Shannon Quek
@SQuek_001
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A cookie a day keeps the PhD in play. Computational biology | Wolbachia | Microbiomes | Parasites | Baking
Joined July 2020
New paper drop! Parasitic worms of humans and animals have their own bugs within them- read below to find out more!👇 Honoured to have collaborated with so many people to push this work through.
nature.com
Nature Microbiology - Transcriptome mining, phylogenetic analysis, bioimaging and serology experiments reveal a widespread diverse virome present in ~70% of parasitic nematodes, such as Brugia...
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Thank you Dr Singh, Prof Kot and Prof Hemingway, truly some interesting interdisciplinary work on training, engineering, and biological control!
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On Wednesday, had a triple course from Liverpool/India researchers on how some innovative engineering is helping standardise indoor residual spraying work to combat visceral leishmaniasis! @ictmm2020 @LSTMnews #ictmm2020 @johnmooressu🧵1/2
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Some great talks on Tuesday on how we might exploit Wolbachia endosymbionts in battling parasitic filarial nematodes and vector-borne diseases @Lakshmihegde, @mosquitomicrobe, @LSTMnews & others. 🧵 1/2
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Amazingly varied research on display during the poster sessions! Helminthes, antimicrobial resistance, virology, malaria, vector control, something to suit anyone #ictmm2020
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Very inspiring to be here at the ICTMM at Bangkok! Excited to hear about the variety of subjects science is tackling Vs Tropical Diseases #ICTMM2020 #ICTMM2022 @LSTMnews (Forgot I had Twitter, more pics to come)
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RT @ian_patters: Finally online! A project started by @RhiannonAELogan at @LSTMvector and finished with students working with me at @BrockU….
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Cell fusing agent virus (CFAV) is an insect specific flavivirus (ISF) found in field and laboratory populations of Aedes aegypti . ISFs have recently demonstrated the ability to block the transmiss...
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RT @EvaHeinz7: What's going on with Wolbachia in Anopheles? More on this puzzle from @SQuek_001 hot off the press @micgenomics
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As part of a large international team including scientists from Cameroon, the DRC and the UK including LSTM’s mosquito microbiome researchers Dr. Grant Hughes and Dr. Eva Heinz had previously
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RT @BioMedCentral: Research published in @MicrobiomeJ provides the first evidence of successful microbiome transplantation in mosquitoes. R….
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RT @LSTMnews: A new role for anti-Wolbachia therapy of lymphatic filariasis – blocking the transmission of the parasite through mosquitoes.….
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New Wolbachia paper! But not in insects- this time in nematodes. We look at how Wolbachia depletion blocks 🪱 development in the vector, and potential reasons why: @AmyEMarriott @Johnston_KellyL @lford_louise @johnarcher088.
pnas.org
Lymphatic filariasis is a vector-borne neglected tropical disease prioritized for global elimination. The filarial nematodes that cause the disease...
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RT @mosquitomicrobe: Great postdoc opportunity👇Join the oldest institution dedicated to tropical medicine @LSTMnews with arguably the large….
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RT @mosquitomicrobe: Check out our latest @MicrobiomeJ paper on the microbiome and vectorial capacity 🦟🦠. Nice work @CintiaCansado @szymbi….
microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com
Microbiome research has gained considerable interest due to the emerging evidence of its impact on human and animal health. As in other animals, the gut-associated microbiota of mosquitoes affect...
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RT @mosquitomicrobe: Papers out - Inactivation of SARS-CoV-2 on surfaces and in solution with Virusend (TX-10), a novel disinfectant. Work….
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RT @mosquitomicrobe: Our latest on native Wolbachia infections in Anopheles is out now in @CurrentBiology. "Stable high-density and mater….
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RT @LSTMnews: #LSTM & @LSHTM led study in @CurrentBiology provides the first concrete evidence for the presence of Wolbachia bacteria in w….
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RT @vicky_ingham1: I have a fully funded DZIF PhD project in my lab looking at the impacts of the insecticide resistance phenotype on Anoph….
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