We use AI to identify vectors and improve data-driven vector control.
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12 Dec 2024
🚨 We're hiring! Vectech is looking for a Senior Product Manager to lead groundbreaking solutions in lab tech and operations. Ready to make an impact? 🌟 Apply now and join the innovation: vectech.applytojob.com/apply… #JobOpening #ProductManagement #TechCareers
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30 Aug 2024
🌍Climate change is spreading WNV, EEE, malaria, & dengue via different mosquito vectors. With recent cases in DC and MA, the threat is real. #Vectech uses AI & expert surveillance to identify mosquitoes & detect viruses to ensure communities are properly prepared.🦟#PublicHealth
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28 Mar 2024
Our CEO Tristan Ford shared updates on Vectech's AI tools for vector surveillance at the 19th Annual Arbovirus Surveillance & Mosquito Control Workshop in St Augustine, FL this week. Thanks to Anastasia Mosquito Control District for hosting an incredible meeting!
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12 Feb 2024
Last week, our entomologist Roy Faiman traveled to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania for the 20th Annual North American Black Fly Association (NABFA) Meeting. Dr. Peter Adler's Black Fly taxonomy workshop was a highlight of the trip. So much to learn!
ALT Last week, our entomologist Roy Faiman traveled to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania for the 20th Annual North American Black Fly Association (NABFA) Meeting. Dr. Peter Adler's Black Fly taxonomy workshop was a highlight of the trip. So much to learn! Roy also presented Vectech's state of the art IDX system. Could AI someday aid black fly taxonomic ID? Special thanks to Carey LaMere and Tadhgh Rainey for their invaluable insights and for putting this together! #VectorControl #Entomology #BlackFly #PublicHealth #ComputerVision
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12 Feb 2024
Roy also presented Vectech's state of the art IDX system. Could AI someday aid black fly taxonomic ID? Special thanks to Carey LaMere and Tadhgh Rainey for their invaluable insights and for putting this together! #VectorControl #Entomology #BlackFly #PublicHealth #ComputerVision
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1 Feb 2024
Congratulations to Roy Faiman and the Vectech team who recently published a short communication on recent observations of Aedes aegypti in Maryland. The sightings highlight the importance of surveillance in informing vector control decision making.
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1 Feb 2024
Read the full paper in the Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences: rroij.com/open-access/iaedes…
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14 Dec 2023
•Numerous insightful presentations delivered by highly esteemed individuals.
We're excited to serve the Northeast with Vectech's innovative mosquito identification technology and are looking forward to joining #NMCA at next year's meeting.
#entomology #ai #tech #techstartup
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14 Dec 2023
•Hearing how climate change and especially rain fall is changing the mosquito species diversity and abundance, and how increased warming is pushing southern species northward.
•Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) is on the rise, vectored by multiple mosquito species likely too.
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14 Dec 2023
Highlights from the meeting included:
•Roy Faiman presented on advancements with the IDX and how #AI can support better data collection for #mosquitosurveillance programs
#entomologist #deptofdefense #diseasemanagement #diseasecontrol
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14 Dec 2023
Last week, Vectech's #entomologist Roy Faiman attended the 2023 NORTHEASTERN MOSQUITO CONTROL ASSOCIATION INC meeting in Mystic, CT.
Pictured: Roy Faiman, the Mrs., and Jacob Crawford of Verily.
#entomology #ai #tech #techstartup #publichealth #publichealthmanager #mosquito
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17 Nov 2023
In this blog post, we delve into Shaza Ibrahim's experience at the @IpmTick #Tick Academy, highlighting the valuable insights & knowledge she gained on tick-borne diseases, vector control strategies, & advancements in the field of #entomology. Read more: vectech.io/blog/10-cool-thin…
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13 Nov 2023
Are you planning for the 2024 #mosquito season and want to support your team’s species identification capabilities with #AI?
We can help! The IDX now functions on 43 mosquito species (& counting) around the world 🌎 Click the link in our bio or: vectech.io/contact
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9 Nov 2023
Highlights from the #ESA2023 week included:
*Showing off the IDX in the exhibit hall, surrounded by insect art professionals and other cool tech.
@EntsocAmerica
Already looking forward to next year in Phoenix, Arizona!
#entomology #ai #tech #startup #publichealth #esa2023
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9 Nov 2023
Highlights from the #ESA2023 week included:
*Getting updated on the latest research with Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology (MUVE) professionals.
@EntsocAmerica
#entomology #ai #vector #vectorcontrol #vectorcontrolprogram #diseasemanagement #diseasecontrol #esa2023
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9 Nov 2023
Highlights from the #ESA2023 week included:
*Our CEO, Tristan Ford, presenting to a packed room on how Vectech is supporting DoD force health protection.
@entsocamerica
#mosquitocontrol #vector #vectorcontrol #entomologist #diseasecontrol #esa2023 #dod #deptofdefense
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9 Nov 2023
The Vectech team just wrapped up a successful #ESA (@EntsocAmerica Society of America) Conference at the National Harbor.
#entomology #ai #techstartup #publichealth #mosquitocontrolorg #research #researchlabs #nih #cdc #usda #nsf #mosquito #mosquitocontrol #vector #esa2023
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3 Nov 2023
You can also meet us all week in the exhibition hall at booth #113. @EntsocAmerica
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#EntSoc2023 #ESA2023 #entomology #ai #tech #techstartup #publichealth #nih #cdc #usda #nsf #mosquito #mosquitocontrol #vector #dod #diseasemanagement #diseasecontrol
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3 Nov 2023
Vectech is at the 2023 @EntsocAmerica! Join Vectech’s CEO, Tristan Ford, for a presentation this Sunday at 3:30 PM in Potomac 3-4 to learn about how we’re working with the DoD to develop a portable tool for automated identification of arthropod vectors in deployed environments.
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