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Erin

@erin-eco1.bsky.social
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PhD student on the Wellcome Trust- IIB programme at the University of Glasgow. Research interests; #zoonoses, #ecology, #epidemiology she/her

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Francesco Baldini @baldini-francesco.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Our latest research: 👉 doi.org/10.1186/s130... The fungus Metarhizium pingshaense reverses insecticide resistance in malaria mosquitoes by depleting energy reserves and suppressing detox genes. Congrats to #LucienLamy for leading this work and to the team #IRSSBurkinaFaso and @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk
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Metarhizium pingshaense infection reverses insecticide resistance in Anopheles gambiae sensu lato by altering energy reserves and gene expression - Parasites & Vectors
Background Entomopathogenic fungi like Metarhizium are emerging as effective biopesticides against malaria vectors. They reduce mosquito survival, fecundity, and flight ability, and reverse insecticid...
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I-Ting Tu @itingtu.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Our H5 avian flu in marine bat story is in News from Science 🌊🦇🦠 thanks @martinenserink.bsky.social for covering it! Also excited to see my MSc lecturer @thijskuiken.bsky.social commented on it! 📰 News link www.science.org/content/arti... 🔬Preprint www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Vampire bats may have contracted H5N1 bird flu in Peru, raising worries about further spread
Bats could form a bridge between marine and terrestrial mammals, scientists say
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Francesco Baldini @baldini-francesco.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Important new work by Emmanuel Hape and team #IfakaraHealthInstitute, @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk, #UniversityWitwatersrand & others. Characterization of a new laboratory colony of Anopheles funestus mosquitoes established in Ifakara, Tanzania 👉 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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Characterization of a new laboratory colony of Anopheles funestus mosquitoes established in Ifakara, Tanzania
Background: Anopheles funestus, a major vector of malaria in Africa, has proven difficult to colonize in laboratory settings, impeding research on its biology and control. After several attempts, our ...
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I-Ting Tu @itingtu.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
My 1st first-author paper is out as a preprint! Excited to share the fascinating story of marine-feeding vampire bats 🌊🦇 We found that marine-diet bats were exposed to #H5#AvianFlu 🦠 from marine wildlife and could potentially spread it to livestock via blood feed🩸 doi.org/10.1101/2025.11.09.686930
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Martha Luka @martha-luka.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
A day well spent @wellcometrust.bsky.social where #BasicScience we, final year PhDs, spent the day networking and learning about possible career and funding opportunities post PhD. @mvlsdtpteam.bsky.social
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Erin @erin-eco1.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Thank you to the WT team for organising a great Final Year PhD Meeting at the @wellcometrust.bsky.social . A day of networking with fellow researchers, exploring post-PhD career opportunities and presenting my research!
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Heather Ferguson @drheatherferg.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
In 2wks, our #VectorsGlasgow team will do #GreatScottishRun for @malarianomoreuk.bsky.social They do crucial work to raise awareness & advocate for investment in #malaria control- never more needed with recent global health funding cuts ⏬️ - ajbellgreatscottishrun2025.enthuse.com/pf/heather-f...
Six people standing in front of the Graham Kerr Zoology Building, University of Glasgow . Four are holding signs with the 'Malaria No More UK' logo. Left to right - Mary Ryan, Ryan Carmichael, Meshach Kee, Tasmin Alexander, Heather Ferguson & Francesco Baldini
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Erin @erin-eco1.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
A great start to the month joining the three-day @vbdhub.bsky.social ‪workshop on data sharing and analysis down in Silwood Park, @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social. Huge thank you to the VBD Hub team for hosting and organising such a great event!
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School of Biodiversity One Health and Veterinary Medicine @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk · 23/04/2025
New research from the Ifakara Health Institute, Prof Fedros Okumu and @baldini-francesco.bsky.social. New species of mosquito found on the Coast of East Africa www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/mvl... #mosquito #vectorbornedisease #malaria
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Erin @erin-eco1.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Read all about our One Health Vector-Borne Disease Symposium held in Manila and organised by FETPAFI, @sydney.edu.au and @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk 👇👇👇 fetpafi.org/stories/stor...
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One Health Vector-borne Diseases Symposium 2025
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Cameron Webb @mozziebites.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
First case of Japanese encephalitis reported in NSW for this season; take steps to avoid mosquito bites if you live in or are visiting western NSW www.health.nsw.gov.au/news/Pages/20…
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Sam 🐈‍⬛ @sammakescoolstuff.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
In a sentence never before uttered by humans, I am delighted to share that an alligator stole my conservation instructor’s hat by jauntily walking into the water while wearing it 🐊
A middle aged man helplessly holds an alligator’s tail as it steals his hat
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Francesco Baldini @baldini-francesco.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
New work by #JoelOdero & team! Distinct Genetic Populations and Resistance Backgrounds of the Malaria Vector Anopheles funestus in Tanzania: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social #IfakaraHealthInstitute @malariagen.bsky.social
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Francesco Baldini @baldini-francesco.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
🥼🧹Lab clean up today!!!! Great team work!!! Thank you @ic-uribarri.bsky.social for coordination and everyone for the amazing help! @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social #vectorsglasgow @mosquitoscotland.bsky.social
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Heather Ferguson @drheatherferg.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
New blog by @meshachlee.bsky.social from @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social, describing experience at his first international conference, the European Society for Vector Ecology meeting in Montpellier @4sove.bsky.social. Great ad for #ESOVE meetings #MosquitoScotland naturallyspeaking.blog/2024/12/18/e...
Meshach Lee, a second year PhD student from the School of Biodiversity, One Health and Veterinary Medicine at the University of Glasgow, stands in front of his poster at the European Society for Vector Ecology conference in Montpelier, Nov 2024.  The title of his poster is 'Field evaluation of 4 commercially available mosquito traps for collecting mosquitoes in Scotland"
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School of Biodiversity One Health and Veterinary Medicine @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk · 19/12/2024
💡New Researcher Spotlight! 💡 Our final Researcher Spotlight article of the year focuses on PhD student Erin Johnston (@erin-eco1.bsky.social) In this article, Erin details her research on the xenosurveillance of Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) in the Philippines via the mosquito vector.
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