Did you miss the recent VectorBase community meeting? You can view the recording here: youtu.be/9BW93PQBxH8

Great first day of the VectorBase workshop in Nairobi, Kenya. Special thanks to the generous support of @NIAIDNews / @NIAIDNews for making this workshop possible.

📢#VectorBase Release 67 is out!
Check out #VectorBase News for more information (vectorbase.org/news) or join us for a live webinar to learn more about new data sets and tools
🗓️29 February 2024
⌚️ 10 AM US Eastern
Open-access registration register.gotowebinar.com/register/47356…

Do you use #VectorBase? are you a PI? Sign the support letter so we can keep this resource alive.
🔗tinyurl.com/support4Vector…

Vector PIs, support our next grant application so we can continue providing you support through #VectorBase Add your name to the support letter here:
upenn.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9p…

We have 🕷️ 10 #tick #Dermacentor #Haemaphysalis #Hyalomma #Ixodes #Rhipicephalus and 2 #mite #Sarcoptes #Leptotrombidium genomes 🧬

Most of the RNAseq and mass spec. data are from Ix. scapularis

Email help@vectorbase.org with data set suggestions to load for all species!

Here is our calendar with upcoming outreach events 🤓📚 vectorbase.org/vectorbase/app…, register to participate or watch the recording and do the tutorials of some of the previous webinars and workshops @veupathdb @fungidb

Annotate your genes with #Apollo @gmodproject @apollo_bbop

Find here the species available for community #biocuration vectorbase.org/vectorbase/app…

Contact us at help@vectorbase.org if you need help annotating your #tick #mite or 🦟 of interest or if you need an additional genome

Join us for our upcoming @VectorBase / @veupathdb
#ticks and mites community webinar June 22nd (10AM E.S.T.).

More information at tinyurl.com/bde3n63t

#VectorBase workshop 2022 instructors #ArtGen2022 @ndeckinstitute @fungidb @veupathdb #MapVEu #Apollo @galaxyproject @pamcafrica @NotreDame @Arthropod_i5K @gmodproject

#VectorBase day 3 workshop 2022 #ArtGen2022 @ndeckinstitute @fungidb @veupathdb #MapVEu

#VectorBase day 2 workshop 2022 #ArtGen2022 @ndeckinstitute @fungidb @veupathdb

#VectorBase workshop 2022 @galaxyproject workgroups #ArtGen2022 @ndeckinstitute @fungidb @veupathdb

The #VectorBase workshop #ArtGen2022 @veupathdb @fungidb @ndeckinstitute

At the #VectorBase workshop #ArtGen2022 we have students from all over including many from Africa organized through @pamcafrica - Thank you @SamRund for making this happen.

First full day of fun exercises using #VectorBase #Galaxy and much more @galaxyproject @veupathdb #ArtGen2022

#VectorBase workshop 5-9 June 2022 vectorbase.org/vectorbase/app…. Even if you are not attending AGS, you are more than welcome to participate in the workshop. Only a couple of seats are available for the workshop, see you in less than a month! @ndeckinstitute @Arthropod_i5K @veupathdb

First deadlines approaching (15th April, Friday - travel award): AGS tinyurl.com/2p8ms9hx and VectorBase workshop tinyurl.com/rn5rzpj6 @Arthropod_i5K @veupathdb @apollo_bbop @ndeckinstitute @rmwaterhouse @biocurator @bipaa_inrae @EntsocAmerica

Registration is open for our upcoming in-person workshop (5-9 June 2022). In one of the sessions, we will use #MapVEu to browse/download raw #InsecticideResistance #PathogenInfection #PopAbundance #BloodMealSource @Arthropod_i5K @ndeckinstitute @veupathdb tinyurl.com/yc2jx8np

Registration is open for our upcoming in-person workshop (5-9 June 2022). On the 1st day, we will have an introductory omics session, you just need basic molecular knowledge to attend the workshop🤓 vectorbase.org/vectorbase/app… @Arthropod_i5K @ndeckinstitute @veupathdb

Registration is open for our upcoming in-person workshop (5-9 June 2022). In one of the sessions, we will show you how to use @apollo_bbop to annotate your genes vectorbase.org/vectorbase/app… @rmwaterhouse @Arthropod_i5K @ndeckinstitute @veupathdb

Rickettsial Pathogen Perturbs Tick Circadian Gene to Infect the Vertebrate Host doi.org/10.3390/ijms23…

