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Pest & Environmental Adaption Research Group

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AKA The Hoffmann lab Research blog | https://blogs.unimelb.edu.au/pearg/

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Cameron Webb@mozziebites.bsky.social · 2y ago

For more on Japanese encephalitis virus and the detections in NSW already this season, see my article at @aunz.theconversation.com https://theconversation.com/mozzies-may-be-carrying-japanese-encephalitis-this-summer-heres-what-to-know-if-youre-spending-time-outdoors-246781

Mozzies may be carrying Japanese encephalitis this summer. Here’s what to know if you’re spending time outdoors

Health authorities in Victoria and NSW are warning of an increased risk of potentially life threatening mosquito-borne disease. What can you do to protect yourself and your family?

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Pest & Environmental Adaption Research Group@pearg.bsky.social · 2y ago

Mosquito control starts at home - Enjoy Véronique's video companion to our article in Pursuit pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/Wer...

We’re not winning the battle between mosquitoes and modern homes

By blurring the lines between indoor and outdoor spaces, modern homes often invite mosquitoes. But there are ways to prevent them and the diseases they carry explain University of Melbourne experts

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Véronique Paris@mozzienique.bsky.social · 2y ago

Enjoying your backyard lately☀️? Amazing! Just make sure you keep yourself protected from mosquitoes 🦟! With Buruli ulcer cases continuing in Melbourne and detections of JEV in NSW and VIC, we should give mozzie control in and around our homes extra thoughts! @pearg.bsky.social

Perran Ross@perran.bsky.social · 2y ago

High temperatures reduce mosquito fertility - our latest work now published! @pearg.bsky.social @bvanheerwaarden.bsky.social journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...

Elevated developmental temperatures below the lethal limit reduce Aedes aegypti fertility

Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are the principal vectors of dengue and continue to pose a threat to human health, with ongoing urbanization, climate change, and trade all impacting the distribution and abun...

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Thomas L Schmidt@identitybydissent.bsky.social · 2y ago

NEW PREPRINT on Aedes vigilax - the Australian saltmarsh mosquito. This mosquito can fly great distances, but there's more to this than initially meets the eye www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Populations of the Australian saltmarsh mosquito Aedes vigilax vary between panmixia and temporally stable local genetic structure

Pest management programs can operate more effectively when movement patterns of target species are known. As individual insects are difficult to track, genomic data can instead be used to infer moveme...

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Pest & Environmental Adaption Research Group@pearg.bsky.social · 2y ago

theconversation.com/one-of-the-m... New article atThe Conversation by Ary Hoffmann and Caitlyn Perry - a nice quick read on the importance of the humble fruit fly in research (please no fighting over the "best" model organism, all have their place!)

‘One of the most important species for science’: how the humble fruit fly transformed 4 fields of research

Fruit flies have contributed to some of the most important scientific discoveries over the last century. They should be celebrated – not sprayed.

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Thomas L Schmidt@identitybydissent.bsky.social · 2y ago

New paper on bandcoot genomics and genetic mixing, led by John Black (who has just submitted his thesis) doi.org/10.1111/eva....

Simulating Genetic Mixing in Strongly Structured Populations of the Threatened Southern Brown Bandicoot (Isoodon obesulus)

Genetic mixing aims to increase the genetic diversity of small or isolated populations, by mitigating genetic drift and inbreeding depression, either by maximally increasing genetic diversity, or min...

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Cameron Webb@mozziebites.bsky.social · 2y ago

Don't like putting on insect repellent? There are plenty of creams, sprays, and lotions that are safe and effective in preventing mosquito bites. But maybe you're after something else? theconversation.com/insect-repel...

Insect repellents work – but there are other ways to beat mosquitoes without getting sticky

Summer is no fun when mosquitoes are biting. Insect repellent creams, sprays, and lotions are safe and effective but there are alternatives. Here’s what works and what doesn’t!

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