Dr Francesco Baldini

Reader (Host-Parasite Interactions & Pathogenesis)

telephone: 0141 330 5346
email: Francesco.Baldini@glasgow.ac.uk

SBOHVM, Graham Kerr Building, room 314c

Biography

Dr Francesco Baldini is a Reader at the University of Glasgow. He conducted his PhD in Medical Entomology in three international institutions (Harvard University, Perugia University, Imperial College London) studying the molecular determinants of malaria mosquito reproductive success.

In 2013 he has joined the University of Glasgow where he is investigating the biology and ecology of Anopheles mosquitoes and other vectors to develop new control and surveilance tools. He coordinates the Vector Biology and Disease Group.

Research interests

His main research themes are:

Studying the ecology and biology of disease vectors.
Developing new surveillance tools for vector-borne diseases.
Exploring new vector control tools using biocontrol agents.

BlueSky: @baldini-francesco.bsky.social

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Number of items: 53.

2026

Okumu, F. O. et al. (2026) Adapting Africa’s vector surveillance systems to monitor gene-drive mosquitoes in malaria control. Trends in Parasitology, (doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2026.03.010) (In Press)

Sanou, R. et al. (2026) Age-grading and species identification of male mosquito Anopheles gambiae s.l. using mid-infrared spectroscopy and machine learning. Scientific Reports, (doi: 10.1038/s41598-026-46306-2) (PMID:41957079) (Early Online Publication)

Kahamba, Najat F., Kifungo, Khamisi, Jumanne, Mohammed, Trujillano Asato, Fedra ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0685-2525, Finda, Marceline F., Msugupakulya, Betwel, Baldini, Francesco ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5904-4070, Nelli, Luca ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6091-4072, Okumu, Fredros O. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2731-5654 and Ferguson, Heather M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9625-5176 (2026) Seasonal variation in aquatic habitat availability and use by the malaria vector, Anopheles funestus. Malaria Journal, (doi: 10.1186/s12936-026-05898-w) (PMID:41965686) (Early Online Publication)

Mmweteni, R. E. et al. (2026) Detection of supergroup B Wolbachia strains and their co-infection with Plasmodium falciparum in wild Anopheles funestus in southeastern Tanzania: implications for malaria control. Parasites and Vectors, (doi: 10.1186/s13071-026-07330-3) (PMID:41845520) (Early Online Publication)

Pazmiño-Betancourth, Mauro ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4259-0611, Miller, Alena, Katsoni, Maria, Casas Gomez-Uribarri, Ivan, Okumu, Fredros O. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2731-5654, Babayan, Simon A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4949-1117 and Baldini, Francesco ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5904-4070 (2026) Stage-dependent trade-offs in thermal performance: fluctuating temperatures reverse larval and adult fitness in Anopheles gambiae and An. coluzzii. Journal of Medical Entomology, 63(1), tjaf189. (doi: 10.1093/jme/tjaf189)

2025

Dominoni, Davide M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2063-9955, Albalawi, Bedur Faleh Ali, Mladenova, Magdalena, Helm, Barbara and Baldini, Francesco ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5904-4070 (2025) Phenology underlies inconsistent urbanization effects on avian malaria (Leucocytozoon sp.) in juvenile songbirds. Ecosphere, 17(2), e70545. (doi: 10.1002/ecs2.70545)

Lamy, D. L. et al. (2025) Metarhizium pingshaense infection reverses insecticide resistance in Anopheles gambiae sensu lato by altering energy reserves and gene expression. Parasites and Vectors, (doi: 10.1186/s13071-025-07132-z) (PMID:41316457) (In Press)

Foti, Mattia, Micocci, Martina, Pazmiño-Betancourth, Mauro ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4259-0611, Casas Gomez-Uribarri, Ivan, Serini, Paola, Caputo, Beniamino, della Torre, Alessandra and Baldini, Francesco ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5904-4070 (2025) Towards scalable age-grading of Aedes albopictus mosquito using mid-infrared spectroscopy and machine learning. Scientific Reports, 15, 40470. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-24404-x) (PMID:41254042) (PMCID:PMC12627515)

