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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

Over the course of the Gnatwork, we have run three funding calls to support collaborative small-scale studies within the community.

International workshops

The Gnatwork hosted two international workshops (Bangladesh 2018 and Brazil 2019) over the course of the project.

Resources

03 Dec 2018

The Ceratopogonidae Information Exchange

The Ceratopogonidae Information Exchange

Hosted by Belmont University to provide information on the Dipteran family Ceratopogonidae.
More about us

The Gnatwork team

Dr Simon Carpenter

Dr Simon Carpenter

Director
Professor Mary Cameron

Professor Mary Cameron

Co-Director
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

Alix Connelly

Network Administator
Dr Jess Stokes

Dr Jess Stokes

Manager
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Latest members

Terver
Deakpe

Applied Entomology Student (MSc)
Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi
Area of expertise: Biting midges, Blackflies, Mosquitoes
E-mail: deakpe [at] yahoo.com
Early career researcher

Dr
DJAMOUKO DJONKAM
Landre

Assistant Researcher
OCEAC
Area of expertise: Mosquitoes
E-mail: djamoukolandry [at] yahoo.fr
Early career researcher

Mr
Carlos
Estevez-Castro

PhD Student
UFMG
Area of expertise: Mosquitoes
E-mail: carlosestevez45 [at] gmail.com
Early career researcher

Miss
Tean
Zaheer

PhD Student
University of Agriculture Faisalabad
Area of expertise: Mosquitoes
E-mail: teanzaheer942 [at] gmail.com
Early career researcher

Dr
Laura
Willen

Post-doctoral researcher
Charles University
Area of expertise: Blackflies, Sandflies
E-mail: laura.willen [at] gmail.com
Early career researcher

Dr
A.Sonia
Olmeda García

Associate Professor
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Area of expertise: Biting midges, Blackflies, Mosquitoes, Sandflies
E-mail: angeles [at] ucm.es
Established researcher

Dr
Poppy
Pescod

Research Technician
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Area of expertise: Mosquitoes, Sandflies
E-mail: poppy.pescod [at] gmail.com
Early career researcher

Dr
DEFO TALOM
Blaise Armand

Assistant researcher
IITA
Area of expertise: Blackflies, Mosquitoes
E-mail: talomarmand [at] yahoo.fr
Early career researcher

Dr
Lidiane
Gomes da Silva

Professor
Centro Universitario do Vale do Ipojuca (UNIFAVIP/Wyden)
Area of expertise: Sandflies
E-mail: lidianegomesp [at] hotmail.com
Early career researcher

Dr
Chinonyelum Linda
Oforka

Lecturer and Researcher
University of Lagos
Area of expertise: Blackflies, Mosquitoes
E-mail: chinoforka [at] unilag.edu.ng
Early career researcher

Dr
Ifeoluwa
Fagbohun

Research associate
Nigeria Institute of Medical Research
Area of expertise: Mosquitoes
E-mail: fagbohunife [at] gmail.com
Early career researcher

Mr
Jay
Hutchison

Project Director/Researcher
APS Biocontrol Ltd.
Area of expertise: Biting midges, Mosquitoes
E-mail: jhutchison [at] apsbiocontrol.com
Early career researcher

Dr
Alison
Blackwell

CEO
APS Biocontrol Ltd.
Area of expertise: Biting midges
E-mail: ablackwell [at] apsbiocontrol.com
Established researcher

Dr
Sarah
Lumley

Virologist
DSTL
Area of expertise: Mosquitoes
E-mail: slumley [at] dstl.gov.uk
Established researcher

Mr
Hamid
ur Rahman

Lecturer
Hazara University Mansehra
Area of expertise: Mosquitoes, Sandflies
E-mail: hamidhu [at] hu.edu.pk
Early career researcher

Dr
Santosh
Mazumdar

Principal Investigator
Environment and Community Development (ENCODE)
Area of expertise: Mosquitoes
E-mail: mazumdarsantosh [at] gmail.com
Established researcher

Miss
Mirelle
Radley

PhD Research student
The University of Nottingham
Area of expertise: Biting midges, Mosquitoes
E-mail: mirelleradley [at] gmail.com
Early career researcher

