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Understanding the mosquito: Target Malaria Ghana’s mesocosm study 

Posted 10th October 2024 by Eva Duoduaa Ofori

When most  people hear about research into mosquitoes, they see it as fascinating. Today, I wish to delve into an innovative study by Target Malaria Ghana, which aims to shed…

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How to dissect a mosquito 

Posted 3rd October 2024 by Dr. Keri Harp

For World Mosquito Day 2023, we shared a video answering the question Is it possible to dissect a mosquito? To answer the question simply: yes, it is possible to dissect…

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Can the Anopheles gambiae mosquito pollinate? A scientific exploration

Posted 11th September 2024 by Thomas Gyimah

The high-pitched buzzing of a mosquito typically brings to mind memories of itchy bites and thoughts of the deadly disease malaria, and other viral infections like dengue, zika, and chikungunya.…

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World Mosquito Day 2024 

Posted 19th August 2024 by Zainab Shire

August 20th is World Mosquito Day! This year, we launched #MosquitoCountdown, an educational campaign across social media focused on mosquitoes, sharing informative posts from the 6th to the 20th of…

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Mosquito-borne diseases and their vectors 

Posted 15th August 2024 by Bernard Agyei Adams

According to the Centre of Disease Control Prevention (CDC), the mosquito is the deadliest animal and kills more people than any other creature in the world.  Mosquito-borne diseases are illnesses…

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Anopheles, Aedes or Culex: how to tell mosquito species apart? 

Posted 7th August 2024 by Dr Franck Yao

Worldwide there are more than 3,500 species of mosquitoes, with 837 of those species in Africa, 100 in Europe and 170 in North America.  Yet, from this great diversity, only…

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Junior high school students visit the mosquito ecology research facility in Ghana 

Posted 26th July 2024 by Divine Dzokoto

In an exciting educational initiative, a select group of students from University Staff Village Junior High School visited Target Malaria Ghana’s newly commissioned Mosquito Ecology Research Facility at the University…

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Y chromosome shredding in  Anopheles gambiae: a new genetic sexing strain reveals novel insight into the biology of synthetic sex ratio distorters

Posted 18th July 2024 by Matteo Vitale

There are naturally occurring genetic elements, known as sex ratio meiotic drive, which can influence the sex ratio of offspring, favouring either the male or female sex. These elements have…

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What would a malaria-free future look like? 

Posted 12th July 2024 by Ndeye Mane Sall

Malaria has affected the world throughout history. The World Health Organization states that the debilitating disease affected 249 million people in 2022 alone, and resulted in 608,000 deaths, all of…

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The Great Exhibition Road Festival  2024

Posted 19th June 2024 by Lorraine Gibson

The Great Exhibition Road Festival is a free annual celebration of science and the arts each summer in South Kensington, led by Imperial College London. This year the event took…

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