Odero, J. O. et al. (2025) Genomic evidence of spatially structured gene flow and divergent insecticide resistance backgrounds of the malaria vector anopheles funestus in Tanzania. Genetics, 230(4), iyaf117. (doi: 10.1093/genetics/iyaf117) (PMID:40620209) (PMCID:PMC12341887)

Mwinyi, S. H. et al. (2025) Genomic analysis reveals a new cryptic taxon within the Anopheles gambiae complex with a distinct insecticide resistance profile in the coast of East Africa. Molecular Ecology, 34(10), e17762. (doi: 10.1111/mec.17762) (PMID:40241387)

Pazmino Betancourth, Mauro ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4259-0611, Boldin, Aleksandr, Ochoa-Gutierrez, Victor, Hogg, Richard A., Baldini, Francesc ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5904-4070, González-Jiménez, Mario ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8853-0588, Wynne, Klaas ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5305-5940 and Childs, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6218-8131 (2025) Towards fast quantum cascade laser spectrometers for high-throughput and cost-effective disease surveillance. Spectroscopy Journal, 3(1), 8. (doi: 10.3390/spectroscj3010008)

Laidlow, T. A. et al. (2025) Scoping review of Japanese encephalitis virus transmission models. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 2025, 9880670. (doi: 10.1155/tbed/9880670) (PMID:40302735) (PMCID:PMC12016872)

2024

Dalal, Nidhi, Sáiz, María José, Caporale, Antonio Giandonato, Baldini, Francesco ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5904-4070, Babayan, Simon Armen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4949-1117 and Adamo, Paola (2024) Fishy forensics: FT-NIR and machine learning based authentication of Mediterranean anchovies (Engraulis encrasicolus). Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, 136, 106847. (doi: 10.1016/j.jfca.2024.106847)

Kahamba, N. F. et al. (2024) Societal uses of the main water bodies inhabited by malaria vectors and implications for larval source management. Malaria Journal, 23(1), 336. (doi: 10.1186/s12936-024-05154-z) (PMID:39521968) (PMCID:PMC11550540)

Odero, J. O. et al. (2024) Discovery of knock-down resistance in the major African malaria vector Anopheles funestus. Molecular Ecology, 33(22), e17542. (doi: 10.1111/mec.17542) (PMID:39374937) (PMCID:PMC11537839)

Kataki, Aditya Shankar, Baldini, Francesco ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5904-4070 and Naorem, Anjana Singha (2024) Evaluation of synergistic effect of entomopathogenic fungi beauveria bassiana and lecanicillium lecacii on the mosquito culex quinquefaciatus. PLoS ONE, 19(9), e0308707. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0308707) (PMID:39240894) (PMCID:PMC11379303)

Mshani, I. H. et al. (2024) Screening of malaria infections in human blood samples with varying parasite densities and anaemic conditions using AI-Powered mid-infrared spectroscopy. Malaria Journal, 23(1), 188. (doi: 10.1186/s12936-024-05011-z) (PMID:38880870) (PMCID:PMC11181574)

Wangrawa, Dimitri W., Odero, Joel O., Baldini, Francesco ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5904-4070, Okumu, Fredros ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2731-5654 and Badolo, Athanase (2024) Distribution and insecticide resistance profile of the major malaria vector Anopheles funestus group across the African continent. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 38(2), pp. 119-137. (doi: 10.1111/mve.12706) (PMID:38303659)

Mwanga, E. P. et al. (2024) Reagent-free detection of Plasmodium falciparum malaria infections in field-collected mosquitoes using mid-infrared spectroscopy and machine learning. Scientific Reports, 14, 12100. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-63082-z) (PMID:38802488) (PMCID:PMC11130311)

Lamy, Doubé Lucien, Gnambani, Edounou Jacques, Sare, Issiaka, Millogo, Souro Abel, Sodre, Fatimata Aïcha, Namountougou, Moussa, Viana, Mafalda ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5975-6505, Baldini, Francesco ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5904-4070, Diabaté, Abdoulaye and Bilgo, Etienne (2024) Entomopathogenic fungi Metarhizium pingshaense increases susceptibility to insecticides in highly resistant malaria mosquitoes Anopheles coluzzii. Wellcome Open Research, 9, 290. (doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.21238.1)

