Frederik Seelig
@frederikseelig.bsky.social
Medium-sized mammal. Interested in disease vectors & #VBDs 🦟🕷️🪰, #immunology, #GlobalHealth, birdwatching and #SciComm. Center Manager @civia-aarhus.bsky.social , previously Partnerships Manager for @globalvectorhub.bsky.social at @lshtm.bsky.social.
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We record with Laurent Binet this evening. From all your emails it's clear this book, and the men of Operation Anthropoid, will stay with you for years to come.
For all those who have tickets, we're looking forward to seeing you when doors open at 18:30 CET
#wbc #booksky #ww2 #HHhH #laurentbinet
For all those who have tickets, we're looking forward to seeing you when doors open at 18:30 CET
#wbc #booksky #ww2 #HHhH #laurentbinet
February 12, 2026 at 1:27 PM
We record with Laurent Binet this evening. From all your emails it's clear this book, and the men of Operation Anthropoid, will stay with you for years to come.
For all those who have tickets, we're looking forward to seeing you when doors open at 18:30 CET
#wbc #booksky #ww2 #HHhH #laurentbinet
For all those who have tickets, we're looking forward to seeing you when doors open at 18:30 CET
#wbc #booksky #ww2 #HHhH #laurentbinet
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Help us map science history for #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience. We've launched a new interactive map of landmarks across the UK connected to women from science history, and we want your suggestions.
Explore the map and submit your landmark now: royalsociety.org/news-resourc...
Explore the map and submit your landmark now: royalsociety.org/news-resourc...
February 11, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Help us map science history for #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience. We've launched a new interactive map of landmarks across the UK connected to women from science history, and we want your suggestions.
Explore the map and submit your landmark now: royalsociety.org/news-resourc...
Explore the map and submit your landmark now: royalsociety.org/news-resourc...
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📢 European Commission @ec.europa.eu @euclimateaction.bsky.social: " #Paris, #Vienna, #Zagreb and other European cities will be at more risk of #dengue, #Zika and #chikungunya #outbreaks as #ClimateChange expands #mosquito range 🦟"
environment.ec.europa.eu/news/paris-v...
environment.ec.europa.eu/news/paris-v...
February 4, 2026 at 4:12 PM
📢 European Commission @ec.europa.eu @euclimateaction.bsky.social: " #Paris, #Vienna, #Zagreb and other European cities will be at more risk of #dengue, #Zika and #chikungunya #outbreaks as #ClimateChange expands #mosquito range 🦟"
environment.ec.europa.eu/news/paris-v...
environment.ec.europa.eu/news/paris-v...
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Cook Islands reports dengue death, amid increase in outbreak
https://www.newsbeep.com/nz/273432/
Aedes aegypti mosquitos spreading the dengue virus between people, people in the Cook Islands, including tourists, have been…
https://www.newsbeep.com/nz/273432/
Aedes aegypti mosquitos spreading the dengue virus between people, people in the Cook Islands, including tourists, have been…
Cook Islands reports dengue death, amid increase in outbreak - New Zealand News Beep
A clinician says dengue fever vaccines should be made available in New Zealand as the Cook Islands reports a death from their current outbreak - an outbreak
www.newsbeep.com
February 8, 2026 at 7:31 AM
Cook Islands reports dengue death, amid increase in outbreak
https://www.newsbeep.com/nz/273432/
Aedes aegypti mosquitos spreading the dengue virus between people, people in the Cook Islands, including tourists, have been…
https://www.newsbeep.com/nz/273432/
Aedes aegypti mosquitos spreading the dengue virus between people, people in the Cook Islands, including tourists, have been…
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🦟🐦"First detection of #Usutu #virus in wild #birds in #Denmark, 2024" by Laura Vebæk Gelskov et al. @ucph.bsky.social & @ssi-dk.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
February 9, 2026 at 11:25 PM
🦟🐦"First detection of #Usutu #virus in wild #birds in #Denmark, 2024" by Laura Vebæk Gelskov et al. @ucph.bsky.social & @ssi-dk.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🪰 "‘Biblical Diseases’ Could Resurge in #Africa, Health Officials Fear." - captivating article by @stephanienolen.bsky.social in @nytimes.com on the impact of US aid cuts on people's lives in #Cameroon.
