Our PhD student Julian Heidecke attended the 23rd European Society for Vector Ecology Conference ESOVE 2024 held in Montpellier from 14-17 October 2024.
He presented his research on West Nile virus thermal biology introducing a new statistical framework to estimate the temperature sensitivity of mosquito-pathogen traits and WNV transmission suitability.
Publications by various members of Hei-Planet are now available in our Zotero group library. This is a developing collection, and…
How citizen science data can be effectively used to enhance public health surveillance and prevention strategies for tick-borne encephalitis (TBE)?
It’s well documented in the literature that climate change is going much faster in Europe. We know it is twice…
Planetary health is getting increasingly affected by intersecting global crises, including climate change, biodiversity loss, and the degradation of essential ecosystems. Although significant progress has been made in understanding how climate influences vectors and vector–pathogen dynamics, evidence remains limited and uneven regarding the combined effects of multiple environmental stressors. In the newly published article, authors emphasise the need for integrating experiments, field observations and mechanistic, scenario-based modelling.
The changing climate has a profound impact on current weather conditions. Currently, Heidelberg and Europe in general are experiencing extremely…
In May, Stella Dafka, Climate Impacts on Infectious Diseases Group Leader at Hei-planet, attended the European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2026 in…