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The Gnatwork: building capacity for research on neglected vectors

What we do

The Gnatwork brings together researchers on blackflies, sandflies and biting midges from around the world to address technical issues that arise when working on small biting flies.

 

Pump-prime funding

We are excited to announce our final funding call, the Gnatwork Community Call. The application process is now closed.

International workshops

The Gnatwork will be hosting two international workshops (Bangladesh 2018 and Brazil 2019) over the course of the project. We will have a number of travel bursaries available to enable early career researchers to attend.
03 Dec 2018

In association with

The Ceratopogonidae Information Exchange

Hosted by Belmont University to provide information on the Dipteran family Ceratopogonidae.
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News

Early Career Researcher visits The Pirbright Institute

As part of the Transformative Science project "Cracking sandfly dispersal with eggs: adaptation of an immunomarking technique for use with phlebotomine sandflies", Dr Raquel Santos Souza visited the UK for her training. Here she tells of about her trip.

 

 

06 Sep 2019

Ento '19

Ento '19 'Vectors of Diseases' was held on the 20 - 22 August 2019 at The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), London.

22 Aug 2019

Brazil Conference Travel Bursary opens

Applications for the Travel Bursary are now open! We have 30 travel bursaries of up to £250 to attend the second Gnatwork Conference and Workshop in Brazil. Please click to see details.

12 Aug 2019

Events

4 - 8 November 2019

Brazil '19

Our second international workshop will be held in collaboration with Universidade Federal De Minas Gerais.

Belo Horizonte, Brazil
19 - 24 July

XXVI International Congress of Entomology

Helsinki, Finland
News & Events

The Gnatwork team

Dr Simon Carpenter

Dr Simon Carpenter

Director
Professor Mary Cameron

Professor Mary Cameron

Co-Director
Dr Emma Howson

Dr Emma Howson

Network Manager

Alix Connelly

Network Administator
Dr Bethan Purse

Dr Bethan Purse

Management Board Member

Dr Karin Darpel

Management Board Member
Dr Martin Hall

Dr Martin Hall

Management Board Member

Professor Robert Cheke

Management Board Member
Dr Dana Nayduch

Dr Dana Nayduch

Management Board Member
Professor Neal Alexander

Professor Neal Alexander

Management Board Member
Dr Dinesh Mondal

Dr Dinesh Mondal

Management Board Member

Professor Zélia Lobato

Management Board Member
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Latest members

Márcio Josué
Costa Irala

Doutorando do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Parasitologia
Universidade Federal de Pelotas
Area of expertise: Sandflies
E-mail: marvetirala [at] gmail.com
Early career researcher

Mr
Pablo
Venegas

Research assistant
Universidad San Francisco de Quito
Area of expertise: Mosquitoes
E-mail: pablovenegas777 [at] gmail.com
Early career researcher

Mr
Mauricio
Cedeño

Researcher on Culicoides morphology and wings pattern of Culicoides spp. del Ecuador
Universidad San Francisco de Quito
Area of expertise: Mosquitoes
E-mail: diux2508 [at] hotmail.es
Early career researcher

Dr
ORNELA
Stechina

Researcher
Instituto de Medicina Regional- Universidad Nacional del Nordeste
Area of expertise: Mosquitoes
E-mail: ornela_ss [at] hotmail.com
Early career researcher

Miss
Aline
Teixeira Carolino

postdoctoral
Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro
Area of expertise: Biting midges, Mosquitoes
E-mail: carolinoat [at] gmail.com
Early career researcher

Dr
Gabriela
Flores

DEGREE IN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
UEL Unidad Ejecutora Lillo CONICET-Fundación Miguel Lillo
Area of expertise: Mosquitoes
E-mail: gcf363 [at] hotmail.com
Early career researcher

Dr
Germanus
Soh Bah

Regional Chief of Centre
Institute of Agricultural Research for Development (IRAD)
Area of expertise: Blackflies
E-mail: bahsohg2002 [at] yahoo.com
Established researcher

Mr
Soeren
Metelmann

Research Associate
University of Liverpool, IGH
Area of expertise: Mosquitoes
E-mail: soeren.metelmann [at] liverpool.ac.uk
Early career researcher

Dr
Jaime
Chaves

Professor
Universidad San Francisco de Quito
Area of expertise: Blackflies, Mosquitoes
E-mail: jachaves [at] usfq.edu.ec
Early career researcher

Mr
James
McGregor

Veterinary student
The University of Liverpool
Area of expertise: Biting midges
E-mail: jamesmcgregor30 [at] hotmail.com
Early career researcher

Professor
Heather
Ferguson

Professor of Medical Entomology and Disease Ecology
University of Glasgow
Area of expertise: Biting midges, Blackflies, Mosquitoes
E-mail: Heather.Ferguson [at] glasgow.ac.uk
Established researcher

Catherine
Poole

Associate Scientist
New England Biolabs
Area of expertise: Biting midges, Blackflies, Mosquitoes
E-mail: poole [at] neb.com
Established researcher

Dr
Benjamin
Makepeace

Reader
University of Liverpool
Area of expertise: Blackflies
E-mail: blm1 [at] liverpool.ac.uk
Established researcher

Natália
Saab

phD candidate
Federal University of Minas Gerais
Area of expertise: Sandflies
E-mail: natisaab [at] gmail.com
Early career researcher

Dr
Bruno
Carvalho

Postdoctoral Researcher
Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro/Instituto Nacional da Mata Atlântica
Area of expertise: Sandflies
E-mail: brunomc.eco [at] gmail.com
Early career researcher

Dr
María Sol
De Majo

Reproducción y supervivencia de los adultos de Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) al comienzo de la temporada reproductiva en la Ciudad de Buenos Aires.
Departamento de Ecología, Genética y Evolución, and IEGEBA (UBA-CONICET), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires.
Area of expertise: Mosquitoes
E-mail: msdemajo [at] ege.fcen.uba.ar
Early career researcher

Miss
Raisa
Rios

Phd Studentt
Federal University of Alagoas
Area of expertise: Biting midges
E-mail: raisa.rios [at] hotmail.com
Early career researcher

Miss
Patrícia
Paulino

MV. Ms.
UFRRJ
Area of expertise: Mosquitoes
E-mail: patgpaulino [at] gmail.com
Early career researcher

Dr
Javier A.
Garza-Hernandez

Teacher and researcher
Universidad Autonoma de Ciudad Juarez
Area of expertise: Blackflies, Mosquitoes
E-mail: javier.garza [at] uacj.mx
Early career researcher

Miss
Yaimie
Lopez

Research Assistant
Center for Health Studies, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala
Area of expertise: Mosquitoes, Sandflies
E-mail: ylopez [at] ces.uvg.edu.gt
Early career researcher

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