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Brandy St. Laurent @mosquitohunting.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Vector Encounter is a fantastic meeting at JHU - this year held on May 28th and 29th. Chalk talks only and a lot of down time to mingle with other vector biologists. Highly recommend!

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Brandy St. Laurent @mosquitohunting.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

I broke my usual rule of not talking in the theater to lean to my partner to whisper "he didn't balance the centrifuge!" Also highly recommend the book

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Dr. Courtney Murdock @ecodynvplab.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

We are launching the new URBAN-VECTOR Training Program! Building an India–Africa network to strengthen urban malaria control in Africa through research, training, and collaboration! 🌍🦟 Come check us out and apply to be part of the team: www.urbanmalarianetwork.com #UrbanMalaria #GlobalHealth

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Home | URBAN-VECTOR Training Program

An interdisciplinary, international training initiative designed to build sustainable research capacity in vector-borne and tropical infectious diseases, with a primary focus on urban malaria.

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Jesstergen 👩🏻‍🚀 ✨ @rougerogue.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

“Cant sleep… i’ll just have a quick look at my phone”

Lord of the rings: Merry looks into the glowing palantir orb… and screams

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Philip Bejon @philipbejon.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

1/6 Our paper today – www.nature.com/articles/s41... work from Kenya - shows protective antibodies against falciparum malaria sporozoites work against sporozoites injected into the skin, not against sporozoites injected into veins. Why does this matter?

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EEID 2026 at Virginia Tech @eeid2026.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

We are excited to invite abstract submissions for talks and posters for the 2026 Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases meeting at Virginia Tech (June 2-4). Abstract submissions should be made by February 3, 2026 for consideration, using the google form here: cpe.vt.edu/eeid2026/abs...

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Dr. Courtney Murdock @ecodynvplab.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Come see our Urban Malaria Team at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) 2025 meeting! We have an exciting line-up of talks and posters on the effects of climate, control, urban heterogeneity, and climate change on malaria transmission in cities!

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Dr. Courtney Murdock @ecodynvplab.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Happy Halloween! Sending love, empathy, hope, resilience, harmony, self-care, and general good vibes to triumph over darkness from the EcoDyn VP Lab Care Bears Stare this Halloween 2025!

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Petra Korlević @petrathepostdoc.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Happy Halloweeny, Bloody Marry responsibly (we partying tomorrow) #SciArt

doodle of a mosquito wearing a vampire cape with a giant red bow, comical teeth on her snout, sipping a bloody mary with ice cubes and celery.

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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

The new XKCD has to be a reference to the ant paper where ants just casually lay eggs of a different species, yes? Maybe? There are so many weird bugs its hard to know.

Line drawing of a two story institutional building with a sign in front, "Welcome to the BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT. It has been 3 days since we discovered something existentially horrifying about abugs that make you question your whole reality."

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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

We're in the world, not against it.

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Brandy St. Laurent @mosquitohunting.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

I’ve been sad to see news about the violence between Thailand and Cambodia over Preah Vihear temple - on the very northern edge of Cambodia. I was lucky to have been able to visit this site with my field team while doing malaria mosquito collections in Preah Vihear province over several years.

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Dr. Courtney Murdock @ecodynvplab.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

New preprint from our group on how indoor and outdoor microclimates vary across Indian cities and seasonally: essopenarchive.org/doi/full/10.... @mcwimberly.bsky.social and Yusuf Jamal provide data identifying the location and seasonal timing of extreme wet bulb temperature in urban settings.

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Spatiotemporal Patterns of Urban Heat in Indoor and Outdoor Microclimates

A document by Yusuf Jamal. Click on the document to view its contents.

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Brandy St. Laurent @mosquitohunting.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Our mosquito feeders from the Cornell glass shop were recently featured in an article about scientific glass: news.cornell.edu/stories/2025... Custom scientific glassware is really important for our work! Warm water circulates through these feeders to keep blood warm for our hungry mosquitoes.

