The Lambrechts Lab

🦟 🦠 Notre équipe du laboratoire "Génomique Évolutive, Modélisation et Santé" (GEMS) @cnrsecologie.bsky.social @pasteur.fr a identifié un gène clé impliqué dans la sensibilité du #moustique Aedes aegypti au #virus de la #dengue www.inee.cnrs.fr/fr/cnrsinfo/...

I’m going to halve my publication output. You should consider slow science, too If we don’t slow down, the research enterprise is going to crash, argues Adrian Barnett.

The current publication system is a runaway train that is headed for disaster www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Deadline is approaching (Feb 9) to apply for a PI position at Institut Pasteur. Come join us and contribute to an amazing scientific environment!!!

Beating back the Aedes aegypti mosquito Scientists are taking a multipronged approach to tackle this dangerous carrier of dengue, yellow fever and other noxious viruses

Great read! Congratulations @katarinazimmer.bsky.social on your insightful @knowablemag.bsky.social piece exploring the remarkable biology of the Aedes aegypti #mosquito knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...

Stage-resolved metabolomics reveals the methionine cycle as a key regulator of Aedes aegypti development and dengue virus susceptibility Developmental transitions in the mosquito Aedes aegypti are central to vector competence and disease transmission, yet the underlying metabolic programs remain poorly defined. Here, we use untargeted ...

Kicking off the new year with mosquitoes, metabolomics, & arboviruses! 🥳

🦟Our new preprint is out! We mapped the metabolism of the Aedes aegypti mosquito across its life cycle to find new ways to fight dengue virus.

Check it out on: doi.org/10.64898/202...

#VectorBiology #Metabolomics #Mosquito

We are recruiting two postdoc roles to work with #DeZiNetwork on dengue, Zika, and other emerging arboviruses:

🔬 Viral Computational Genomics
🔗 Apply here: lnkd.in/eq-dqCJb

🧪 Viral Genomics and Immunology
🔗 Apply here: lnkd.in/eMEKWb9b

More on DeZi here: lnkd.in/edwBg-qX

Deadline: 15 Jan 2026

An illustration of a woman carrying a big clock. The hedline is: I was a ‘go, go, go’ academic. A fellowship abroad transformed my approach

"Productivity, I’ve come to see, is not measured only by research papers and grants. It is also sustained by presence, rest, and the relationships that give meaning to the work." #ScienceWorkingLife https://scim.ag/3KNJ1Bm

Exciting opportunity @pasteur.fr for junior scientists aiming to create their research group !

Congratulations @dbikard.bsky.social !!

My lab is recruiting a post-doc ! please share ! emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...

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

Engineered Metarhizium fungi produce longifolene to attract and kill mosquitoes - Nature Microbiology Insects colonized with Metarhizium fungi emit longifolene to lure new hosts for infection to disperse spores. A fungal strain was engineered to emit longifolene to attract and eliminate mosquitoes.

OUT NOW! - Engineered Metarhizium fungi produce longifolene to attract and kill mosquitoes 🍄🧲🦟☠️

By Dan Tang, Jun Cao, Raymond Leger, Jianhua Huang, Weiguo Fang & colleagues.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Origins of the London Underground mosquito revealed | Natural History Museum New research reveals that these insects likely evolved in the Mediterranean basin more than 1,000 years ago.

A long-held myth about a mosquito evolving in the London Underground has been debunked! 🦟

The insect gained notoriety in the Second World War, when it fed on Londoners seeking shelter in the rail tunnels during the Blitz.

Discover its true origin story.👇
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...

The so-called 'London Underground mosquito' linked to West Nile Virus evolved over 1,000 years ago — not 200 years ago in Europe. 🦟

New research reshapes our theories of urban mosquito evolution. 👇
http://bit.ly/4qnJOJi

Current mosquitoes evolved more recently than previously thought Genetic analysis reveals that most living genera of mosquitoes emerged around 73 million years ago.

Current #mosquitoes evolved more recently than previously thought www.nature.com/articles/d41...

A targeted amplicon sequencing panel for cost-effective high-throughput genotyping of Aedes aegypti The mosquito Aedes aegypti is the primary vector for several medically significant arboviruses, including dengue, Zika, chikungunya, and yellow fever. Studying the genetic diversity of Ae. aegypti is ...

