GNATWORK | Understanding neglected vectors

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 vote is now closed and you will soon be able to apply to conduct one of the projects.

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.

More about us

News

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

Community Call Collaborators

Find fellow members to collaborate with on a Community Call application!

31 Jul 2019

Job Opportunity

LSHTM are currently seeking to recruit an experienced Assistant Professor, or postdoctoral Research Fellow, with interests in vector borne disease transmission to join the work of the SPEAK India consortium.

Closing Date: Sunday 04 August 2019.

29 Jul 2019

Events

20 - 22 August 2019

Ento '19

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

26 - 28 August

EPIZONE 2019

Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI), the German Federal Research Institute for Animal Health

News & Events

The Gnatwork team

Latest members

Mr

José Manuel

Direni Mancini

Systematic and Ecological Studies of Simuliidae (Diptera) in three ecoregions of northwestern Argentina

Instituto Superior de Entomología "Dr. Abraham Willink", Fac. de Cs. Nat. e IML - UNT

Area of expertise: Blackflies

E-mail: josemdireni [at] gmail.com

Early career researcher

Dr

Awa

GNEME

Assistant Professor

Université Joseph

Area of expertise: Mosquitoes

E-mail: gplouise [at] yahoo.fr

Early career researcher

Dr

Carolina

Monteiro

Technician

Fiocruz Minas

Area of expertise: Sandflies

E-mail: carolina.monteiro [at] fiocruz.br

Early career researcher

Miss

Débora

Capucci

Master's degree

Fiocruz - Oswaldo Cruz Foundation

Area of expertise: Sandflies

E-mail: deboraccapucci [at] gmail.com

Early career researcher

Miss

Gabriela

Passos

Estudant

University of São Paulo

Area of expertise: Sandflies

E-mail: kimiketi [at] hotmail.com

Early career researcher

Dr

Angélica

Pech-May

Post-doctoral student

Instituto Nacional de Medicina Tropical, Ministerio de Salud y Desarrollo Social de Argentina, CONICET

Area of expertise: Sandflies

E-mail: apechmay [at] gmail.com

Early career researcher

Sofía Lorián

Moya

PhD Student

Instituto Nacional de Medicina Tropical, Ministerio de Salud y Desarrollo Social, Argentina & CONICET

Area of expertise: Sandflies

E-mail: sofialorian [at] gmail.com

Early career researcher

Professor

Guy

Caljon

Assistant professor

University of Antwerp

Area of expertise: Sandflies

E-mail: Guy.Caljon [at] uantwerpen.be

Established researcher

Mr

Alexandr

Vasiliev

Scientific researcher

Institute of Zoology

Area of expertise: Blackflies

E-mail: vasilievalexandr [at] yahoo.com

Early career researcher

Dr

Rafaella

Albuquerque e Silva

Ministry of Health - Brazil

Area of expertise: Sandflies

E-mail: rafaas28 [at] gmail.com

Early career researcher

Dr

John

Graham-Brown

Lecturer in Livestock Health and Welfare

Institute of Veterinary Science, University of Liverpool

Area of expertise: Blackflies

E-mail: xp0u405d [at] liv.ac.uk

Early career researcher

Mr

Fredy

Galvis Ovallos

Researcher

Epidemiology department, public health school, sao Paulo University

Area of expertise: Sandflies

E-mail: galvisfregao [at] gmail.com

Early career researcher

Dr

Maurice Marcel

SANDEU

Post-doctoral

Centre for Research in Infectious Diseases

Area of expertise: Mosquitoes

E-mail: marcel.sandeu [at] crid-cam.net

Early career researcher

Mr

Nil

RAHOLA

Medical Entomologist

IRD

Area of expertise: Mosquitoes, Sandflies

E-mail: Nil.rahola [at] ird.fr

Early career researcher

Dr

Moussa

FALL

Scientific searcher

ISRA/LNERV and UCAD/LEVP

Area of expertise: Biting midges

E-mail: moussafall08 [at] yahoo.fr

Early career researcher

Miss

Sarah

Peers

Veterinary Student

University of Liverpool

Area of expertise: Biting midges

E-mail: sarahpeers [at] btinternet.com

Early career researcher

Dr

ZUBAIDAH

YA'COB

SENIOR LECTURER

UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA

Area of expertise: Blackflies

E-mail: zyacob [at] um.edu.my

Early career researcher

Dr

Masse

Sambou

PostDoct

Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)

Area of expertise: Biting midges

E-mail: massezorro1 [at] gmail.com

Early career researcher

Dr

antoine

barreaux

Postdoctoral research associate

University of Bristol

Area of expertise: Mosquitoes

E-mail: antoine.barreaux [at] gmail.com

Early career researcher

Dr

Dinesh

Mondal

senior scientist

icddrb

Area of expertise: Sandflies

E-mail: din63d [at] icddrb.org

Established researcher

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What we do

Pump-prime funding

International workshops

In association with

News

Brazil Conference Travel Bursary opens

Community Call Collaborators

Job Opportunity

Events

Ento '19

EPIZONE 2019

The Gnatwork team

Dr Simon Carpenter

Professor Mary Cameron

Dr Emma Howson

Alix Connelly

Dr Bethan Purse

Dr Karin Darpel

Dr Martin Hall

Professor Robert Cheke

Dr Dana Nayduch

Professor Neal Alexander

Dr Dinesh Mondal

Professor Zélia Lobato

Latest members

@the_gnatwork on Twitter

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