Stop bugging!

sep
21
2017

Stop bugging!

Future fixes
Malaria death rates have dropped, but mosquitoes are quickly adapting to insecticides. Entomologist Dr Alexandra Hiscox develops future-proof solutions.

Malaria death rates have dropped to half a million a year, but mosquitoes are quickly adapting to insecticides. Good for them, but an ongoing challenge for entomologist Dr Alexandra Hiscox (WUR). Is there a solution that will end this arms race for good?

Date & time
Thursday September 21 2017 (15:30-16:15)
Language
English
Entrance
Free
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Future fixes

Four scientists discuss the promises and limits of technological fixes in their field of expertise: resistent crops, global warming, malaria mosquitoes and the brain/computer interface