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SUMMARY:Insect Hour: The Mosquito Diaries
DESCRIPTION:Insect Hour: The Mosquito Diaries\n\n\n\nWelcome the second talk in our online series exploring Grand Challenges in Entomology. \n\n\n\nInsect Hour will be held every second Wednesday of the month* from 1pm-2pm (UK time). All are welcome – talks are free to attend and open to both RES members and non-members. \n\n\n\nRegister to attend below\, grab a cuppa or sandwich and join us on Zoom! There will be time for questions and discussion towards the end of the session. \n\n\n\n* Excluding August\, September\, and January \n\n\n\n\nRead more about Insect Hour\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTalk summary\n\n\n\nAn overview of a 50-year journey getting to know\, love and hate the mosquito.  \n\n\n\n\nHow do they become resistant to insecticides? \n\n\n\nWhat can we do in practical terms to overcome this?\n\n\n\nCan we sequence and mine the who Anopheles genome to get a better understanding of resistance? \n\n\n\nHow do we re-start the production of new public health insecticides before we reach the point we can no longer control them?\n\n\n\nHow do we improve the products that are already in use\, so they are more effective?\n\n\n\nWhat impact does the insect’s insecticide resistance status have on its ability to transmit disease?\n\n\n\nHow do we reduce the barriers to regulatory or normative guidance to get more effective mosquito control into use?\n\n\n\nHow can we get point of use quality assurance in place to improve the quality and application of insect control?\n\n\n\n\nThese and many more questions have been tackled\, some more some less successfully over the years of a lifelong fascination with this deadliest of insects. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker\n\n\n\nJanet Hemingway\, FRS\, CBE – iiCON Founding Director\, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJanet Hemingway was Professor of Tropical Medicine at LSTM and Founding Director of the Infection Innovation Consortium (iiCON). Responding to the growing challenge of infectious diseases\, antimicrobial resistance\, and emerging pandemics\, iiCON brings together academic\, industry\, and clinical partners in a £360 million programme to transform the discovery and supply of much-needed anti-infectives and accelerate their journey to market. \n\n\n\n\n\nJanet was a senior technical advisor on Neglected Tropical Diseases for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and PI on projects in excess of £370 million including the BMGF funded Innovative Vector Control Consortium\, the ERDF funded Formulations programme and the BMGF funded Visceral Leishmaniasis Elimination programme. \n\n\n\nShe was appointed Director of LSTM in 2001 and stepped down on 1st January 2019. She was awarded a CBE for services to the Control of Tropical Disease Vectors in 2012. Janet is also a Past President of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
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SUMMARY:Insect Week 2026
DESCRIPTION:Stand tall for the small this Insect Week\n\n\n\nInsect Week is our annual celebration of the little things that run the world\, dedicated to encouraging people of all ages to learn more about insects.\n\n\n\nThe Royal Entomological Society organises the week\, supported by a large number of partner organisations with interests in the science\, natural history and conservation of insects. \n\n\n\nWe look forward to all types of activities relating to insects including: art workshops\, bug hunts\, talks\, exhibitions\, discussion panels\, media programmes\, interactive exhibitions\, art performances\, school visits. If you would like to host an activity\, please contact Fran Sconce.\n\n\n\nFind out more at www.insectweek.org\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat is an insect?\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhy are they important?\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat is an entomologist?\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGet involved\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFind an event\n\n\n\nVisit the Insect Week Events page to find an event near you during Insect Week. We will be listing some of these nearer the time. \n\n\n\n\n\nPlanning an event during Insect Week? \n\n\n\nSubmit your event here and we will advertise it on our websites. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWant to organise an event but not sure where to start? \n\n\n\nVisit our Organise an Event page for information to help you get your event up and running for Insect Week. \n\n\n\n\n\nBiological Records \n\n\n\nBiological records build a picture of where an insect species occurs (distribution)\, when it occurs in the year (phenology) and the habitat the insect is associated with (ecology). To monitor insect species\, and see whether they are increasing or decreasing\, we need detailed biological records to be collated over time. Your records can help ‘measure the health’ of insects in the UK.  \n\n\n\nLearn how to Record Insect Species here.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCompetitions\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInsect Week Photography Competition\n\n\n\nThe Insect Week Photography Competition is back again this year! Submit your best insect-themed photos for prizes and features. Be sure to read the Terms & Conditions before entering. \n\n\n\n\n\nInsect Week Art Competition\n\n\n\nPhotography not your thing? We also have an Art Competition – Visit the Art & Photography Competition page to enter now. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInstar Magazine\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInstar Magazine \n\n\n\nWhy not check out our digital magazine for young entomologists?  \n\n\n\nFind out more about insects and those people who study them in an exciting third edition of our digital magazine.  \n\n\n\nRead about metamorphosis\, insect mouth parts\, how insects hear & how to draw them! \n\n\n\nRead Instar magazine online. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSocial Media 🦋🐞🐝🐛\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFollow @RoyEntSoc on social media platforms for more updates\, great photography\, interesting news and fun things to do\, including our campaigns throughout the week. \n\n\n\nJust tag us at @RoyEntSoc in posts with images\, text\, reels or your preferred medium and we will endeavour to share and feature as many as possible through our stories or reposts during #InsectWeek – Let’s do our best this week to share our love\, respect and knowledge of insects. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n#StandTallForTheSmall\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFollow us on social media for updates and share your insect news and events using @royentsoc #InsectWeek \n\n\n\nBluesky (RES)\n\nBluesky (Journals)\n\nTwitter\n\nInstagram\n\nLinkedIn\n\nFacebook\n\nYouTube\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGet involved
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