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Whole-Genome Sequencing Identified Co-Circulating VIM-Producing Serratia bockelmannii and Serratia Sarumanii in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Cluster Investigation - pre-print published in Preprints.org - now published in Pathogens
Our paper - Whole-Genome Sequencing Identified Co-Circulating VIM-Producing Serratia bockelmannii and Serratia Sarumanii in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Cluster Investigation - previously published in Preprints.org - has now been published in Pathoge... (Link)
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Public outreach - SHARPER European Researcher's Night 2026
In this year's edition of the SHARPER European Researcher's Night held for the first time at the Department of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences, we were part of the activity organized by the Department of Medicine and Surgery called Escape ...
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VENERE Symposium 2026
Matthew J. Peirce, Melania Ligato, and Celine Alami presented their work at the 2nd edition of the Symposium on Novel Experimental Models in Biomedical Research (VENERE) on 21 September 2026 at the beautiful and historical Sala dei Notari, Perugia. Ma...
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Welcome intern student - Bita
We warmly welcome Bita who started her internship with us. She will be working with the mosquito team helping out in the insectary. We hope that you will have a fruitful learning journey in our lab.
A new collaborative review - Just another white-striped mosquito? A scoping review and group discussion synthesis on Aedes koreicus in Europe - published in Acta Tropica
We are pleased to share about the publication of a new collaborative review on the Aedes koreicus mosquito titled: "Just another white-striped mosquito? A scoping review and group discussion synthesis on Aedes koreicus in Europe" that was published rec...
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JNK signaling regulates reproductive trade-offs after Plasmodium infection in the malaria mosquito, published in Communications Biology
As the most important vectors of malaria, sympathy for female Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes is understandably in short supply, but they live very stressful lives. They risk infection with Plasmodium parasites when they feed and are exposed to dramatic d...
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Experimental evidence of male-male interaction in laboratory swarms of Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes - preprint published in bioRxiv - now published in Science Reports!
We and our close collaborators from CNR - Institute for Complex Systems (Rome) are pleased to announce that our paper, Experimental evidence of male-male interaction in laboratory swarms of Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes, previously published as a prepri...
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Just published in GigaByte - Tracking kdr alleles associated with pyrethroid resistance in Aedes albopictus across Italy: a nationwide genotypic dataset by MosqIRIT network
We are pleased to contribute to this important dataset mapping pyrethroid insecticide resistance in Aedes albopictus in Italy, just published in GigaByte as Tracking kdr alleles associated with pyrethroid resistance in Aedes albopictus across Italy: a ...
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Welcome intern students - Arianna and Lucrezia
We warmly welcome Arianna and Lucrezia who started their internship with us. Arianna will be following Celine working on the development of novel strategies to control insect vectors spreading of disease, while Lucrezia will be following the malaria a...
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Sharing our research at the PhD in Biological and Natural Sciences - Summer School 2026 ‘Evolution and Phenotypic Plasticity’
Matthew J. Peirce had the opportunity to participate as a speaker at the PhD in Biological and Natural Sciences - Summer School 2026 ‘Evolution and Phenotypic Plasticity’ held on 16th June 2026. At the event, Matthew gave a talk entitled "Stress Manag...
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Showcasing Our Research at NOIMED - First Edition
Our lab presented three posters at the first edition of NOIMED, held at Piazzale Ursula Grohmann on 20 March 2026. The event provided an opportunity to showcase the breadth of our research, spanning mosquito gene editing, next-generation sequencing, an...
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Welcome Tomas!
We warmly welcome Tomas to our lab. Tomas will serve as administrative support for the PhD in Medicine and Experimental Therapies programme for our department.
Welcome back Alessio!
Our former Master's thesis student, Alessio, has rejoined our lab as research fellowship holder. He will be working closely as an insectary technician to assist with mosquito rearing and experiments.
