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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.

The Gnatwork

The Gnatwork

Opportunities

Opportunities

News & Events

News & Events

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News

Para-site-seeing, the travel blogs of a human parasite

A new portal for an arts and public engagement project, created by Jen Southern and Rod Dillon, that seeks to portray life from the perspective of the deadly Leishmania human parasites

08 Nov 2018

Culicoides-borne diseases under the Indian ocean tropics

 Cirad scientists in La Réunion  explore epidemiology of vector borne diseases circulating on the territory

01 Nov 2018

Spider stand-ins: who you should watch for this Halloween

Head of Entomology, Dr Simon Carpenter, suggests some creepy crawly alternatives to the usual Halloween spider clichés

31 Oct 2018

Events

Nov 28-30, 2018

External: IEC-VL 2018

New Delhi, India
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

Dr
Renke
Lühken

PostDoc
Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine
Area of expertise: Biting midges, Sandflies
E-mail: renkeluhken@gmail.com
Early career researcher

Mrs
Zoe
Langlands

Research Assistant
The Pirbright Institute
Area of expertise: Biting midges
E-mail: zoe.langlands@pirbright.ac.uk
Early career researcher

Miss
Tahura
Khanam

MS student in Microbiology
Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University
Area of expertise: Biting midges
E-mail: tahura.munmun@gmail.com
Early career researcher

Professor
Robert
Cheke

Professor of Tropical Zoology
Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich
Area of expertise: Blackflies
E-mail: r.a.cheke@greenwich.ac.uk
Established researcher

Miss
Hanan
AQEELAH

Researcher in the Parasitology and Vector-Borne Disease lab. /Vector-Borne Disease Department / Zoonotic Disease Control Administration at the National Center for diseases control, Tripoli, Libya.
National Centre For Disease Control
Area of expertise: Sandflies
E-mail: hananaghila@yahoo.com
Early career researcher

Dr
Angeliki
Martinou

Head Entomologist
Joint Services Health Unit
Area of expertise: Sandflies
E-mail: af.martinou@gmail.com
Established researcher

Dr
Bruno
MATHIEU

Medical and Veterinary Entomologist
University of Strasbourg
Area of expertise: Biting midges
E-mail: bmathieu@unistra.fr
Established researcher

Mr
Arthur Diakourga
DJIBOUGOU

Medical Biologist
IRSS/Centre MURAZ
Area of expertise: Sandflies
E-mail: lynndjibougou@gmail.com
Early career researcher

Dr
Ramiro
Morales-Hojas

Research Scientist
Rothamsted Research
Area of expertise: Biting midges, Blackflies
E-mail: r.moraleshojas@gmail.com
Established researcher

Professor
Daniel
Oluwayelu

LECTURER/RESEARCHER
University of Ibadan
Area of expertise: Biting midges
E-mail: ogloryus@yahoo.com
Established researcher

Dr
Mohammad Asaduzzaman
Miah

Assistant Professor
Patuakhali science and Technology University
Area of expertise: Biting midges, Blackflies, Sandflies
E-mail: mamiah81@yahoo.com
Early career researcher

Bethany
McGregor

PhD Candidate
University of Florida, Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory
Area of expertise: Biting midges
E-mail: bmcgreg@ufl.edu
Early career researcher

Dr
Daniel
Kline

Research Entomologist
USDA-ARS, CMAVE
Area of expertise: Biting midges
E-mail: dan.kline@ars.usda.gov
Established researcher

Dr
Francis
Schaffner

Consultant in medical and veterinary entomology
Francis Schaffner Consultancy
Area of expertise: Biting midges, Sandflies
E-mail: fschaffner.consult@gmail.com
Established researcher

Dr
Helene
Guis

epidemiology of vector-borne diseases
CIRAD - Institut Pasteur de Madagascar
Area of expertise: Biting midges
E-mail: helene.guis@cirad.fr
Established researcher

Dr
William
Wint

Senior Research Associate at dept Zoology, Oxford and Senior Analyst, Environmental Research Group Oxford
Environmental Research Group Oxford
Area of expertise: Biting midges, Sandflies
E-mail: william.wint@zoo.ox.ac.uk
Established researcher

Dr
Serafin
Gutierrez

Principal investigator
CIRAD
Area of expertise: Biting midges
E-mail: serafin.gutierrez@cirad.fr
Established researcher

Dr
Jean-Bernard
Duchemin

Senior research scientist
Institut Pasteur de la Guyane
Area of expertise: Biting midges
E-mail: jbduchemin@pasteur-cayenne.fr
Established researcher

Dr
Daniel
Hagan

Professor of Biology, Emeritus
Georgia Southern University
Area of expertise: Biting midges, Sandflies
E-mail: dhagan@georgiasouthern.edu
Established researcher

Mr
Serhii
Filatov

Researcher
National Scientific Center "Institute of Experimental and Clinical Veterinary Medicine"
Area of expertise: Biting midges
E-mail: filatovmidge@gmail.com
Early career researcher

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