On January 16, 2026, Tatiane Assatse Matakafo, Research Assistant at CRID, successfully defended her Ph.D thesis in Parasitology and Ecology at the Faculty of Science, University of Yaoundé I. Her research focused on characterising the molecular basis of resistance to neonicotinoids (a novel insecticide class recommended by WHO for vector control) in the main African…
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…
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,…