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PhD position available for international (despite what the page says) or UK students in @lena_r Lena Riabinina's lab at Durham University:
"Novel behavioural assays to study mosquito pheromone signalling"
https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/novel-behavioural-assays-to-study-mosquito-pheromone-signalling/?p193732Deadline for applications: 5 pm (GMT) on Friday 27th Feb 2026. Project is part of a BBSRC-funded programme:
https://www.needl.org.uk/apply/ -
Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #396: Mosquitoes.
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#mosquitoes #vectors #diseasevectors #disease #mortality #pests #insects #deadlyanimals #kdratio #pandemic #history #pandemics #wtf #strangebuttrue #webcomic #comics #uselessfacts #uselessfactsbadlydrawn -
Tropical diseases move north
As Earth warms, the creatures that spread neglected tropical diseases are gaining a foothold in Europe, North America. Wealthy countries must prepare themselves for more cases.
#Diseasevectors #TropicalDiseases #ClimateChange #Health
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03476-7 -
WMO report on climate services and health released 2 November.
Argues the importance of better integrating climate services into health, especially in regard to early warning services for pollen, extreme heat, cyclones. This will enhance climate adaptation and increase community resilience, reduce mortality.#ClimateAdaptation #EarlyWarning #WMO #ClimateCrisis #Health #extremeheat #heatwaves #DiseaseVectors
https://takvera.blogspot.com/2023/11/warning-of-health-crisis-if-we-dont.html -
Useful information about ticks - a recent trip to Upstate New York highlighted the problems associated with tick bites, but they are present in many places around the globe, and can transmit nasty diseases!
Tick Maps Europe
https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/disease-vectors/surveillance-and-disease-data/tick-mapsTick Maps USA
https://www.cdc.gov/ticks/geographic_distribution.html