Our work with Lena Takayasu and @dwmckellar.bsky.social in Iwijn De Vlaminck's lab is now out in @natmicrobiol.nature.com ! 🎉 Spatial transcriptomics maps host–gut microbiome biogeography at high resolution rdcu.be/e7i7o

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Do you teach #rstats? Do your students complain about how lame and old-fashioned dplyr is? Don't worry: I have the solution for you: github.com/hadley/genzp.... genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.

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dplyr but make it bussin fr fr no cap. Contribute to hadley/genzplyr development by creating an account on GitHub.

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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....

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...

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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)

The Lambrechts Lab@lambrechtslab.bsky.social · 12mo ago

🦟🦠 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

Still looking for candidates! Either DM or send me an email if interested.

Shaun Cross@shauntcross.bsky.social · last yr.

Have a postdoc position to start October 2025 to develop vector-borne pathogen genomic assays on ONT platforms. International travel will be required to Southeast Asia (Singapore and Malaysia). Looking for a hybrid position of wet lab and bioinformatics. DM me for more information. Please share!

This piece on infection history as a driver of individual heterogeneity in infection outcomes was fun to think about and to write with @chadisaadroy.bsky.social and Mike Boots. Also suggest that systems like #Drosophila can offer useful tools to tackle the epidemiological consequences.

PLOS Biology@plosbiology.org · 12mo ago

Forecasting the effects of #epidemics is complicated by a population’s pathogen exposure history. @pfvale.bsky.social @chadisaadroy.bsky.social & Mike Boots argue for the use of experimental #DiseaseEcology to better understand the consequences of variations in #infection history 🧪 plos.io/4mdDVvW

📣 I'm recruiting a postdoc researcher to join my team for a project on mosquito-specific viruses and host interactions. Peep the job description & how to apply below. Perfect for soon-to-be or recent PhD graduates in mosquito vector biology 🦟 or arbovirology 🦠 🗓️ Application deadline 31 August 2025

Have a postdoc position to start October 2025 to develop vector-borne pathogen genomic assays on ONT platforms. International travel will be required to Southeast Asia (Singapore and Malaysia). Looking for a hybrid position of wet lab and bioinformatics. DM me for more information. Please share!

Two good follows for this evening @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social @ianlmorgan.bsky.social Two of the leaders at NIH who wrote the #BethedaDeclaration and are standing up and speaking out for all of us. @standupforscience.bsky.social

Had a great time! Thanks @aphl.org and Uganda CPHL for coordinating the training!

Noah Hull@noahhullphd.bsky.social · last yr.

Fantastic training by @aphl.org and @unmc.bsky.social (Dr. Shaun Cross) with Uganda CPHL on @nextstrain.org data viz for #mpox & #Ebola Sudan virus. The workshop brought together lab, epi, and IT staff—and by the end, they were building phylogenetic trees for other pathogens too! 🧬🌍 #GenomicEpi

In a new #RESInsectMolecBio article, temperature-dependent alternative splicing affects gene expression in #AedesAegypti #mosquitoes midgut 🦟 🧬 Learn more now🔽 doi.org/10.1111/imb.13002 @sassanasgari.bsky.social @gulianusslab.bsky.social @wiley.com

It is difficult to interpret single #pathogen burden during #infection. It is hard to untangle default in resistance and tolerance to explain #susceptibility. We help making sense of with-host dynamics and give tools to study infection, especially in #Drosophila. elifesciences.org/articles/104...

A within-host infection model to explore tolerance and resistance

A mathematical model of pathogen within-host dynamics and experimental validations elucidates the interplay between immune response, damage and pathogen proliferation, highlighting the limitations of ...

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Happy to share our new preprint! We explored the mechanisms underlying differences between male and female #Drosophila in susceptibility to intestinal #infection. #symbiosky #immunity #AcademicSky #insect #symbiosis

Sex Differences in Drosophila Intestinal Metabolism Contribute to Sexually Dimorphic Infection Outcome and Alter Gut Pathogen Virulence

Sexual dimorphism in infection outcomes is a pervasive phenomenon, the underlying mechanisms of which remain incompletely understood. Here, utilizing Pseudomonas entomophila intestinal infection in Dr...

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In our latest study, we use #spatialtranscriptomics to characterize cold ischemic injury at multiple time points modeling a kidney transplant setting to reveal compartment-specific changes Check out the preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 🧵👇 1/n

New preprint! Autocycler is a tool for long-read consensus assembly of bacterial genomes. It's like Trycycler but can be run fully automated (without any human intervention). www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... (1/6)

Autocycler: long-read consensus assembly for bacterial genomes

Motivation Long-read sequencing enables complete bacterial genome assemblies, but individual assemblers are imperfect and often produce sequence-level and structural errors. Consensus assembly using T...

