Wednesday 8th February 2012

Oxitec on BBC Radio 4 Costing the Earth

The BBC’s radio programme Costing the Earth is a science based programme looking at man’s effect on the environment and how the planet reacts, questioning accepted truths, challenging those in charge and reporting on progress towards improving the world.

The programme tonight at 9pm UK time ‘adapting insects’ is presented by Professor Alice Roberts. It investigates how scientists at Oxitec are employing a new and innovative genetic approach to control insect pest populations. Professor Roberts explains how Oxitec’s unique RIDL products use genetically ‘sterile’ male insects, which seek out and mate with wild females and prevent them having offspring able to survive in the wild. Other approaches to combat insects that spread disease and damage crops are also featured and these include the work of Professor Steve Sinkins at Oxford University and Simon Leather at Imperial College London.

The programme can be found on the BBC website http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006r4wn

Tuesday 8th November 2011

Globo TV Brazil (Portugese)

Globo TV Brazil

Monday October 24th 2011

Controlling Dengue fever, improving lives. A film by The Wellcome Trust

Tuesday September 13th 2011

Medical Innovations Summit 2011: Mosquitoes to Combat Dengue Fever

Dr Luke Alphey explains how genetically modified mosquitoes are being used in the fight against dengue fever in the Cayman Islands. Click here to see the video.

Date of lecture: 25th June 2011

Length: 00:25:33

Friday 27th May 2011

BBC World Service

The BBC World Service broadcast a special edition of their flagship science programme Discovery on Oxitec and our Brazilian project. Listen at http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/p00gpj2l or download from http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/discovery

There have also been some recent articles in other languages

Le Monde (French, Click to open)

Asahi Shimbun (Japanese) at https://aspara.asahi.com/blog/science/entry/gEznAAfnmS

and De Volkskrant (Dutch) published two articles. The shorter of the two articles is available on the web http://www.volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/2668/Buitenland/article/detail/2428057/2011/05/13/Proef-met-gen-mug-in-Brazilie-tegen-dengue.dhtml

We featured in the Sunday Times (UK) Innovation supplement on 29 May 2011. This is available via the Sunday Times or through www.ingeniousbritain.eu.

Friday 21st January 2011

Brazilian Record TV (Portuguese)

British scientists searching technique for preventing the spread of the dengue mosquito

Friday 19th November 2010

Cayman27 News Story

Scientists use Cayman for Mosquito Lab Test

Friday 12th November 2010

BBC Radio 4 Today Interview

Dr Luke Alphey explains to the BBC Today show how genetically altered sterile mosquitoes are being used to fight dengue fever Mosquitoes used to fight dengue fever