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Please join for the second half of the ACME council meeting to share your thoughts on the future of ACME. This is an in-person event during the annual meeting in Toronto. Council will be eager to hear from you from 4:30-5:30 pm at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in Convention Center Room 709 (level 7).
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Our latest podcast episode is now live, diving deep into our recent research on squirrels as hosts for ectoparasites and pathogens. This one was led by then-undergraduate (now a DVM candidate at Cornell) Chloe Roberts! ➡️ Listen to the notebook.lm podcast: https://lnkd.in/e3Z-9zzr ➡️ Read the paper: https://lnkd.in/evZjCQqM In this episode, we explore: 🐿️ The complex relationships between squirrels and the parasites they carry 🔬 What these tiny hitchhikers may reveal about tick-borne pathogens, like Anaplasma phagocytophilum 🌳 The implications for wildlife management and public health Listen now and discover why understanding squirrels may be important for the bigger picture of One Health.
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While the As in ACAV stand for American and Arbovirus - we do work EVERYWHERE! Check out ACAV Student Trainee Leadership Member Aidan Desjardin’s work in Ireland featured on BBC Northern Ireland!
PhD candidate in Climate and Vector-Borne Disease | Student Ambassador at the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Had the opportunity to speak on BBC Northern Ireland Radio Foyle yesterday to discuss our ongoing mosquito surveillance work and our hope to engage further with local communities to understand the challenges at hand. Grateful to the whole vector-borne disease team including Ryan Carmichael, Lucy Devlin, Luca Sloan, our supervisor Ross Cuthbert, and our partners at the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute. https://lnkd.in/eXmDG6ki
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⏰The countdown is on! Our upcoming ACAV 2025 webinar, will provide essential strategies & insights in arbovirology! Date: October 22, 2025 Time: 12 PM EST Location: Virtual - Register here (https://lnkd.in/gbgV3MQp) Featured Speakers • Dr. Anna Fagre – Iowa State University (Robert E. Shope & Scherer Hardy Awardee 2021) • Dr. Rafael Kroon Campos – Cornell University (former ACAV STLG member) • Dr. Sasha Azar – Houston Methodist (ACAV Executive Councilor) For questions, contact Buffy Finn or Rachel Lange (bfinn@astmh.org, rlange@albany.edu)
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ASTMH Meeting Nov 2025 in Toronto - session info now online. Come join us :-) So excited that #TropMed25 is less than a month away! Already, we have 3,000+ attendees registered from nearly 100 countries, who will gather to share inspiring science and tackle the various challenges facing our global community from November 9-13, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, Canada. You can find the full session information in our meeting app, available from the App Store and Google Play. A fantastic line up of speakers and sessions! Also a great opportunities to network and keep strengthening our global partnerships. 📱 For help downloading the app, go to: https://lnkd.in/efKPdzVi ✔️ If you haven’t registered yet for the 2025 Annual Meeting, now’s the time: https://lnkd.in/etQRiSty Best to do ASAP so there is time to obtain the visa (details and individualized letter upon registration). I look forward to a great meeting. Hopefully see you in the beautiful city of Toronto! With my best wishes, David Fidock, President, ASTMH #ASTMH #GlobalHealth #TropicalMedicine #InfectiousDiseases #MedicalEducation #Networking #CareerDevelopment #ScienceToImpact #MeetInToronto
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A new part-time position will soon be available in my lab, the InsectNeuroLab (http://insectneurolab.com/), at Durham University’s Department of Biosciences. This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to sensory neuroscience and insect behaviour research, working with mosquitoes and other model insects. The role is ideal for someone with a background in biology, zoology or a related discipline, who is looking to build or strengthen technical and labratory skills in a collaborative environment. You’ll gain valuable experience in laboratory maintenance and insect husbandry. You will be working alongside a vibrant and supportive research team. This role offers a strong foundation for anyone considering a future in research, ecology, or neuroscience. Key highlights of the role include: Develop skills in mosquito and fly colony maintenance and genetic crosses Gain experience in lab organisation, DNA extraction and genotyping Work within a research-active team in a world-class university setting Flexible hours (0.4FTE) and professional development opportunities The official posting will go live soon. Please keep an eye on this space for the link to apply, coming soon.
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✅ 🛜 🖥️ The Tick Academy is a virtual conference open to anyone interested in ticks and tick-borne disease prevention, including researchers, educators, students, public health professionals, pest control professionals, public-space managers and citizen scientists interested in the opportunity to learn more about what they can do to stop the spread of ticks and tick-borne diseases in their communities. https://lnkd.in/g8Hb45YA
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Looking for new job opportunities or collaborators? Join a free ACAV 2025 webinar on OCTOBER 22ND AT NOON EST that will explore exciting projects from ACAV assistant professors and get a sneak peek at our ASTMH plans for Toronto!. Save your spot today! 🦟🦍🦇 https://lnkd.in/gbgV3MQp #ASTMH #ACAV #Webinar #ProfessionalDevelopment
Trainee Spotlight alert!!! Meet Temitayo Ogundimu, a second-year MSc student in the Isewon Group at Covenant University, Nigeria. A native of Ogun State, Temitayo’s passion for understanding malaria and arboviral vectors has grown since beginning his MSc in Bioinformatics under the prestigious World Bank CApIC-ACE Scholarship. Temitayo actively supports colleagues in the Insectary Laboratory at Covenant University, where he contributes to both laboratory experiments and computational analyses. His work spans insecticide resistance studies and the identification of novel genetic markers that can inform proactive vector control strategies. For his MSc research, Temitayo is leveraging machine learning models to predict drug resistance in malaria parasite strains, combining computational precision with biological insight. Driven by a strong belief in interdisciplinary research, Temitayo sees collaboration across scientific fields as the cornerstone of innovative discoveries. His research interests include applying genome-wide association studies (GWAS)and machine learning (ML) to better understand the ecology of vector-borne diseases. Looking ahead, Temitayo aspires to pursue a PhD in Biological Sciences, with the goal of becoming a research scientistand establishing a biotech hub to mentor the next generation of African scientists. Ultimately, he aims to contribute to the eradication of infectious diseases in Africa and to make African genomic data more accessible and openly available for global research. #ACME #ASTMH #Entomology #Arbovirus #PublicHealth
Alpha-gal Information is an educational website which shares information for individuals with Alpha-gal Syndrome (AGS)—a tick-borne allergy to a sugar molecule found in most mammals. https://lnkd.in/gm2GVmQn