Odero, J. et al. (2024) Genetic markers associated with the widespread insecticide resistance in malaria vector Anopheles funestus populations across Tanzania. Parasites and Vectors, 17(1), 230. (doi: 10.1186/s13071-024-06315-4) (PMID:38760849)

Mwanga, Emmanuel P., Siria, Doreen Josen, Mshani, Issa H., Mwinyi, Sophia H., Abbas, Said, Gonzalez Jimenez, Mario ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8853-0588, Wynne, Klaas ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5305-5940, Baldini, Francesco ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5904-4070, Babayan, Simon A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4949-1117 and Okumu, Fredros O. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2731-5654 (2024) Rapid classification of epidemiologically relevant age categories of the malaria vector, Anopheles funestus. Parasites and Vectors, 17, 143. (doi: 10.1186/s13071-024-06209-5) (PMID:38500231)

Mwanga, E. P. et al. (2024) Rapid assessment of the blood-feeding histories of wild-caught malaria mosquitoes using mid-infrared spectroscopy and machine learning. Malaria Journal, 23(1), 86. (doi: 10.1186/s12936-024-04915-0) (PMID:38532415) (PMCID:PMC10964711)

Kahamba, Najat F., Okumu, Fredros O. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2731-5654, Jumanne, Mohammed, Kifungo, Khamisi, Odero, Joel, Baldini, Francesco ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5904-4070, Ferguson, Heather ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9625-5176 and Nelli, Luca ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6091-4072 (2024) Geospatial modelling of dry season habitats of the malaria vector, Anopheles funestus, in south-eastern Tanzania. Parasites and Vectors, 17, 38. (doi: 10.1186/s13071-024-06119-6)

Pazmiño-Betancourth, Mauro ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4259-0611, Casas Gómez-Uribarri, Ivan, Mondragon-Shem, Karina, Babayan, Simon A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4949-1117, Baldini, Francesco ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5904-4070 and Haines, Lee Rafuse (2024) Advancing age grading techniques for Glossina morsitans morsitans, vectors of african trypanosomiasis, through mid-infrared spectroscopy and machine learning. Biology Methods and Protocols, 9(1), bpae058. (doi: 10.1093/biomethods/bpae058) (PMID:39290986) (PMCID:PMC11407438)

2023

Mshani, I. H. et al. (2023) Key considerations, target product profiles, and research gaps in the application of infrared spectroscopy and artificial intelligence for malaria surveillance and diagnosis. Malaria Journal, 22(1), 346. (doi: 10.1186/s12936-023-04780-3) (PMID:37950315) (PMCID:PMC10638832)

Sare, Issiaka, Baldini, Francesco ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5904-4070, Viana, Mafalda ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5975-6505, Badolo, Athanase, Djigma, Florencia, Diabate, Abdoulaye and Bilgo, Etienne (2023) Adhesion and virulence properties of native Metarhizium fungal strains from Burkina Faso for the control of malaria vectors. Parasites and Vectors, 16, 406. (doi: 10.1186/s13071-023-05831-z)

Pazmiño Betancourth, Mauro ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4259-0611, Ochoa-Gutiérrez, Victor ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8849-365X, Ferguson, Heather M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9625-5176, González-Jiménez, Mario ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8853-0588, Wynne, Klaas ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5305-5940, Baldini, Francesco ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5904-4070 and Childs, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6218-8131 (2023) Evaluation of diffuse reflectance spectroscopy for predicting age, species, and cuticular resistance of Anopheles gambiae s.l under laboratory conditions. Scientific Reports, 13, 18499. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-45696-x) (PMID:37898634) (PMCID:PMC10613238)

Odero, Joel Ouma, Nambunga, Ismail H., Wangrawa, Dimitri W., Badolo, Athanase, Weetman, David, Koekemoer, Lizette L., Ferguson, Heather M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9625-5176, Okumu, Fredros O. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2731-5654 and Baldini, Francesco ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5904-4070 (2023) Advances in the genetic characterization of the malaria vector, Anopheles funestus, and implications for improved surveillance and control. Malaria Journal, 22(1), 230. (doi: 10.1186/s12936-023-04662-8) (PMID:37553665) (PMCID:PMC10410966)

