Shiho Torii

Congrats Spyros! Hope to see you soon🥳

Sarah Merkling wants to "pasteurize" mosquitoes! At the Institut Pasteur, Sarah Merkling's research focuses on a topic that is still largely unknown: interactions between mosquitoes and viruses. She boldly devises novel strategies based on state-of-...

🦟 Can we "pasteurize" mosquitoes to stop dengue & Zika?

Sarah Merkling @merklinglab.bsky.social uses AI + CRISPR to analyze stomach cells and understand why some mosquitoes spread viruses while others don't.

Goal: Make disease-carrying mosquitoes harmless.
#Zika #Dengue

Hello mosquito 🦟 and microbiota 🧫 🦠 aficionados, we are looking for a postdoc to join our team (Saleh's lab @salehlabparis.bsky.social at Institut Pasteur @pasteur.fr ) to investigate the interplay between the mosquito, its microbiota, and arboviruses. More information here 👇

Aedes aegypti VLG-1 challenges the assumed antiviral nature of Vago genes - BMC Biology Background Arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses) such as dengue virus (DENV) and Zika virus (ZIKV) pose a significant threat to global health. Novel approaches to control the spread of arboviruses foc...

🚀 Excited to share (with a little delay) my first first-author publication on #Vago genes in #mosquitoes! 🦟 🦠 Have a look to see how we questioned a mosquito immunity dogma and challenged the existing understanding of Vago-like genes as antiviral factors ⬇️

bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

La dengue aux commandes YouTube video by Institut Pasteur

Does #dengue virus hijack #mosquitoes' brain? Study led by Felix Hol @pasteur.fr discovered that infected mosquitoes take smaller blood meals. As a result, they bite more often, and potentially infect infect more people.

(video in French with English subtitles available)
youtu.be/2u_qckfAQa4?...

New #review out 🚨 for mosquito enthusiasts 🦟 !

Have you ever questioned the approach you routinely use to investigate #mosquito-virus #interactions? ⬇️

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

We’re back with another season of monthly seminars bringing together diverse and leading investigators worldwide to share cutting-edge arbovirus science.
🧬 Topics span molecular virology, virus–vector interactions, epidemiology, pathogenesis, and more.
📅 3rd Thursday each month
🕚 11 AM US ET Zoom

Our study is now published in @natcomms.nature.com and describes the 1st definitive identification of genetic variants linked to DENV susceptibility in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. (1/3)

Dengue virus susceptibility in Aedes aegypti linked to natural cytochrome P450 promoter variants Nature Communications - Genetic factors affecting Aedes aegypti susceptibility to dengue virus infection aren’t well studied. Here the authors show that a cytochrome P450 gene, typically...

🦟🦠 Check out our latest article in @natcomms.nature.com on the genetic basis of #dengue virus susceptibility in #mosquitoes! Collaborative work brillantly led by @merklinglab.bsky.social and @elodiecouderc.bsky.social @pasteur.fr and primarily supported by @agencerecherche.bsky.social rdcu.be/eBbg7

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...

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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For the December Wakate journal club @jarelelgin.bsky.social and I are very excited to be chairing not one but two talks by @jonathonmifsud.bsky.social and Elias Augestad on their cutting-edge viral glycoprotein work!

Make sure to sign up here: t.co/QZTKghnspN