Shiho Torii
@shtolly2.bsky.social
Post-doc (D.V.M.) 🇯🇵. My interests👉 Arbovirus 🦠 | Mosquito and tick 🦟 | Zoonosis 🌏 | Dance, Capoeira, Mts. 💃🤸⛰️ | 2021- Institut Pasteur
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🦟 Can we "pasteurize" mosquitoes to stop dengue & Zika?
Sarah Merkling @merklinglab.bsky.social uses AI + CRISPR to analyze stomach cells and understand why some mosquitoes spread viruses while others don't.
Goal: Make disease-carrying mosquitoes harmless.
#Zika #Dengue
Sarah Merkling @merklinglab.bsky.social uses AI + CRISPR to analyze stomach cells and understand why some mosquitoes spread viruses while others don't.
Goal: Make disease-carrying mosquitoes harmless.
#Zika #Dengue
Sarah Merkling wants to "pasteurize" mosquitoes!
At the Institut Pasteur, Sarah Merkling's research focuses on a topic that is still largely unknown: interactions between mosquitoes and viruses. She boldly devises novel strategies based on state-of-...
www.pasteur.fr
November 12, 2025 at 8:50 AM
🦟 Can we "pasteurize" mosquitoes to stop dengue & Zika?
Sarah Merkling @merklinglab.bsky.social uses AI + CRISPR to analyze stomach cells and understand why some mosquitoes spread viruses while others don't.
Goal: Make disease-carrying mosquitoes harmless.
#Zika #Dengue
Sarah Merkling @merklinglab.bsky.social uses AI + CRISPR to analyze stomach cells and understand why some mosquitoes spread viruses while others don't.
Goal: Make disease-carrying mosquitoes harmless.
#Zika #Dengue
Reposted by Shiho Torii
Hello mosquito 🦟 and microbiota 🧫 🦠 aficionados, we are looking for a postdoc to join our team (Saleh's lab @salehlabparis.bsky.social at Institut Pasteur @pasteur.fr ) to investigate the interplay between the mosquito, its microbiota, and arboviruses. More information here 👇
November 7, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Hello mosquito 🦟 and microbiota 🧫 🦠 aficionados, we are looking for a postdoc to join our team (Saleh's lab @salehlabparis.bsky.social at Institut Pasteur @pasteur.fr ) to investigate the interplay between the mosquito, its microbiota, and arboviruses. More information here 👇
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🚀 Excited to share (with a little delay) my first first-author publication on #Vago genes in #mosquitoes! 🦟 🦠 Have a look to see how we questioned a mosquito immunity dogma and challenged the existing understanding of Vago-like genes as antiviral factors ⬇️
bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Aedes aegypti VLG-1 challenges the assumed antiviral nature of Vago genes - BMC Biology
Background Arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses) such as dengue virus (DENV) and Zika virus (ZIKV) pose a significant threat to global health. Novel approaches to control the spread of arboviruses foc...
bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com
August 27, 2025 at 12:10 PM
🚀 Excited to share (with a little delay) my first first-author publication on #Vago genes in #mosquitoes! 🦟 🦠 Have a look to see how we questioned a mosquito immunity dogma and challenged the existing understanding of Vago-like genes as antiviral factors ⬇️
bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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Does #dengue virus hijack #mosquitoes' brain? Study led by Felix Hol @pasteur.fr discovered that infected mosquitoes take smaller blood meals. As a result, they bite more often, and potentially infect infect more people.
(video in French with English subtitles available)
youtu.be/2u_qckfAQa4?...
(video in French with English subtitles available)
youtu.be/2u_qckfAQa4?...
La dengue aux commandes
YouTube video by Institut Pasteur
youtu.be
August 28, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Does #dengue virus hijack #mosquitoes' brain? Study led by Felix Hol @pasteur.fr discovered that infected mosquitoes take smaller blood meals. As a result, they bite more often, and potentially infect infect more people.
(video in French with English subtitles available)
youtu.be/2u_qckfAQa4?...
(video in French with English subtitles available)
youtu.be/2u_qckfAQa4?...
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New #review out 🚨 for mosquito enthusiasts 🦟 !
Have you ever questioned the approach you routinely use to investigate #mosquito-virus #interactions? ⬇️
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Have you ever questioned the approach you routinely use to investigate #mosquito-virus #interactions? ⬇️
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
August 29, 2025 at 2:27 PM
New #review out 🚨 for mosquito enthusiasts 🦟 !
Have you ever questioned the approach you routinely use to investigate #mosquito-virus #interactions? ⬇️
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Have you ever questioned the approach you routinely use to investigate #mosquito-virus #interactions? ⬇️
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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We’re back with another season of monthly seminars bringing together diverse and leading investigators worldwide to share cutting-edge arbovirus science.
🧬 Topics span molecular virology, virus–vector interactions, epidemiology, pathogenesis, and more.