In-person VectorBase workshop, 5-9th June 2022, save the date and follow this link for more details! This is an Arthropod Genomics Symposium (AGS) pre-meeting event #ArtGen2022 @Arthropod_i5K @veupathdb vectorbase.org/vectorbase/app…

Ticks and Tick-Borne Pathogens Open Community Webinar Series - Excited to announce a joint @veupathdb and @BVBRC_DB open community webinar series focusing on ticks and the bacterial, viral or eukaryotic pathogens they transmit. Learn more and register: vectorbase.org/vectorbase/app…

We updated the highlighting colors in the #veupathdb gene page sequence section to make them more user friendly, easier to distinguish between UTRs & introns & to not interfere with the default browser highlighting. Thank you for the great suggestion @CRISPRqueen

C-type lectin 4 regulates broad-spectrum melanization-based refractoriness to malaria parasites doi.org/10.1371/journa… @MosquitoExpert

It just became available our most recent paper @cois_cris @veupathdb @ensembl @ensemblgenomes @NIAIDNews 🤓Read #openaccess our latest database updates here: doi.org/10.1016/j.cois…

Great 1st day of talks, see you tomorrow again! youtu.be/zj0QMN6WpM8 @ycuestaastroz @AsCPMT

Thank you to Billiah Bwana from @kalromkulima for providing community annotation to the Tsetse fly genome! ~600 total annotations from the community and ~400 more to integrate vectorbase.org/vectorbase/app…

#VectorBase is proud to be a sponsor of the (virtual) Pan African Mosquito Control Association Annual Meeting (@pamcafrica ) Starts Sept 20. Sign up now / see the great program at :bit.ly/38XzYHx.

Check out #MapVEu in #VectorBase - a configurable map to explore vector surveillance data #worldmosquitoday 🦟
🔗vectorbase.org/popbio-map/web/
🎥Webinar: youtu.be/XhnUuDN7CLo

#VectorBase has a wealth of free webinars and workshops that you can access right now! #worldmosquitoday 🦟🦟🦟🦟
🎦webinars: vectorbase.org/vectorbase/app…
📚workshops: vectorbase.org/vectorbase/app…

🦟It’s #Worldmosquitoday! #VectorBase has many datasets from various vectors including mosquitos - and the tools in #VectorBase help you build testable hypothesis and take advantage of the wealth of available data
🔗Website: vectorbase.org

See you all tomorrow for our release (53) webinar, registration here: vectorbase.org/vectorbase/app…
@veupathdb @fungidb

🧬 New in release 53 of #VectorBase: Anopheles stephensi Indian 2020 – Strain UCISS2018 - This new genome is assembled at the chromosome level and has a gene set prediction.
👉🏽Explore this data in VectorBase: vectorbase.org/vectorbase/app…

🧬 New in release 53 of #VectorBase: Anopheles albimanus STECLA sequence and annotation.
Read the paper: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32883756
Explore the data: vectorbase.org/vectorbase/app…

New in release 52 of #VectorBase: Transcriptional profiling of Aedes aegypti spermathecal-related genes from Pascini et al.
📖Read the paper: bmcgenomics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…
⛏Mine the data: vectorbase.org/vectorbase/app…

👉🏿 New in release 52 of #VectorBase - #tsetse fly #RNAseq from Kabaka et al.
🔗Male antenna: fed vs unfed: vectorbase.org/vectorbase/app…
🔗Male heads (without antenna): not infected vs infected with T.b.brucei: vectorbase.org/vectorbase/app…

👉🏿Release 52 of #VectorBase includes the transcriptome of female Anopheles quadriannulatus antenna from Rinker et al.
🔗vectorbase.org/vectorbase/app…

👉🏿 New in Release 52 of #VectorBase Aedes aegypti transcriptome response to blood (heated or normal), sugar, and complement proteins (hC3 or hC5a) Giraldo-Calderón et al.
🔗vectorbase.org/vectorbase/app…

🪰Release 52 of #VectorBase includes the Drosophila melanogaster genome. You can transform gene results by orthology between any organisms in the database.

It was great to answer all your questions and receive your feedback about the new VectorBase during our 4 event mini-series! Here is the recording from our last event youtu.be/07Z4DteNSPo @veupathdb @Arthropod_i5K

@vicky_ingham1 @Drosophilista @veupathdb @NCBI @vicky_ingham1, Happy to report that with our release this week, Drosophila homology is back.

