Capacity-Building : EMERGENTS-ICEMR Genomics Training Strengthens Malaria Surveillance in Africa

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From January 19 to 30, 2026, the NIH funded EMERGENTS-ICEMR- project (International Centers of Excellence for Malaria Research – Enhancing Malaria Epidemiology Research through Genomics & Translational Systems Biology) hosted an intensive genomics training at CRID. The program focused on Nanopore Amplicon Sequencing and Molecular Inversion Probes (MIPs) for Plasmodium analyses, equipping scientists with cutting-edge…

Publication: Breakthrough Discovery of DNA Marker for Insecticide Resistance in major Malaria Mosquitoes

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Scientists from the Centre for Research in Infectious Diseases (CRID), in collaboration with the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM), have achieved a major milestone in the fight against malaria. For the first time, researchers have identified a DNA marker linked to metabolic pyrethroid resistance in west and Central African population of Anopheles gambiae, one…

Publication: Microbiota diversity of Anopheles gambiae in Bankeng, southern Cameroon, and its association with Plasmodium falciparum infection

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As mosquitoes become resistant to insecticides and the malaria parasite develops resistance to drugs, malaria remains difficult to control. With no fully effective vaccine, innovative and environmentally friendly strategies are urgently needed. One promising approach is to study the natural bacteria (microbiota) living inside mosquitoes and their potential role in malaria transmission. In this study,…