Brian Bartilol
@brianbartilol
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Malaria genomics | Entomology l 🇰🇪 #carpediem
KEMRI-CGMRC
Joined August 2011
🦟🇵🇹 #Dengue can strike even off-season.A local DENV-2 transmission event was confirmed in Madeira (Jan 2025),with viral genome detected in field-caught #AedesAegypti,directly linked to a human case.Highlights the need for year-round #VectorSurveillance 📄 https://t.co/gRkm1YSXV6
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Great article on our research on MALDI-TOF MS for mosquito typing. Understanding the threat is integral to supporting decision-makers in developing tailored control strategies, enhancing the country's preparedness to control mosquito-borne diseases. https://t.co/Esr8TW3nHz
healthbusiness.co.ke
As the world intensifies efforts to eliminate malaria, a long-overlooked threat is coming into sharp focus: secondary malaria vectors. These
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Our latest publication demonstrates how MALDI-TOF MS can accurately identify secondary malaria malaria vectors from Kenya and Mozambique. Performance was comparable to sequencing but costing less than 0.2 USD/sample. Congrats to @mercytuweij and team! https://t.co/pHuDbasIsQ
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Malaria Journal - Characterizing malaria epidemiology at the local level requires understanding the diverse malaria vector species driving transmission, including both primary and secondary...
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Excited to share our team’s latest publication on the use of MALDI-TOF MS for identification of Afro-tropical secondary malaria vectors. 🌍🦟 Grateful to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation @MartaFerreiraM2 ,@Carlos_Chaccour
https://t.co/Nt5xBli9yt
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Malaria Journal - Characterizing malaria epidemiology at the local level requires understanding the diverse malaria vector species driving transmission, including both primary and secondary...
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Is there anything more annoying than buzzing mosquitoes at night? 🦟Yes! Mosquitoes and beg bugs! Our new study shows that ivermectin at clinically relevant blood levels not only kills malaria mosquitoes, but also bed bugs 💀
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Parasites & Vectors - Bed bugs (Cimex spp.) are obligate ectoparasites that have long been associated with human dwellings, causing discomfort and psychosocial distress. Conventional control...
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New genomic research led by @Brianpolo reveals distinct insecticide resistance patterns in Kenya's most widely spread malaria mosquito, restricted by the rift valley, highlighting need for region-specific control strategies. https://t.co/5g8r1AJulI
@KEMRI_Kenya @sangerinstitute
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The complete mitochondrial genome of Tunga penetrans and insights into flea phylogeny https://t.co/0dcW9a1RvV
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🚨 PhD, MD & postdoc researchers: Apply for a @Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds #TravelGrant! ✅ Up to 3 months abroad 🧠 Learn key methods and join new courses 🌍 Open to researchers in/coming to Europe 💸 Covers travel, lodging & course fees 🔗 More info 👉 https://t.co/cKRcxmNyaN
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🚨New preprint from the lab! This work reports for the first time the transcriptome of Plasmodium malariae in the mosquito Impressive indeed discoveries about AP2 TFs, hypervariable multigene families and genes without orthologues, and of unknown function https://t.co/GiCOcIeKIG
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Join ASP #ConceptsinParasitology 2025 course studying #parasites at #UQMoretonBay apply online by 13 July https://t.co/hlxLGSiG14
@UQscience
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Applications for awards to attend the 2025 MPMXXXVI meeting are now open - details, deadlines and application information below. Please share with anyone interested.
Do you work on parasites and reside in an LMIC? Consider applying for a 2025 MPM LMIC award. The deadline is March 3rd, 2025—details on the website. https://t.co/fsZx5aOho8
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📢We're hiring! Exciting opportunity for a Statistician to join our dynamic team. Bring your skills in data analysis! 📍Location: KEMRI/CDC- Kisumu 🔗Apply here: https://t.co/UzOqY56REb 🗓Deadline: 02/15/25 5:00:00 PM #JobOpportunity #StatisticsJobs #Hiring
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📢 Registration Open for a 7-day complete online live training on Google Earth Engine (GEE) for Remote Sensing and GIS Analysis, tailored for beginners to advanced learners. Registration info: https://t.co/i4EFoxX5HU
#googleearthengine #onlinetraining #GEE #earthengine
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Evaluation of DNA extraction kits for long-read shotgun metagenomics using Oxford Nanopore sequencing for rapid taxonomic and antimicrobial resistance detection https://t.co/o3RYBAdpof
nature.com
Scientific Reports - Evaluation of DNA extraction kits for long-read shotgun metagenomics using Oxford Nanopore sequencing for rapid taxonomic and antimicrobial resistance detection
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New research on Anopheles funestus in Africa reveals high genetic diversity, widespread insecticide resistance, and promising targets for gene drive vector control. 🦟 Read the full pre-print on the genomic diversity of this important malaria vector https://t.co/fVm4iZh2h1
biorxiv.org
Anopheles funestus s.s. is a formidable human malaria vector across sub-Saharan Africa. To understand how the species is evolving, especially in response to malaria vector control, we sequenced 656...
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.@WHO has published the 2024 World #malaria report, emphasizing the need for a more inclusive and effective response, with a focus on reaching the populations most vulnerable to malaria. Read it here:
who.int
Each year, WHO’s World malaria report provides a comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of trends in malaria control and elimination across the globe
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🌟 Exciting news! Join Virtual Symposium on Apicomplexan Parasites (Apicomplexa-2025), happening Jan 22-23, 2025 (ET), covering latest research findings (mostly unpublished) in the field of #Plasmodium, #Toxoplasma, and #Cryptosporidium. 📲Learn more: https://t.co/n0SrdnZWOW
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Mombasa! Howaaayuuuni....!! . 655 days later, Alpha is back home ! 🚘 Who's around? Thread later - shipping & port processes 🚢🛳️⚓ @SpaceYaMagari @BunduRovers @MaraNomads
#AlphaLandrover #BreakingBorders #OverlandingEurope #overlandingafrica #KenyaToEurope #Mombasa port
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