Mwanga, Emmanuel P., Siria, Doreen J., Mitton, Joshua, Mshani, Issa H., González-Jiménez, Mario ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8853-0588, Selvarajah, Prashanth, Wynne, Klaas ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5305-5940, Baldini, Francesco ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5904-4070, Okumu, Fredros O. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2731-5654 and Babayan, Simon A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4949-1117 (2023) Using transfer learning and dimensionality reduction techniques to improve generalisability of machine-learning predictions of mosquito ages from mid-infrared spectra. BMC Bioinformatics, 24, 11. (doi: 10.1186/s12859-022-05128-5) (PMID:36624386) (PMCID:PMC9830685)

Baldini, Francesco ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5904-4070 and Viana, Mafalda ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5975-6505 (2023) Dried out but alive: how mosquitoes survive 8 months. Trends in Parasitology, 39(1), pp. 1-3. (doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2022.11.006) (PMID:36470782)

2022

Kahamba, Najat F., Finda, Marceline, Ngowo, Halfan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2789-0261, Msugupakulya, Betwel J., Baldini, Francesco ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5904-4070, Koekemoer, Lizette L., Ferguson, Heather M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9625-5176 and Okumu, Fredros O. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2731-5654 (2022) Using ecological observations to improve malaria control in areas where Anopheles funestus is the dominant vector. Malaria Journal, 21(1), 158. (doi: 10.1186/s12936-022-04198-3) (PMID:35655190) (PMCID:PMC9161514)

Siria, D. J. et al. (2022) Rapid age-grading and species identification of natural mosquitoes for malaria surveillance. Nature Communications, 13, 1501. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-28980-8) (PMID:35314683) (PMCID:PMC8938457)

2019

Mwanga, E. P. et al. (2019) Detection of malaria parasites in dried human blood spots using mid-infrared spectroscopy and logistic regression analysis. Malaria Journal, 18, 341. (doi: 10.1186/s12936-019-2982-9) (PMID:31590669) (PMCID:PMC6781347)

González Jiménez, M. et al. (2019) Prediction of mosquito species and population age structure using mid-infrared spectroscopy and supervised machine learning. Wellcome Open Research, 4, 76. (doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15201.3) (PMID:31544155) (PMCID:PMC6753605)

Mwanga, E. P. et al. (2019) Using mid-infrared spectroscopy and supervised machine-learning to identify vertebrate blood meals in the malaria vector, Anopheles arabiensis. Malaria Journal, 18, 187. (doi: 10.1186/s12936-019-2822-y) (PMID:31146762) (PMCID:PMC6543689)

Maia, Marta F., Kapulu, Melissa, Muthui, Michelle, Wagah, Martin G., Ferguson, Heather M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9625-5176, Dowell, Floyd E., Baldini, Francesco ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5904-4070 and Ranford-Cartwright, Lisa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1992-3940 (2019) Detection of Plasmodium falciparum infected Anopheles gambiae using near-infrared spectroscopy. Malaria Journal, 18, 85. (doi: 10.1186/s12936-019-2719-9) (PMID:30890179) (PMCID:PMC6423776)

2018

Baldini, Francesco ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5904-4070, Rougé, Justine, Kreppel, Katharina, Mkandawile, Gustave, Mapua, Salum Abdallah, Sikulu-Lord, Maggy, Ferguson, Heather ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9625-5176, Govella, Nicodem and Okumu, Fredros O. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2731-5654 (2018) First report of natural Wolbachia infection in the malaria mosquito Anopheles arabiensis in Tanzania. Parasites and Vectors, 11, 635. (doi: 10.1186/s13071-018-3249-y) (PMID:30545384) (PMCID:PMC6293665)

Ohm, Johanna R., Baldini, Francesco ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5904-4070, Barreaux, Priscille, Lefevre, Thierry, Lynch, Penelope A., Suh, Eunho, Whitehead, Shelley A. and Thomas, Matthew B. (2018) Rethinking the extrinsic incubation period of malaria parasites. Parasites and Vectors, 11, 178. (doi: 10.1186/s13071-018-2761-4) (PMID:29530073) (PMCID:PMC5848458)

