Postdoc opportunity ALERT! Interested in exploring interactions between #wolbachia , #anopheles mosquitoes and #microbiome? check this postdoc position in Dr. Grant Hughes lab at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine @mosquitomicrobe.bsky.social app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Car...

Enjoying a beer with my friend Gabi in a beautiful Aachen afternoon. It was great to see you. Thank you for the invitation and the great time. 👩🏼‍🔬🧑🏽‍🔬 🦠 🦟 🔬 🧬 @gabrielepradel.bsky.social

Exited to deliver the keynote address together with Markus Ganter at the @spp2225.bsky.social EXIT Workshop in beautiful Aachen, Germany. Thank you @gabrielepradel.bsky.social for the invitation and hospitality. 👨🏽‍🔬 🦟 🦠 🩸🔬 @rwth.bsky.social @dfg.de @niaidnews.bsky.social

🚨 New preprint alert! 🚨 We’ve uncovered a key player in malaria parasite cell division—meet PfAnchor, the first apicoplast-specific dynamin adaptor protein! Check the thread below 🧵for more details. #U_ExM #Malaria #Apicoplast www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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

📢 @lstmnews.bsky.social : "Drug used for rare genetic disorders kills #mosquitoes capable of #malaria transmission" 🦟 www.lstmed.ac.uk/news-events/...

Look at those beautiful #mosquito midguts infected with #malaria parasites. Congratulations @sabsalon.bsky.social and @benliffner.bsky.social

Congratulations @benliffner.bsky.social. #U_ExM #Malaria revolutionized studying the cell biology of Apicomplexan parasites, and I love the work we did together ;-)

This is so cool! 🚀 🧑‍🚀 🐬

New review alert-Mosquito saliva does more than just help them feed—it also influences blood responses in the midgut, enhancing Plasmodium transmission. Could targeting saliva proteins be the key to blocking disease spread? #Malaria #Mosquito #VectorControl www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Our 2025 March issue bit.ly/2N9R8Es reviews blood impact on vector-borne diseases, zoonotic Giardia transmission in cattle, parasite subcellular dynamics, Bacillus thuringiensis for nematode management, heptalaminate membrane of intravascular schistosomes, trade-offs in virulence evolution, & more

New Pre-print from our lab High-Resolution Proteomics Unveils Salivary Gland Disruption and Saliva-Hemolymph Protein Exchange in Plasmodium-Infected Mosquitoes Led by @thiagoluizsilva.bsky.social 🦟 🦟🦟🦟🦟🦟🦟🦟🦟🦟🦟 #mosquito #malaria #proteomics #infectiousdiseases www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

New paper published with the Benoit lab at the University of Cincinnati! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Check out our paper, co-authored by @akhorramnejad.bsky.social and me. Published in @commsbio.bsky.social We explore how global change will affect mosquito-virus interaction. We use single or multi-generational exposure to heat to address this. A 🧵 with our results (1/5) rdcu.be/d8wse

New preprint from the lab in which we show that Trichoderma culture supernatant kills Aedes albopictus larvae 🦟🍄 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Our article on #mosquito salivary apyrase featured at The Scientist Thanks Mary Ann McDowell for the insightful comments! “Targeting Mosquito Spit Could Stop Parasites in Their Tracks” www.the-scientist.com/targeting-mo...

Our paper on the role of #mosquito salivary apyrase in regulating blood meal #hemostasis and #malaria #parasite transmission. Apyrase #immunization inhibits both transmissions. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Our paper on U-ExM for mosquito tissues (MoTissU-ExM) in BMC methods! Great collaboration with @sabsalon.bsky.social and @benliffner.bsky.social bmcmethods.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....