The Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology (NM-AIST), together with partners from Rhodes University, South Africa, and the University of Applied Sciences Hamburg, Germany, is hosting a Short Course on Ecological Modelling in the frame of our new Centre of Excellence in Research, Agricultural advancement, Teaching Excellence and Sustainability (CREATES). The short course …
Lecturer, Pest Management and Biosecurity Duties and Responsibilities This is a 12-month non-tenure-accruing position that will be 100% teaching (College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, available in the Entomology and Nematology Department, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, at the University of Florida. Duties will include developing a premier educational program related to pest management …
A postdoctoral position is available for a candidate to work on molecular mosquito-arbovirus interactions in the laboratory of Dr. Alexander Franz, Dept. of Veterinary Pathobiology at the University of Missouri (vpbio.missouri.edu). The position is for a collaborative, NIH-funded research project (up to 4 years) to develop antiviral effectors and a gene drive system for the …
Abstract Background: Timely prediction of temporal RVF epidemics is limited by absence of time-series data as disease epidemics occur for a short period of time after every seven to fifteen years’ episodes. This necessitates the use of anomaly detection systems (ADS) that would detect unusual behaviour within simulated data as a clue for temporal predictions …
Investigating use of ADS to identify temporal patterns associated with RVF epidemics Read More »
