Malaria 'completely stopped' by microbe Scientists have discovered a microbe that protects mosquitoes from being infected with #malaria Symbio_Vector go.nature.com/3c4DLTr

If you are interested in the general idea of our ongoing work and current hypothesis

📣"Malaria stopped by microbe 40%+ of mosquitoes🦟in a region must be infected with Microsporidia to make a significant dent in malaria ⁠—James Gallagher w/BBC News (World) Symbio_Vector As ipbes #GlobalAssessment showed: #nature can help to regulate disease bbc.com/news/health-52…

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This single-celled microbe prevents mozzies from catching #malaria - but more research is needed to see if it could be a gamechanger in the fight against the parasite. 🔬 #endmalaria bit.ly/2X3oRGK

A Kenyan based group of researchers have identified a new microsporidian infecting field-caught mosquitoes that inhibits the development of the the malaria parasite. bit.ly/3eXkYuf

🦟🦟🦟 Scientists Symbio_Vector icipe led by Jeremy Herren discovered that a microsporidian, Microsporidia MB, can block transmission of #malaria to the #mosquito. Similar to #Wolbachia for #dengue, another #mosquito-borne disease. theconversation.com/breakthrough-m… via The Conversation Africa

Thank you Fredros Okumu for speaking on this present reality in #globalhealth and highlighting the terrible status quo. We have to acknowledge our role as funders in sustaining this unacceptable status quo, and then work to actively change.

Inspiring team work! @reenwilz Dr Roger SANOU, PhD Josh Mitton Heather Ferguson Fredros Okumu Diabate Abdoulaye @magonji Simon Babayan Rod Murray-Smith Klaas Wynne issiaka sare Abdoulaye Niang Paul Johnson & others Ifakara Health Institute IRSS Burkina Faso @IBAHCM University of Glasgow Chemistry UofG Computing Science LSTM UofG MVLS

Vector control has been heavily commoditized in recent years. Insecticides r widespread. Here Dr. Anne Wilson et al call for a return to approaches based on thorough knowledge of pathogen transmission, with both insecticide and non–insecticidal methods: journals.plos.org/plosntds/artic…

#DYK Hans R. Herren was icipe DG 1994-2005 and introduced the 4Hs research paradigm? Download a copy of our history icipe.org/Insects-For-Li… FAO Director-General QU Dongyu Symbio_Vector Joaquin V. Boston @FrancoisPythoud Daniel waldvogel SDSN Switzerland Jeremy Herren @futuresagrics TEEB for Agriculture & Food

We are hiring a postdoc to work on Microsporidia MB! recruit.icipe.org/description_of…

Two PhD positions in the modeling division of the SYMBIOVECTOR project! Please share and apply! cbid.icipe.org/apps/disease-m…

We are honored to have our research recognized as a winner in the Life Sciences category for the Falling Walls conference! Falling Walls icipe #sciencereunitesus

New PhD position in the group, please share! cbid.icipe.org/apps/symbiont-…

A #PhD #scholarship opportunity is open icipe to work on the mechanistic basis of Plasmodium transmission blocking by microsporidian symbionts. Application deadline is 8 October 2021. Apply here: cbid.icipe.org/apps/symbiont-… Gates Foundation #malaria #parasitology #molecularbiology

Check out our latest paper on Microsporidia MB localization patterns in Anopheles mosquitoes! #malaria #mosquitoes #microsporidiamb doi.org/10.1128/mbio.0…

Happy to announce this! icipe.org/new-grant-for-… icipe Open Philanthropy #malaria #symbiosis #research