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bioRxivpreprint @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Blood, sweat, and beers: investigating mosquito biting preferences amidst noise and intoxication in a cross-sectional cohort study at a large music festival www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…

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Sarah Merkling @merklinglab.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

🎉 Our study is now published in Cell Genomics ! Thank to our reviewers for helping us further improve our work, and congratulations to @tompvial.bsky.social who lead this project and the entire team that made it possible ! www.cell.com/cell-genomic...

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Single-cell transcriptional landscapes of Aedes aegypti midgut and fat body after a bloodmeal

Vial et al. present comprehensive cell atlases of Aedes aegypti mosquito midgut and fat-body tissues, highlighting diverse cellular roles in digestion, metabolism, and immunity after a bloodmeal. They...

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SalehLab @salehlabparis.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Thrilled to receive @anrs-mie.bsky.social grant with @lambrechtslab.bsky.social & @retrogenomics.bsky.social! Making mosquitoes intolerant to arboviruses. Thanks @pasteur.fr, @inserm.fr & @cnrs.fr for support. Exciting times for #ARBORETRO project! Stay tunned.

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Olivia Goldman PhD @oliviagoldman.net · 05/03/2025

I am thrilled to present the Mosquito Cell Atlas! We analyzed 367K nuclei from 19 tissues in male & female mosquitoes, creating a comprehensive resource for vector biology & infectious disease research. Plus we made some surprising discoveries! 🦟🧵 biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 1/n

Photos of Aedes aegypti female (left) and male (right). Numbers indicate location of collected tissues (listed in legend boxes). Photos by Alex Wild.

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Sarah Merkling @merklinglab.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Happy to share our work exploring the genetic basis of dengue susceptibility in Aedes aegypti and revealing the antiviral role of a cytochrome P450. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... It had been a long and wild ride that started back when I was a postdoc within @lambrechtslab.bsky.social ! A thread ⬇️

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Dengue virus susceptibility in Aedes aegypti linked to natural cytochrome P450 variants

The mosquito Aedes aegypti is the primary vector for dengue virus (DENV), which infects millions of people annually. Variability in DENV susceptibility among wild Ae. aegypti populations is governed b...

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Lisa Baik 🦟 @mosquitolady.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

This may be the darkest of times, but I won’t let it stop me from celebrating this little moment: I received the keys to my new lab @ucdavis.bsky.social today ☺️ #ScienceMustGoOn 🧬🧪🦟

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Théo Maire @theomaire.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Very grateful to have been awarded a #MSCA post-doc fellowship! With Felix Hol and Teun Bousema, we will bring BuzzWatch to the field to study mosquito behavior in malaria-endemic regions. Starting in #RadboudUmc, our first goal is to make BuzzWatch portable enough to be transported by bicycle 🦟🚲🇳🇱.

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Adam Blake @ajblake05.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Excited that my first manuscript from my time at the @riffelllab.bsky.social is out as a preprint! Building on past work, we used wind tunnel bioassays to show that the odors of human hosts, flowers, and oviposition sites shift the visual preferences of mosquitos. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Three panel figure, with preference index on the y-axis, and wavelength in (nm) on the x-axis. Below the x-axis are circle diagrams showing the control stimuli (all grey circles) and the test stimuli (colors ranging from purple to a dark red). The top panel is labeled with a cloud of CO2 and a diagram of a flower. The middle panel is labeled with a cloud of CO2 and a diagram of a foot. The bottom panel is labeled with a cloud of CO2 and a jar of green liquid (oviposition lure). All three panels have a dotted line representing preference with CO2 alone. This line dips down in the green. In each figure there is an additional line representing the odor overlayed, with the area in between the two lines colored according to wavelength. There are also arrows labeling areas where there are significant shift in preference. In all cases there is a significant positive shift in preference in the green wavelengths.

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Théo Maire @theomaire.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Thrilled to share 'BuzzWatch', my post-doc work with Felix Hol and @lambrechtslab.bsky.social ➡️Filming mosquitoes in a cage with a €15 camera but for 700h(1month) revealed fascinating insights into their behavior⌛🦟🎥⏳ preprint🔍 doi.org/10.1101/2025... DIY guide 🛠️ theomaire.github.io/buzzwatch 🧵⬇️

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BuzzWatch: uncovering multi-scale temporal patterns in mosquito behavior through continuous long-term monitoring

Understanding the temporal dynamics of mosquito behavior is essential for developing effective interventions against pathogen transmission. However, limited knowledge exists about the environmental, p...

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Marcus Stensmyr @marcusstensmyr.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

🦟 Pestered by mosquitoes? Fear not—grapefruit might hold the key! 🍊In our latest paper in @currentbiology.bsky.social, led by Merybeth Triana and Felipe Andreazza, we explore how nootkatone, a compound derived from grapefruit, affects mosquitoes. authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...

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