New paper out from the MosSI group. Started this work in 2017 so great to finally get it out!
TL;DR - Microbiome interactions with ZIKV - host background matters!
animalmicrobiome.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Drs @minealtinli.bsky.social @spleonard1.bsky.social @alainkohlvirology.bsky.social & @mosquitomicrobe.bsky.social review #bacteria-mediated #dsRNA delivery for #mosquito-borne #virus control. #RNAi #vectorcontrol #symbiont #engineering #mosquito #arbovirus
www.cell.com/trends/paras...
What @edmhill.bsky.social said!!!👇
Applications due in one week👇👇👇
Come and join the @mossi-lab.bsky.social group! We have a postdoc position available on Wolbachia and Anopheles interactions.
app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Car...
@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
A cute aged fly, despite my mom thinking it’s a bee.
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!
And finally a huge congrats to Aidan and Shannon for both winning poster prizes!
Shannon presenting his recently published work on parasitic nematode specific RNA viruses and their role in antibody responses in vertebrate hosts. Also joined by our MRes student Sernyen.
@aidanfoo.bsky.social presenting on the contribution of siderophore mediated competition to Aedes aegypti colonisation
@luciendobel.bsky.social presenting on the role of the microbiome in Aedes aegypti oviposition site preference.
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!
