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