Woodford, Luke, Bianco, Giovanni, Ivanova, Yoana, Dale, Maeve, Elmer, Kathryn ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9219-7001, Rae, Fiona, Larcombe, Stephen D., Helm, Barbara, Ferguson, Heather M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9625-5176 and Baldini, Francesco ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5904-4070 (2018) Vector species-specific association between natural Wolbachia infections and avian malaria in black fly populations. Scientific Reports, 8, 4188. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-22550-z) (PMID:29520067) (PMCID:PMC5843599)

2017

Capilla-Lasheras, Pablo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6091-7089, Dominoni, Davide M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2063-9955, Babayan, Simon A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4949-1117, O'Shaughnessy, Peter J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5651-7883, Mladenova, Magdalena, Woodford, Luke, Pollock, Christopher J., Barr, Tom, Baldini, Francesco ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5904-4070 and Helm, Barbara (2017) Elevated immune gene expression is associated with poor reproductive success of urban blue tits. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 5, 64. (doi: 10.3389/fevo.2017.00064)

2016

Shaw, W. Robert, Marcenac, Perrine, Childs, Lauren M., Buckee, Caroline O., Baldini, Francesco ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5904-4070, Sawadogo, Simon P., Dabire, Roch K., Diabaté, Abdoulaye and Catteruccia, Flaminia (2016) Wolbachia infections in natural Anopheles populations affect egg laying and negatively correlate with Plasmodium development. Nature Communications, 7, 11772. (doi: 10.1038/ncomms11772) (PMID:27243367) (PMCID:PMC4895022)

Segata, Nicola, Baldini, Francesco ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5904-4070, Pompon, Julien, Garrett, Wendy S., TinTruong, Duy, Dabiré, Roch K., Diabaté, Abdoulaye, Levashina, ElenaA. and Catteruccia, Flaminia (2016) The reproductive tracts of two malaria vectors are populated by a core microbiome and by gender- and swarm-enriched microbial biomarkers. Scientific Reports, 6, 24207. (doi: 10.1038/srep24207) (PMID:27086581) (PMCID:PMC4834568)

2014

Gabrieli, Paolo, Kakani, Evdoxia G., Mitchell, Sara N., Mameli, Enzo, Want, Elizabeth J., Mariezcurrena Anton, Ainhoa, Serrao, Aurelio, Baldini, Francesco ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5904-4070 and Catteruccia, Flaminia (2014) Sexual transfer of the steroid hormone 20E induces the postmating switch inAnopheles gambiae. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 111(46), pp. 16353-16358. (doi: 10.1073/pnas.1410488111) (PMID:25368171) (PMCID:PMC4246312)

Baldini, Francesco ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5904-4070, Segata, Nicola, Pompon, Julien, Marcenac, Perrine, Shaw, W. Robert, Dabiré, Roch K., Diabaté, Abdoulaye, Levashina, Elena A. and Catteruccia, Flaminia (2014) Evidence of natural Wolbachia infections in field populations of Anopheles gambiae. Nature Communications, 5, 3985. (doi: 10.1038/ncomms4985) (PMID:24905191) (PMCID:PMC4059924)

Shaw, W. Rpbert, Teodori, Eleonora, Mitchell, Sara N., Baldini, Francesco ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5904-4070, Gabrieli, Paolo, Rogers, David W. and Catteruccia, Flaminia (2014) Mating activates the heme peroxidase HPX15 in the sperm storage organ to ensure fertility in Anopheles gambiae. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 111(16), pp. 5854-5859. (doi: 10.1073/pnas.1401715111) (PMID:24711401) (PMCID:PMC4000814)

2013

Baldini, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5904-4070, Gabrieli, P., South, A., Valim, C., Mancini, F. and Catteruccia, F. (2013) The interaction between a sexually transferred steroid hormone and a female protein regulates oogenesis in the malaria mosquito anopheles gambiae. PLoS Biology, 11(10), e1001695. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001695)

2012

Baldini, Francesco ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5904-4070, Gabrieli, Paolo, Rogers, David W. and Catteruccia, Flaminia (2012) Function and composition of male accessory gland secretions in Anopheles gambiae: a comparison with other insect vectors of infectious diseases. Pathogens and Global Health, 106(2), pp. 82-93. (doi: 10.1179/2047773212Y.0000000016) (PMID:22943543)

