🚀 Excited to share (with a little delay) my first first-author publication on #Vago genes in #mosquitoes! 🦟 🦠 Have a look to see how we questioned a mosquito immunity dogma and challenged the existing understanding of Vago-like genes as antiviral factors ⬇️ bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Our study is now published in @natcomms.nature.com and describes the 1st definitive identification of genetic variants linked to DENV susceptibility in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. (1/3)

Still looking for candidates! Either DM or send me an email if interested.

This piece on infection history as a driver of individual heterogeneity in infection outcomes was fun to think about and to write with @chadisaadroy.bsky.social and Mike Boots. Also suggest that systems like #Drosophila can offer useful tools to tackle the epidemiological consequences.

📣 I'm recruiting a postdoc researcher to join my team for a project on mosquito-specific viruses and host interactions. Peep the job description & how to apply below. Perfect for soon-to-be or recent PhD graduates in mosquito vector biology 🦟 or arbovirology 🦠 🗓️ Application deadline 31 August 2025

Have a postdoc position to start October 2025 to develop vector-borne pathogen genomic assays on ONT platforms. International travel will be required to Southeast Asia (Singapore and Malaysia). Looking for a hybrid position of wet lab and bioinformatics. DM me for more information. Please share!

Two good follows for this evening @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social @ianlmorgan.bsky.social Two of the leaders at NIH who wrote the #BethedaDeclaration and are standing up and speaking out for all of us. @standupforscience.bsky.social

Had a great time! Thanks @aphl.org and Uganda CPHL for coordinating the training!

In a new #RESInsectMolecBio article, temperature-dependent alternative splicing affects gene expression in #AedesAegypti #mosquitoes midgut 🦟 🧬 Learn more now🔽 doi.org/10.1111/imb.13002 @sassanasgari.bsky.social @gulianusslab.bsky.social @wiley.com

It is difficult to interpret single #pathogen burden during #infection. It is hard to untangle default in resistance and tolerance to explain #susceptibility. We help making sense of with-host dynamics and give tools to study infection, especially in #Drosophila. elifesciences.org/articles/104...

Happy to share our new preprint! We explored the mechanisms underlying differences between male and female #Drosophila in susceptibility to intestinal #infection. #symbiosky #immunity #AcademicSky #insect #symbiosis

In our latest study, we use #spatialtranscriptomics to characterize cold ischemic injury at multiple time points modeling a kidney transplant setting to reveal compartment-specific changes Check out the preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 🧵👇 1/n

New preprint! Autocycler is a tool for long-read consensus assembly of bacterial genomes. It's like Trycycler but can be run fully automated (without any human intervention). www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... (1/6)

Received exciting news about a project and will be opening a search for a postdoc. Focused in pathogen genomics--specifically vector-borne diseases. Looking for expertise in genomics, bioinformatics, and able to do some international travel. Please reach out to me if interested or know somebody!

FYI “Spencer Foundation, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, William T. Grant Foundation and Kapor Foundation are providing quick turnaround grants of up to $25k for education scholars impacted by the abrupt NSF grant cancellations.” www.spencer.org/news/meeting...

A Preprint for our ~$40 USD, open source, 3D printed DNA Fluorometer, the #DIYNAFLUOR, has just been posted to bioRxiv outlining its performance and applications for #eDNA analysis!🦕🧪🧬 A big thanks to all the co-authors! Preprint www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Git tinyurl.com/yfh33dsx #science

Excited to announce that my research group is launching a *FREE* tick testing program called Nebraska Tick Testing (NeTT). We accept any ticks, both inside and outside Nebraska. We will identify the tick, screen it for pathogens, and provide a report. For more information visit: go.unmc.edu/nett

🦟🧪 ***I'm recruiting*** one student (M.S. or Ph.D.) to join my lab January 2026. Students need a 3.0 GPA and have an interest/experience in mosquito taxonomy, phenotypes, or ecology. Work on genetics/genomics is a plus. Deadline is 15 October 2025. US based students only. yeemosquitolab.org

ATTENTION: NSF GRANT RECIPIENTS We received a heads up from a trusted source that you should proactively download/print/screen shot any documentation on research.gov pertaining to your NSF awards, both those that are current and any that have closed in the last 5-6 years. 1/n

ACTION ITEM-----ACTION ITEM Implementation of Schedule F This is what a lot of us have been worried about. This allows for many civil service positions to replaced with political appointees. This could include NIH institute directors and even POs. BUT THERE IS A COMMENT PERIOD... 1/n

✨🦟✨HOW DO MOSQUITOES HAVE SEX? ✨🦟✨ Join us for a wild journey into hidden female control, rapidly evolving stimulation devices, fierce species competition, and DEADLY MOSQUITOES! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

I know you like #Drosophila and I know you like #Genomes - but do you also like #Genes? Coding DNA annotation of 304 species of Drosophilidae! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

📝 [Preprint] What if insecticidal bednets increased #mosquito attraction to humans? 🦟 We explored this counterintuitive effect using a transmission model for #malaria. 🧪 Available on medRxiv: buff.ly/S0Wnn1n #mathematicalmodeling #vectorcontrol #publichealth

