Roy Faiman

🚨 Just released! Our new preprint shows AI can now ID mosquitoes at the species level faster and more accurately—even tricky or damaged specimens. This is a big step toward smarter, faster vector surveillance and better public health tools. doi.org/10.36227/techr…

My commentary on the closure of @VectorBase. Join me in rallying for its sustainable continuation. Comment, repost, and circulate. Let’s ensure this vital resource remains accessible for our global #VectorBiology research community.

Excited to share our recent paper titled "Mosquito species identification accuracy of early deployed algorithms in IDX, a vector identification tool". Kudos to the entire @VecTechAI team! doi.org/10.1016/j.acta…

AI based mosquito defense system (Mini Tank)

🌍Climate change is spreading WNV, EEE, malaria, & dengue via different mosquito vectors. With recent cases in DC and MA, the threat is real. #Vectech uses AI & expert surveillance to identify mosquitoes & detect viruses to ensure communities are properly prepared.🦟#PublicHealth

Anopheles stephensi! Challenging taxonomy, inexperienced African scientists! What to do now? Well, here we describe a novel rapid colorimetric LAMP assay to identify this vector with utmost specificity and sensitivity! Enjoy! biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Exciting news: We are ready for registrations! 23rd ESOVE Conference is on it's way, feel free to share & connect.🌱@_SOVE @MediLabSecure @RSTMH @emcatweets @CLIMOSproject @GroupTick @Pirbright_Inst @LSHTM @GlobalVectorHub @the_gnatwork @bloodSparasites @aedescost

I’m gonna give 10 random people that repost this and follow me $25,000 for fun (the $250,000 my X video made) I’ll pick the winners in 72 hours

Congrats @bkraj and the Lehmann team @tovilehmann on this exciting paper: Tracking SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity in rural communities using blood-fed mosquitoes: a proof-of-concept study frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

@cassie_steele1 Hi Cassie, loved your ESA presentation on Culicoides. Got some questions

Highlights from the #ESA2023 week included: *Our CEO, Tristan Ford, presenting to a packed room on how Vectech is supporting DoD force health protection. @entsocamerica #mosquitocontrol #vector #vectorcontrol #entomologist #diseasecontrol #esa2023 #dod #deptofdefense

My dad, who is a moderate Muslim, finally expressed his concern and asked me, 'Why are you supporting this genocide?' He mentioned that he's stopped looking at his phone because he can no longer bear to watch videos of Palestinian children being bombed by Israel. I replied, 'I empathize with the suffering, and it's not easy for me either.' Then I showed him a photo, and we both agreed on the gravity of the situation in Palestine. I then informed him that the photo was actually of a Yemeni child pulled from the rubble resulting from a Saudi bombing in Yemen. I pointed out that Israel has allegedly killed 7,000 Palestinians, while the Saudis have killed at least 150,000 Yemeni Muslims. Some estimates suggest upto 300,000. How can we call the current conflict a 'genocide' when what the Saudis did is hardly even discussed by Muslims? Don’t get me started on 200,000 Muslims killed by Bashar Al Asad in Syria. He responded that if that's the case, he also disagrees with what the Saudis did. I replied, 'How convenient. Nearly half a MILLION fellow Muslims have been killed by other Muslims, and you didn't even know about it. Yet when Israel retaliates against a terrorist organization that has killed, raped, and maimed 1,500 of its citizens, the whole Muslim world reacts?' It seems to have less to do with preserving Muslim lives and more to do with a religious fantasy of hostility toward Jews.

Take a couple of minutes to watch this short animated movie by Renana Yaakov, whose two sons, 12 and 16 years old, were abducted to Gaza on October 7th.

We had the privilege to showcase our work at the recent #ASTMH Conference. Our poster presentation was a visual journey into the capabilities of our IDX device and the success of our algorithms. #entomology #ai #tech #publichealth #publichealthmanager #diseasecontrol

We demonstrated how IDX is shaping the future of disease management and want to thank Sameerah M. Talafha for her work with driving the development of our species classification algorithms for the past year. #mosquitocontrolorg #research #research #nih #cdc #usda #nsf #vector

Vectech is hiring! #Baltimore #Maryland #MorganState #Hiring #HowardUniversity #HU #entomology #ai #tech #techstartup #publichealth #mosquito #mosquitocontrol #publichealthdirector #vector #vectorcontrol #vectorcontrolprogram

The @NIH will no longer score researchers’ expertise and institutions during grant evaluations, from 2025. Last week, the agency announced that it's moving forward with a plan to overhaul its grant-review system for the first time in years. The agency says the changes will reduce reputational bias, which has led to funding disparities among grant recipients. Here's how we covered the plan in its draft stage last year – nature.com/articles/d4158…

The first confirmed incident of the mosquito-borne disease in the entire state not associated with travel outside the United States -cbsnews.com/losangeles/new… via @cbsla