Welcome intern students - Eugenio, Alessia and Giulia
We warmly welcome Eugenio, Alessia and Giulia who started their internship with us. Eugenio will be working with Melania on the development of novel strategies to control insect vectors spreading of disease, and helping the mosquito team in the insect...
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Master's Thesis Graduation - Chiara
Congratulations to our Master's thesis student, Chiara, who successfully defended her thesis and graduated! We wish you all the best for your future endeavors.
Master's Thesis Graduation - Alessio, Nicol and Mario
Congratulations to our Master's thesis students - Alessio, Nicol and Mario - who successfully defended their thesis and graduated! We wish you all the best for your future endeavors.
Public outreach - SHARPER European Researcher's Night 2025
In this year's edition of the SHARPER European Researcher's Night we highlighted the growing threat of mosquitoes as vectors of diseases such as dengue, chikungunya, malaria, and West Nile virus. Young children got to learn about the mosquito life cycl...
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Public outreach - Pre-SHARPER event 2025
Our lab was one of seven participating in the Pre-SHARPER event "Conquering the Researcher's Passport". In this event, we open our labs to students of the 4th year of scientific high school (Liceo Scientifico Galileo Galilei, Perugia) to give them an e...
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VENERE Symposium 2025
Alicia Y. W. Wong, Melania Ligato, and Celine Alami presented their work at the Symposium on Novel Experimental Models in Biomedical Research (VENERE) on 15 September 2025 at the beautiful and historical Sala dei Notari, Perugia. Alicia Y. W. Wong - D...
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Microbial Signatures in Breast Cancer: Exploring New Potentials Across Body Niches, published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Our review article, Microbial Signatures in Breast Cancer: Exploring New Potentials Across Body Niches, has been published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences! Link to publication Breast cancer is one of the most frequently diagnosed malign...
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PhD thesis defense - Martina and Fiorenza
Congratulations to our newly minted PhDs, Martina and Fiorenza!
Welcome Chiara!
We warmly welcome Chiara Fabianelli to our lab to work with the mosquito team in the maintenance of our mosquito colonies
PhD thesis defence - Giulia
Congratulations to our newly minted PhD, Giulia!
Welcome Master's internship student - Chiara
Welcome Celine!
We warmly welcome Celine Alami, PhD student in the Experimental Medicine and Therapies programme (Dept of Medicine and Surgery, UniPG), to our lab.
Bachelor's thesis defense and graduation - Congratulations to Teresa and Alessia!
Public outreach - SHARPER European Researcher's Night 2024
In this year's edition of the SHARPER European Researcher's Night we highlighted the growing threat of mosquitoes as vectors of diseases such as dengue, malaria, and West Nile virus, and explained how the insect-endosymbiont bacteria Wolbachia is used ...
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SARS-CoV-2 Molecular Evolution: A Focus on Omicron Variants in Umbria, Italy published in Microorganisms.
Our study, SARS-CoV-2 Molecular Evolution: A Focus on Omicron Variants in Umbria, Italy, has been published in Microorganisms! Link to publication In this study, 3,300 COVID-19 samples from Umbria, Italy, collected between April 2022 and December 2023...
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PhD thesis defence - Gloria and Max
Congratulations to our newly minted PhDs, Gloria and Max!
ORGANOMICROLIFE receives funding from the Fondo di Ateneo 2023 grant applications
We are pleased to announce that we and our collaborators for ORGANOMICROLIFE have received funding from the Fondo di Ateneo 2023 grant applications. ORGANOMICROLIFE is a multidepartimental project that aims to develop an innovative organoid and tumoro...
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BARRIO receives funding from the PRIN 2022 grant applications
Great news! We and our collaborators for BARRIO have received funding from the PRIN 2022 grant applications. BARRIO is a project involving close collaboration between University of Perugia (Università degli Studi di Perugia) and the Perugia Hospital (...
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News feature on Rai News
We and our Rome collaborators were mentioned in an article published on Rai News highlighting our latest publication in Scientific Reports "Characterization of lab-based swarms of Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes using 3D-video tracking. (Link)