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Ruth Müller

@ruthmueller.bsky.social

Ecologist who is fascinated by mosquitoes / Associate professor at the University of Antwerp / Professor and head of the unit of entomology at the Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, Belgium

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Studying at ITM in Antwerp Specialise in tropical medicine, international public health or global One Health at the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp.

www.itg.be/en/study/stu...

14.10.2025 05:56 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Diese Unternehmen finanzieren den ru Krieg!
Sie zahlten 2024
20 MILLIARDEN Dollar Steuern in ru. Das ist der Sold für 1 Millionen Soldaten und beeinflusst nachhaltig den ru Angriffskrieg auf die 🇺🇦.
Bild b4ukraine.org
Vielleicht sollten die mal sanktioniert werden. /Ch

30.08.2025 19:10 — 👍 109    🔁 49    💬 7    📌 4
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Habeck

2022: unabhängig von Putin-Gas

2023: Anteil EE über 50%

2023: Kohleverstrom sinkt auf Level von 1959

2023: letzte AKWs vom Netz

2023: Wärmewende

2024: CO2 sinkt im 3. Jahr in Folge

2024: erreicht dank PV- & -Wind-Turbo erstmals gesteckte Klimaziele

2025: Boom bei Wärmepumpen

27.08.2025 14:13 — 👍 397    🔁 150    💬 7    📌 7
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mobile 3D printed device extracts drinking water directly from air - Designboom Designed by Louisa Graupe and Julika Schwarz, Water from Air is a mobile device that extracts potable water directly from the atmosphere using advanced material technology. The prototype addresses the increasing global demand for accessible drinking water by employing Metal-Organic...

mobile 3D printed device extracts drinking water directly from air - Designboom
->designboom | #DrinkingWater | More info from EcoSearch

06.07.2025 03:00 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Ecological Genomics About the Opportunity Job Summary A postdoctoral research associate is available at the Lotterhos Lab at Northeastern University. The postdoc will be based at Northeastern University’s Marine Science ...

I'm hiring! Postdoc available in my lab in Ecological Genomics. northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/... I will start reviewing applications mid-July. 🧪🧑‍🔬🖥️🧬🦑. Please share widely, thanks!

08.05.2025 20:37 — 👍 53    🔁 78    💬 0    📌 3
Der rechte Rand der erdzugewandten Seite der Sonne in gelber Farbe. Auf der Zeigerposition vier Uhr schießt gasförmige Sonnenmaterie sehr hell und dynamisch ins All.

Der rechte Rand der erdzugewandten Seite der Sonne in gelber Farbe. Auf der Zeigerposition vier Uhr schießt gasförmige Sonnenmaterie sehr hell und dynamisch ins All.

Guten Morgen zusammen - wie immer mit einem aktuellen Bild der Sonne via Satellit SDO.

12.04.2025 04:51 — 👍 458    🔁 34    💬 7    📌 0

Pixel intensity of wing photos used to predict age of Anopheles gambiae caught during the RIMDAMAL II clinical trial https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.27.640698v1

01.03.2025 02:19 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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PhD student in Ecology and Evolution The Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences (DEEP) is located in the Arrhenius Laboratories, situated at the University Campus at Frescati. Presently around 100 people, including 35 PhD

We have an open 4-year PhD position in the Slotte lab at Stockholm University, to investigate genomic signatures of selection associated with pollination mode shifts.
Full ad: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Apply by April 22, 2025 via the University application portal (link). Please repost! 🧪

01.04.2025 14:41 — 👍 45    🔁 76    💬 1    📌 3
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Is it time to consider west Nile and Usutu viruses endemic in central Italy? West Nile (WNV) and Usutu (USUV) viruses co-circulated in a region of Central Italy (Lazio) in 2018, as evidenced by the detection of WNV in the nervo…

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🦟

27.03.2025 19:14 — 👍 6    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0
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The @emca.bsky.social #EMCA2025 at @itmantwerp.bsky.social started and everyone is pretty excited! Check out our lovely dog ( @svielma.bsky.social) with EMCA merge! 🦟 @vectorbrus.bsky.social @ruthmueller.bsky.social @schneidera.bsky.social @adwine.bsky.social

25.03.2025 14:50 — 👍 7    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Aedes albopictus (not Ae. aegypti, present but rare) is the main vector on Reunion island.

21.03.2025 09:42 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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Innovation Developer Research Office/ Health Innovation More than 500 staff members at the Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM) contribute every day to improving the health of millions of people world...

We’re hiring! www.itg.be/en/jobs-and-...

05.03.2025 19:59 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
🤩 Looking back on ITM's 2024!
YouTube video by Institute of Tropical Medicine 🤩 Looking back on ITM's 2024!

🔬👩‍🔬 Last year, we made critical research discoveries, welcomed new experts, and fostered stronger connections globally. From groundbreaking mpox research to strengthening health equity and educating the changemakers of tomorrow, 2024 was all about people making a difference.🌍 youtu.be/PWpt0sTG_mg?...

28.02.2025 15:53 — 👍 7    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 2

Lower Bird Evenness and Diversity Are Associated With Higher Usutu Prevalence in Culex pipiens Mosquitoes https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39963005/

20.02.2025 19:22 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Role of vector phenotypic plasticity in disease transmission as illustrated by the spread of dengue virus by Aedes albopictus - Nature Communications There is a need for accurate models to predict disease dynamics by considering the interactions between environment and vector traits. This study finds that incorporating delayed phenotypic plasticity...

