INFRAVEC: research capacity for the implementation of genetic control of mosquitoes

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Journal	Publication title
PLoS Biology	The interaction between a sexually transferred steroid hormone and a female protein regulates oogenesis in the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA	Wolbachia strain wMel induces cytoplasmic incompatibility and blocks dengue transmission in Aedes albopictus
Blood	A switch in infected erythrocyte deformability at the maturation and blood circulation of Plasmodium falciparum transmission stages
Current Opinion in Microbiology	An. gambiae pathogen susceptibility: the intersection of genetics, immunity, and ecology
	Mosquito/microbiota interactions
Environmental Microbiology	The yeast Wickerhamomyces anomalus (Pichia anomala) inhabits the midgut and reproductive system of the Asian malaria vector Anopheles stephensi
Trends in Parasitology	The invasive mosquito species Ae. albopictus: current knowledge and future perspectives
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases	Female-specific flightless (fsRIDL) phenotype for control of Ae. albopictus
PLoS ONE	Culex pipiens, an experimental efficient vector of West Nile and Rift Valley fever viruses in the Maghreb region
	Identification of the midgut microbiota of An. stephensi and Anopheles maculipennis for their application as a paratransgenic tool against malaria
	High efficiency of temperate Ae. albopictus to transmit chikungunya and dengue viruses in the southeast of France
	Dissemination and transmission of the E1-226V variant of chikungunya virus in Ae. albopictus are controlled at the midgut barrier level
	Immunogenic and antioxidant effects of a pathogen-associated prenyl pyrophosphate in An. gambiae
FEMS Microbiology Ecology	Midgut bacterial dynamics in Aedes aegypti
Journal of Evolutionary Biology	The impact of uniform and mixed species blood meals on the fitness of the mosquito vector An. gambiae s.s.: does a specialist pay for diversifying its host species diet?
Malaria Journal	Comparative analyses reveal discrepancies among results of commonly used methods for An. gambiae molecular form identification
	Wide cross-reactivity between An. gambiae and Anopheles funestus SG6 salivary proteins supports exploitation of gSG6 as a marker of human exposure to major malaria vectors in tropical Africa
	The impact of low erythrocyte density in human blood on the fitness and energetic reserves of the African malaria vector An. gambiae s.s.
	High-throughput sorting of mosquito larvae for laboratory studies and future vector control interventions
Parasites & Vectors	Molecular evidence of C. pipiens form molestus and hybrids pipiens/molestus in Morocco, North Africa
	Asaia–anopheles immune system and asaia–plasmodium interactions: perspectives in the control of malaria infection
Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	The An. gambiae cE5, a tight- and fast-binding thrombin inhibitor with post-transcriptionally regulated salivary-restricted expression
Microbial Biotechnology	Microbial symbionts: a resource for the management of insect-related problems
BMC Microbiology	Horizontal transmission of the symbiotic bacterium Asaia sp. in the leafhopper Scaphoideus titanus Ball (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae)
	Delayed larval development in Anopheles mosquitoes deprived of Asaia bacterial symbionts
European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases	Do mosquito-associated bacteria of the genus Asaia circulate in humans?
Pesticide Biochemistry & Physiology	Insecticide resistance in the major dengue vectors Ae. albopictus and Ae. aegypti
Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek	Different mosquito species host W. anomalus (P. anomala): perspectives on vector-borne diseases symbiotic control
Journal of Medical Entomology	Mating competitiveness of Ae. albopictus radio-sterilized males in large enclosures exposed to natural conditions
	Efficiency of three diets for larval development in mass rearing Ae. albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae)
Journal of Applied Entomology	Mosquito symbioses: from basic research to the paratransgenic control of mosquito-borne diseases
Journal of Entomological and Acarological Research	Molecular typing of bacteria of the genus Asaia in malaria vector Anopheles arabiensis Patton, 1905
Pathogens and Global Health	Symbiotic control of mosquito-borne disease

Table

Unit of access available	INFRAVEC facility	Units awarded
Genetic screening	The Malaria Centre (Imperial College London)	6
Embryo microinjection		4
Genetically manipulated mosquitoes		4
RNA extraction		7
Microarray hybridisation experiments		6
High-throughput sequencing		18
Bioinformatic analysis of transcriptomes	The Malaria Centre – SNP Suite (Imperial College London)	8
SNPs analysis		2
Mid- and high-level production of Aedes albopictus	Mass Rearing Laboratory (Centro Agricoltura e Ambiente G. Nicoli)	5
Bioinformatic access	European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL)	6
Database analysis		1
Sorting of mosquitoes	Confined Release Laboratory (University of Perugia)	1
Confined medium- and large-scale release		1