Gene editing opens new path for controlling disease-spreading vectors Researchers from USP help develop a genetic system that reverses fruit fly resistance to insecticides, with minimal and self-limiting ecological impact __________ Check it out: https://jornal.usp.br/uspnews/gene-editing-opens-new-path-for-controlling-disease-spreading-vectors/.

Prof. Dominik Heider (University of Münster) Date: February 25 Time: 2PM (BRT) Local: Anfiteatro Samuel Pessoa Anexo – ICB II – USP (Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes, 1374, São Paulo) Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are revolutionizing biomedical research by enabling advanced data-driven analyses across multiple domains, including omics sciences, clinical records, and medical […]

Vector mosquito control is an integral part of malaria control. The global emergence of insecticide resistance in malaria-transmitting Anophelines has become an impediment and has created an urgent need for novel mosquito control approaches. In our new paper in Science Advances, led by Chinmay Tikhe and George Dimopoulos from Johns Hopkins University, we show that a biopesticide […]

Organização: Centro de Pesquisas Clinicas e Epidemiológicas do Hospital Universitário da USP. Coordenador: Prof. Dr. Paulo A. Lotufo.  

Insecticide resistance poses a significant global challenge to public health and welfare. Together with Ankush Auradkar, John Marshall and Ethan Bier, we develop a self-eliminating allelic-drive system to revert insecticide resistance in Drosophila melanogaster. The drive is based on CRISPR-Cas9 technology and bias inheritance of the favored wild-type allele over the insecticide resistance variant of […]

New article published in Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases! The emergence of asymptomatic and lower parasitemia cases has reduced the detection of P. vivax with conventional surveillance methods. This situation raises questions about whether people without symptoms or with low levels of the parasite can still spread the disease and act as sources of infection. In […]

New article published in the Emerging Infectious Diseases! In this work, led by Priscila Rodrigues, we combined repeated prevalence surveys over a 4-year period of a household-based random sample of 2,774 persons with parasite genotyping to investigate the epidemiology of malaria in Mâncio Lima, the main urban transmission hotspot in Amazonian Brazil. We found that […]

Rodrigo Corder is presenting a seminar (in Portuguese) on “Novas abordagens para controle de malária: do laboratório ao campo”. Date: 21/05 (Tuesday). Time: 12 pm – 2 pm. Location: NOVA University Lisbon (online).

Rodrigo Corder is presenting a seminar on “Risk heterogeneity in the modeling of infectious diseases: A malaria case study in the Amazon Basin.” Date: 01/03 (Friday). Time: 11 am – 12 pm. Location: ICB 2, Anfiteatro Samuel Pessoa, Anexo Didático, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes, No. 1374 – Butantã – São Paulo/SP – ZIP Code 05508-000. […]

Title: Postdoctoral Scholar Position in Malaria Modeling Location: University of São Paulo, São Paulo SP, Brazil Scholarship: PD FAPESP (R$ 9.047,40; https://fapesp.br/en/postdoc) Numerous genetic and behavioral factors influence the risk of acquiring malaria. Evidence suggests that certain naturally acquired antibodies are linked to reduced clinical malaria risk in endemic areas. Conversely, specific work activities are […]