📅 3rd Thursday each month
🕚 11 AM US ET Zoom
🧬 Topics span molecular virology, virus–vector interactions, epidemiology, pathogenesis, and more.
📅 3rd Thursday each month
🕚 11 AM US ET Zoom
August 31, 2025 at 8:50 AM
We’re back with another season of monthly seminars bringing together diverse and leading investigators worldwide to share cutting-edge arbovirus science.
🧬 Topics span molecular virology, virus–vector interactions, epidemiology, pathogenesis, and more.
📅 3rd Thursday each month
🕚 11 AM US ET Zoom
🧬 Topics span molecular virology, virus–vector interactions, epidemiology, pathogenesis, and more.
📅 3rd Thursday each month
🕚 11 AM US ET Zoom
Reposted by Shiho Torii
Our study is now published in @natcomms.nature.com and describes the 1st definitive identification of genetic variants linked to DENV susceptibility in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. (1/3)
🦟🦠 Check out our latest article in @natcomms.nature.com on the genetic basis of #dengue virus susceptibility in #mosquitoes! Collaborative work brillantly led by @merklinglab.bsky.social and @elodiecouderc.bsky.social @pasteur.fr and primarily supported by @agencerecherche.bsky.social rdcu.be/eBbg7
Dengue virus susceptibility in Aedes aegypti linked to natural cytochrome P450 promoter variants
Nature Communications - Genetic factors affecting Aedes aegypti susceptibility to dengue virus infection aren’t well studied. Here the authors show that a cytochrome P450 gene, typically...
rdcu.be
August 18, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Our study is now published in @natcomms.nature.com and describes the 1st definitive identification of genetic variants linked to DENV susceptibility in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. (1/3)
Reposted by Shiho Torii
🦟🦠 Check out our latest article in @natcomms.nature.com on the genetic basis of #dengue virus susceptibility in #mosquitoes! Collaborative work brillantly led by @merklinglab.bsky.social and @elodiecouderc.bsky.social @pasteur.fr and primarily supported by @agencerecherche.bsky.social rdcu.be/eBbg7
Dengue virus susceptibility in Aedes aegypti linked to natural cytochrome P450 promoter variants
Nature Communications - Genetic factors affecting Aedes aegypti susceptibility to dengue virus infection aren’t well studied. Here the authors show that a cytochrome P450 gene, typically...
rdcu.be
August 18, 2025 at 10:08 AM
🦟🦠 Check out our latest article in @natcomms.nature.com on the genetic basis of #dengue virus susceptibility in #mosquitoes! Collaborative work brillantly led by @merklinglab.bsky.social and @elodiecouderc.bsky.social @pasteur.fr and primarily supported by @agencerecherche.bsky.social rdcu.be/eBbg7
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Thrilled to share 'BuzzWatch', my post-doc work with Felix Hol and @lambrechtslab.bsky.social
➡️Filming mosquitoes in a cage with a €15 camera but for 700h(1month) revealed fascinating insights into their behavior⌛🦟🎥⏳
preprint🔍 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
DIY guide 🛠️ theomaire.github.io/buzzwatch
🧵⬇️
➡️Filming mosquitoes in a cage with a €15 camera but for 700h(1month) revealed fascinating insights into their behavior⌛🦟🎥⏳
preprint🔍 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
DIY guide 🛠️ theomaire.github.io/buzzwatch
🧵⬇️
BuzzWatch: uncovering multi-scale temporal patterns in mosquito behavior through continuous long-term monitoring
Understanding the temporal dynamics of mosquito behavior is essential for developing effective interventions against pathogen transmission. However, limited knowledge exists about the environmental, p...
doi.org
January 27, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Thrilled to share 'BuzzWatch', my post-doc work with Felix Hol and @lambrechtslab.bsky.social
➡️Filming mosquitoes in a cage with a €15 camera but for 700h(1month) revealed fascinating insights into their behavior⌛🦟🎥⏳
preprint🔍 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
DIY guide 🛠️ theomaire.github.io/buzzwatch
🧵⬇️
➡️Filming mosquitoes in a cage with a €15 camera but for 700h(1month) revealed fascinating insights into their behavior⌛🦟🎥⏳
preprint🔍 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
DIY guide 🛠️ theomaire.github.io/buzzwatch
🧵⬇️
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For the December Wakate journal club @jarelelgin.bsky.social and I are very excited to be chairing not one but two talks by @jonathonmifsud.bsky.social and Elias Augestad on their cutting-edge viral glycoprotein work!
Make sure to sign up here: t.co/QZTKghnspN
Make sure to sign up here: t.co/QZTKghnspN
November 27, 2024 at 3:34 AM
For the December Wakate journal club @jarelelgin.bsky.social and I are very excited to be chairing not one but two talks by @jonathonmifsud.bsky.social and Elias Augestad on their cutting-edge viral glycoprotein work!
Make sure to sign up here: t.co/QZTKghnspN
Make sure to sign up here: t.co/QZTKghnspN