Mosquito transmitted pathogens have an enormous impact of human health. A substantial amount of funding and resources are being spent to control the transmission of diseases such as malaria and dengue fever. In many ways this investment is paying off. Innovative and exciting new strategies and technologies have been developed to help combat these plagues. The next challenge we face is implementing these new tools effectively and sustainably to start to make a real impact on disease transmission. One of the key challenges to implementation of many of these new strategies is that we don't actually know very much about what mosquitoes actually do in the real world.
Our research aims to improve understanding of mosquito biology, immunology, behavior and how each mediates interactions with other organisms, the parasites that they transmit, the dynamic world that they live in and their microbiomes.
Researchers
Dr Andrea Beaghton
Dr Andrea Beaghton
Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Life Sciences, Research Fellow
Professor Austin Burt
Professor Austin Burt
Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Life Sciences, Professor of Evolutionary Genetics
Prof. George K. Christophides
Prof. George K. Christophides
Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Life Sciences Professor of Infectious Diseases & Immunity
Professor Andrea Crisanti
Professor Andrea Crisanti
Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Life Sciences, Professor of Molecular Parasitology
Dr Andrew Hammond
Dr Andrew Hammond
Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Life Sciences, Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellow
Dr Tony Nolan
Dr Tony Nolan
Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Life Sciences, Honorary Senior Lecturer
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