#BeatNTDs #onchocerciasis #ivermectin
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/h...
#BeatNTDs #onchocerciasis #ivermectin
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/h...
February 6, 2026 at 6:32 PM
🪰 "‘Biblical Diseases’ Could Resurge in #Africa, Health Officials Fear." - captivating article by @stephanienolen.bsky.social in @nytimes.com on the impact of US aid cuts on people's lives in #Cameroon.
#BeatNTDs #onchocerciasis #ivermectin
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/h...
#BeatNTDs #onchocerciasis #ivermectin
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/h...
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U.S. tax dollars backed the effort to wipe out neglected tropical diseases for 20 yrs. Many countries eliminated 1 disease, and were tantalizingly close on others. Then the U.S. walked away – jeopardizing all that investment, with diseases poised to come roaring back www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/h...
‘Biblical Diseases’ Could Resurge in Africa, Health Officials Fear
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:43 PM
U.S. tax dollars backed the effort to wipe out neglected tropical diseases for 20 yrs. Many countries eliminated 1 disease, and were tantalizingly close on others. Then the U.S. walked away – jeopardizing all that investment, with diseases poised to come roaring back www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/h...
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Hi listeners!
We record Laurent Binet next week. We've got great qus, but if you want to send some please get them in ASAP
Thoughts on the weight of history? How we use stories to try and make sense of it? We'd love to hear your thoughts.
#wbc #laurentbinet #HHhH #ww2 #frenchliterature #booksky
We record Laurent Binet next week. We've got great qus, but if you want to send some please get them in ASAP
Thoughts on the weight of history? How we use stories to try and make sense of it? We'd love to hear your thoughts.
#wbc #laurentbinet #HHhH #ww2 #frenchliterature #booksky
February 5, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Hi listeners!
We record Laurent Binet next week. We've got great qus, but if you want to send some please get them in ASAP
Thoughts on the weight of history? How we use stories to try and make sense of it? We'd love to hear your thoughts.
#wbc #laurentbinet #HHhH #ww2 #frenchliterature #booksky
We record Laurent Binet next week. We've got great qus, but if you want to send some please get them in ASAP
Thoughts on the weight of history? How we use stories to try and make sense of it? We'd love to hear your thoughts.
#wbc #laurentbinet #HHhH #ww2 #frenchliterature #booksky
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📢 @who.int EPI-WIN #webinar:
#Zika: ten years after the public health emergency 🦟
Date: 2 February 2026 13:00 – 14:30 CET (Virtual meeting)
www.who.int/news-room/ev...
#Zika: ten years after the public health emergency 🦟
Date: 2 February 2026 13:00 – 14:30 CET (Virtual meeting)
www.who.int/news-room/ev...
January 29, 2026 at 3:29 PM
📢 @who.int EPI-WIN #webinar:
#Zika: ten years after the public health emergency 🦟
Date: 2 February 2026 13:00 – 14:30 CET (Virtual meeting)
www.who.int/news-room/ev...
#Zika: ten years after the public health emergency 🦟
Date: 2 February 2026 13:00 – 14:30 CET (Virtual meeting)
www.who.int/news-room/ev...
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📢 @who.int #webinar announcement: "Impact of the #Sudan 🇸🇩 conflict on #vector-borne and neglected tropical diseases ( #NTDs) and pathways forward" 🦟 🕷️ 🪰
16 February 2026 07:00 – 09:30 CET (Virtual event)
www.who.int/news-room/ev...
16 February 2026 07:00 – 09:30 CET (Virtual event)
www.who.int/news-room/ev...