Miss
Ankita
Sarkar

Research Scholar
The University of Burdwan
Area of expertise: Biting midges
E-mail: ankitasarkar785 [at] gmail.com
Early career researcher

Mr
Saied
Mousa

Lecturer
University of Tobruk
Area of expertise: Sandflies
E-mail: saiedmousaa [at] gmail.com
Early career researcher

Mr
Borel
TCHAMEN

PhD student
University of Dschang and OCEAC (Organization and coordination for the fight against great endemics diseases in Central Africa), Cameroon
Area of expertise: Mosquitoes
E-mail: borel_tchamen [at] yahoo.com
Early career researcher
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News

One to One with Professor Mary Cameron

In the next few months we will be sharing interviews with our Management Board.

This month we are showcasing the responses from Professor Mary Cameron

22 Jun 2021

One to One with Dr Martin Hall

In the next few months we will be sharing interviews with our Management Board.

This month we are showcasing the responses from Dr Martin Hall.

22 Jun 2021

One to One with Professor Neal Alexander

In the next few months we will be sharing interviews with our Management Board.

This month we are showcasing the responses from Professor Neal Alexander

04 Jun 2021
News & Events

@the_gnatwork on Twitter

Interested in emergence trapping Culicoides? Then head to our resources section where we have added a new emergence trapping protocol (along with many other free resources!): https://t.co/RvGXazMW1S https://t.co/UbWtrL4eAI
1 month 5 days ago
RT @EBouhsira: Currently in PhD in medical and veterinary Entomology? Still time to apply to the Young Scientist Award to participate to the Entomology Summer Course! #Entomology #OneHealth @NTDsnetwork_fr @the_gnatwork @_SOVE_ @blackinento @GlobalVectorHub https://t.co/4fG9gxR1qJ
3 months 3 weeks ago
RT @Jquintanalcala: I’m looking for 2-3 reviewers (preferably women and/or other underrepresented groups) to review two @FrontiersIn articles on malaria. Please retweet/DM me for more details. @womeninmalaria @WiParasitology @TheSTEMvillage @BSPparasitology
3 months 3 weeks ago
The first of ANTI-VeC's free webinar series is next week (Thursday 9th) - make sure to sign up! https://t.co/xaLkEYPd3K https://t.co/xNBtVquk0U
8 months 2 weeks ago
The 3rd International Caparica Conference on Leishmaniasis 24th – 26th October 2022 Caparica, Portugal Deadline for abstracts: 15th January 2022 https://t.co/K3TK1EkDT6
8 months 4 weeks ago
Abstracts of the 10th EMCA Conference: “New insights into mosquito and blackfly control” held October 3-7 2021 now online: https://t.co/xQqpkSJ568
9 months 5 days ago
Free webinar! Climate change bites Leading experts in animal, human & plant vector biology & vector-borne diseases discussing a One Health approach to understand, predict, prevent and respond to these threats "Could midge bites go from annoying to dangerous in future?" https://t.co/cim0aexK9t
10 months 3 weeks ago
We understand that some of our members have received an email with the heading ‘for Gnatwork members:’. This email is not from the Gnatwork, nor are we affiliated with the content or sender. We apologise if you have received this email. We recommend deleting & reporting as spam
10 months 3 weeks ago
RT @framaha: Pleased to share our preliminary data from Cameroon showing Host Decoy Traps are very effective for collecting Simulium damnosum s.l. blackflies #oncho #BeatNTDs #NTDs @the_gnatwork @BBSRC @NRInstitute https://t.co/hLNJQe0E5b
1 year 1 month ago
RT @hanniepower: Omg this is EPIC!! You can find protocols for dissecting #blackfly salivary glands on @the_gnatwork (Best Name Award goes to...) at https://t.co/xIob4Eieij Beautiful layout of resources for #parasitology/#entomology! #ParasitesOnline21
1 year 1 month ago
@hanniepower Glad you like it We have loads of free protocols on our website (https://t.co/s1fAcq0vEu) as well as PhD dissertations. We are still expanding these so if there's anything anyone wants, or anything anyone wants to share, get in touch!
1 year 1 month ago
RT @infravec2: Job opportunity!! TropIQ Health Sciences is offering a position as Postdoctoral fellow in tick-borne diseases research ️ Find out more here https://t.co/9ubq9PNo0i
1 year 2 months ago

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