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Development of Galleria mellonella as a replacement preclinical model for snakebite envenoming to reduce the need for murine models

Principal Investigator: Dr Rachel Clare, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

Project grant

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Developing gene editing technologies in the non-mammalian infectious disease model organism, Galleria mellonella

Principal Investigator: Dr James Pearce, University of Exeter

Fellowship

Characterisation of Galleria mellonella innate immune response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection

Principal Investigator: Dr Masanori Asai, Imperial College London

Fellowship

Insects as models to study wound healing, infection and the wound microbiome

Principal Investigator: Dr Ronan McCarthy, Brunel University

PhD Studentship

Engineering Galleria Mellonella as a model for infection, immunity and inflammation

Principal Investigator: Dr James Wakefield, University of Exeter

Project grant

Galleria mellonella as an infection model for viral pathogens

Principal Investigator: Professor Richard Titball, University of Exeter

Project grant

Professor Richard Titball sitting down observing a specimen

Assessing the relevance of Galleria mellonella to antibiotic drug discovery for pulmonary infections

Principal Investigator: Dr James Mason, King's College London

Partnerships and impact awards

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Insects as models to study the impact of antibiotics and microbiota therapies on the human gut microbiome: reducing the use of animals in research

Principal Investigator: Professor Anthony Maxwell, John Innes Centre

PhD Studentship

Galleria mellonella - a novel infection model for Mycobacterium tuberculosis aimed at reducing the number of animals in experimentation

Principal Investigator: Professor Paul Langford, Imperial College London

PhD Studentship

TruLarv Galleria mellonella - a model host for infection studies, toxicity testing and drug development (Partnering with Demuris)

Contractor: Dr Olivia Champion, Biosystems Technology

CRACK IT Solution

Galleria mellonella larvaes in a green tub

TruLarv Galleria mellonella - a model host for infection studies, toxicity testing and drug development (Partnering with Envigo)

Contractor: Dr Olivia Champion, Biosystems Technology

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