Ben Bellekom

Postdoctoral Researcher in Epidemiology
@imperialcollege

Vaccine Epidemiology Research Group

[Ben Bellekom @BBellekom]

My DPhil journey finally comes to an end.
Oxford graduation 2024.

Thank you to everyone that got me to this moment especially @OwenTLewis @Landscape_Webs for their support throughout this journey!

[Ben Bellekom @BBellekom]

@JordanCuff Thank you !

[Ben Bellekom @BBellekom]

Successfully passed my viva with minor corrections!

#PhDone

[Ben Bellekom @BBellekom]

PhD thesis submitted, 4.5 years has flown by.

[Talya Hackett @Landscape_Webs]

Learn all about mosquitoes, gene drives and the potential ecological consequences of population suppression in our @TED_ED video.

So great to see this live; it was such a pleasure to work on!

@TargetMalaria @OxfordBiology

https://t.co/BssptSS2Sr

[Ben Bellekom @BBellekom]

Next paper of my ongoing PhD is now available to read!
Our work examines the effect of storage conditions and digestion time on the amplification success of biting midge blood meals.
Find it here: https://t.co/Zkr862MWE2
@Landscape_Webs @OwenTLewis

[MosquitoPapers @mosquito_papers]

Effects of storage conditions and digestion time on DNA amplification of biting midge (Culicoides) blood meals https://t.co/dXg3jvh93g

[Ben Bellekom @BBellekom]

A real honor for our paper, A Network Perspective on the Vectoring of Human Disease, to be selected!

[Trends in Parasitology @TrendsParasitol]

To celebrate #ICOPA2022, we put together some of the most influential Reviews and Opinions we published last year in this special collection. Our editor Pengfei Kong ([email protected]) and @ParasitologyELS look forward to meeting you @ICOPAnhagen soon!

https://t.co/fjw8AfKt4H

[Trends in Parasitology @TrendsParasitol]

In our 2021 highlights https://t.co/fjw8AfKt4H: A Network Perspective on the Vectoring of Human Disease @Bbellekom @OwenTLewis @Landscape_Webs @OxZooDept @OxfordBiology @CEROxford @UniofOxford #Biting #Diptera #Zoonoses

https://t.co/8uouYBnQeA

[Austen Thomas @ScatDNA]

#eDNA Probability of Detection Calculator!

*Public service announcement that this still exists*

@taylormwilcox is a science rockstar. 🤩

https://t.co/hwQNZpqHyM

[UGA CTEGD @CTEGD]

SAVE THE DATE! Please mark your calendars for the 31st Molecular Parasitology & Vector Biology Symposium, which will be held on May 4, 2022 at the Georgia Center with an option to watch the talks via Zoom.

[Jordan Cuff 🕸️🧬🕷️ @JordanCuff]

Really excited for this to hit @MethodsEcolEvol soon!

We've outlined several key pitfalls inherent to integrating dietary metabarcoding data into ecological networks and how best to get around them! 🕸️🧬🥳

[Tad Dallas @taddallas]

"Predicting the tripartite network of mosquito-borne disease"

https://t.co/9UslkqG2Wv

team <- @SadieRyan @ColinJCarlson @RC_Epi @annafagre @BBellekom

Mashing vectors into host-virus prediction, then thinking about host-vector-virus prediction. 🦟

[Jordan Cuff 🕸️🧬🕷️ @JordanCuff]

🧬🧑‍🔬💧MOLECULAR ECOLOGISTS AND METABARCODERS 🍽🪲🧬

I wrote about metabarcoding primers (how they work, how to design them, how wonderful they are, etc.) for those new to the molecular rollercoaster since I didn’t know of an accessible and detailed guide!
https://t.co/NfFWyKOcwR

[Rudolf Meier @rudolf-meier.bsky.soci @RudolfMeier15]

Meet “DiversityScanner”, the robot that uses machine learning for species discovery: it images, measures, identifies, and moves specimens from Malaise samples into microplates for barcoding; a good companion of “MinION barcodes by everyone, for everyone. https://t.co/Vr1rj1iVbz

[The Verena Institute @viralemergence]

We're thrilled to announce that today, we're releasing The Global Virome in One Network (VIRION), an open-source atlas of the vertebrate virome. With nearly three million records, VIRION is an unprecedented step forward for open data in viral ecology.

https://t.co/o78lTPgdOv

[Physalia-courses@ONLINE @Physacourses]

📢📢Last 3 seats left on the network analysis in R course with @Gfalbery in September!

If interested, please check it out: https://t.co/YmgnJmJocN

#rstats #network #DataScience

[Trends in Parasitology @TrendsParasitol]

Our 2021 May issue https://t.co/cbi2BSoKXJ reviews bioengineered #microvessels in malaria research, #PatchClamp parasite transporters, #fasciolicides for ruminant livestock, #Opisthorchis viverrine control modeling, #Toxoplasma behavioral manipulation, #network analysis & more!

[Trends in Parasitology @TrendsParasitol]

New issue with articles from @marietabernabeu @Desai_lab @saggugagan2007 @crisandbugs @TomCrellen @nkhuntikeo @GrahamMedley @DeirdreHoll @jusabdulsam @Bbellekom @OwenTLewis @Landscape_Webs @rejoicePhD @nil_moretti @SchaerJuliane @iejotre @Kmatuschewski @ReederLab @JMartinezPuente

[Physalia-courses@ONLINE @Physacourses]

Today @owenwangensteen has presented #MJOLNIR -Metabarcoding Joining Obitools & Linkage Networks In R. It is an R package to run modular #metabarcoding pipelines from #rstats

https://t.co/jKW3jL40vH