Isra Deblauwe
@ideblauwe.bsky.social
Passionate entomologist with a special interest in vector ecology, surveillance, taxonomy and citizen science.
🗞️ Exciting news - our Belgian house #mosquitoes (Culex pipiens) made it into #Science! Honoured to be part of this amazing research consortium!
www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/....
www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/....
October 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
🗞️ Exciting news - our Belgian house #mosquitoes (Culex pipiens) made it into #Science! Honoured to be part of this amazing research consortium!
www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/....
www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/....
The Belgian Wildlife Disease Society (#BWDS) study day was once again both educational and enjoyable!
This year’s edition took us to @inbo.be (Research Institute for Nature and Forest - Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek) and VOC ‘SOS Wilde Dieren VZW’ in Geraardsbergen.
This year’s edition took us to @inbo.be (Research Institute for Nature and Forest - Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek) and VOC ‘SOS Wilde Dieren VZW’ in Geraardsbergen.
October 19, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The Belgian Wildlife Disease Society (#BWDS) study day was once again both educational and enjoyable!
This year’s edition took us to @inbo.be (Research Institute for Nature and Forest - Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek) and VOC ‘SOS Wilde Dieren VZW’ in Geraardsbergen.
This year’s edition took us to @inbo.be (Research Institute for Nature and Forest - Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek) and VOC ‘SOS Wilde Dieren VZW’ in Geraardsbergen.
Bedankt Jane, om mijn grote voorbeeld te zijn, en mijn biologiecarrière mee vorm te geven.
Je bent de sterkste en meest inspirerende vrouw die ik ken. Je volgende quote is de rode draad in mijn leven: “What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make” ❤️
Je bent de sterkste en meest inspirerende vrouw die ik ken. Je volgende quote is de rode draad in mijn leven: “What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make” ❤️
De Britse biologe en antropologe Jane Goodall is woensdagochtend overleden. Dat maakt het Jane Goodall Institute zelf bekend. Ze werd 91 jaar oud.
Bekende antropologe en biologe Jane Goodall (91), bekend van onderzoek naar apen, overleden
www.demorgen.be
October 3, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Bedankt Jane, om mijn grote voorbeeld te zijn, en mijn biologiecarrière mee vorm te geven.
Je bent de sterkste en meest inspirerende vrouw die ik ken. Je volgende quote is de rode draad in mijn leven: “What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make” ❤️
Je bent de sterkste en meest inspirerende vrouw die ik ken. Je volgende quote is de rode draad in mijn leven: “What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make” ❤️
Great day at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences during #taxonomyrecognitionday
🕵️ Today I enjoyed networking with old and new colleague taxonomists!
🦕 And I had the privilage to visit the very interesting paleontology lab!
🔬 #Taxonomy matters!
#NameItToSaveIt #biodiversity #TETTRIsEU
🕵️ Today I enjoyed networking with old and new colleague taxonomists!
🦕 And I had the privilage to visit the very interesting paleontology lab!
🔬 #Taxonomy matters!
#NameItToSaveIt #biodiversity #TETTRIsEU
May 23, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Great day at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences during #taxonomyrecognitionday
🕵️ Today I enjoyed networking with old and new colleague taxonomists!
🦕 And I had the privilage to visit the very interesting paleontology lab!
🔬 #Taxonomy matters!
#NameItToSaveIt #biodiversity #TETTRIsEU
🕵️ Today I enjoyed networking with old and new colleague taxonomists!
🦕 And I had the privilage to visit the very interesting paleontology lab!
🔬 #Taxonomy matters!
#NameItToSaveIt #biodiversity #TETTRIsEU
Reposted by Isra Deblauwe
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Use #nameittosaveit to raise awareness about #taxonomy to a new level:
📷 Picture your favourite animal or plant 🐯🍀🍄
🔤 Give it the correct taxonomic name
🤳 Share it on social media with the #NameItToSaveIt hashtag
... And remember: May 23 is Taxonomy Recognition Day!
tettris.eu/trd/
#tettriseu
Use #nameittosaveit to raise awareness about #taxonomy to a new level:
📷 Picture your favourite animal or plant 🐯🍀🍄
🔤 Give it the correct taxonomic name
🤳 Share it on social media with the #NameItToSaveIt hashtag
... And remember: May 23 is Taxonomy Recognition Day!
tettris.eu/trd/
#tettriseu
May 20, 2025 at 8:31 AM
🟠 🟢 🔵
Use #nameittosaveit to raise awareness about #taxonomy to a new level:
📷 Picture your favourite animal or plant 🐯🍀🍄
🔤 Give it the correct taxonomic name
🤳 Share it on social media with the #NameItToSaveIt hashtag
... And remember: May 23 is Taxonomy Recognition Day!
tettris.eu/trd/
#tettriseu
Use #nameittosaveit to raise awareness about #taxonomy to a new level:
📷 Picture your favourite animal or plant 🐯🍀🍄
🔤 Give it the correct taxonomic name
🤳 Share it on social media with the #NameItToSaveIt hashtag
... And remember: May 23 is Taxonomy Recognition Day!
tettris.eu/trd/
#tettriseu
Het tijgermugseizoen is begonnen! Verwijder broedplaatsen 🪣 en meld tijgermuggen 🦟 is de boodschap. 👇 www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20...
