Incredible characterization of an important pre-lethal effect from fungal infection in mosquitoes! Well done all!! 👏

Our latest research: 👉 doi.org/10.1186/s130... The fungus Metarhizium pingshaense reverses insecticide resistance in malaria mosquitoes by depleting energy reserves and suppressing detox genes. Congrats to #LucienLamy for leading this work and to the team #IRSSBurkinaFaso and @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk

Nice coverage of @itingtu.bsky.social 's work on H5 influenza in vampire bats by @martinenserink.bsky.social www.science.org/content/arti... Preprint here-> doi.org/10.1101/2025...

Important new work by Emmanuel Hape and team #IfakaraHealthInstitute, @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk, #UniversityWitwatersrand & others. Characterization of a new laboratory colony of Anopheles funestus mosquitoes established in Ifakara, Tanzania 👉 doi.org/10.1101/2025...

Our new paper is out! Towards scalable age-grading of Aedes albopictus mosquito using mid-infrared spectroscopy and machine learning Read it here 👉 rdcu.be/eQy0X @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk #UniversitaSapienza

New work by Joel Odero #IfakaraHealthInstitute @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk Genomic evidence of spatially structured gene flow and divergent insecticide resistance backgrounds of the malaria vector Anopheles funestus in Tanzania academic.oup.com/genetics/adv...

Rapid evaporative ionisation mass spectrometry can age field caught Anopheles gambiae malaria vectors doi.org/10.1038/s415...

In vivo screen of Plasmodium targets for mosquito-based malaria control doi.org/10.1038/s415...

First confirmation of #WestNileVirus in mosquitoes in the UK, in an Aedes species. Risk to public still very low, but highlights huge importance of having robust mosquito surveillance and response programmes in place. @mosquitoscotland.bsky.social submit.forms.service.gov.uk/form/3652/re...

🦟 First detection of #WestNile #virus in UK #Aedes vexans #mosquitoes @ukhsa.bsky.social says there is no evidence to suggest ongoing circulation of the virus in birds or mosquitos in the UK and the risk to the general public is very low. www.gov.uk/government/n...

Delayed mating in the malaria vector Anopheles funestus compared to Anopheles arabiensis doi.org/10.1093/jme/...

Delighted to have BBC feature our citizen science mosquito reporting project. Huge thx to members of the public who have got in touch since last year with sightings from all across Scotland. Great if we can keep it going this summer: report at www.mosquito-scotland.com www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

New paper by #SophiaMwinyi: Genomic Analysis Reveals a New Cryptic Taxon Within the Anopheles gambiae Complex With a Distinct Insecticide Resistance Profile in the Coast of East Africa onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Original research article "Genomic Analysis Reveals a New Cryptic Taxon Within the #Anopheles gambiae Complex With a Distinct Insecticide Resistance Profile in the Coast of East Africa" by Sophia H. Mwinyi et al.: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

🦟"New species of #mosquito identified on the coast of #EastAfrica" @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk @sangerinstitute.bsky.social @baldini-francesco.bsky.social @malariagen.bsky.social @phys.org.web.brid.gy phys.org/news/2025-04...

Great work by #SophiaMwinyi in collaboration with @malariagen.bsky.social & #IfakaraHealthInstitute

New research from the Ifakara Health Institute, Prof Fedros Okumu and @baldini-francesco.bsky.social. New species of mosquito found on the Coast of East Africa www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/mvl... #mosquito #vectorbornedisease #malaria

One Health Vector-borne Diseases Symposium 2025 Organised by #FETPAFI, @sydney.edu.au @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk Read more 👇 fetpafi.org/stories/stor...

Good morning mosquito-scotlanders! Exciting news as first Culex mosquito egg raft of the yr found in Glasgow- no fooling! This along with ⬆️ of citizen science reports confirms mosquito season in Scotland is kicking off. If you live in Scotland, keep an eye out & report www.mosquito-scotland.com

Anopheles mosquito survival and pharmacokinetic modeling show the mosquitocidal activity of nitisinone by @aacostaserrano.bsky.social & team www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

To mark #InternationalWomensDay, yesterday Prof @drheatherferg.bsky.social gave an inspiring talk about her career journey @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk #IfakaraHealthInstitute I won’t even try to summarise it—words wouldn’t do it justice. You had to be there to truly understand. And luckily I was! 🙏 Heather!

🚨New paper by Mauro Pazmino-Betancourth & team @uofgengineering.bsky.social @uofgchem.bsky.social @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk Towards Fast Quantum Cascade Laser Spectrometers for High-Throughput and Cost-Effective Disease Surveillance www.mdpi.com/2813-446X/3/...

International research needs international research professionals by @maryraryan.bsky.social www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/inter...

New work out! With a great team led by Troy Laidlow and Viki Brookes. Pinging @mozziebites.bsky.social & @baldini-francesco.bsky.social: Scoping Review of Japanese Encephalitis Virus Transmission Models doi.org/10.1155/tbed...

Scoping Review of Japanese Encephalitis Virus Transmission Models New work by #TroyLaidlow #Sydney_Vet #DrVikiBrookes @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1155/...

New work by #JoelOdero & team! Distinct Genetic Populations and Resistance Backgrounds of the Malaria Vector Anopheles funestus in Tanzania: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social #IfakaraHealthInstitute @malariagen.bsky.social

🥼🧹Lab clean up today!!!! Great team work!!! Thank you @ic-uribarri.bsky.social for coordination and everyone for the amazing help! @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social #vectorsglasgow @mosquitoscotland.bsky.social

Interesting talk today at VectorGlasgow meeting @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social by @daniellaandrea.bsky.social on "Mosquito saliva, Wolbachia, Virus transmission and Mammalian skin". Very novel and exciting findings!

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Many congratulations to Doctor Emmanuel Mwanga of #ifakarahealthinstitute who has just passed his PhD viva in @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social; with a great piece of research on the application of #machinelearning & #infraredspectroscopy for #malaria #vector surveillance. Hongera sana🇹🇿

Exposure to Pseudomonas spp. increases Anopheles gambiae insecticide resistance in a host-dependent manner by @luismsilva.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Another PhD viva, another cake and yet another Dr! 🎉 Dr Emmanuel Mwanga! @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social #ifakarahealthinstitute Oustanding work on #AI & #InfraredSpectroscopy for #malaria vector surveillance supervised by @simonab.bsky.social Fredros Okumu & me 🙏 examiners Daniel Streicker & Eric Ochomo

Congrats to Dr Issa Mshani for passing his PhD viva @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social today! In his PhD, Issa developed new tools for #malaria surveillance at the Ifakara Health Institute, supervised by Fredros Okumu, @simonab.bsky.social and myself. Thank you to examiners Dan Haydon and Carlos Chaccour.

Very interesting talk today by @evaheinz7.bsky.social at @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social #VectorsGlasgow meeting: "Looking at the #mosquito holobiont from the bacterial point of view" So many new insights! Check this 👉 journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

Hi everyone, this is my first tweet - ehm, skeet (is that the right word?) Well, first post on Bluesky. I work @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social studying #mosquitoes & other #bugs that transmit nasty diseases to humans & animals. A pretty decent reason to study them. They are very interesting animals too.