Malaria, microsporidians and mosquitoes
The aim of our research is to understand how evolutionary pressures affect the epidemiology of parasitic diseases and, vice-versa, how epidemiology affects the evolutionary pressures on hosts and parasites. We mostly work on malaria (one of the main causes of death in Africa) and microsporidians, a parasite of mosquitoes that may be able to help to control malaria.
Contact
Head of lab
Jacob Koella
Professor of Parasitology
Tel. +41 32 7183405
Institut de Biologie
rue Emile-Argand 11
2000 Neuchâtel
Switzerland
News
23.11.2015
Michael's paper 'Effects of food variability on growth and reproduction of Aedes aegypti' was accepted by Ecology and Evolution.
14.11.2015
Adam's paper 'Modelling the impact of declining insecticide resistance with mosquito age on malaria transmission' was published in Malaria World Journal.
8.11.2015.
Philip's paper 'An epidemiological model of the effects of insecticide-treated bed nets on malaria transmission' was accepted by PLoS ONE.
17.9.2015
Liny's paper 'Larval and adult environmental temperatrues influence the adult reproductive traits of Anopheles gambiae s.s.' was published in Parasites & Vectors
12.8.2015
Philip\s paper 'A genetic model of the effects of insceticide-treated bed nets on the evolution of insecticide resistance' was accepted in Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health.
1.5.2015
Gael Hauser joined the lab as a PhD student
2.4.2015
Adam's paper 'Resisting infection by Plasmodium berghei increases the sensitivity ofg the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae to DDT' was published in Malaria Journal.
