiseases #Amblyomma #Ehrlichia #TeamScience

At #GVNJamaica, Dr. Simone Sandiford (University of West Indies, Mona) shared key mosquito field updates: invasive Aedes vittatus, Jamaica’s 1st mitochondrial genome in GenBank & the need for expanded vector surveillance.

#GVN #OneHealth #VectorBiology #MosquitoResearch #GlobalHealth

Thrilled to share our new collaborative work!
Climate change could push L. shannoni — a sand fly linked to VSV and Leishmania — into the NE USA and Atlantic Canada.
Using MaxEnt modeling, we mapped future risks for human and animal health.
Check it out: rdcu.be/ejAGk
#VectorBiology #OneHealth