Chemical ecologist, livestock-pathogens-vectors interaction
Joined August 2023
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A phytoscreen identifies a garlic compound as a deterrent of mating an... sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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A fully funded PhD opportunity is now open at icipe focusing on the innovative development and application techniques of microbial biopesticides for sustainable management of red palm weevil (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus).
🗓 Application deadline: 23 March 2026
Read more: scholarships.icipe.org/calls…
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(icipe) is offering one PhD research project on "Classical biological control of the invasive Red Palm Weevil (RPW), Rhynchophorus ferrugineus" as part of the African Regional Postgraduate Programme in Insect Science (ARPPIS).
🗓 Application deadline: 20 March 2026
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❇️ ✴️ Join us through a journey of a tapestry of voices, landscapes and possibilities ❇️ Get a copy of our inaugural edition of the icipe Spotlight magazine.
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2024 was a Year of Transition for @icipe.
Download a copy of our Annual Report to learn how we faired and the lessons we learned.
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17 May 2025
Here we show that Stomoxys species complex, similar to tsetse flies, mechanically transmit trypanosomes to healthy mouse within 60 seconds of contact with infected mouse model.
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We are so pleased to bring #insectscience to the #cgiarscienceweek. If you are around, please visit our booth for an exciting opportunity to learn about our nature-positive insect solutions and innovations.
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If you're interested in participating in #ESSA2025 and reside outside of South Africa, you can find information on student travel awards here: buff.ly/3Qmd9D1. Deadline soon (20 Feb)! Additional details about the congress can be found here: buff.ly/3EIhgaa.
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Merid Negash Getahun retweeted
6 Feb 2025
🪰👩🔬🔬🧠Broad call for a funded Postdoc Fellowship position in our department! Please contact me if you are interested in discussing possible Behavioral Neurobiology research as part of my lab team. Apps due April 4th, 2025. employment.unl.edu/postings/…
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Merid Negash Getahun retweeted
12 Feb 2025
A new round of the Lise Meitner Excellence Program for #tenuretrack group leaders opened today - please consider applying! The program aims to recruit and promote exceptionally qualified female scientists. mpg.de/lise-meitner-excellen… #LiseMeitnerGroups #WomeninScience #ScienceCareer
ALT Pictures of Lise Meitner Group leaders: Sofie Valk, Flore Kunst, Anna-Maria Meister, Maria Sokolova, Heidi Colleran, Nathalie Feiner und Ulrike Kraft.
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How we are providing a safe haven to #africanwomen #scientists?
Read this article on our partnership with @IIEglobal
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Merid Negash Getahun retweeted
11 Feb 2025
‘We must...fiercely protect the progress women in science have made.’ 🔬On #WomenInScienceDay, don’t miss this insightful interview with Suropriya Saha, Research Group Leader @mpids, on the legacy of #Physics Nobel laureate Maria Goeppert Mayer🌟 ▶️mpg.de/23712159/suropriya-sa…
ALT Left: Suropriya Saha, Research Group Leader at the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization (Credit: private) Right: Maria Goeppert Mayer (Credit: SUB Göttingen / Sammlung Voit)
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We are live for the inaugural icipe Science Week!
📅 : 11th November, 8am - 2pm EAT
📍: icipe Duduville Campus, Nairobi.
Livestream - YouTube 📷lnkd.in/d_54UvC2
Join us in this inspiring event celebrating our science, technology and innovations, and the people behind it.
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Merid Negash Getahun retweeted
1 Nov 2024
Exploring the dynamic adult hard ticks-camel-pathogens interaction | mSphere journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128…
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23 Sep 2024
Livestock–vector interaction using volatile organic metabolites
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Merid Negash Getahun retweeted
16 Sep 2024
#HappeningNow. Over 50 scientists together in the Third year progress meeting of the EU_Commission funded #COMBATproject (Controlling and progressively Minimizing the Burden of Animal #Trypanosomosi) in Côte d'Ivoire.
Read more: combat-project.eu/resources/…
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🤔DYK: #ticks do not have antennae. They smell their hosts using their legs.
Download @icipe Annual Report to read this more on our sustainable #livestock research. doi.org/10.60798/HAB6-EJ87
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