David Giesbrecht
@brechtgies.bsky.social
Mosquitoes, parasites, genomics, open-source tools.
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please share this postdoc job alert! come join the budding Biodiversity Cell Atlas initiative as a postdoc or senior postdoc at @sangerinstitute.bsky.social working closely with @arnausebe.bsky.social and me to make progress on what we cover in this paper www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The Biodiversity Cell Atlas: mapping the tree of life at cellular resolution - Nature
The Biodiversity Cell Atlas aims to create comprehensive single-cell molecular atlases across the eukaryotic tree of life, which will be phylogenetically informed, rely on high-quality genomes and use...
www.nature.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:29 PM
please share this postdoc job alert! come join the budding Biodiversity Cell Atlas initiative as a postdoc or senior postdoc at @sangerinstitute.bsky.social working closely with @arnausebe.bsky.social and me to make progress on what we cover in this paper www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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'Four cones wins, but in order to get a cone you have to build a civilization. Which is where the spirit cards come in'
November 15, 2025 at 11:25 PM
'Four cones wins, but in order to get a cone you have to build a civilization. Which is where the spirit cards come in'
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How does life evolve to adapt to modern cities?
Out now in Science, my PhD work with @lindymcbr.bsky.social uncovers the ancient origin of the “London Underground mosquito” – one of the most iconic examples of urban adaptation.
🧵(1/n)
@science.org
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ady4515
Out now in Science, my PhD work with @lindymcbr.bsky.social uncovers the ancient origin of the “London Underground mosquito” – one of the most iconic examples of urban adaptation.
🧵(1/n)
@science.org
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ady4515
Ancient origin of an urban underground mosquito
Understanding how life is adapting to urban environments represents an important challenge in evolutionary biology. In this work, we investigate a widely cited example of urban adaptation, Culex pipie...
www.science.org
October 25, 2025 at 4:46 AM
How does life evolve to adapt to modern cities?
Out now in Science, my PhD work with @lindymcbr.bsky.social uncovers the ancient origin of the “London Underground mosquito” – one of the most iconic examples of urban adaptation.
🧵(1/n)
@science.org
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ady4515
Out now in Science, my PhD work with @lindymcbr.bsky.social uncovers the ancient origin of the “London Underground mosquito” – one of the most iconic examples of urban adaptation.
🧵(1/n)
@science.org
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ady4515
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“one day, when it’s safe, when there’s no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it’s too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this.”
that was Omar El Akkad’s tweet. 2 years later, i’m preparing to discuss this with the senior center’s book club. 📚
that was Omar El Akkad’s tweet. 2 years later, i’m preparing to discuss this with the senior center’s book club. 📚
October 24, 2025 at 3:58 PM
“one day, when it’s safe, when there’s no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it’s too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this.”
that was Omar El Akkad’s tweet. 2 years later, i’m preparing to discuss this with the senior center’s book club. 📚
that was Omar El Akkad’s tweet. 2 years later, i’m preparing to discuss this with the senior center’s book club. 📚
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💡 Open science boosts research and growth
A new review found open access, open data, and open software make research faster, cheaper, and more innovative, but evidence is uneven across sectors.
🔗 doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
#SciComm 🧪 #OpenAccess
A new review found open access, open data, and open software make research faster, cheaper, and more innovative, but evidence is uneven across sectors.
🔗 doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
#SciComm 🧪 #OpenAccess
The economic impact of open science: a scoping review | Royal Society Open Science
This article summarizes a comprehensive scoping review of the economic impact of open
science (OS), examining empirical evidence from 2000 to 2023. It focuses on open access
(OA), open/FAIR data (OFD)...
doi.org
October 6, 2025 at 4:57 PM
💡 Open science boosts research and growth
A new review found open access, open data, and open software make research faster, cheaper, and more innovative, but evidence is uneven across sectors.
🔗 doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
#SciComm 🧪 #OpenAccess
A new review found open access, open data, and open software make research faster, cheaper, and more innovative, but evidence is uneven across sectors.
🔗 doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
#SciComm 🧪 #OpenAccess
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#Wolbachia has puzzled scientists with its power to rewire insect reproduction. What if I tell you that we found one of the keys Wolbachia use to rewire its host AND a small molecule inhibitor uses this key to mimic what this microbe has mastered for millions of years.
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
Beyond Wolbachia—Can a small molecule control insect reproduction?
Kaur et al. demonstrate reduced histone acetylation as a key mechanism underpinning
Wolbachia’s paternal-effect embryonic lethality trait in Drosophila melanogaster.
Recapitulation of this trait by in...
www.cell.com
October 3, 2025 at 12:58 PM
#Wolbachia has puzzled scientists with its power to rewire insect reproduction. What if I tell you that we found one of the keys Wolbachia use to rewire its host AND a small molecule inhibitor uses this key to mimic what this microbe has mastered for millions of years.
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
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Ever since I learned about this study enrolling I have been eagerly awaiting the results. Researchers in Uganda took a centuries-old cultural practice mothers carrying babies on their backs in cloth wraps and turned it into a public health tool. You got to love it!
