News quote card on a teal background with white text. The quote reads, “It was wonderful to be able to hold the biannual UK-VBD meeting in Liverpool once again, especially at a time when vector-borne diseases are emerging and threatening the country as never before." Professor Matthew Baylis, Executive Dean of the Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences. Pictured is Professor Matthew Baylis chatting with a conference attendee.

Last week, Liverpool hosted the sixth biennial UK Vector Borne Diseases Conference, the biggest meeting to date

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Grateful to the attendees of #ukvbd2024 who voted myself and @gseddonroberts.bsky.social as the best flash talk, and best full talk respectively in the Diversity and Genomics session!

We are very grateful to our sponsors for supporting this year’s meeting:

BBSRC
Defra
The Pandemic Institute
Health Protection Research Institute in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections.

Thank you for supporting us and see you all next year! #UKVBD2024

And that’s a wrap! Thank you to everyone who has attended over the last two days and making it the biggest conference yet 🎉 #UKVBD2024

Congratulations to all the winners of Best Posters, Best Flash Talks and Best Talks across all the themes we’ve covered! 🎉

Thank you to everyone who’s presented their research over the last two days! #UKVBD2024

Professor Stephen Higgs from Kansas State University is presenting his keynote, “Forty Years of Mosquito Research: things we should know by now” #UKVBD2024

Thrilled to present our project on developing a one health approach to tick and tick-borne diseases through manipulation of reservoir host communities with Katie August today at @ukvbd.bsky.social #UKVBD2024

Our panel are ready in their seats… #UKVBD2024

Kickstarting our afternoon with UKRI/Defra project presentations before our panel of presenters take to the stage to answer questions #UKVBD2024 🦟🌍

Had a great time at #ukvbd2024 in Liverpool, presenting a flash talk on my PhD work engineering vitellogenin-Cas9 chimeras for targeted gene editing in aphids.

Now that we’re filled up on tea and coffee, it’s time to look at more of the amazing research on display #UKVBD2024

Now we have our first keynote speaker for today, Dr Trisna Tungadi from Keele University presenting on the “Manipulation of plant hosts and insect vectors by viruses.” #UKVBD2024

Professor Matthew Baylis @baylism.bsky.social opens the day once again with a warm welcome, ready for a morning filled with presentations and flash talks #UKVBD2024

Welcome back to the 6th UK VBD Conference! We’re on our second day of presentations and panels on vector-borne diseases #UKVBD2024

Our first day has been absolutely fantastic! We're diving back in tomorrow...🥰

We have two presentations lined up from our group: Amirah Rashid will be presenting at 11:20, and Jet Griep will be showcasing poster 48. Come and learn more about the amazing work our team is doing!.

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Wrapping up day one with an exciting keynote from Prof Polly Roy from @lshtm.bsky.social diving into the fascinating world of Bluetongue virus 🦠 #UKVBD2024

First keynote address at #ukvbd2024 @ukvbd.bsky.social by Professor Polly Roy @lshtm.bsky.social on #Bluetongue #virus

Next up we learn about the new Defra-UKRI one health VBD hub project, enhancing links between data collection, analysis and policy #UKVBD2024

Introducing the newly launched #UK #VBD Hub at @ukvbd.bsky.social
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Come and talk to us at #UKVBD2024 Liverpool to see how we can make your #Behaviour #Research simple. @ukvbd.bsky.social #BehaviourSimply

After a brilliant morning our afternoon session on vector and disease control kicks off with Saudaminu Venkatesan from the University of Liverpool #UKVBD2024

Great start of #ukvbd2024 @ukvbd.bsky.social with great science and presentations! #onehealth #vectorbornediseases #ticks #mosquitoes

Lots of fantastic research on display in the #UKVBD2024 poster session

Professor Matthew Baylis @baylism.bsky.social kicks off the next two days with a warm welcome and an exciting, packed programme ahead! #UKVBD2024

Thrilled to be in Liverpool for the 6th UK VBD Conference - the UK’s largest ever meeting on vector-borne diseases! 🦟🌍 #UKVBD2024

Liverpool performing well for the first day of #ukvbd2024. Crisp December morning, some blue sky, good views from top of Spine inc tip of aircraft carrier now parked up in the Mersey

Travelling to Liverpool for the weekend to see friends and attend the @ukvbd.bsky.social conference next week! Looking forward to the amazing science and establish collaborations. #ukvbd2024 #vectors #mosquitoes #ticks #vectorbornediseases #epidemiology #OneHealth