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We are very grateful to our sponsors for supporting this year’s meeting:

BBSRC
Defra
The Pandemic Institute
Health Protection Research Institute in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections.

Thank you for supporting us and see you all next year! #UKVBD2024
December 4, 2024 at 5:19 PM
And that’s a wrap! Thank you to everyone who has attended over the last two days and making it the biggest conference yet 🎉 #UKVBD2024
December 4, 2024 at 5:17 PM
Congratulations to all the winners of Best Posters, Best Flash Talks and Best Talks across all the themes we’ve covered! 🎉

Thank you to everyone who’s presented their research over the last two days! #UKVBD2024
December 4, 2024 at 5:17 PM
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Sarah Biddlecomb, UKHSA presenting UK distribution data of dermacentor reticularis and Haemaphysalis punctata
December 4, 2024 at 4:40 PM
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It has been a very eventful day for our group. Here are some of the conference highlights.

Thank you to the organisers, it has been a wonderful conference.
##UKVBD2024

@ukvbd.bsky.social
December 4, 2024 at 5:05 PM
Professor Stephen Higgs from Kansas State University is presenting his keynote, “Forty Years of Mosquito Research: things we should know by now” #UKVBD2024
December 4, 2024 at 4:32 PM
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Ben Miller acing the poster session @ukvbd.bsky.social ‘How will woodland creation affect tick-borne disease risks in the UK’
December 4, 2024 at 4:27 PM
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Thrilled to present our project on developing a one health approach to tick and tick-borne diseases through manipulation of reservoir host communities with Katie August today at @ukvbd.bsky.social #UKVBD2024
December 4, 2024 at 4:04 PM
Our panel are ready in their seats… #UKVBD2024
December 4, 2024 at 3:49 PM
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@bethpurse.bsky.social presenting an overview of our OPTICK project (co-led by @cmillins.bsky.social) at @ukvbd.bsky.social.
December 4, 2024 at 3:00 PM
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@drheatherferg.bsky.social giving and overview of our Mosquito Scotland project at @ukvbd.bsky.social.
December 4, 2024 at 1:38 PM
Kickstarting our afternoon with UKRI/Defra project presentations before our panel of presenters take to the stage to answer questions #UKVBD2024 🦟🌍
December 4, 2024 at 1:37 PM
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Dom Brass talking about our tick model from our TickSolve project at @ukvbd.bsky.social. @bethpurse.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social
December 4, 2024 at 11:49 AM
Now that we’re filled up on tea and coffee, it’s time to look at more of the amazing research on display #UKVBD2024
December 4, 2024 at 10:50 AM
Now we have our first keynote speaker for today, Dr Trisna Tungadi from Keele University presenting on the “Manipulation of plant hosts and insect vectors by viruses.” #UKVBD2024
December 4, 2024 at 10:16 AM
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Jing Jing Khoo presenting Wolbachia genomic data from Culex pipiens cell lines at the Tick Cell Biobank hosted at @liverpooluni.bsky.social @ukvbd.bsky.social
December 4, 2024 at 10:12 AM
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Good morning Liverpool. Looking forward to another great day of #VBD talks at @ukvbd.bsky.social.
December 4, 2024 at 9:02 AM
Professor Matthew Baylis @baylism.bsky.social opens the day once again with a warm welcome, ready for a morning filled with presentations and flash talks #UKVBD2024
December 4, 2024 at 9:01 AM
Welcome back to the 6th UK VBD Conference! We’re on our second day of presentations and panels on vector-borne diseases #UKVBD2024
December 4, 2024 at 8:41 AM
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Our first day has been absolutely fantastic! We're diving back in tomorrow...🥰

We have two presentations lined up from our group: Amirah Rashid will be presenting at 11:20, and Jet Griep will be showcasing poster 48. Come and learn more about the amazing work our team is doing!.

#UKVBD2024
Lots of fantastic research on display in the #UKVBD2024 poster session
December 3, 2024 at 9:47 PM
Wrapping up day one with an exciting keynote from Prof Polly Roy from @lshtm.bsky.social diving into the fascinating world of Bluetongue virus 🦠 #UKVBD2024
December 3, 2024 at 5:11 PM
Next up we learn about the new Defra-UKRI one health VBD hub project, enhancing links between data collection, analysis and policy #UKVBD2024
December 3, 2024 at 4:40 PM
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@bethpurse.bsky.social presenting ticksolve research @ukvbd.bsky.social meeting in collaboration with @mayaholding.bsky.social
December 3, 2024 at 3:54 PM
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‘Collaborate to innovate’ Mara Rocchi from the Moredun Research Institute presents results from a stakeholder workshop aimed at developing best practice for managing tickborne diseases @ukvbd.bsky.social
December 3, 2024 at 3:46 PM
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@bethpurse.bsky.social talking about some of the modelling outputs from our TickSolve project at @ukvbd.bsky.social
December 3, 2024 at 3:48 PM