Overcoming the “Ugly step-sister of medicine” label of diagnostics
A review of the McGill summer institute’s course in Global Health Diagnostics
Monthly Archives: June 2017
WorldLEISH 2017: A Post-Doc’s Perspective
The 6th World Congress on Leishmaniasis (WorldLEISH 6) was the first conference I attended as a fully-fledged scientist (PhD complete and first post-doc underway). I attended primarily to present my research, but also to learn more about this new organism that I have begun to work on: Leishmania. I couldn’t have picked a better located… Read more »
Blood feeding on “Investigator’s arms” reveals the role of light in suppressing mosquito blood feeding
Researchers from the University of Notre Dame University, USA, acted as food for mosquitoes during experiments which shed light on the effect of manipulating light exposure on blood feeding behaviour.
1Could carbamate insecticides save the day?
A field-based study investigates the tenet that insecticide resistance within a mosquito population may fall if the insecticide is replaced by one with a different mode of action.
1Does your sushi contain parasites?