@haraipapilio.bsky.social paper on evolution of Wolbachia MK mechanism through prophage acquisition in molina butterflies - avoiding suppression by the host. Now out! #symbiosky www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti.... With @daisukekageyama.bsky.social @bolinabug.bsky.social and others

Pre-print Alert! We uncover new sporozoite biology in mosquitoes, classified sporogony stages in oocysts and showed that sporozoites produce 2 rhoptry pairs, each one specialized for salivary gland and hepatocyte invasion. @benliffner.bsky.social @sabsalon.bsky.social @thiagoluizsilva.bsky.social

If using Bloomigton #Drosophila Stock Center stocks, pls. acknowledge them & their NIH funding (P40 OD018537). Papers listing this no. are being harvested as evidence. We massively depend on the @bdsc.bsky.social & they need our support in these dire times! @flybase.bsky.social @fly-eds.bsky.social

The overlapping global distribution of #dengue, #chikungunya, #Zika and #yellowfever #IDsky ⚕️ #EpiSky 🦟 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Please share with people interested in arbovirology. We are looking for an enthusiastic colleague to strengthen our team please share if you know of scientists interested in arbovirology, ready to make a move to Rotterdam! www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/3508...

Just finished reading this. A really nice review highlighting future directions of where we can (and should!) take the virome field

Excited to finally announce this work which has been in the pipeline for 5 years: Layers of Immunity. Faustine et al. made a set of immune mutants covering 4 major immune modules in #Drosophila, deleting melanization (ROS), phagocytosis, and both Toll & Imd NF-kB responses. What did we find? 1/n 🧵

Working with an interdisciplinary team, we have developed a website to communicate how the White House's proposed cuts to health research would cause losses of $16B and 68,500 jobs. Find out how your community may be impacted. Explore more at SCIMaP: scienceimpacts.org a 🧵

check out our latest work led by PhD student Yusuke Kosugi! sarbecoviruses can easily expand the range of ACE2 orthologs they can use for cellular entry. here we identify the surprisingly few mutations in the viruses' Spike proteins that control this phenotype! 🦇🦠

Proud to finally announce the publication of an absolute labor of love on the part of the first author, Methods of active surveillance for hard ticks and associated tick-borne pathogens of public health importance in the contiguous United States: a comprehensive systematic review 646 articles!

New year, new assemblies! I'm excited to announce Autocycler, my new tool for consensus assembly of long-read bacterial genomes! It's the successor to Trycycler, designed to be faster and less reliant on user intervention. Check it out: github.com/rrwick/Autoc... (1/5)

In 2024 we learned... that West Nile virus spread would not have been able to invade most of Europe without climate change. 🦟 New research from @dceq.bsky.social & co., published in Nature Communications: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Another virus outbreak (Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus -SFTSV) associated with fur farming. It needs to stop. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

A cellular Christmas tree made from molten copper drops. Splats of copper sometimes happen when welding and they often take the shape of different cell types. I collect these off my shop floor because they look cool…….and yes, they make my sciency senses tingle! Merry Christmas! #SciArt

Another fantastic starter pack for vector biologists!

We’re excited to advertise the Microbial Friends and Foes REU program! Please share info with your undergrads, for 10 weeks paid research experience at Cornell. Apps due on Feb 1. @heatherfeaga.bsky.social cihmid.cornell.edu/academics-pr...

Would you like to see @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social add a share to blue sky button?! I know I would! Share this post to let @richardsever.bsky.social @erictopol.bsky.social and others at bioarxiv know!

I'm advertising several positions at all levels ( #PhD, #Postdoc, #RA). If you're enthusiastic, collaborative, and interested in the #ecological and #evolutionary dynamics of #infection, please get in touch - link below. pedrovale.bio.ed.ac.uk/open-positions ([email protected])

great #PhD opportunity in #disease #ecology - which species are key for #tick-borne disease transmission in the UK? Combining genetics, community ecology, mathematical modelling



 @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social & @ukceh.bsky.social International applicants - contact me by 9th Dec tinyurl.com/wfuak5se

Probably you are looking for a collection of papers on ticks and pathogens. I curate manually this collection and I continue updating it. Now with more than 14,000 (downloadable) papers. Just give it a chance and tell me about, please. www.scienceopen.com/collection/d...

This would be an amazing group to do a PhD with, highly recommend!

Hello! I will be presenting today at #MBSJ2024, in Fukuoka, at the symposium organized by -former Saleh lab member- Professor Yasu Suzuki and Prof Yasuko Orba. I will be discussing the work of @cassandrakoh.bsky.social on mosquito viromes. Come if you are around!

4-year PhD program in the UK! This funded PhD opportunity is open to international students. If the candidate is selected by the committee, the position would begin Sept 2025. Deadline for applications Dec 11th 2024. #PhDchat #AcademicSky #Drosophila #ImmunoSky #EvoSky #Dros25 #EvolBio #EcoEvo

A 🧵 about the recently published discovery of a sabre-tooth kitten, including some personal reflections and thoughts on its age... 🧪🏺⚒️

I feel incredibly proud of my postodc work published on today’s issue of @natureportfolio.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41... What can 🦟 taste? 👤🌸💧 Are some people "tastier" to 🦟 than others? Here we examined the taste system of mosquitoes 🦟👅. I was astounded by its beautiful complexity!

Always a fantastic conference to attend. Looking forward to seeing fellow virologists next July!