January 26, 2026 at 8:57 PM
📢 @who.int #webinar announcement: "Impact of the #Sudan 🇸🇩 conflict on #vector-borne and neglected tropical diseases ( #NTDs) and pathways forward" 🦟 🕷️ 🪰
16 February 2026 07:00 – 09:30 CET (Virtual event)
www.who.int/news-room/ev...
16 February 2026 07:00 – 09:30 CET (Virtual event)
www.who.int/news-room/ev...
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📢 New publication by @who.int & @ukhsa.bsky.social
: " #Oropouche #virus research and development roadmap" 🪰
The Collaborative Open Research Consortium (CORC) has collectively identified 12 R&D priorities within these thematic areas, including #vector competence.
www.who.int/publications...
: " #Oropouche #virus research and development roadmap" 🪰
The Collaborative Open Research Consortium (CORC) has collectively identified 12 R&D priorities within these thematic areas, including #vector competence.
www.who.int/publications...
January 23, 2026 at 5:20 PM
📢 New publication by @who.int & @ukhsa.bsky.social
: " #Oropouche #virus research and development roadmap" 🪰
The Collaborative Open Research Consortium (CORC) has collectively identified 12 R&D priorities within these thematic areas, including #vector competence.
www.who.int/publications...
: " #Oropouche #virus research and development roadmap" 🪰
The Collaborative Open Research Consortium (CORC) has collectively identified 12 R&D priorities within these thematic areas, including #vector competence.
www.who.int/publications...
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📢 New publication by @who.int & @ukhsa.bsky.social: " #Oropouche #virus research and development roadmap" 🪰
The Collaborative Open Research Consortium (CORC) has collectively identified 12 R&D priorities within these thematic areas, including #vector competence.
www.who.int/publications...
The Collaborative Open Research Consortium (CORC) has collectively identified 12 R&D priorities within these thematic areas, including #vector competence.
www.who.int/publications...
Oropouche virus research and development roadmap
The Roadmap outlines key knowledge gaps across four themes: vector research, virology and pathogenesis, serology and diagnostics, and animal models, vaccines and therapeutics.
www.who.int
January 22, 2026 at 5:28 PM
📢 New publication by @who.int & @ukhsa.bsky.social: " #Oropouche #virus research and development roadmap" 🪰
The Collaborative Open Research Consortium (CORC) has collectively identified 12 R&D priorities within these thematic areas, including #vector competence.
www.who.int/publications...
The Collaborative Open Research Consortium (CORC) has collectively identified 12 R&D priorities within these thematic areas, including #vector competence.
www.who.int/publications...
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📢 Looking for a #PhD? CRIDCam is recruiting a PhD student in medical #entomology 🦟 and #vector-borne disease surveillance to conduct research on #arboviruses in #Cameroon, under supervision of Basile Kamgang.
Application deadline 24 January 2026!
More information:
crid-cam.com/call-for-app...
Application deadline 24 January 2026!
More information:
crid-cam.com/call-for-app...
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS : PhD in Innovative Monitoring Tools for Refined Vector and Pathogen Surveillance in Cameroon - CRID
CRID is recruiting a PhD student in medical entomology and vector-borne disease surveillance to conduct research on arboviruses in Cameroon
crid-cam.com
January 20, 2026 at 1:30 PM
📢 Looking for a #PhD? CRIDCam is recruiting a PhD student in medical #entomology 🦟 and #vector-borne disease surveillance to conduct research on #arboviruses in #Cameroon, under supervision of Basile Kamgang.
Application deadline 24 January 2026!
More information:
crid-cam.com/call-for-app...
Application deadline 24 January 2026!
More information:
crid-cam.com/call-for-app...