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Received exciting news about a project and will be opening a search for a postdoc. Focused in pathogen genomics--specifically vector-borne diseases. Looking for expertise in genomics, bioinformatics, and able to do some international travel. Please reach out to me if interested or know somebody!

A Preprint for our ~$40 USD, open source, 3D printed DNA Fluorometer, the #DIYNAFLUOR, has just been posted to bioRxiv outlining its performance and applications for #eDNA analysis!🦕🧪🧬 A big thanks to all the co-authors! Preprint www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Git tinyurl.com/yfh33dsx #science

DIYNAFLUOR: An Affordable DIY Plug-and-Play Nucleic Acid Fluorometer for eDNA Quantification in Resource Limited Settings

Nucleic Acid (NA) fluorometry is widely employed for quantifying environmental DNA (eDNA) samples and their downstream DNA sequencing libraries, owing to its sensitivity, accuracy, and speed. However,...

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Excited to announce that my research group is launching a *FREE* tick testing program called Nebraska Tick Testing (NeTT). We accept any ticks, both inside and outside Nebraska. We will identify the tick, screen it for pathogens, and provide a report. For more information visit: go.unmc.edu/nett

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Welcome to the Nebraska Tick Testing (NeTT) laboratory homepage! Learn more about how you can collect and submit ticks for testing.

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🦟🧪 ***I'm recruiting*** one student (M.S. or Ph.D.) to join my lab January 2026. Students need a 3.0 GPA and have an interest/experience in mosquito taxonomy, phenotypes, or ecology. Work on genetics/genomics is a plus. Deadline is 15 October 2025. US based students only. yeemosquitolab.org

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ATTENTION: NSF GRANT RECIPIENTS We received a heads up from a trusted source that you should proactively download/print/screen shot any documentation on research.gov pertaining to your NSF awards, both those that are current and any that have closed in the last 5-6 years. 1/n

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ACTION ITEM-----ACTION ITEM Implementation of Schedule F This is what a lot of us have been worried about. This allows for many civil service positions to replaced with political appointees. This could include NIH institute directors and even POs. BUT THERE IS A COMMENT PERIOD... 1/n

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✨🦟✨HOW DO MOSQUITOES HAVE SEX? ✨🦟✨ Join us for a wild journey into hidden female control, rapidly evolving stimulation devices, fierce species competition, and DEADLY MOSQUITOES! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

I know you like #Drosophila and I know you like #Genomes - but do you also like #Genes? Coding DNA annotation of 304 species of Drosophilidae! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Comparative gene annotation of 304 species of Drosophilidae

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📝 [Preprint] What if insecticidal bednets increased #mosquito attraction to humans? 🦟 We explored this counterintuitive effect using a transmission model for #malaria. 🧪 Available on medRxiv: buff.ly/S0Wnn1n #mathematicalmodeling #vectorcontrol #publichealth

The potential of attractive insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) in reducing malaria transmission: a modeling study

Introduction Recent studies suggest that insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) may actively attract malaria vectors, increasing their likelihood of coming into contact with the insecticide while…

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@haraipapilio.bsky.social paper on evolution of Wolbachia MK mechanism through prophage acquisition in molina butterflies - avoiding suppression by the host. Now out! #symbiosky www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti.... With @daisukekageyama.bsky.social @bolinabug.bsky.social and others

Evolution of Wolbachia male-killing mechanism within a host species

Male-killing bacterial symbionts, prevalent in arthropods, skew population sex ratios by selectively killing male progeny, profoundly impacting ecolog…

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Pre-print Alert! We uncover new sporozoite biology in mosquitoes, classified sporogony stages in oocysts and showed that sporozoites produce 2 rhoptry pairs, each one specialized for salivary gland and hepatocyte invasion. @benliffner.bsky.social @sabsalon.bsky.social @thiagoluizsilva.bsky.social

Ben Liffner@benliffner.bsky.social · last yr.

Our study looking at sporozoite development and salivary gland invasion using expansion microscopy is now up as a pre-print! A little thread below about this interesting study that was born out of a seminar 🧵 @sabsalon.bsky.social @jvr-lab.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

If using Bloomigton #Drosophila Stock Center stocks, pls. acknowledge them & their NIH funding (P40 OD018537). Papers listing this no. are being harvested as evidence. We massively depend on the @bdsc.bsky.social & they need our support in these dire times! @flybase.bsky.social @fly-eds.bsky.social

The overlapping global distribution of #dengue, #chikungunya, #Zika and #yellowfever #IDsky ⚕️ #EpiSky 🦟 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The overlapping global distribution of dengue, chikungunya, Zika and yellow fever - Nature Communications

Arboviruses transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes have an expanding global distribution and identifying areas at risk is important for public health planning. Here, the authors present global disease maps f...

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