2011

Mancini, E. et al. (2011) Molecular characterization and evolution of a gene family encoding male-specific reproductive proteins in the African malaria vector Anopheles gambiae. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 11(292), (doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-11-292)

Mancini, E. et al. (2011) Molecular evolution of a gene cluster of serine proteases expressed in the Anopheles gambiae female reproductive tract. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 11(72), (doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-11-72)

2009

Biocca, Silvia, Falconi, Mattia, Filesi, Ilaria, Baldini, Francesco ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5904-4070, Vecchione, Lucia, Mango, Ruggiero, Romeo, Francesco, Federici, Giorgio, Desideri, Alessandro and Novelli, Giuseppe (2009) Functional analysis and molecular dynamics simulation of LOX-1 K167N polymorphism reveal alteration of receptor activity. PLoS ONE, 4(2), e4648. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004648) (PMID:19247493) (PMCID:PMC2645694)

Rogers, D.W., Baldini, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5904-4070, Battaglia, F., Panico, M., Dell, A., Morris, H.R. and Catteruccia, F. (2009) Transglutaminase-mediated semen coagulation controls sperm storage in the malaria mosquito. PLoS Biology, 7(12), e1000272. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000272)

2008

Biocca, S. et al. (2008) The splice variant LOXIN inhibits LOX-1 receptor function through hetero-oligomerization. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, 44(3), pp. 561-570. (doi: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2007.11.017)

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Articles

Okumu, F. O. et al. (2026) Adapting Africa’s vector surveillance systems to monitor gene-drive mosquitoes in malaria control. Trends in Parasitology, (doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2026.03.010) (In Press)

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Grants

Grants and Awards listed are those received whilst working with the University of Glasgow.

Establishing a Network of Permanent Observatories for Mosquitoes and Mosquito-Borne Diseases in East and Southern Africa
European Commission
2025 - 2030
Quantum Cascade Lasers as a surveillance tool for malaria vectors
The Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland
2024 - 2025
SpectraLearning Training vector control experts on spectral analysis to accelerate malaria surveillance in Africa.
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
2024 - 2024
Learning to Eliminate Dominant Malaria Vectors
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
2023 - 2024
One for the ages: Can mid-infrared spectroscopy be used to successfully determine the age of adult tsetse?
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
2023 - 2024
Assessing the risk of insect vector-borne diseases in Scotland and their response to environmental change.
UK Research and Innovation
2023 - 2026
Expanding One Health research collaborations with USYD
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
2022 - 2023
A novel approach to assess malaria mosquito biological age to accelerate the implementation of vector control in endemic settings
Academy of Medical Sciences
2022 - 2024
Infrared & AI to Diagnose and Quantify Onchocerca volvulus in Blackflies
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
2021 - 2023
Advancing infrared and AI-based techniques for real time mosquito age-grading and evaluation of malaria vector control interventions in Africa
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
2021 - 2025
Population biology and genomic studies of Anopheles funestus in Tanzania
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
2020 - 2023
AI and InfraRed Spectroscopy to Accelerate Malaria Control
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
2020 - 2021
AI-MIRS: An Online Platform for Malaria Vector Surveillance in Africa using Artificial Intelligence and Mosquito InfraRed Spectroscopy
The Royal Society
2019 - 2021
Mosquito life-history responses to vector control measures and their implications for malaria transmission
AXA Research Fund
2015 - 2017
Analysis of the ecological and genetic bases of mosquito fitness in two major malaria vectors (ISSF Fellowship)
Wellcome Trust
2014 - 2015

Supervision

Carmichael, Ryan
Mosquito-borne disease risk in Northern Ireland
Casas Gomez-Uribarri, Ivan
Climate effects on mosquito fitness, malaria parasite development, and their relationship: novel modelling and surveillance strategies
Cox, Mimi
Interrogating the response to early infection of Plasmodium falciparum in highly divergent Anopheles species
Johnston, Erin
Xenosurveillance of Japanese encephalitis virus in Australia and the Philippines
Lee, Meshach
Ecology and surveillance of mosquito vectors of zoonotic malaria in Malaysia
Siria, Doreen Josen
Evaluating and enhancing malaria vector control through existing and emerging innovative mosquito age-grading techniques