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Insect-specific small #RNAviruses could be important components of pest management in the future. 🪰 Check #SpecialIssue on Insect Virus Discovery mdpi.com/journal/viruse… New viruses from Canegrubs in Australia 👉mdpi.com/1999-4915/14/3… Kayvan Etebari

⏰ One week left to apply! 📣Great PhD project on black soldier flies 🪰 🪰 🪰 Based IRBI in France Information and Application through: adum.fr/as/ed/voirprop… deadline 1st June 2022.

We identified an insect-associated jingmenvirus in the Australian sugarcane soldier fly. Another flavi-like virus with a segmented genome has been discovered 👏 UQ News sugarresearch mdpi.com/1647678 Viruses MDPI

I am editing a special issue on #Insect #Virus Discovery for Viruses MDPI. The aim is to highlight the importance of novel virus discovery by #RNA-Seq in agricultural insect pests. All types of manuscripts are welcomed. Milly Chen mdpi.com/journal/viruse…

Analysis of m6A RNA modifications in the mosquito transcriptome and their changes upon dengue virus infection provides insight into the role of epigenetics in regulating viral replication in mosquitoes @SassanAsgari Kayvan Etebari nature.com/articles/s4200…

The Pacific Agricultural Information System (PAIS) is a great resource for researchers and extension officers in the pacific region PAIS is supported by ACIAR and can be accessed at thepais.net/pais

The number of emerging #Flaviviruses has increased considerably. Recent expansion #WestNilevirus, #Usutuvirus, and #tickborne #encephalitis virus deserves special attention, and our #SpecialIssue on this topic is still open for submissions! 👉mdpi.com/journal/viruse… Submit now!

Ministry of Agriculture - Crop Research Division at Koronivia Research Station conducted Molecular training for staff and PASS CR students from USP and FNU. This training was funded by ACIAR and facilitated by Dr. Kayvan Etebari - Research Fellow at University of Queensland.

A great opportunity to train enthusiastic research staff & students from Fiji National University The University of the South Pacific & the Ministry of Agriculture in Fiji through the ACIAR funded project. They will use these molecular tools to identify emerging pests and diseases in the #Pacific region.

Postdoc position in insect physiology with a wonderful cohesive, collaborative, and supportive group of insect physiologists with great ties between academic and applied (government - USDA) research. 12/10, would recommend prd.hcm.ndus.edu/psc/recruit/EM…

When we swap their microbiomes, what do the mosquitoes actually think about that?? Take a look at our new preprint; congratulations Shivanand Hegde Laura E Brettell Shannon Quek Miguel Saldaña Kayvan Etebari @SassanAsgari Kerri Coon Grant Hughes 🦟🦠 @mosquitomicrobe .bsky.social biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Australia has had some biocontrols go awry, but plenty others were successful abc.net.au/news/science/2… via ABC Australia

Exciting news! Delighted to share that I've secured research funding from our industry partners sugarresearch & @DAFQld to investigate the potential of using #viruses for biological control against key root-feeding pests in sugarcane. 🐜🦠

Fully-funded #PhDscholarship in insect virology coming soon! Interested in uncovering novel insect viruses and exploring host-pathogen interactions at UQ Science? Contact me for more details. Please RT

A quarantine area has been set up in Burrup Peninsula following multiple confirmed detections of the exotic red dwarf honey bee (Apis florea). Community support is requested for eradication efforts: buff.ly/3PsUAxB

#UQ researchers are using genomics to identify viruses that attack pests on Australian sugarcane farms. The goal is to replace chemical controls with naturally-occurring biopesticides and protect crops. Read more tinyurl.com/ywpwtpcw UQ Science @DAFqld sugarresearch

The University of Queensland is researching insect-specific viruses to protect Australia's sugar industry from pests like canegrubs and soldier flies, potentially leading to environmentally safe biopesticides for the $4 billion industry. buff.ly/45h8FD3

🔬 Phd in Amphipod biodiversity! 🦐 Eawag and University of Zurich offer a fully funded 4-year PhD in genetic, functional, and taxonomic diversity of freshwater amphipods! 🧬 Apply by 10 Dec 2023: altermattlab.ch 📷Gammarus langi by Andrew Cannizzaro (CC)

Check out these PhD projects the lab has on offer! 💠 Exploiting native Wolbachia strains in Anopheles for novel malaria control approaches. 💠 Disentangling interactions between the mosquito and its microbiome 💠Exploiting antivirals for control of arboviruses in mosquitoes

Congratulations to #UQ's Dr Kayvan Etebari, who has been appointed a QLD Biosecurity Mates Ambassador. With the role, he aims to promote strong collaborations between academia, industry, and government to increase biosecurity efforts across AUS. More:tinyurl.com/ev94dmdu