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mossi-lab.bsky.social
Mosquitoes, Wolbachia, gut microbes, microbiomes, arboviruses, Plasmodium. Liverpool way. 🦟🦠
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@haraipapilio.bsky.social paper on evolution of Wolbachia MK mechanism through prophage acquisition in molina butterflies - avoiding suppression by the host. Now out! #symbiosky www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti.... With @daisukekageyama.bsky.social @bolinabug.bsky.social and others

Perfect timing for #wolbachia25

Some MosSI Lab representation at the @royentsoc.bsky.social Student Forum - @luciendobel.bsky.social and @tarasusyjoe.bsky.social presenting on the mosquito microbiome. #EntoSci #MosquitoMicrobiome #MosSILab

Some MosSI Lab representation at the @royentsoc.bsky.social Student Forum - @luciendobel.bsky.social and @tarasusyjoe.bsky.social presenting on the mosquito microbiome. #EntoSci #MosquitoMicrobiome #MosSILab

Microbial solutions to dietary stress: experimental evolution reveals host–microbiome interplay in #Drosophila melanogaster #ProcB #Evolution royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

Our last opinion piece is now out in @plos.org Pathogens!! 🥳 dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour... #EvoSky #MicroSky #Anopheles #SymbioSky

We're strengthening the nation’s health security defences. 🛡 Live from #UKHSA25, we've announced a new tool to help focus research efforts on pathogen families of greatest potential risk to public health, boosting preparedness against future threats. 📰🔗 www.gov.uk/government/n...

Microbiology Postdocs from all over Europe and the Globe! 🦠😎👍 Application for the FEMS SSPD 2025 “Harnessing microbial solutions in environmental research and One Health” is now open 👇 2 – 10 Sept 2025 on Lake Ohrid, North Macedonia Co-Directors: Joana Falcao Salles and @luederslab.bsky.social

In my first Drosophila study at @salehlabparis.bsky.social, we found that: 1. Enteric viral infections accelerate aging. 2. Even if the infection is cleared, aging process remains triggered. 3. Accelerated aging correlates with reduced lifespan. 📑Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

What happens if you introduce 🦠vs 🦠🦠🦠 into a microbial community? Are larger microbial populations more likely to establish? Check out new work led by @goldmandoran.bsky.social that used experiments and theory to dive deep into this simple question. ⬇️ www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

🌿 How does diet shape the reproduction and longevity of malaria vectors? 🦟 Our latest study shows that honey beats sucrose, enhancing the lifespan and reproductive success of Anopheles aquasalis. 🍯 Dive in: doi.org/10.3390/inse... #Malaria #Entomology #PublicHealth🧪

Microbiome-emitted scents activate olfactory neuron-independent airway-gut-brain axis to promote host growth in Drosophila #Drosophila

Fascinating research and a reminder of the complexity of non-human animals' #microbiome - and the complex impacts on #PublicHealth and #OneHealth

Science distraction? #Zika virus interactions with the microbiome in Aedes aegypti. The microbiomes in different mosquito lines respond distinctly to viral exposure and infection. @laurabrettell.bsky.social @alexwild.bsky.social @evaheinz7.bsky.social and others. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Lovely week to finish the year for the @mossi-lab.bsky.social lab. @aidanfoo.bsky.social doing fantastic work at his viva and Ana Pitol securing a lecturer position @lstmnews.bsky.social!

Huge congratulations to Dr @aidanfoo.bsky.social who passed his viva yesterday! @mosquitomicrobe.bsky.social @gemma-langridge.bsky.social

📢 Newly published @who.int guidelines for #malaria 🦟: iris.who.int/bitstream/ha...

Very clever strategy here from @luciendobel.bsky.social catching all dino geeks (I mean if you don't love dinos, are you even a scientist?); catch attention with the dinos, then make them stay for the cool science!

Lots of MosSI Lab representation at the LSTM 125th Scientific Symposium this week! @mosquitomicrobe.bsky.social spoke about our Anopheles Wolbachia work.

Come and work with us!

The @mossi-lab.bsky.social has several PhD projects on offer at LSTM. Flavours include Wolbachia in Anopheles, microbiome mosquito interactions, Wolbachia-microbiome interactions, & antiviral in mosquitoes. Students should apply to the LSTM PhD program - Applications close on the 4th of December!

Great work from Ana Pitol and @siobhanrich.bsky.social in collaboration with WHO and @realsarabeck.bsky.social for their work examining MPOX disinfection on different surfaces. pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....

So here is a Wolbachia starter pack. Please let me know if you'd like to join or have other suggestions. go.bsky.app/FTCKEyB

Great work from Ana Pitol and @siobhanrich.bsky.social in collaboration with WHO and @realsarabeck.bsky.social for their work examining MPOX disinfection on different surfaces. pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....

🧵 The @mossi-lab.bsky.social was recently involved in the creation of the Mosquito Associated Isolate Collection (MosAIC), a repository of 392 mosquito-associated bacterial isolates and genomes available to the scientific community. journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...