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Abdoulaye Diabaté | |
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| Born | |
| Alma mater | University of Montpellier II University of Ouagadougou |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | National Institutes of Health |
| Thesis | Le paludisme au Burkina Faso : étude de la transmission et répartition géographique de la résistance d'"Anopheles gambiae" SL aux pyréthrinoïdes (2003) |
Abdoulaye Diabaté is an African Parasitologist, Professor and Head of the Medical Entomology and Parasitology Department at the Health Sciences Research Institute. He was awarded the 2023 Falling Walls Science Prize for Science and Innovation Management.
Early life and education
Diabaté grew up in a small village in Burkina Faso, where he suffered several bouts of malaria.[1] He became passionate about science during high school, and decided that he wanted to have a career as a scientist.[1] He studied animal biology and ecology at the University of Ouagadougou. In particular Diabaté studied insecticide resistance.[1] He was a doctoral researcher in parasitology at the University of Montpellier II.[2] He was a postdoctoral researcher at the Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research in the National Institutes of Health from 2005. It was the first time he had left Burkina Faso, and he joined a research group studying Anopheles gambiae.
Research and career
His research has focussed on population biology and the biology of mosquito males. In 2009 he was particularly interested in methods to interrupt mosquito mating and related tapproaches to vector-borne disease control. He returned to Burkina Faso in 2009, where he was awarded a Tropical Disease Research (TDR) World Health Organization grant.[1] He partnered with Keele University and started studying swarms of Anopheles gambiae. He was awarded a Medical Research Council and Department for International Development African Research Leader Scheme fellowship, and expanded his research programme on medical entomology.[1]
In 2013 he was awarded the Royal Society Pfizer Award for his work on the biology of Anopheles.[1] He pioneered some of the most advanced work on using genetically modified mosquitoes to tackle malaria, and led the Target Malaria Burkina Faso/IRSS team through the first genetically modified mosquito release in Africa in 2019.[3][4][5]
Vox Media named Diabeté as one of the world's Future Perfect people in 2022.[6] In 2023 Diabeté was awarded the Falling Walls Science Prize for Science and Innovation Management.[3][7]
Select publications
- Abdoulaye Diabate; Thierry Baldet; Fabrice Chandre; et al. (1 December 2002). "The role of agricultural use of insecticides in resistance to pyrethroids in Anopheles gambiae s.l. in Burkina Faso". American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 67 (6): 617–622. ISSN 0002-9637. PMID 12518852. Wikidata Q39639213.
- Francesco Baldini; Nicola Segata; Julien Pompon; et al. (6 June 2014). "Evidence of natural Wolbachia infections in field populations of Anopheles gambiae". Nature Communications. 5 (1): 3985. Bibcode:2014NatCo...5.3985B. doi:10.1038/NCOMMS4985. ISSN 2041-1723. PMC 4059924. PMID 24905191. Wikidata Q33764379.
- Abdoulaye Diabaté; Adama Dao; Alpha S Yaro; et al. (4 September 2009). "Spatial swarm segregation and reproductive isolation between the molecular forms of Anopheles gambiae". Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 276 (1676): 4215–4222. doi:10.1098/RSPB.2009.1167. ISSN 0962-8452. PMC 2821344. PMID 19734189. Wikidata Q51650711.
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Abdoulaye Diabaté". tdr.who.int. Retrieved 2024-01-04.
- ^ "Le paludisme au Burkina Faso : étude de la transmission et répartition géographique de la résistance d'"Anopheles gambiae" SL aux pyréthrinoïdes | WorldCat.org". search.worldcat.org. Retrieved 2024-01-04.
- ^ a b "Abdoulaye Diabaté | Falling Walls". falling-walls.com. Retrieved 2024-01-04.
- ^ "Burkina Faso Testing Genetically Modified Mosquitoes to Curb Malaria". Voice of America. 2021-05-20. Retrieved 2024-01-04.
- ^ "Burkinabe lab to use sterile mosquitoes to fight malaria". Africanews. 2019-09-19. Retrieved 2024-01-04.
- ^ Matthews, Dylan (2022-10-20). "Target Malaria's scientists are working to rid Africa of an ancient plague". Vox. Retrieved 2024-01-04.
- ^ "Burkina Faso Professor Recognised as Falling Walls Winner in Science & Innovation Management 2023 - Africa.com". www.africa.com. 2023-09-14. Retrieved 2024-01-04.