29/250 is Role of vector phenotypic plasticity in disease transmission as illustrated by the spread of dengue virus by Aedes albopictus

I'm interested in the role of mosquito age structure on viral transmission, and this seems relevant. Also a way to incorporate life history into disease models

11.02.2025 19:59 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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On people’s perceptions of climate change and its impacts in a hotspot of global warming The Hindu Kush Himalayan region is a global hotspot for climate change and highly vulnerable to its direct and indirect impacts. Understanding people’s perception of climate change is crucial for effe...

journals.plos.org/plosone/arti... Just published! People's perception matches well with metereological temperature trends, but less with precipitation patterns in Central Nepal, a hotspot of global warming. Read more about perceived indirect effects of climate change. #mosquitoes

16.02.2025 20:31 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Antwerp researchers call for review of Syria sanctions to protect health systems Researchers at the Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM) in Antwerp have called for a review of sanctions against Syria because of their impact on...

Researchers at the @itmantwerp.bsky.social have called for a review of #sanctions against #Syria because of their impact on #healthsystems and essential services. @gorikooms.bsky.social @salehaljadeeah.bsky.social @rravinetto.bsky.social
www.belganewsagency.eu/antwerp-rese...

06.02.2025 19:42 — 👍 6    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0

It’s today! You can still join 🤩
#womenandgirlsinscience

11.02.2025 09:20 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde (ITG) in Antwerpen Het ITG streeft naar de vooruitgang van wetenschap en gezondheid, met focus op onderzoek, onderwijs en professionele dienstverlening (hiv/soa en reisgeneeskunde).

🚀 Start your global health journey at ITM! Applications for our Masters programmes close very soon! @itmantwerp.bsky.social
👉 www.itg.be/en/study/cou... #StudyatITM

29.01.2025 17:47 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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🎉 Women belong in science! Join us in celebrating the International Day of Women and Girls in Science on 11/2 with ITM PhD alumna Ibukun Abejirinde and
@esawah.bsky.social (moderator). She’ll share her inspiring journey in research, science, and academia. Register now! 👉 itg.be/en/events/al...

05.02.2025 10:41 — 👍 14    🔁 8    💬 0    📌 1
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In memory of Armand Van Deun To honour Armand Van Deun's legacy in TB research & treatment, we launched the Armand Van Deun Scholarship Initiative, a cause you can also support

The Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp launched the Armand Van Deun Scholarship Initiative in honour of his legacy. Armand was founding father of our short course Clinical Decision-Making for Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (DR-TB) @ITM. Read more: www.itg.be/en/health-st...

13.01.2025 15:43 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Cross-modal sensory compensation increases mosquito attraction to humans Mosquitoes enhance sensitivity to human body heat by a sensory compensation mechanism when their sense of smell is disrupted.

AT LAST OUR PEER-REVIEWED PRE-PRINT IS PUBLISHED
We finally vanquished Reviewer #3 - with great support from the academic editors @ScienceAdvances
Cross-modal sensory compensation increases mosquito attraction to humans | Science Advances
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

02.01.2025 13:54 — 👍 82    🔁 22    💬 1    📌 1

First genome assembly of wild #Aedes mosquitoes. Paper coming soon! Pre-print is out! Thanks to our collaboration with @jsoghigian.bsky.social, @ird-fr.bsky.social, @yale.edu and #CT_CAES.

01.02.2025 15:30 — 👍 19    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0

Review in this collection: Curing #mosquitoes with #genetic approaches for #malaria control, authored by Mary Kefi @victorcardosojaime.bsky.social Sally Saab & George Dimopoulos #Plasmodium #Anopheles #Transgenesis #Population #Modification @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social
www.cell.com/trends/paras...

29.01.2025 10:50 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Review in this collection: #Genetic #surveillance of #insecticide #resistance in #African #Anopheles #populations to inform #malaria #vector control, authored by Penelope Hancock, Eric Ochomo & Louisa Messenger. @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social @lstmnews.bsky.social

www.cell.com/trends/paras...

29.01.2025 11:06 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Important new paper just out on the origins & #evolbiol of the London Underground Mosquito Culex p. molestus by @yukihaba.bsky.social @lindymcbr.bsky.social. Spoiler alert: Molestus originated 1000s of years ago in the Middle East www.biorxiv.org/content/bior... #evolviol #urbanevolution

31.01.2025 13:25 — 👍 30    🔁 18    💬 2    📌 0
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A single-cell atlas of the Culex tarsalis midgut during West Nile virus infection Author summary West Nile virus is the leading cause of mosquito-borne disease in N. America. Cx. tarsalis is a highly competent vector of WNV that plays a central role in the transmission and maintena...

One positive thing that happend this otherwise challenging week is that this paper is FINALLY out. Why are Culex tarsalis so good at spreading West Nile virus? We learned a lot by doing this study. A testament to the tenacity and creativity of Dr. Emily Fitzmeyer.
journals.plos.org/plospathogen...

31.01.2025 15:24 — 👍 32    🔁 9    💬 2    📌 1
Aedes aegypti. Public domain image from Wikimedia

Aedes aegypti. Public domain image from Wikimedia

Aedes albopictus. Public domain image from Wikimedia

Aedes albopictus. Public domain image from Wikimedia

Two invasions at once: update on the introduction of the invasive species Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus in Cyprus – a call for action in Europe
[2023 paper] 🧪 doi.org/10.1051/para...

11.01.2025 15:10 — 👍 11    🔁 8    💬 0    📌 0
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Modelling the seasonal dynamics of Aedes albopictus populations using a spatio-temporal stacked machine learning model Scientific Reports - Modelling the seasonal dynamics of Aedes albopictus populations using a spatio-temporal stacked machine learning model

💡 Uno studio innovativo ha utilizzato un modello di apprendimento automatico per prevedere l'abbondanza stagionale delle uova della #zanzaratigre (#Aedes albopictus) in Europa tra il 2010 e il 2022.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

31.01.2025 16:14 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

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