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Permethrin-Treated Baby Wraps for the Prevention of Malaria | NEJM
Malaria remains a major cause of childhood death in sub-Saharan Africa. We leveraged
the traditional practice of mothers carrying children on their backs in cloth wraps
to assess whether treating t...
www.nejm.org
September 24, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Ever since I learned about this study enrolling I have been eagerly awaiting the results. Researchers in Uganda took a centuries-old cultural practice mothers carrying babies on their backs in cloth wraps and turned it into a public health tool. You got to love it!
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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Canadian researchers have developed a groundbreaking treatment for “black fever” parasitic disease! The Wasan lab is working to get a new oral medication into the hands of those who need it. cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/54163.html...
August 29, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Canadian researchers have developed a groundbreaking treatment for “black fever” parasitic disease! The Wasan lab is working to get a new oral medication into the hands of those who need it. cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/54163.html...
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We're hiring! We have funding for a 1-year (to start with, but hopefully longer) postdoc working on climate change impacts on health broadly, and helping us launch gbcc.study. Strong skills in epi methods or attribution science needed. Can potentially be remote. Please share!
The Global Burden of Climate Change Study
gbcc.study
August 27, 2025 at 5:54 PM
We're hiring! We have funding for a 1-year (to start with, but hopefully longer) postdoc working on climate change impacts on health broadly, and helping us launch gbcc.study. Strong skills in epi methods or attribution science needed. Can potentially be remote. Please share!
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We are sounding the ⏰ about the potential impact of funding cuts on global #health programmes that prevent & treat #mosquito-borne diseases 👉
www.linkedin.com/posts/the-me...
#WorldMosquitoDay #malaria #dengue #chikungunya #Zika
www.linkedin.com/posts/the-me...
#WorldMosquitoDay #malaria #dengue #chikungunya #Zika
#worldmosquitoday #mosquitoes #malaria #dengue #globalhealth #vectorcontrol #innovation #chikungunya #humanitarian | The MENTOR Initiative
🦟 On World Mosquito Day we are sounding the alarm about the potential impact of funding cuts on global health programmes that prevent and treat mosquito-borne diseases.
Already the effects are being ...
www.linkedin.com
August 21, 2025 at 7:22 AM
We are sounding the ⏰ about the potential impact of funding cuts on global #health programmes that prevent & treat #mosquito-borne diseases 👉
www.linkedin.com/posts/the-me...
#WorldMosquitoDay #malaria #dengue #chikungunya #Zika
www.linkedin.com/posts/the-me...
#WorldMosquitoDay #malaria #dengue #chikungunya #Zika
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New Jersey scientists are testing mosquitoes after a resident may have contracted malaria locally, which health officials said would be the first known instance in decades of someone being exposed while in the state.
New Malaria Case Prompts Testing of Mosquitoes in New Jersey
A Morris County resident may have contracted the illness locally, which would be the first known instance in decades of someone being exposed while in the state.
nyti.ms
August 20, 2025 at 11:20 PM
New Jersey scientists are testing mosquitoes after a resident may have contracted malaria locally, which health officials said would be the first known instance in decades of someone being exposed while in the state.
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Today, we joined the global malaria community to mark #WorldMosquitoDay2025.
From India to The Gambia, malaria continues to pose a serious threat.
@malaria-sam.bsky.social & Annette emphasise the importance of ongoing research in driving malaria control & bringing us closer to elimination.
📽️👀
From India to The Gambia, malaria continues to pose a serious threat.
@malaria-sam.bsky.social & Annette emphasise the importance of ongoing research in driving malaria control & bringing us closer to elimination.
📽️👀
August 20, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Today, we joined the global malaria community to mark #WorldMosquitoDay2025.
From India to The Gambia, malaria continues to pose a serious threat.
@malaria-sam.bsky.social & Annette emphasise the importance of ongoing research in driving malaria control & bringing us closer to elimination.
📽️👀
From India to The Gambia, malaria continues to pose a serious threat.
@malaria-sam.bsky.social & Annette emphasise the importance of ongoing research in driving malaria control & bringing us closer to elimination.
📽️👀
Bilingual food labels are one of our treasures as Canadians.
August 19, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Bilingual food labels are one of our treasures as Canadians.
My new home is pretty cool
August 9, 2025 at 2:03 AM
My new home is pretty cool
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My department @utoronto.ca (www.utm.utoronto.ca/biology/) is hiring a molecular biologist in any field (e.g., ecology, evolutionary biology, etc.). Please encourage any excellent finishing PhD students, postdocs or assistant professor to apply here:
jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Mississa...
jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Mississa...
www.utm.utoronto.ca
July 30, 2025 at 2:55 PM
My department @utoronto.ca (www.utm.utoronto.ca/biology/) is hiring a molecular biologist in any field (e.g., ecology, evolutionary biology, etc.). Please encourage any excellent finishing PhD students, postdocs or assistant professor to apply here:
jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Mississa...
jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Mississa...
I'm once again asking PCR machine manufacturers to activate a self-destruct function when the user does unethical shit. Nobody should have their SRY test result made public ever.