🚨 New preprint alert! We have developed a targeted amplicon sequencing panel for Aedes aegypti. We believe it is a powerful and cost-effective tool for studying #mosquito #population #genetics. Curious how it matches up to WGS? Check out our preprint to find out! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

2 job adverts on a NERC project w myself + @darrenobbard.bsky.social on “What determines the virome: ecology and the environment, evolution, or species history?” early 2026 in
@uniexecec.bsky.social
- Postdoc: jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...
- RA: jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...
Pls share!

Mosquito Genetics May Explain Why Zika Virus Outbreaks Are Rare in Africa – But Climate Change Could Shift the Balance - High Meadows Environmental Institute A new study reveals that Africa’s low rates of Zika virus outbreaks may be due to a surprising factor: the genetic makeup of local mosquito populations. Research by scientists at the High Meadows Envi...

A study by researchers at Princeton, @pasteur.fr, and @ucsandiego.bsky.social reveals that Africa’s low rates of Zika virus outbreaks may be due to a surprising factor: the genetic makeup of local mosquito populations.

Huge thanks to @gonzalezlabbcn.bsky.social for her invaluable contribution as a member of Alexander Bergman's PhD jury and for the stimulating discussions that ensued. It was a great opportunity to chat about #transposons in #mosquitoes and #Drosophila!

WOW! Systematic testing of 2 #Wolbachia strains for their ability to block transmission of 60 genetically diverse #DENV isolates in #mosquitoes shows substantial heterogeneity and suggests potential long-term selection risks in Wolbachia-based control interventions.

Genetic study of malaria-carrying mosquitoes tracks evolution of insecticide resistance | Natural History Museum It crucially also reveals promising genetic targets for potential control.

www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...

Mosquitoes that have been in the collection for nearly a hundred years are helping us in dealing with an even older but also current problem - malaria

@sangerinstitute.bsky.social @nhm-london.bsky.social

How the yellow fever mosquito conquered the world Aedes aegypti further adapted to life around humans when it arrived in the Americas, study of hundreds of mosquito genomes reveals

How the yellow fever mosquito conquered the world | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Genomic clues into the spread of deadly mosquitoes Ancient and more recent human interactions shape mosquito vector evolution

Genomic clues into the spread of deadly mosquitoes | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

1206 genomes reveal origin and movement of Aedes aegypti driving increased dengue risk The emergence and global expansion of Aedes aegypti puts more than half of all humans at risk of arbovirus infection, but the origin of this mosquito and the impact of contemporary gene flow on arbovi...

1206 genomes reveal origin and movement of Aedes aegypti driving increased dengue risk | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/....

A seminal paper of great interest to all. Great work and congratulations to the team!

Genomic diversity of the African malaria vector Anopheles funestus Anopheles funestus s.s. is a major human malaria vector across Africa. To study its evolution, especially under vector control pressure, we sequenced 656 modern specimens (collected 2014 to 2018) and ...

Striking and frightening 😒 "They found multiple instances of insecticide-resistance variants in this malaria vector, although most of these weren’t shared with museum specimens collected as recently as 1967, suggesting rapid emergence"
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

ScienceAdviser: Mosquitoes seem to love hedonists Today in Science and science: How corpse flowers make a big stink, a rocky start for the ocean, and more

ScienceAdviser: Mosquitoes seem to love hedonists | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Chikungunya : forte hausse des cas autochtones en métropole, Santé publique France appelle à la vigilance face aux moustiques tigres L’implantation du moustique tigre dans 81 départements métropolitains inquiète les autorités, qui redoutent une propagation accrue du chikungunya et d’autres maladies vectorielles cet automne.

Chikungunya : forte hausse des cas autochtones en métropole, Santé publique France appelle à la vigilance face aux moustiques tigres

How billions of hacked mosquitoes and a vaccine could beat the deadly dengue virus Outbreaks of dengue are killing thousands of people in South America each year and getting worse. Brazil hopes to turn the tide with a home-grown vaccine and an army of mosquitoes infected with Wolbachia bacteria.

Brazil hopes to turn the tide of dengue with a home-grown vaccine and an army of mosquitoes

go.nature.com/41VWT1V

Mosquito-borne viruses surge in a warming Europe Chikungunya cases break records in France; West Nile virus appears near Rome

Mosquito-borne viruses surge in a warming Europe | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

@elodiecouderc.bsky.social is on 🔥 this month ! Our review (which the literature really missed, imho) giving an historical perspective on the methods used to study of mosquito-virus interactions in now online at @cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social. Check it ou here: www.cell.com/trends/micro...