Growing concern about the rapid spread of Oropuche virus in South America. Unlike many other arboviruses of public health importance spread by mosquitoes - like Dengue, Zika - this virus differs in being transmitted by biting midges

Scientists are racing against time to combat mosquito-borne diseases like malaria 🦟🔬 If we commit to ending this disease for good, new tech could save millions of lives and keep us one step ahead as mosquitoes and malaria parasites adapt 🌍💉 on.ft.com/3RyM4xs

New analysis from the The Royal Society shows just how high UK visa costs for researchers are compared to upfront costs for similar visa routes in 13 other countries. Here, we take a look at how the UK compares to countries in the G7 included in the analysis 🔍⤵️ 1/5

Empieza el verano y con él vienen las infecciones por virus transmitidos por mosquitos. En España y en media Europa circula el virus del Nilo Occidental, #WNV que antes no estaba ¿De dónde viene? Este artículo aborda esa cuestión. Hilo 🧵 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Second day of our #infraredsoectroscopy workshop at the Ifakara Health Institute !! Doreen Siria doing an amazing work teaching our students how to use a spectrometer and collect spectral data from mosquitoes to do vector surveillance VectorsGlasgow

TRAINING: Scientists sharpen skills on new mosquito surveillance technologies From July 1-5, 2024 in Ifakara Town, Tanzania, Ifakara Health Institute, University of Glasgow (VectorsGlasgow), the Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé (#IRSS) and PAMCA, Africa are conducting a specialized

Third day of the workshop on #infraredspectroscopy for surveillance! Today is hackathon day! Our students are applying what they’ve learned on real world data to predict 🦟 species and age Ifakara Health Institute VectorsGlasgow PAMCA, Africa PAMCA - WiVC

Wrapping up the last day of our course on infrared spectroscopy and machine learning. The students were fantastic! We had a blast! Thanks to everyone that made this event possible! VectorsGlasgow Ifakara Health Institute Doreen Siria @magonji Rukiyah Mohammad

What are the specialist skills for research in infectious disease modelling?🔬 Our short course gives you the theoretical training & technical skills needed from world-leading research experts in the field. Running 9 - 12 Sept 2024 👉bit.ly/3h8gPHB

What should be the new Government’s immediate priorities for science? There is lots to do but here are 5 things I’d put at the top of the Government’s to-do list. All involve improving stability, long-termism and maximising existing strengths. (1/6)

Scotland: thousands with long-term health conditions at risk due to sudden rise in summer covid cases In Mail Online b explains impact of low COVID-19 vaccine uptake in🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿& ways to improve #vaccination rates😷 👇bit.ly/4bEUvOW

Cuando arman a los chapas es solo para esto…para nada más

Que no, que no están para brindarnos seguridad. La seguridad nos la dan una sanidad y educación y unos servicios públicos de calidad, una vivienda digna y accesible, un salario justo, unas redes y un tejido social robusto y solidario. Desde sus orígenes, la policía ha servido,

It is super weird that when you make it harder and harder for international students to come to the UK, they stop coming to the UK. theguardian.com/education/arti…

Can #citizenscience platforms such as iNaturalist help understand mosquito activity in UK & Ireland? Check out our latest publication in @_SOVE_ bioone.org/journals/journ… 🦟

Check out this job at UK Health Security Agency: Medical entomologist position working in fantastic team linkedin.com/jobs/view/3977…

#Guatemala: National Health Emergency Declared Due to #Dengue #Epidemic Ministerio de Salud Pública PAHO/WHO outbreaknewstoday.substack.com/p/guatemala-na… via Outbreak News Today

Our new paper is out!! 😀😀

Late post but I had a blast attending and giving a talk at the International Congress of Entomology 2024 Kyoto JP. So many amazing talks! and my first time in Japan was amazing! Kyoto was so beautiful! VectorsGlasgow UofG SBOHVM

🙏Grateful for the opportunity to present our work on #infraredspectroscopy for #VectorBorneDiseases at #PRPConference2024 in Trieste today. Could this technology help tackle future pandemics? Area Science Park