A postdoc opportunity to join the modelling team at Ecosciences!

Looking like a bumper #mozzie season with La Nina conditions forecast across most of Australia this summer. Remember to keep your topical #repellents close!

Its not just mosquitoes flying in from local wetlands and bushland that can be problem around your home, keep an eye on rainwater tanks and other backyard breeding spots too! Dr Brendan Trewin and I spoke with 9News Australia 9news.com.au/national/easte…

From the floodplains of inland regions to coastal wetlands, mosquitoes are likely to cause a nuisance as summer holidays approach! Dr Brendan Trewin and I explain why… 7news.com.au/news/nsw/resea… via 7NEWS Australia

Well deserved!

Japanese encephalitis virus detection in Victoria in addition to NSW and Queensland. health.vic.gov.au/site-4/media-r…

With the first ever detection of Japanese encephalitis virus #JEV in NSW and Victoria, it has become even more important that Australians protect themselves from #vector-borne diseases during the current La Niña cycle. ecos.csiro.au/preventing-mos… CSIRO

Have you seen this Mosquito? Our 3000th observation on #mozziemonitors project on iNaturalist is the important vector species 'Culex annulirostris' inaturalist.org/observations/1… #mozziemonth #CitizenScience publichealthaus.bsky.social Australian Dept of Health, Disability and Ageing NSW Health VicHealth

Scholarship alert! Wonderful opportunity to do a PhD on a fascinating topic "Australian Mosquito Microbiomes and the Prevention Ross River Virus Transmission" at University of Newcastle (inc. collaborative work with myself and Dr Brendan Trewin). Deadline soon newcastle.edu.au/study/research…

Like the look of these #wetlands? Want to chase mosquitoes around the "swamps" of Newcastle and wrangle them in the laboratories of University of Newcastle? Sounds like this scholarship supported PhD is for you! newcastle.edu.au/study/research…

What an exciting discovery for #mozziemonth ! the first record of Mimomyia elegans on iNaturalist and what a proboscis inaturalist.org/observations/1… #citizenscience #biodiversity #publi health Dr Cameron Webb @the_frogs_pond Atlas of Living Aust Larissa Braz Sousa

New paper 🚨 We looked at 3 key criteria often used to incriminate vectors & applied these to Australian mosquito species in the context of JEV. TL/DR Cx. annulirostris tick all the boxes, but we shouldn't be quick to overlook other species and genera. mdpi.com/1999-4915/14/6…

The dengue virus vector Aedes aegypti eradicated from a small town in Queensland, Australia, preventing spread to surrounding areas - extensive community participation - article in PLOS NTDs by Dr Brendan Trewin and others - doi.org/10.1371/journa…

So many strategies for vector control are reactive, e.g. spraying when there are lots of mosquitoes, if we can be more proactive we might have a better chance of keeping population abundance low #mcaa2023

Fantastic presentation by Kirsty Richards. Sunpork (and Aus Pork industry) and #mcaa2023 working to build One Health connections and collaborations.

Pigs at a mosquito conference? Insightful presentation by Dr Kirsty Richard’s from SunPork Farms on the 2021-2022 outbreak of Japanese encephalitis virus and the impact on (and response at) Australian piggeries. An example of #onehealth response! #mcaa2023 🐖🦟

Interested in modelling the next generation of #mosquito control such as the #IIT and genetic control techniques? Join my team as we look to optimally deploy these technologies to prevent the spread of #dengue and #malaria across the Indo-Pacific CSIRO bit.ly/3N2qbVj

Come join our computer modeling team CSIRO and be part of the next generation of #mosquito #control.