Vlaanderen lanceert campagne tegen tijgermug: "Controleer wekelijks op stilstaand water in je tuin" | VRT NWS: nieuws
Nu het muggenseizoen begonnen is, lanceert het Vlaamse departement Zorg een campagne om de verspreiding van de tijgermug tegen te gaan. Ze vragen mensen om te melden wanneer ze het beestje tegenkomen,...
www.vrt.be
May 9, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Het tijgermugseizoen is begonnen! Verwijder broedplaatsen 🪣 en meld tijgermuggen 🦟 is de boodschap. 👇 www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20...
Reposted by Isra Deblauwe
Vlaanderen roept op tot actie: ‘Leg de tijgermug droog’
Vlaanderen roept op tot actie: ‘Leg de tijgermug droog’
De tijgermug steekt niet alleen harder dan een gewone mug, ze kan vooral ook virussen overbrengen. Daarom lanceert Vlaanderen een campagne om de verspreiding ervan tegen te gaan. ‘Alle beetjes helpen...
ift.tt
May 9, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Vlaanderen roept op tot actie: ‘Leg de tijgermug droog’
Reposted by Isra Deblauwe
🚇 New Research Uncovers the Ancient Origins of the "London Underground Mosquito"
🦟 Culex pipiens - a.k.a. the common house mosquito or northern house mosquito - is one of the most common mosquitoes found in human habitats across the temperate regions of Europe, Africa, and Asia.
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🦟 Culex pipiens - a.k.a. the common house mosquito or northern house mosquito - is one of the most common mosquitoes found in human habitats across the temperate regions of Europe, Africa, and Asia.
🧵👇
February 3, 2025 at 2:56 PM
🚇 New Research Uncovers the Ancient Origins of the "London Underground Mosquito"
🦟 Culex pipiens - a.k.a. the common house mosquito or northern house mosquito - is one of the most common mosquitoes found in human habitats across the temperate regions of Europe, Africa, and Asia.
🧵👇
🦟 Culex pipiens - a.k.a. the common house mosquito or northern house mosquito - is one of the most common mosquitoes found in human habitats across the temperate regions of Europe, Africa, and Asia.
🧵👇
Some of our Belgian house #mosquitoes (Culex pipiens) 🦟 starring in an international study picked up by Nature Magazine!
Proud to be part of this study! #MosquitoEvolution
📑 Preprint can be found here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Proud to be part of this study! #MosquitoEvolution
📑 Preprint can be found here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
‘London Underground’ mosquito has surprisingly ancient origins
Once thought to have evolved inside the Tube network, a tunnel-dwelling mosquito might actually have emerged thousands of years ago in Egypt.
www.nature.com
February 4, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Some of our Belgian house #mosquitoes (Culex pipiens) 🦟 starring in an international study picked up by Nature Magazine!
Proud to be part of this study! #MosquitoEvolution
📑 Preprint can be found here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Proud to be part of this study! #MosquitoEvolution
📑 Preprint can be found here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Second day of #BeOH with talks e.g. on the role of AI in advancing #OneHealth, the use of land systems in #OneHealth and the importance of wildlife disease surveillance. Ending with identifying gaps in policy and research of several OH aspects. @sciensano.bsky.social
@belgianbiodiversityplatform
@belgianbiodiversityplatform
January 23, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Second day of #BeOH with talks e.g. on the role of AI in advancing #OneHealth, the use of land systems in #OneHealth and the importance of wildlife disease surveillance. Ending with identifying gaps in policy and research of several OH aspects. @sciensano.bsky.social
@belgianbiodiversityplatform
@belgianbiodiversityplatform
Learning about the complexity of #OneHealth and the importance of integrating communities. First day of #BeOH 🦠 🐗🧍🐄@sciensano.bsky.social #Belgianbiodiversityplatform
January 22, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Learning about the complexity of #OneHealth and the importance of integrating communities. First day of #BeOH 🦠 🐗🧍🐄@sciensano.bsky.social #Belgianbiodiversityplatform
Reposted by Isra Deblauwe
⏳ Only 2 days left! The abstract submission deadline for the XII International European Mosquito Control Association (EMCA) Conference is just around the corner—22/1. 🚨 Let’s take action together - Register today and be part of the change! 🦟 www.emca2025.eu @emca.bsky.social
January 20, 2025 at 2:21 PM
⏳ Only 2 days left! The abstract submission deadline for the XII International European Mosquito Control Association (EMCA) Conference is just around the corner—22/1. 🚨 Let’s take action together - Register today and be part of the change! 🦟 www.emca2025.eu @emca.bsky.social