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I have received my first UK funding – a Seed Award in Science from the Wellcome Trust! It will fund a 2-year project on chemosensation in mosquito larvae. I am thus looking for a researcher to join my lab to … Continue reading →

I will be joining the Department of Biosciences at Durham University, UK, as an Assistant Professor from the 1st of April 2019! I made a new lab website: insectneurolab.com, and most work-related updates will now be there – check it … Continue reading →

…now on bioRxiv: Ali John Afify, Joshua F Betz, Olena Riabinina, Christopher John Potter Commonly used insect repellents hide human odors from Anopheles mosquitoes

Last Monday and Tuesday I spent at the SLU in Alnarp, Sweden on the invitation of Rickard Ignell. It was great to meet people from Rickard’s group and to discuss mossies with them! Thank you for the invitation and for … Continue reading →

Just learnt that I have got a travel grant from the Physiological society and another one from the ESA to give a talk at this year’s ESA meeting in Vancouver – Thank you! 😀

Last Friday I took part in the Europe-wide science outreach event European Researchers Night #ERN2018 . We brought flies, mosquito brains and microscopes to the Manchester Museum and let the visitors play 🙂

My first bioRxiv preprint is live now! A collaboration with Natalie Hempel de Ibarra from Exeter on how bees approach targets and how the approach path determines what the bees learn. Approach direction prior to landing explains patterns of colour … Continue reading →

On the 5-8th of September I was in Würzburg attending the ECRO 2018 conference and co-chairing there a symposium on Chemosensory processing in disease vectors. I enjoyed the place, and the conference, and the co-chairing – will do again!

Earlier this month I have spent a few days at Janelia at the Neuro-Evo conference . Heard about brains of many interesting weird animals, met lovely people and got to tell them about what I do too. And realised that Janelia hotel … Continue reading →

On Wednesday and Friday this week I was taking part in the British Science Week events for local schools, organised by our Fly Facility: mutant Drosophila and larval painting fun 😀