Category: News
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Ixodes ricinus male tick feeding and detaching
Male Ixodes ricinus ticks feed a small amounts of blood per time. They are highly mobile and are thought to move between host animals in search of females to mate with. On every host the male tick can feed and can get infected but also transmit pathogens. Male ticks lack the engorging capacity that females…
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Tick Saliva
Ticks actively secrete saliva during feeding. This saliva does not only contain pathogens, but also hunderds of proteins. All with different effects and causes. Components of tick saliva are known to cause tick paralysis. Others are associated with α-gal syndrome (AGS) or red meat allergy. We investigate the saliva and for this we have to…
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Save the date! ITPD symposium 2023
From the 22nd until the 25th of October 2023, we will co-organise the International Symposium on Tick-Borne Pathogens and Disease (ITPD) in honour of professor Gerold Stanek. The symposium will be held in Vienna, Austria. More information will soon be published on https://www.itpd-tickborne.com/
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5th International Conference on Relapsing Fever
From the 17th -19th July 2023, the 5th International Conference on Relapsing Fever will take place in České Budějovice (Budweis), Czech Republic. More information can be found here: https://ryanomrego.wixsite.com/5th-relapsing-fever
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NorthTick meeting
On the 30th and 31st of May 2023 the NorthTick meeting will take place in Inverness, Scotland, UK. More information can be found here: https://northtick2023.scot/
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PRAGMATICK
Pragmatick is a newly accepted COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) action. More information can be found here: https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA21170/
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15th International Symposium on Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
From 29-31 March 2023, the 15th International Symposium on Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases will be held in Weimar, Germany. More information can be found here: https://www.ittbd-symposium.com/
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Gerold Stanek
It is with great sadness that we announce that professor Gerold Stanek passed away after a short illness on the 4th of November 2022. He was the expert on tick-borne diseases and especially borreliosis. Additionally, he was the driving force behind numerous tick and especially borrelial research initiatives. The tick community has lost a great…