Our research in Innisfail and the Cassowary Coast, Far North Queensland.
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Studying new technologies to reduce the population of an invasive mosquito species that can spread dengue and Zika.
Our scientists love to talk about their research. If you can’t find the answer to your question amongst our selection here contact us and we’ll get back to you as soon as we can with an answer.
We don’t bite – and we talk your language. We have a dedicated Community Engagement team that is making every effort to ensure residents and business owners in communities selected for studies understand the mosquito reduction method and research goals.
By Kathryn Dryden At the end of May, the last non-biting sterile male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes were set free in Debug Innisfail’s study sites, to find their wild female match. The Debug Innisfail project in the Northern Cassowary Coast has now wrapped up with the release of over three million non-biting sterile male Aedes aegypti in […]
John Harrison is a Wangan resident who doesn’t like dengue, and Debug Innisfail is lucky to have him involved on the community Project Advisory Group (PAG). His past experience of contracting a mosquito-borne disease, along with his determination to protect his grandchildren from such a debilitating condition, has driven him to be involved with the […]
Innisfail and its surrounding areas have copped a deluge in recent weeks where some suburbs were flooded and people suffered quite a disturbance to their homes and businesses, whilst others were lucky enough to remain high and dry. Time will tell exactly how the wet has affected our study, but already we are seeing some […]
The community of the Northern Cassowary Coast, particularly those living and working in the mosquito release sites, Mourilyan, South Johnstone and Goondi Bend, are invited to come along and talk ‘mozzies’ with some of our science leaders.
We recently reached a milestone of one million sterile non-biting male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes released in Mourilyan, South Johnstone and Goondi Bend since November last year! Product Manager Dr Nigel Snoad, Lead Scientist Dr Brad White, and Director of Automation Pete Mossaro, all from project partner Verily, recently flew over from their facility in California […]
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