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Research in molecular entomology |
New
awards
July 2005 |
The TDR Committee on Molecular Entomology (BCV)
[workplan]
met in Geneva, Switzerland, in May 2005, to deliberate and recommend projects for funding by TDR. The projects listed below were selected from among a large number of applications received from investigators worldwide.
New
grants in molecular entomology
These grants will be funded for one year in the first instance, and for additional year, if sufficient progress is made in the first year towards reaching the scientific objectives, and if sufficient funds are available.
Project
ID |
Principal Investigator |
Institution |
|
Project Title |
Funding in US$ |
| A50334 |
Serap
Aksoy |
Yale University School of Medicine,
Dpmt of Epidemiology & Public Health, New Haven Connecticut, USA |
|
Glossina developmental stage specific EST project |
5,000 |
| A50363 |
Christopher
Bosio |
Colorado State
Univ., Dpmt of Microbiology, Immunology & Pathol., Fort Collins, Colorado, USA |
|
Population genetics and vector competence for dengue-2 virus of
Aedes aegypti in Senegal |
26,500 |
| A50241 |
George K.
Christophides |
European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany |
|
Effects of the
Anopheles gambiae immune system on the transmission of human malaria parasite
Plasmodium falciparum |
39,998 |
| A50333 |
Nancy M. DuTeau |
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA |
|
Biology of disease vectors course - 2006 |
50,000 |
| A50335 |
Paul
Eggleston |
Keele University School of Life Sciences, Keele Staffordshire, UK |
|
High efficiency, site-directed engineering of the mosquito genome for the control of vector-borne disease |
40,000 |
| A50299 |
Gabriella Irene
Gibson |
University
/ Greenwich, Natural Resources Institute, Chatham Kent, UK |
|
Field & laboratory investigation of swarming and mating activities in the
Anopheles gambiae species complex |
40,000 |
| A50331 |
Winston A
Hide |
University of
Western Cape, South African National Bioinformatics Institute (SANBI), Bellville, South Africa |
|
Consolidation and functional annotation of reconstructed transcripts for
Glossina |
10,000 |
| A50232 |
Yvonne-Marie
Linton |
The Natural History Museum, Mosquitoes
Progr., Department of Entomology, London, UK |
|
Molecular systematics and vector incrimination of the Oswaldoi group
(Anopheles, Nyssorhynchus) in Latin America |
39,906 |
| A50256 |
Jesus
Martinez Barnetche |
Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico |
|
Functional genomic analysis of
Anopheles albimanus immune response to infection with bacteria and
Plasmodium vivax |
40,000 |
| A50375 |
Philippe Solano |
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso |
|
Full length cDNA sequencing of
Glossina palpalis |
15,000 |
| A50340 |
Kenneth D.
Vernick |
University of Minnesota, Center for Microbial and Plant Genomics, St Paul, Minnesota, USA |
|
Breeding and analysis of new malaria resistant lines of
Anopheles gambiae |
38,359 |
| A50230 |
Joao Pedro S. da Silva
Pinto |
Centro de Malaria e outras Doenças Tropicais/IHMT, Lisbon, Portugal |
|
Malaria vectors in islands, studies on genetic isolation
|
25,778 |
| A50303 |
Mario A.C.
Silva-Neto |
Univers. Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Centro de Ciências da Saude,
Instit. Bioquim. Médica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
|
Phosphoproteome of malaria-infected mosquito midgut |
8,500 |
Renewed
grants in molecular entomology
These projects were funded in 2004 and are now being renewed for a further year following the successful progress made towards meeting the objectives during the first year.
Project
ID |
Principal Investigator |
Institution |
|
Project Title |
Funding in US$ |
| A30272 |
Nora Jessie
Besansky |
University of Notre Dame,
Dept. Biological Sciences, Notre Dame, Indianapolis, USA |
|
The 2Rj inversion breakpoint of
An. gambiae: molecular diagnosis and characterization. |
30,501 |
| A20338 |
George Dimopoulos |
John Hopkins
Univ., Bloomberg School of Public Health, Malaria Research Unit, Baltimore, MD, USA |
|
Genome expression analysis of mosquito salivary gland function and characterization of specific promoters |
40,000 |
| A20269 |
Qi
Gao |
Jiangsu Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Malaria Division, Meiyuan, Wuxi Jiangsu, P. Republic of China |
|
Identification of
Anopheles sinensis and Anopheles anthropophagus and their role in malaria transmission in China |
29,400 |
| A30345 |
Luna Kamau |
Kenya Medical Research Institute, Centre for
Biotechnol., Research and Development, Nairobi, Kenya |
|
Population genetic structure and development of insecticide resistance in
An. gambiae s.1. and An. funestus in Kenya |
36,460 |
| A20330 |
Lizette
Koekemoer |
National Health
Laborat. Services, Vector Control Reference Unit, Johannesburg, South Africa |
|
The role of mono-oxygenases in insecticide resistant
Anopheles funestus Giles |
17,950 |
| A30328 |
Elena A. Levashina |
CNRS: UPR 9022, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Strasbourg, France |
|
Recognition and signalling during
Plasmodium infection in the mosquito Anopheles gambiae |
30,000 |
| A30346 |
Thanasis
Loukeris |
Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB), Crete, Greece |
|
A study of Anopheles and Plasmodium proteases focusing on ookinete/midgut interactions |
40,000 |
|
A30307 |
Colin Anthony Malcolm |
Queen Mary University of London, School of Biological Sciences, London, UK |
|
Microsatellite & retroposon polymorphism in Anopheles arabiensis at the edge of its distribution in northern Sudan |
40,000 |
|
A10424 |
Ana Maria Peralta De Merida |
Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Guatemala, Guatemala |
|
Population genetics of Aedes aegypti in Chiapas (Mexico) and Central America |
11,577 |
|
A40190 |
Hilary Ranson |
Vector Research Group, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK |
|
A functional genomics approach to improving insecticide resistance detection in Anopheles gambiae |
2,700 |
|
A30289 |
Guiseppe Saccone |
Dipartimento di Genetica, Biologia Generale e Moleculare, Naples, Italy |
|
Identification of sex determining genes in Aedes aegypti and improvement of transgene vectors to study their functions |
36,500 |
|
A30350 |
N'Fale Sagnon |
Centre National de Recherche et de Formation sur le Paludisme, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso |
|
Génétique et comportement des membres du complexe Anopheles gambiae
au Burkina Faso |
34,350 |
|
A20315 |
Rosemary C. Sang |
Kenya Medical Research Institute, Centre for Virus Research, Nairobi, Kenya |
|
A comparative study of populations of Aedes aegypti in dengue endemic and non-endemic areas of Kenya |
29,703 |
|
A40198 |
Catherine Walton |
University of Manchester, Faculty of Life Sciences, Manchester, UK |
|
Genetic population structure and gene flow in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in South-East Asia |
40,000 |
TDR expresses sincere gratitude to Members of the Steering Committee
and external reviewers for their critical assessment and contributions
to the selection process.
TDR would like to thank, those investigators who were not funded. A
large number of projects were reviewed but only a few were selected due
to the high competitive selection process. TDR wishes to encourage these
investigators to continue their good work and to re-compete next year
(see deadline for submission
of new applications).
Detailed information on funding and how to apply for support from the
Committee on Molecular Entomology (BCV) can be obtained from the
following web site http://www.who.int/tdr/grants.
TDR contact: Dr Y Toure |
