ANTI-VeC

ANTI-VeC Network - Application of Novel Transgenic technology & Inherited symbionts to Vector Control. Funded by UK govt Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF).

[Claudine MAFFO @ClaudineMaffo]

Honored to participate and present my findings in #AntiVec meeting in Kilifi, Kenya and so excited to meet and share research activities with colleagues and network. What an experience! @AntiVec @cam_crid @PIIVeC @Pamca_Wivc

[Amelie Wamba @AmelieWamba]

Happy to attend the @AntiVec meeting of 2023 where I had a poster presentation of PHD findings. Thank you for this opportunity 😊.
@pamcafrica

[Lizette @LLKoekemoer]

Mr Thabo Mashatola presented his PhD results in Kenya: Development of genetic sexing systems for the malaria vector, Anopheles arabiensis: progress made by the South African sterile
insect technique project

[Nourou Barry, PhD @BarryNourou]

What an excellent opportunity you, @AntiVec, gave me to be a #Speaker to this great meeting in #Kilifi, #Kenya. I shared the #StakeholderEngagement of @TargetMalaria experience on how we were able to navigate between international guidance and context reality

[ANTI-VeC @AntiVec]

Full house for the ANTI-VeC Network Meeting in Kilifi, Kenya.

First session is now underway. Attendees can use #ANTIVeC23 to tweet about the meeting

[ANTI-VeC @AntiVec]

@zephnelson There won't be a streamed webinar link. Are you a member? If not, sign up as we may be making some recordings available later https://t.co/DX2jEYuoLf

[ANTI-VeC @AntiVec]

ANTI-VeC's Genetic and Symbiont-based Approaches for Vector Control meeting begins in Kenya on Sunday.

Take a look at what's in store by downloading the meeting programme:
https://t.co/IHy9EppVUo

[Diego Ayala @d_ayalag]

Very excited to participate to @AntiVec meeting in #Kenya 26-28 Feb 2023! 🦟🦟🦟

[Target Malaria @TargetMalaria]

Today, the Crisanti Lab, one of the scientific teams of Target Malaria @imperialcollege launched a new website where visitors can explore the lab's work to develop genetically modified mosquitoes 🦟, and meet the many faces that make up the team 👋

🔗https://t.co/QRjhboReiG

[PAMCA, Africa @pamcafrica]

PAMCA 2023 Abstract Submission Now Open! - https://t.co/fE46mGJLir

[RBM VCWG @RBM_VCWG]

The WHO world malaria report 2022 is published. Malaria killed an estimated 619,000 people in 2021. Report includes an expanded section on threats to malaria control, with a focus on the declining effectiveness of insecticide-treated mosquito nets.
👉🏿https://t.co/IQFKo8yLw8

[Omar Akbari @Omar_Akbari_]

Experts from 14 Nations Discuss Global Gene Drive Project Registry https://t.co/V9KGrIBeQt

[Ioanna Morianou @ioanna_mor]

Our paper on engineering marker-less variants in the mosquito genome using #CriMCE is now out @CRISPRjournal! A cool method that came out of my PhD, with applications in the field of vector control & beyond. 🦟🧬
@DrewMarcHammond @TonahN
https://t.co/k8MmPNrvQE

[ANTI-VeC @AntiVec]

Applications are now open for @UKRI_News Centres for Doctoral Training in artificial intelligence, applied to development of health interventions, understanding of health threats and much more.
Apply by 23 February
https://t.co/vrDLpzcGV9

[Target Malaria @TargetMalaria]

This #AfricaYouthMonth🎉, we are introducing Target Malaria's Young Scientists blog series! Each month, we will present one of our early career and up and coming team member who is working to #endmalaria
Stay tuned to meet everyone!

[ANTI-VeC @AntiVec]

Last call! Submit your abstracts for talks and posters to present at our Kenya meeting in February.

Deadline is tomorrow at 17:00 GMT.

[ANTI-VeC @AntiVec]

7 days to go to submit your abstracts to present at our Kenya meeting.

We're looking for abstracts from those working with genetic and symbiont-based control approaches, including community engagement, vector-pathogen interactions, population biology, behaviour and modelling

[mara lawniczak @marakat]

the Sanger Prize is a wonderful chance for an undergraduate student from a low or middle income country to come spend 3 months @sangerinstitute
doing an internship on genomics with scientists here. applications open now. Please RT!

[ANTI-VeC @AntiVec]

A new @FrontiersIn journal, Frontiers in Malaria is now welcoming submissions. The journal currently has a call for abstracts for the 'Vectors collection' which may be of interest to many.

Deadline: 12th December

https://t.co/waeFwcS9la

[PAMCA, Africa @pamcafrica]

ANTI-VeC will have a meeting in Kenya (26-28 February) and has launched a call for abstracts and travel bursaries. Check the link for more details. Deadline is November 25, 2022 https://t.co/ZRqyJxQp6z

[GeneConvene @Gene_Convene]

Join us this Wednesday @ 11 AM ET for a conversation with @IUCollege's Dr. Irene Garcia Newton on identifying the mechanisms of #Wolbachia-mediated virus inhibition. Register now: https://t.co/Rt8SxwKVWH