@tiagogzeferino.bsky.social and I just showed Dexrazoxane is a #microsporidian growth-control drug in #Anopheles in our latest paper. Out now in Acta Tropica, below 👇 #MicroSky www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

New Parasite of the Month: #Vavraia #culicis, a #microsporidian infecting several genera of #mosquitoes, authored by @luismsilva.bsky.social @tiagogzeferino.bsky.social & J. Koella. #Aedes #Culex #Anopheles #Culiseta #Ochlerotatus #Orthopodomyia @science.ubc.ca authors.elsevier.com/a/1kpZQ5Eb1x...

Check out our latest overview of Vavraia culicis, now at @cp-trendsparasitol.bsky.social! A really cool widespread microsporidian parasite! @tiagogzeferino.bsky.social authors.elsevier.com/a/1kpZQ5Eb1x...

First pre-print of the year 🥳 Curious about how infection complexity and transmission affect the classical ideas of virulence evolution? Check our new paper! Also, this thread 1/7

Pt2 of our transmission selection lines saga is out now! Here we applied our new transmission framework to demonstrate how virulence evolution can only be understood by integrating parasite evolution within and outside the host. See below and share :) www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

And I also advice you to check Tiago’s work, also from Koella’s lab for some nice insights into parasite evolution, its adaptation potential and how it might affect vector control :) in the same room, just a bit before!

My latest (and first solo) preprint is now out! 🥳 biorxiv.org/content/10.1... If you are into #Anopheles immune response, parasite #transmission or #microsporidia, this one is for you :) Check the thread below.

Did you know that the presence of #Pseudomonas spp. in the water bodies where #Anopheles mosquitoes grow can increase their resistance to #insecticide? 🦟 🦠 Curious? Check our paper below! :) rdcu.be/d1UmA #MicroSky #SymbioSky #EvoSky

Also interested in disease behaviour? Check Tiago’s (Super cool!) new preprint on how mosquitoes choose the best diet for the infection phase they are in - based on the antioxidant/prooxidant content of the diet! #Anopheles #MicroSky #BlueSky #EvoSky

The last part of our transmission lines saga is out now! 🦟 🦠 Here we show several #Anopheles host effectors that are parasite-specific and/or virulence-dependent to a #microsporidia via metallomics, diet manip and resource dynamics. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #EvoSky #SymbioSky #MicroSky

Check Tiago’s part2 preprint for the physiology of self-medication in #Anopheles #EvoSky #SymbioSky #MicroSky

Ever wondered how life history impacts an organism energy reserves? Well check our latest preprint below www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Turns out, the presence of certain energetic shifts is a stronger predictor of survival! #EvoSky #MicroSky

In need of a drug that suppresses microsporidian growth within a mosquito? Check our latest mini-preprint below :) (A thread 1/4) doi.org/10.1101/2024...