Research on Insect microecology focuses primarily on mosquitoes and microsporidia check https://teapawt.net/t.co/o0nGlSEK9Z @ICIPE EID Led by @JeremyHerren run by @noodleteal15
Nairobi, Kenya
Joined October 2019
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A #PhD #scholarship opportunity is open @icipe to work on the mechanistic basis of Plasmodium transmission blocking by microsporidian symbionts. Application deadline is 8 October 2021. Apply here: cbid.icipe.org/apps/symbiont…
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#malaria #parasitology #molecularbiology
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#DYK @greyherren was @icipe DG 1994-2005 and introduced the 4Hs research paradigm?
Download a copy of our history icipe.org/Insects-For-Life-A…
@FAODG @Symbio_Vector @JoaquinBoston @FrancoisPythoud @Danielwaldvoge5 @SDSNCH @JeremyHerren @futuresagrics @TEEBAgriFood
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Vector control has been heavily commoditized in recent years. Insecticides r widespread. Here Dr. @drannewilson et al call for a return to approaches based on thorough knowledge of pathogen transmission, with both insecticide and non–insecticidal methods: journals.plos.org/plosntds/a…
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Inspiring team work! @reenwilz @Roger_Muraz @JoshMitton92 @drheatherferg @Fredros_Inc @Diabate17699096 @magonji @SimonAB @MurraySmithRod @klaaswynne @SareIssiaka @Abdoula83706705 @paul__johnson & others @ifakarahealth @IrssF @IBAHCM @UofGChem @GlasgowCS @LSTMnews @UofGMVLS
We developed a rapid, cost-effective surveillance method based on deep learning of mid-infrared spectra of mosquito cuticles that simultaneously identifies species & age of key #malaria vectors in natural populations. Led by @Baldini_Fra, @reenwilz & Roger biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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🦟🦟🦟 Scientists @Symbio_Vector @ICIPE led by @JeremyHerren discovered that a microsporidian, Microsporidia MB, can block transmission of #malaria to the #mosquito. Similar to #Wolbachia for #dengue, another #mosquito-borne disease. theconversation.com/breakthr… via @TC_Africa
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Thank you @Fredros_Inc for speaking on this present reality in #globalhealth and highlighting the terrible status quo. We have to acknowledge our role as funders in sustaining this unacceptable status quo, and then work to actively change.
I know many "white" (pink) professors with 100s of publications, university tenure & "god-like stature", all built on th backs of "slave scientists" & voiceless communities inAfrica. I have never seen a "Black" (dark-brown) academic do th same in th west. That's #globalhealth
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A Kenyan based group of researchers have identified a new microsporidian infecting field-caught mosquitoes that inhibits the development of the the malaria parasite. bit.ly/3eXkYuf
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This single-celled microbe prevents mozzies from catching #malaria - but more research is needed to see if it could be a gamechanger in the fight against the parasite. 🔬 #endmalaria bit.ly/2X3oRGK
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📣"Malaria stopped by microbe
40%+ of mosquitoes🦟in a region must be infected with Microsporidia to make a significant dent in malaria
—@JamesTGallagher w/@BBCWorld @Symbio_Vector
As @IPBES #GlobalAssessment showed: #nature can help to regulate disease
bbc.com/news/health-52530828
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Malaria 'completely stopped' by microbe
Scientists have discovered a microbe that protects mosquitoes from being infected with #malaria
@Symbio_Vector
go.nature.com/3c4DLTr
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A microsporidian symbiont impairs Plasmodium falciparum transmission in Anopheles arabiensis mosquitoes
#malaria @Symbio_Vector
go.nature.com/3b8brhC
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Even made it to the national news! This might as well be my favourite moment in 2020! Well done team! @Symbio_Vector
Malaria breakthrough:
Scientists discover microbe protecting mosquitoes from malaria. Researchers in Kenya & UK say finding key in controlling disease. Researchers studying mosquitoes on L. Victoria shores
Malarial parasite usually transmitted by female mosquitoes #MondayReport
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BugBitten: on the 1st #WorldNTDDay, @SciAnouk talks about mobilizing research to defeat Neglected Tropical Diseases. After all, research and technological advances are the cornerstones to the global effort to #beatNTDs #http://tinyurl.com/tp6okas @MSFsci
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This project is truly one of the most mind-boggling things I've ever heard about. Strongly recommend giving this paper a read:
bdj.pensoft.net/article/4725…
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#Hivemind:
I'm looking for biological illustration art, especially of invertebrates or microbes. I'd love to buy prints or originals to support independent illustrators out there, but how do I find them??
Any suggestions? What have you seen that's cool?
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#WorldMalariaReport 2019 is now available who.int/publications-detail/…
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Hey, our lab is interested in hosting a "sciencecafes" in Nairobi if there is enough interest in the idea. I think it would be awesome to do something like that to talk to nonscientists about what scientists do!
sciencecafes.org/for-organiz…
100%I'm interested
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#Leishmania is spreading widely among residents of Deir Ezzor, Syria, especially among children.
Some of areas affected are controlled by the Kurdish self-administration while others are under control of the Syrian regime.
english.enabbaladi.net/archi… english.enabbaladi.net/archi…
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Our partners in Sweden have advertised several New PhD positions to investigate impact of climate change on ecosystems of insect vectors: ngice.mpg.de/open-positions @MarieHermy #mosquitoes #ClimateCrisis @ifakarahealth
