Blog post replicating the neighbour-joining tree analysis from Kamau et al. (2024) on Anopheles coluzzii in northwestern Kenya... alimanfoo.github.io/2024/09/05/ken…

The beauty of Keiyo Photo courtesy 📸

Fantastic first visit to KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Kilifi today with STOP2030. Really inspiring work going on. Some great bits of kit too - amazing setup and links to hospital. Can’t wait to have more interactions and come back! Wellcome Sanger Institute #ukriflf #stoptheworms

VEuPathDB is hosting a community meeting for VectorBase users to discuss plans for the future and answer your questions. 🦟See what all the buzz is about. 🕷️Mon, Nov 4, 10 AM EST/ 3 PM UTC. Register here today! upenn.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Excited to share that our work, which formed part of my PhD with @GRK2599, is now published. In this paper, we describe a CRISPR-Cas9 approach for the in vivo loss-of-function studies on individual murine B cell genes within the germinal center reaction. frontiersin.org/journals/immun…

🌟 Exciting news! Join Virtual Symposium on Apicomplexan Parasites (Apicomplexa-2025), happening Jan 22-23, 2025 (ET), covering latest research findings (mostly unpublished) in the field of #Plasmodium, #Toxoplasma, and #Cryptosporidium. 📲Learn more: apicomplexaconference.com #rt

📢 In one month, VEuPathDB is hosting a FREE virtual workshop! Dec 11-13, 2024, 3 hours per day. Short lectures & hands-on exercises will help you make the best use of our vast resources to enhance your research. Details/registration: veupathdb.org/veupathdb/app/…

Mombasa! Howaaayuuuni....!! . 655 days later, Alpha is back home ! 🚘 Who's around? Thread later - shipping & port processes 🚢🛳️⚓ #SpaceYaMagari BunduRoversClub The Mara Nomads #AlphaLandrover #BreakingBorders #OverlandingEurope #overlandingafrica #KenyaToEurope #Mombasa port

.World Health Organization (WHO) has published the 2024 World #malaria report, emphasizing the need for a more inclusive and effective response, with a focus on reaching the populations most vulnerable to malaria. Read it here: who.int/teams/global-m…

New research on Anopheles funestus in Africa reveals high genetic diversity, widespread insecticide resistance, and promising targets for gene drive vector control. 🦟 Read the full pre-print on the genomic diversity of this important malaria vector biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Evaluation of DNA extraction kits for long-read shotgun metagenomics using Oxford Nanopore sequencing for rapid taxonomic and antimicrobial resistance detection go.nature.com/402ZK7v

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📢We're hiring! Exciting opportunity for a Statistician to join our dynamic team. Bring your skills in data analysis! 📍Location: KEMRI/CDC- Kisumu 🔗Apply here: erecruitment.kemri.go.ke:7070/Home/SingleJob… 🗓Deadline: 02/15/25 5:00:00 PM #JobOpportunity #StatisticsJobs #Hiring

Applications for awards to attend the 2025 MPMXXXVI meeting are now open - details, deadlines and application information below. Please share with anyone interested.

Join ASP #ConceptsinParasitology 2025 course studying #parasites at #UQMoretonBay apply online by 13 July parasite.org.au/blog/apply-for… UQ Science

🚨New preprint from the lab! This work reports for the first time the transcriptome of Plasmodium malariae in the mosquito Impressive indeed discoveries about AP2 TFs, hypervariable multigene families and genes without orthologues, and of unknown function biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

The complete mitochondrial genome of Tunga penetrans and insights into flea phylogeny biorxiv.org/content/10.110… #biorxiv_genomic

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New genomic research led by Brian Polo reveals distinct insecticide resistance patterns in Kenya's most widely spread malaria mosquito, restricted by the rift valley, highlighting need for region-specific control strategies. bmcgenomics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11… Kenya Medical Research Institute Wellcome Sanger Institute

Is there anything more annoying than buzzing mosquitoes at night? 🦟Yes! Mosquitoes and beg bugs! Our new study shows that ivermectin at clinically relevant blood levels not only kills malaria mosquitoes, but also bed bugs 💀 parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…