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    • Dr Tom Schmidt

    Research Fellow In Entomological Bioinformatics, School of BioSciences and Bio21 Institute, Faculty of Science, University of Melbourne,

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    Sciences & Technology

    Tracking the movement of mosquito stowaways

    Dengue mosquitoes and tiger mosquitoes pose a range of challenges to global health, but genomics is helping us to prevent these dangerous species from sneaking past Australian biosecurity

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    Sciences & Technology

    Have resistance, will travel

    Pest insects, like mosquitoes, are becoming increasingly resistant to insecticides. So how are these genetic invasions threatening pest control?

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    Sciences & Technology

    Using bacteria to control mosquitoes

    The Wolbachia bacteria has successfully suppressed dengue-fever carrying mosquitoes in a trial, but more work is needed to understand how the insects move to infest new areas

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