VectorBase @veupathdb
webinar series, TODAY 3rd event (Transcriptomics). All four events are designed for new users. More information and registration here: vectorbase.org/vectorbase/app… @Arthropod_i5K

Tell Us What You Think! The Bioinformatics Resource Centers for Infectious Diseases is conducting an impact survey to help NIAID understand how you use #NIAID_BRC resources @veupathdb @fungidb @VectorBase @vipr_db @IRD_DB @PATRICBRC
Your opinion matters! bit.ly/33Gpo51

This week’s free webinar from @VEuPathDB starts in just under an hour. Today we will use #VectorBase to demo how to build strategies (combining diverse datatypes).
→Webinar Date and time: Thursday April 15th at 10AM US Eastern
→Registration link: attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/15170…

Aedes aegypti dyspepsia encodes a novel member of the SLC16 family of transporters and is critical for reproductive fitness journals.plos.org/plosntds/artic…

VectorBase @veupathdb WEBINAR series, next week 2nd event. All four events are designed for new users. More information and registration here: vectorbase.org/vectorbase/app… @Arthropod_i5K

Join us for the VectorBase @veupathdb WEBINAR series starting next week. All four events are designed for new users. More information and registration here: vectorbase.org/vectorbase/app…

An update of KAIKObase, the silkworm genome database academic.oup.com/database/artic…

The servers hosting #VEuPathDB sites are undergoing unplanned emergency maintenance. #VEuPathDB sites may be intermittently unavailable or slow today. Thank you for your patience.

Check it out, we just scheduled a bunch of webinars many geared towards #VectorBase users: vectorbase.org/vectorbase/app…

The molecular targets of ivermectin and lotilaner in the human louse Pediculus humanus humanus: New prospects for the treatment of pediculosis journals.plos.org/plospathogens/…

Host interactions of Aedes albopictus, an invasive vector of arboviruses, in Virginia, USA journals.plos.org/plosntds/artic…

Optimized CRISPR tools and site-directed transgenesis in ​Culex quinquefasciatus​ mosquitoes​ ​for gene drive development doi.org/10.1101/2021.0…

The Expression of Chemosensory Genes in Male Maxillary Palps of Anopheles coluzzii (Diptera: Culicidae) and An. quadriannulatus academic.oup.com/jme/advance-ar…

Bulinus truncatus transcriptome – a resource to enable molecular studies of snail and schistosome biology sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Modulation of trypanosome establishment in Glossina palpalis palpalis by its microbiome in the Campo sleeping sickness focus, Cameroon sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Defective viral genomes from chikungunya virus are broad-spectrum antivirals and prevent virus dissemination in mosquitoes journals.plos.org/plospathogens/…

Use of Clodronate Liposomes to Deplete Phagocytic Immune Cells in Drosophila melanogaster and Aedes aegypti frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

From Aedes to Zeugodacus: a review of dipteran body coloration studies regarding evolutionary developmental biology, pest control, and species discovery sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

The presence of knockdown resistance mutations reduces male mating competitiveness in the major arbovirus vector, Aedes aegypti journals.plos.org/plosntds/artic…

Antifungals, arthropods and antifungal resistance prevention: lessons from ecological interactions royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.109…

Genome features of Asaia sp. W12 isolated from the
mosquito Anopheles stephensi reveal symbiotic traits preprints.org/manuscript/202…

Anopheles stephensi Mosquitoes as Vectors of Plasmodium vivax and falciparum, Horn of Africa, 2019 wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/27…

Voltage-sensitive sodium channel (Vssc) mutations associated with pyrethroid insecticide resistance in Aedes aegypti (L.) from Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia – baseline information for a Wolbachia release program biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Evolution of Fibrinogen Domain Related proteins in Aedes aegypti: Their Expression during Arbovirus infections sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

PeakMatcher facilitates updated Aedes aegypti embryonic cis-regulatory element map hereditasjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

Systematic identification of autophagy-related proteins in Aedes albopictus journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…

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Expanding the Toolkit for Genome Editing in a Disease Vector, Aedes aegypti: Transgenic Lines Expressing Cas9 and Single Guide RNA Induce Efficient Mutagenesis liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.108…

A drat genome assembly of Culex pipiens pallens (Diptera: Culicidae) using PacBio sequencing academic.oup.com/gbe/advance-ar…

Enlisting the Ixodes scapularis Embryonic ISE6 Cell Line to
Investigate the Neuronal Basis of Tick—Pathogen Interactions mdpi.com/2076-0817/10/1…