The end result of this is that a bunch of cis women athletes are going to find out they're intersex.
World Athletics mandates gene tests for female category eligibility
July 31, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I'm once again asking PCR machine manufacturers to activate a self-destruct function when the user does unethical shit. Nobody should have their SRY test result made public ever.
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So glad to finally have this out with co-author @mallerybreban.bsky.social and very thankful for the many amazing people who contributed to this study and provided materials and input! 🦟🦠1/12 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Implications of successive blood feeding on Wolbachia-mediated dengue virus inhibition in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes - Nature Communications
Dengue virus transmission by Ae. aegypti mosquitoes poses a significant public health threat, necessitating innovative control strategies. Here, the authors demonstrate that, while successive blood fe...
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July 30, 2025 at 5:42 PM
So glad to finally have this out with co-author @mallerybreban.bsky.social and very thankful for the many amazing people who contributed to this study and provided materials and input! 🦟🦠1/12 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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"We're still looking for volunteers to help us with packing and mailing GNU Press shop orders on August 1 and 11, 2025:" Can you help us with the GNU Press shop on August 11? — Free Software Foundation — Working together for free software buff.ly/ELA04Ra
Can you help us with the GNU Press shop on August 11? — Free Software Foundation — Working together for free software
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July 30, 2025 at 8:44 PM
"We're still looking for volunteers to help us with packing and mailing GNU Press shop orders on August 1 and 11, 2025:" Can you help us with the GNU Press shop on August 11? — Free Software Foundation — Working together for free software buff.ly/ELA04Ra
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@who.int has recommended Lenacapavir as a new HIV prevention option—a long-acting medicine that could revolutionize the global HIV response.
But only if it’s accessible and affordable to everyone who needs it.
Hear the urgent call from communities and partners to Gilead Sciences
But only if it’s accessible and affordable to everyone who needs it.
Hear the urgent call from communities and partners to Gilead Sciences
July 28, 2025 at 1:44 PM
@who.int has recommended Lenacapavir as a new HIV prevention option—a long-acting medicine that could revolutionize the global HIV response.
But only if it’s accessible and affordable to everyone who needs it.
Hear the urgent call from communities and partners to Gilead Sciences
But only if it’s accessible and affordable to everyone who needs it.
Hear the urgent call from communities and partners to Gilead Sciences
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Wow
Karolinska Institutet is recruiting 20 outstanding early-career researchers for assistant professor positions
ki.se/en/about-ki/...
Karolinska Institutet is recruiting 20 outstanding early-career researchers for assistant professor positions
ki.se/en/about-ki/...
Call for 20 Assistant Professor positions
Karolinska Institutet is a world-leading medical university with a long and proud history of ground-breaking research. We are now recruiting outstanding early-career researchers with particularly exce...
ki.se
July 25, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Wow
Karolinska Institutet is recruiting 20 outstanding early-career researchers for assistant professor positions
ki.se/en/about-ki/...
Karolinska Institutet is recruiting 20 outstanding early-career researchers for assistant professor positions
ki.se/en/about-ki/...
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U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro faces potential next-gen Democratic primary challenge from Attorney Damjan DeNoble www.newhavenindependent.org/article/atto...
Attorney Files To Challenge DeLauro
Eighteen-term incumbent New Haven U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro is the latest prominent Democrat to face a prospective primary challenge from a first-time…
www.newhavenindependent.org
July 9, 2025 at 9:00 PM
U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro faces potential next-gen Democratic primary challenge from Attorney Damjan DeNoble www.newhavenindependent.org/article/atto...
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Or in Quebec, le Jeepte chatte
July 5, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Or in Quebec, le Jeepte chatte
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What we are living through is the PEAK of "drained pool politics"
Drained pool politics is the termination or defunding of public resources due to the will of one group, whether they also use the resource or not.
Think the end of public pools nationwide b/c white people refused to integrate
Drained pool politics is the termination or defunding of public resources due to the will of one group, whether they also use the resource or not.
Think the end of public pools nationwide b/c white people refused to integrate
July 4, 2025 at 2:34 PM
What we are living through is the PEAK of "drained pool politics"
Drained pool politics is the termination or defunding of public resources due to the will of one group, whether they also use the resource or not.
Think the end of public pools nationwide b/c white people refused to integrate
Drained pool politics is the termination or defunding of public resources due to the will of one group, whether they also use the resource or not.
Think the end of public pools nationwide b/c white people refused to integrate
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New #research published in @biomedcentral.bsky.social 👉 Enhancing protection against vector‑borne #diseases in forcibly displaced communities: evaluating the efficacy of spatial repellents for cutaneous #leishmaniasis control in North‑East #Syria: rdcu.be/euMrq
July 4, 2025 at 10:22 AM
New #research published in @biomedcentral.bsky.social 👉 Enhancing protection against vector‑borne #diseases in forcibly displaced communities: evaluating the efficacy of spatial repellents for cutaneous #leishmaniasis control in North‑East #Syria: rdcu.be/euMrq