#UKVBD2024
Introducing the newly launched #UK #VBD Hub at @ukvbd.bsky.social
#ukvbd2024 @ukri.org
vbdhub.org
December 3, 2024 at 4:37 PM
Lots of fantastic research on display in the #UKVBD2024 poster session
December 3, 2024 at 12:29 PM
Professor Matthew Baylis @baylism.bsky.social kicks off the next two days with a warm welcome and an exciting, packed programme ahead! #UKVBD2024
December 3, 2024 at 10:13 AM
Travelling to Liverpool for the weekend to see friends and attend the @ukvbd.bsky.social conference next week! Looking forward to the amazing science and establish collaborations. #ukvbd2024 #vectors #mosquitoes #ticks #vectorbornediseases #epidemiology #OneHealth
November 30, 2024 at 10:05 AM
Thrilled to present our project on developing a one health approach to tick and tick-borne diseases through manipulation of reservoir host communities with Katie August today at @ukvbd.bsky.social #UKVBD2024
December 4, 2024 at 4:04 PM
Thrilled to be in Liverpool for the 6th UK VBD Conference - the UK’s largest ever meeting on vector-borne diseases! 🦟🌍 #UKVBD2024
December 3, 2024 at 9:35 AM
Next up we learn about the new Defra-UKRI one health VBD hub project, enhancing links between data collection, analysis and policy #UKVBD2024
December 3, 2024 at 4:40 PM
Professor Stephen Higgs from Kansas State University is presenting his keynote, “Forty Years of Mosquito Research: things we should know by now” #UKVBD2024
December 4, 2024 at 4:32 PM
Wrapping up day one with an exciting keynote from Prof Polly Roy from @lshtm.bsky.social diving into the fascinating world of Bluetongue virus 🦠 #UKVBD2024
December 3, 2024 at 5:11 PM
Our panel are ready in their seats… #UKVBD2024
December 4, 2024 at 3:49 PM
Now that we’re filled up on tea and coffee, it’s time to look at more of the amazing research on display #UKVBD2024
December 4, 2024 at 10:50 AM
It has been a very eventful day for our group. Here are some of the conference highlights.

Thank you to the organisers, it has been a wonderful conference.
##UKVBD2024

@ukvbd.bsky.social
December 4, 2024 at 5:05 PM
After a brilliant morning our afternoon session on vector and disease control kicks off with Saudaminu Venkatesan from the University of Liverpool #UKVBD2024
December 3, 2024 at 2:36 PM
Professor Matthew Baylis @baylism.bsky.social opens the day once again with a warm welcome, ready for a morning filled with presentations and flash talks #UKVBD2024
December 4, 2024 at 9:01 AM
Come and talk to us at #UKVBD2024 Liverpool to see how we can make your #Behaviour #Research simple. @ukvbd.bsky.social #BehaviourSimply
December 3, 2024 at 2:55 PM
Kickstarting our afternoon with UKRI/Defra project presentations before our panel of presenters take to the stage to answer questions #UKVBD2024 🦟🌍
December 4, 2024 at 1:37 PM
First keynote address at #ukvbd2024 @ukvbd.bsky.social by Professor Polly Roy @lshtm.bsky.social on #Bluetongue #virus
December 3, 2024 at 5:06 PM
Great start of #ukvbd2024 @ukvbd.bsky.social with great science and presentations! #onehealth #vectorbornediseases #ticks #mosquitoes
December 3, 2024 at 12:32 PM
Congratulations to all the winners of Best Posters, Best Flash Talks and Best Talks across all the themes we’ve covered! 🎉

Thank you to everyone who’s presented their research over the last two days! #UKVBD2024
December 4, 2024 at 5:17 PM
Welcome back to the 6th UK VBD Conference! We’re on our second day of presentations and panels on vector-borne diseases #UKVBD2024
December 4, 2024 at 8:41 AM
We are very grateful to our sponsors for supporting this year’s meeting:

BBSRC
Defra
The Pandemic Institute
Health Protection Research Institute in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections.

Thank you for supporting us and see you all next year! #UKVBD2024
December 4, 2024 at 5:19 PM
Had a great time at #ukvbd2024 in Liverpool, presenting a flash talk on my PhD work engineering vitellogenin-Cas9 chimeras for targeted gene editing in aphids.
December 4, 2024 at 11:09 AM
And that’s a wrap! Thank you to everyone who has attended over the last two days and making it the biggest conference yet 🎉 #UKVBD2024
December 4, 2024 at 5:17 PM
Now we have our first keynote speaker for today, Dr Trisna Tungadi from Keele University presenting on the “Manipulation of plant hosts and insect vectors by viruses.” #UKVBD2024
December 4, 2024 at 10:16 AM
Our first day has been absolutely fantastic! We're diving back in tomorrow...🥰

We have two presentations lined up from our group: Amirah Rashid will be presenting at 11:20, and Jet Griep will be showcasing poster 48. Come and learn more about the amazing work our team is doing!.

#UKVBD2024
Lots of fantastic research on display in the #UKVBD2024 poster session
December 3, 2024 at 9:47 PM