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#Cuba 🇨🇺 reports more than 50,000 #chikungunya cases in 2025 🦟
open.substack.com/pub/outbreak... via @outbreaknewstoday.substack.com.web.brid.gy
open.substack.com/pub/outbreak... via @outbreaknewstoday.substack.com.web.brid.gy
Cuba reports more than 50,000 chikungunya cases in 2025
According to UN health authorities, there were 51,217 total chikungunya cases reported in 2025, including nearly 2,000 confirmed cases.
open.substack.com
January 18, 2026 at 5:44 PM
#Cuba 🇨🇺 reports more than 50,000 #chikungunya cases in 2025 🦟
open.substack.com/pub/outbreak... via @outbreaknewstoday.substack.com.web.brid.gy
open.substack.com/pub/outbreak... via @outbreaknewstoday.substack.com.web.brid.gy
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🚀 New Launch: #VBD Hub Forum on Vector-Borne Diseases - a new space for researchers, public health professionals, clinicians, policymakers, and practitioners to connect and collaborate on #vector-borne diseases in the UK. 🦟🪰🕷️
👉 Join the conversation and introduce yourself: forum.vbdhub.org
👉 Join the conversation and introduce yourself: forum.vbdhub.org
Sign up or log in - Vector-Borne Diseases Hub
Manage your account and authentication settings on the Vector-Borne Diseases Hub.
forum.vbdhub.org
January 15, 2026 at 3:35 PM
🚀 New Launch: #VBD Hub Forum on Vector-Borne Diseases - a new space for researchers, public health professionals, clinicians, policymakers, and practitioners to connect and collaborate on #vector-borne diseases in the UK. 🦟🪰🕷️
👉 Join the conversation and introduce yourself: forum.vbdhub.org
👉 Join the conversation and introduce yourself: forum.vbdhub.org
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Kim Stanley Robinson interview: The Ministry for the Future author on climate fiction, political imagination, and health
Kim Stanley Robinson interview: The Ministry for the Future author on climate fiction, political imagination, and health
buff.ly
January 13, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Kim Stanley Robinson interview: The Ministry for the Future author on climate fiction, political imagination, and health
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Something incredible I learned (re-learned?) tonight is that the blog post where the first SARS-CoV-2 genome was shared - six years ago on Saturday - included the most iconic footnote of all time
January 8, 2026 at 5:51 AM
Something incredible I learned (re-learned?) tonight is that the blog post where the first SARS-CoV-2 genome was shared - six years ago on Saturday - included the most iconic footnote of all time
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We are recruiting two postdoc roles to work with #DeZiNetwork on dengue, Zika, and other emerging arboviruses:
🔬 Viral Computational Genomics
🔗 Apply here: lnkd.in/eq-dqCJb
🧪 Viral Genomics and Immunology
🔗 Apply here: lnkd.in/eMEKWb9b
More on DeZi here: lnkd.in/edwBg-qX
Deadline: 15 Jan 2026
🔬 Viral Computational Genomics
🔗 Apply here: lnkd.in/eq-dqCJb
🧪 Viral Genomics and Immunology
🔗 Apply here: lnkd.in/eMEKWb9b
More on DeZi here: lnkd.in/edwBg-qX
Deadline: 15 Jan 2026
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December 23, 2025 at 9:50 AM
We are recruiting two postdoc roles to work with #DeZiNetwork on dengue, Zika, and other emerging arboviruses:
🔬 Viral Computational Genomics
🔗 Apply here: lnkd.in/eq-dqCJb
🧪 Viral Genomics and Immunology
🔗 Apply here: lnkd.in/eMEKWb9b
More on DeZi here: lnkd.in/edwBg-qX
Deadline: 15 Jan 2026
🔬 Viral Computational Genomics
🔗 Apply here: lnkd.in/eq-dqCJb
🧪 Viral Genomics and Immunology
🔗 Apply here: lnkd.in/eMEKWb9b
More on DeZi here: lnkd.in/edwBg-qX
Deadline: 15 Jan 2026
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Friends, I am excited to announce that my Center for Wildlife Studies biology and ecology of sharks course went so well that we're already running it again! Class starts in February and you can sign up now.