Population Dynamics of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus in
Two Rural Villages in Southern Mexico: Baseline Data for an
Evaluation of the Sterile Insect Technique mdpi.com/2075-4450/12/1…

Spatial and temporal patterns of the emerging tick-borne pathogen Borrelia miyamotoi in blacklegged ticks (Ixodes scapularis) in New York link.springer.com/article/10.118…

De novo assembled salivary gland transcriptome and expression pattern analyses for Rhipicephalus evertsi evertsi Neuman, 1897 male and female ticks nature.com/articles/s4159…

Overexpression of Activated AMPK in the Anopheles stephensi Midgut Impacts Mosquito Metabolism, Reproduction and Plasmodium Resistance mdpi.com/2073-4425/12/1…

Regulation of the antennal transcriptome of the dengue vector, Aedes aegypti, during the first gonotrophic cycle link.springer.com/article/10.118…

This is a great free webinar series hosted by the GeneConvene Global Collaborative covering topics on genetic biocontrol and gene drive technologies. Lots of nice recorded webinars too! @FNIH_Org
🦟 Info and registration: web.cvent.com/event/ed071815…

Clock genes and environmental cues coordinate Anopheles pheromone synthesis, swarming, and mating science.sciencemag.org/content/371/65…

New assessment of Anopheles vector species identification using MALDI-TOF MS malariajournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

CYP450 core involvement in multiple resistance strains of Aedes aegypti from French Guiana highlighted by proteomics, molecular and biochemical studies journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…

Did you know you can very quickly add a comment on gene pages in #VEuPathDB sites like #VectorBase? Go to your favorite gene & enter what you know, including images and references. Your info becomes public & searchable as soon as you submit it! youtu.be/sz8MApF_N9I

Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) in splice sites and prediction for the doublesex (dsx) gene alternative splicing in the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.…

Mosquito genomes are frequently invaded by transposable elements through horizontal transfer journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/a…

Targeting female flight for genetic control of mosquitoes journals.plos.org/plosntds/artic…

Blood meal drives de novo lipogenesis in the fat body of Rhodnius prolixus doi.org/10.1016/j.ibmb…

Tick salivary gland transcriptomics and proteomics doi.org/10.1111/pim.12…

Multiple insecticide resistance and Plasmodium infection in the principal malaria vectors Anopheles funestus and Anopheles gambiae in a forested locality close to the Yaoundé airport, Cameroon wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/5-146…

Lipid hijacking: a unifying theme in vector-borne diseases elifesciences.org/articles/61675

Vector-Borne Illness P2: the Chikun or Zika? emottawablog.com/2020/10/vector…

Possible Effects of Climate Change on Ixodid Ticks and the Pathogens They Transmit: Predictions and Observations doi.org/10.1093/jme/tj…

Did you know you can run GO enrichment analysis in #vectorbase? Here is a nice published example: Insights into the proteomic profile and gene expression of Lutzomyia longipalpis-derived Lulo cell line doi.org/10.1590/0074-0…

A novel paperclip double-stranded RNA structure demonstrates clathrin-independent uptake in the mosquito Aedes aegypti doi.org/10.1016/j.ibmb…

Mosquito cellular immunity at single-cell resolution @bilker_lab science.sciencemag.org/content/369/65…

Sand Fly Studies Predict Transmission Potential of Drug-resistant Leishmania sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Discovery of Exosomes From Tick Saliva and Salivary Glands Reveals Therapeutic Roles for CXCL12 and IL-8 in Wound Healing at the Tick–Human Skin Interface frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

Characterization of a dual-action adulticidal and larvicidal interfering RNA pesticide targeting the Shaker gene of multiple disease vector mosquitoes journals.plos.org/plosntds/artic…

Virtual annotation workshop using @Apollo @apollo_bbop just getting started. Excited to have some cool instructors on board from @veupathdb and @Arthropod_i5K and more @rmwaterhouse @SamRund @strumpfe @omartheharb @insectphysJBB Chris Childres and Monica Poelchau

Wonder what Orthology is and how to leverage it in the new #VectorBase and #VEuPathDB sites? Join us for today’s webinar, Thursday July 2nd at 10AM US Eastern time. @veupathdb @fungidb Register here: attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/21849…

Data from 20 years of mosquito collections on Big Pine Key, Florida from Lawrence J. Hribar / @FlKeysMosquito 's paper (bit.ly/3860Ljy) - is now on @VectorBase : bit.ly/3dCKd3S