Aayushi A. Sharma
aayushis18.bsky.social
Aayushi A. Sharma
@aayushis18.bsky.social
PhD Student, Christophides Lab, Imperial College London 🧠
Malaria, Mosquito Surveillance, Gene Drives 🦟
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📢 #Training #workshop on #data sharing and analysis organised by @ukri.org & #Defra -funded #OneHealth #Vector Borne Diseases Hub (VBD Hub) 🦟🪰🕷️ on 4-6 June 2025 at Silwood Park @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social

❗Apply by 25 April 2025!

More info ➡️
vbdhub.org/blog/trainin...
Training 2025 - Blog - VBD Hub
Join us for a training workshop on data sharing and analysis at the VBD Hub from June 4th to 6th, 2025. More details in the blog post! 🦟💻
vbdhub.org
April 6, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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Welcome to the Insectary, Thomas!

Imperial's Transmission Zero research team has developed genetic technology which renders a mosquito unable to transmit the malaria parasite 🦟

x.com/SkyNews/stat...
Sky's Thomas Moore is at an insectary at Imperial College London where there's a project to genetically modify mosquitoes to kill the malaria parasite within them.
March 13, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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@imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social have developed gene drive mosquitoes that can’t transmit #malaria 🦟

🩸 Our @imperiallifesci.bsky.social scientists at Transmission Zero have created a tool that could significantly drop the malaria burden in high-risk countries 🔽
www.imperial.ac.uk/news/261995/...
Gene drive modified mosquitoes offer new tool for malaria elimination efforts | Imperial News | Imperial College London
Genetic technology co-developed at Imperial could help to eliminate malaria by making mosquitos resistant to the parasite that spreads the disease.
www.imperial.ac.uk
March 13, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Reposted by Aayushi A. Sharma
Our 2025 March issue bit.ly/2N9R8Es reviews blood impact on vector-borne diseases, zoonotic Giardia transmission in cattle, parasite subcellular dynamics, Bacillus thuringiensis for nematode management, heptalaminate membrane of intravascular schistosomes, trade-offs in virulence evolution, & more
March 6, 2025 at 12:27 PM