🧪🦑🌍🦈
🧪🦑🌍🦈
Biology and Ecology of Sharks and Their Relatives (Online & Field) — Center for Wildlife Studies
www.centerforwildlifestudies.org
January 5, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Friends, I am excited to announce that my Center for Wildlife Studies biology and ecology of sharks course went so well that we're already running it again! Class starts in February and you can sign up now.
🧪🦑🌍🦈
🧪🦑🌍🦈
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First efficacy evidence for a multistage malaria vaccine targeting infection and transmission
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
First efficacy evidence for a multistage malaria vaccine targeting infection and transmission
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
First efficacy evidence for a multistage malaria vaccine targeting infection and transmission
In The Lancet Infectious Diseases, Mamady Kone and colleagues report the immunogenicity
and efficacy of the ProC6C-AlOH/Matrix-M malaria vaccine evaluated in a phase 2 randomised
controlled trial in 3...
www.thelancet.com
December 17, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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First efficacy evidence for a multistage malaria vaccine targeting infection and transmission
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
First efficacy evidence for a multistage malaria vaccine targeting infection and transmission
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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New Research
Efficacy of ProC6C-AlOH/Matrix-M against Plasmodium falciparum infection and mosquito transmission: a phase 2, randomised, controlled human malaria infection study
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Efficacy of ProC6C-AlOH/Matrix-M against Plasmodium falciparum infection and mosquito transmission: a phase 2, randomised, controlled human malaria infection study
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Efficacy of ProC6C-AlOH/Matrix-M against Plasmodium falciparum infection and mosquito transmission: a phase 2, randomised, controlled human malaria infection study
This is the first clinical trial of an anti-PfCSP subunit vaccine that has shown greater
than 50% vaccine efficacy against CHMI at 12 weeks after the last vaccine dose, associated
with a novel, strong...
www.thelancet.com
December 17, 2025 at 9:54 AM
New Research
Efficacy of ProC6C-AlOH/Matrix-M against Plasmodium falciparum infection and mosquito transmission: a phase 2, randomised, controlled human malaria infection study
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Efficacy of ProC6C-AlOH/Matrix-M against Plasmodium falciparum infection and mosquito transmission: a phase 2, randomised, controlled human malaria infection study
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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📢 @who.int Rapid Risk Assessment - #Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) disease 🦟:
www.who.int/publications...
[key findings in thread below]
www.who.int/publications...
[key findings in thread below]
December 31, 2025 at 4:57 PM
📢 @who.int Rapid Risk Assessment - #Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) disease 🦟:
www.who.int/publications...
[key findings in thread below]
www.who.int/publications...
[key findings in thread below]
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I am interested in working with an artist on a graphic novel on soil and/ or global environmental change. The lab would have money to fund this.
Do you know of any graphic artists that would be interested?
Do you know of any graphic artists that would be interested?
December 28, 2025 at 9:35 AM
I am interested in working with an artist on a graphic novel on soil and/ or global environmental change. The lab would have money to fund this.
Do you know of any graphic artists that would be interested?
Do you know of any graphic artists that would be interested?
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🦟"Gene-drive-capable #mosquitoes suppress patient-derived #malaria in #Tanzania 🇹🇿" by Tibebu Habtewold et al. at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social @lstmnews.bsky.social & #Ifakara Health Institute in @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
December 11, 2025 at 5:39 PM
🦟"Gene-drive-capable #mosquitoes suppress patient-derived #malaria in #Tanzania 🇹🇿" by Tibebu Habtewold et al. at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social @lstmnews.bsky.social & #Ifakara Health Institute in @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Hi everyone! I’m exploring new opportunities in medical entomology and vector biology. I work on mosquito ecology/biology, Wolbachia, and applied vector control researcg across lab, field, and public-health settings. Open to research/teaching roles in entomology, ecology, and biology. #mosquitoes
December 9, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Hi everyone! I’m exploring new opportunities in medical entomology and vector biology. I work on mosquito ecology/biology, Wolbachia, and applied vector control researcg across lab, field, and public-health settings. Open to research/teaching roles in entomology, ecology, and biology. #mosquitoes