Kafatos:Habtewold, Tibebu

Tibebu Habtewold

Division of Cell & Molecular Biology
South Kensington Campus, SAF
London, SW72AZ
UK


t.habtewold[at]imperial.ac.uk

Medical and Veterinary Entomologist

Education

• 2000-2004 PhD in Medical and Veterinary Entiomology, the University of Greenwich, NRI, UK
• 1998/2000 MSc in International Animal Health, University of Edinburgh, CTVM, UK
• 1988-1893 Doctor of the Degree of Veterinary Medicine, Addis Ababa University, FVM, Ethiopia

Current Research Interests

I am a Research Assistant/postdoctoral fellow in the Kafatos/Christophides Lab at Imperial College, London.

Publications

• Habtewold T, Povelones M, Blagborough AM, Christophides GK. TTransmission blocking immunity in the malaria non-vector mosquito Anopheles quadriannulatus species A. PLoS Pathog. 2008 May 23;4(5):e1000070.
• Habtewold T, Prior A, Torr SJ, Gibson G. Could insecticide-treated cattle reduce Afrotropical malaria transmission? Effects of deltamethrin-treated Zebu on Anopheles arabiensis behaviour and survival in Ethiopia. Med Vet Entomol. 2004 Dec;18(4):408-17.
• Habtewold T, Walker AR, Curtis CF, Osir EO, Thapa N. The feeding behaviour and Plasmodium infection of Anopheles mosquitoes in southern Ethiopia in relation to use of insecticide-treated livestock for malaria control. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2001 Nov-Dec;95(6):584-6.