Artificial intelligence, parasites and parasitic diseases New article collection! Submissions and review proposals are welcome! parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

Congrats to Dr. José Ribeiro of NIH for winning this year’s Harry Hoogstraal Medal for his incredible & inspiring work about vector diseases.

Very pleased to share this one - Here we show that 2 human skin bacteria deficient in lactic acid synthesis can engraft onto mice skin and reduce mosquito bites for over a week #betterthanDEET biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

As Brazil’s environment minister, Marina Silva helped to rein in rampant deforestation and rebuild institutions that were weakened by the previous government go.nature.com/3vf1ZsN

Estamos desaprendendo a viver os momentos importantes x.com/RaclureOne/sta…

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Hi everyone! We are looking for 2-3 experienced, highly motivated associate editors for the section Parasite genetics, genomics and proteomics (subject editor: Prof. Xing-Quan Zhu). Interested? Send a msg to [email protected] parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/secti…

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Our paper demonstrating the combinatorial odor coding triggering mosquito landing behavior is now published in Scientific Reports. Great collaboration btw the Omar Akbari lab & members of the Michael Fischbach lab. More coming up. nature.com/articles/s4159…

New Vector of the Month: #Ornithodoros #hermsi, a soft #tick transmitting #Borrelia #hermsii & #Candidatus Borrelia #nietonii that cause tick-borne relapsing fever in humans & dogs, authored by Lucas Sousa-Paula Tom Schwan & Lucas Tirloni. NIAID News NIH authors.elsevier.com/a/1j1IR5Eb1xJI…

Our newest paper is out! By Lucas Tirloni lab. Exploring the transcriptome of immature stages of #Ornithodoros hermsi, the #soft-tick vector of tick-borne relapsing fever. Check it out! nature.com/articles/s4159…

Como finalmente os maruins estão nos holofotes (como transmissores do vírus Oropouche), segue um fio que fizemos a um tempo atrás sobre os insetos. x.com/pubsciencepvh/…

Exploring the transcriptome of immature stages of Ornithodoros hermsi, the soft-tick vector of tick-borne relapsing fever Lucas Sousa-Paula Lucas Tirloni nature.com/articles/s4159…

Exploring midgut expression dynamics: longitudinal transcriptomic analysis of adult female Amblyomma americanum midgut and ... biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #biorxiv_bioinfo

Ixochymostatin, a trypsin inhibitor-like (TIL) protein from Ixodes scapularis, inhibits chymase and impairs vascular permeability biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #biorxiv_biochem

Looking at Instituto Serrapilheira (Instituto Serrapilheira) grants, I found a CV template for pre-applications: super cool! They acknowledge how life events impact academic performance. Innovation starts with how they see real people doing science.

New Opinion alert! The #Lutzomyia #longipalpis complex: what’s next? authored by Lucas de Sousa-Paula. NIAID News NIH #crypticspecies #vectorborne #speciescomplex #arthropod authors.elsevier.com/a/1lhD25Eb1xN6…

Odile Bain Memorial Prize 2025 – Behind the Prize communities.springernature.com/posts/odile-ba…

What a treat to see our paper on the cover of Trends in Parasitology! Even more special to have it illustrated by the talented Ryan! Have a look 👇 cell.com/trends/parasit… #phlebotomine #sandfly

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