The SIP-IOBC 2026 meeting will be held in Den Bosch, the Netherlands This internaitonal scientiffic meeting focuses on Invertebrate Pathology and Microbiol Control of Insect Pests and will be held from 2-6 of August, 2026. The venue is located in the historic city of ‘s Hertogenbosch (Den Bosch). PhD students that aim to present their…
High-throughput detection of microeukaryotic parasites in insects using Nanopore sequencing By Eduard Bessete, Sam Edwards and Bryony Williams, posted March, 2026 This study employed Nanopore sequencing to explore and phylogenetically analyse microsporidian and protist parasites in reared insects. Using group-specific primers and amplicon pooling strategies, we successfully amplified and sequenced a key protist group (Gregarinasina),…
Luis Hernández Pelegrín August 18. 2025 One year has already passed since I completed my PhD on covert viral infections of the Mediterranean fruit fly at the University of Valencia and Wageningen University & Research. Since then, I have been working as a postdoctoral researcher in my home laboratory in Valencia. During this period, I…
INSECT DOCTORS PhD graduate wins Dutch Entomology PhD thesis prize 2024 By Monique van Oers, December 27, 2024 Luis Hernández Pelegrín has been awarded the Dissertation Prize for the best thesis in entomology in the Netherlands of the past year. This annual prize, presented by the Netherlands Entomological Society (NEV), recognises PhD graduates who have…
Info sheets on Insect Diseases & Disorders Research on mass reared insect diseases; Explanatory sheets. Diseases and Disorders Alphitobius diaperinus Diseases and other health issues in cricket rearing Diseases and disorders in Black Soldier Fly (BSF),Hermetia illucens Diseases and disorders in mealworm Tenebrio molitor Virus discovery in mass reared insects