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Dr. Courtney Murdock @ecodynvplab.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

New preprint out from our group! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... We find that relative humidity systematically shifts the temperature dependence of a key malaria vector. These effects are also likely important for aquatic insects more generally, and for predicting their responses to climate change.

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Beyond temperature: Relative humidity systematically shifts the temperature dependence of population growth in a malaria vector

Understanding ectotherm responses to environmental change is central to coping with many of humanity′s current and future challenges in public health, biodiversity conservation, and food security. Com...

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Brandy St. Laurent @mosquitohunting.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

"Musk’s sojourn in government has revealed severe flaws in his character — a blithe, dehumanizing cruelty, and a deadly incuriosity. This should shape how he’s seen for the rest of his public life." www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...

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Opinion | Elon Musk’s Legacy Is Disease, Starvation and Death

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 25/04/2025

PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

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veupathdb.org @veupathdb.org · 21/04/2025

Keep VEuPathDB open-access to all by subscribing today! veupathdb.org/veupathdb/ap...

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Josef Uyeda @pseudacris.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Interested in trait evolution and/or connecting micro and macroevolution? The Evolutionary Quantitative Genetics Workshop has returned, now at Mountain Lake Biological Station, VA, June 9-13th! Deadline for application April 4th, 5pm EST. More info here: eqgw.github.io

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EQGW

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veupathdb.org @veupathdb.org · 04/03/2025

The VEuPathDB survey asked users to estimate the impact on their lab's productivity (from 0-100) if VEuPathDB resources were to disappear altogether. We also asked them to describe the impact. ✏️The infographic lists a few key themes that emerged from nearly 1500 comments!

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 26/02/2025

RNA xkcd.com/3056

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Brandy St. Laurent @mosquitohunting.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

I think this is a great idea - writing to your hometown newspapers about your science and the impact of these drastic cuts on our research. I am writing a letter to the editor of my local paper this week - you should too.

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Brandy St. Laurent @mosquitohunting.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

We are just back from a great project meeting in India discussing our NIH project investigating An. stephensi biology and urban malaria transmission. I particularly enjoyed interacting with Dr. Mohanty and members of his group at NIMR Goa, seeing a new part of India, and of course - the food!

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 11/12/2024

Making Tea xkcd.com/3022

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Brandy St. Laurent @mosquitohunting.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Our NIMR collaborators got to experience some nice winter weather and frozen waterfalls while visiting Cornell. This is us at Ithaca falls this weekend.

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Brandy St. Laurent @mosquitohunting.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

I had SO MUCH FUN at #ASTMH2024 this past week. It was a particularly good year for the science, full of exciting vector and malaria biology. I have come away feeling inspired. Most of all, I loved catching up with friends and colleagues from all over the world.

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Dr. Courtney Murdock @ecodynvplab.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

@mosquitohunting.bsky.social, Yusuf Jamal, and Laura Multini in action discussing their work on the climate sensitivity of urban malaria and West Nile virus transmission at ASTMH 2024.

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Brandy St. Laurent @mosquitohunting.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

My poster and a few others from our group at ASTMH today: 7762 - Determining the thermal suitability of Plasmodium falciparum infection in the urban malaria vector Anopheles stephensi under variable humidity LB-9342 - Laura Multini - WNV infections LB-9435 - Jusuf Jamal - Urban heat islands

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Dr. Courtney Murdock @ecodynvplab.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Hi everyone attending the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene meeting in New Orleans, Nov 13-17. Come check out our work! We will be presenting posters and talks throughout the meeting. Hope to see you all there!

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Shaun Cross @shauntcross.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

Made a starter package for vector-borne disease folks! Please feel free to comment if you'd like to be added or see somebody missing. This is just the start and grabbed as many as I could quickly find! 🦟 go.bsky.app/U8D4FV2

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Brandy St. Laurent @mosquitohunting.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

Moving over here from Twitter, sorry it may take a while. Looking forward to catching up with folks at ASTMH in New Orleans next week.

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