Registration is now open for the seventh UK Vector-Borne Diseases Conference 2026. Abstract submission is now open ⬇️ forms.cloud.microsoft/e/j9hjJbCnRS 📆Tuesday 31 March - Wednesday 1 April 📍University of Liverpool, Central Teaching Hub Register here ➡️ bit.ly/48ZQ7ee #TeamLivUni

5 weeks left to submit your abstract if you would like to present at the UK VBD Conference 2026 in Liverpool! forms.cloud.microsoft/e/j9hjJbCnRS

Don't forget to submit your abstract if you would like to present at the UK VBD Conference 2026! There are opportunities for standard talks, short “quick-fire” talks and posters across all themes. Submission deadline is Friday 28th February 2026. forms.cloud.microsoft/e/j9hjJbCnRS

We are delighted to announce registration is now open for the seventh UK Vector-Borne Diseases Conference. 31st March-1st April 2026. Register here: bit.ly/48ZQ7ee

We are very grateful to our sponsors for supporting this year’s meeting: BBSRC Defra The Pandemic Institute Health Protection Research Institute in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections. Thank you for supporting us and see you all next year! #UKVBD2024

And that’s a wrap! Thank you to everyone who has attended over the last two days and making it the biggest conference yet 🎉 #UKVBD2024

Congratulations to all the winners of Best Posters, Best Flash Talks and Best Talks across all the themes we’ve covered! 🎉 Thank you to everyone who’s presented their research over the last two days! #UKVBD2024

Sarah Biddlecomb, UKHSA presenting UK distribution data of dermacentor reticularis and Haemaphysalis punctata

It has been a very eventful day for our group. Here are some of the conference highlights. Thank you to the organisers, it has been a wonderful conference. ##UKVBD2024 @ukvbd.bsky.social

Professor Stephen Higgs from Kansas State University is presenting his keynote, “Forty Years of Mosquito Research: things we should know by now” #UKVBD2024

Ben Miller acing the poster session @ukvbd.bsky.social ‘How will woodland creation affect tick-borne disease risks in the UK’

Thrilled to present our project on developing a one health approach to tick and tick-borne diseases through manipulation of reservoir host communities with Katie August today at @ukvbd.bsky.social #UKVBD2024

Our panel are ready in their seats… #UKVBD2024

@bethpurse.bsky.social presenting an overview of our OPTICK project (co-led by @cmillins.bsky.social) at @ukvbd.bsky.social.

@drheatherferg.bsky.social giving and overview of our Mosquito Scotland project at @ukvbd.bsky.social.

Kickstarting our afternoon with UKRI/Defra project presentations before our panel of presenters take to the stage to answer questions #UKVBD2024 🦟🌍

Dom Brass talking about our tick model from our TickSolve project at @ukvbd.bsky.social. @bethpurse.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social

Now that we’re filled up on tea and coffee, it’s time to look at more of the amazing research on display #UKVBD2024

Now we have our first keynote speaker for today, Dr Trisna Tungadi from Keele University presenting on the “Manipulation of plant hosts and insect vectors by viruses.” #UKVBD2024

Jing Jing Khoo presenting Wolbachia genomic data from Culex pipiens cell lines at the Tick Cell Biobank hosted at @liverpooluni.bsky.social @ukvbd.bsky.social

Good morning Liverpool. Looking forward to another great day of #VBD talks at @ukvbd.bsky.social.

Professor Matthew Baylis @baylism.bsky.social opens the day once again with a warm welcome, ready for a morning filled with presentations and flash talks #UKVBD2024

Welcome back to the 6th UK VBD Conference! We’re on our second day of presentations and panels on vector-borne diseases #UKVBD2024

Our first day has been absolutely fantastic! We're diving back in tomorrow...🥰 We have two presentations lined up from our group: Amirah Rashid will be presenting at 11:20, and Jet Griep will be showcasing poster 48. Come and learn more about the amazing work our team is doing!. #UKVBD2024

Wrapping up day one with an exciting keynote from Prof Polly Roy from @lshtm.bsky.social diving into the fascinating world of Bluetongue virus 🦠 #UKVBD2024

Next up we learn about the new Defra-UKRI one health VBD hub project, enhancing links between data collection, analysis and policy #UKVBD2024

@bethpurse.bsky.social presenting ticksolve research @ukvbd.bsky.social meeting in collaboration with @mayaholding.bsky.social

‘Collaborate to innovate’ Mara Rocchi from the Moredun Research Institute presents results from a stakeholder workshop aimed at developing best practice for managing tickborne diseases @ukvbd.bsky.social

@bethpurse.bsky.social talking about some of the modelling outputs from our TickSolve project at @ukvbd.bsky.social

Shifting gears, @ukvbd.bsky.social invasive species cost billions annually, mosquitoes are the most costly group. Economic models of mosquito interventions show investment in interventions can be good value for money

@drstevenmwhite.bsky.social presenting role of phenotypic plasticity in disease transmission illustrated by dengue virus and Aedes albopictus @ukvbd.bsky.social

Ticksolve research on landscape effects on hosts and cascading effects on ticks presented at @ukvbd.bsky.social by Saudamini Venkatesan @livuninews.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social

@ukvbd.bsky.social : @drstevenmwhite.bsky.social on phenotypic plasticity in #Aedes albopictus and #dengue incidence

Come and talk to us at #UKVBD2024 Liverpool to see how we can make your #Behaviour #Research simple. @ukvbd.bsky.social #BehaviourSimply

After a brilliant morning our afternoon session on vector and disease control kicks off with Saudaminu Venkatesan from the University of Liverpool #UKVBD2024

Our PhD student Ben Fellows presenting his work on modelling Aedes aegypti and dengue at @ukvbd.bsky.social

Lots of fantastic research on display in the #UKVBD2024 poster session

@cmillins.bsky.social talking about our OPTICK project fieldwork at @ukvbd.bsky.social. @bethpurse.bsky.social

I’m at @ukvbd.bsky.social this week on the stand for @royentsoc.bsky.social - come say hi 👋 Shaping up to be the largest meeting of vector-borne disease researchers in the UK 🙌🏽🦟 brilliantly hosted by @baylism.bsky.social

Professor Matthew Baylis @baylism.bsky.social kicks off the next two days with a warm welcome and an exciting, packed programme ahead! #UKVBD2024

Thrilled to be in Liverpool for the 6th UK VBD Conference - the UK’s largest ever meeting on vector-borne diseases! 🦟🌍 #UKVBD2024

Only two weeks to go to the UK Vector-Borne Diseases meeting in Liverpool (3-4th December). We are full and there is no further registration for in-person attendance. Therefore, we have opened up online attendance - see here if interested. @baylism.bsky.social payments.liv.ac.uk/conferences-...

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