Charalambous, Magda - Imperial College London - Department of Life Sciences, Biology, Ecology and Environmental Biology, Microbiology, Zoology

个人简介

As a Senior Teaching Fellow my main activity is teaching Evolutionary Biology, Behavioural Ecology and Population Genetics to undergraduates and graduates. I am also the Second Year BSc Biological Sciences Degree Convenor and have a senior pastoral role as Women's Tutor (Biological Sciences). I am a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and have a Postgraduate Diploma in University Learning & Teaching. I conduct Outreach for primary and secondary schools to show students that science is interesting and fun and to encourage them to study STEM subjects at GCSE, A level and degree level.

研究领域

Some problems in controlling diseases such as malaria and riverblindness are caused by the fact that the vector species that transmit the parasite to man (Anopheles spp., and Simulium spp., respectively) are member of 'sibling-species' complexes. These vector species complexes consist of a number of morphologically almost-identical species that are very closely related. However, problems arise for control programmes in that not all members of the complex are medically important- some might for example bite animals in preference to man. Therefore it is important to use taxonomic techniques such as polytene chromosome banding patterns and allozyme, DNA differences to distinguish the species. Once this first step has been taken, information can be provided about breeding grounds of these vectors which can then be subjected to various control methods.

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Smallegange IM, Thorne N, Charalambous M, 2012, Fitness trade-offs and the maintenance of alternative male morphs in the bulb mite (Rhizoglyphus robini), JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY, Vol: 25, Pages: 972-980, ISSN: 1010-061X Charalambous M, Lowell S, Arzube M, Lowry CAet al., 2005, Isolation by distance and a chromosomal cline in the Cayapa cytospecies of Simulium exiguum, the vector of human onchocerciasis in Ecuador, GENETICA, Vol: 124, Pages: 41-59, ISSN: 0016-6707 Charalambous M, Townson H, Harbach RE, Mukwaya LGet al., 1999, Electrophoretic and DNA identification of Anopheles bwambae and A-gambiae (Diptera : Culicidae) in western Uganda, BULLETIN OF ENTOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH, Vol: 89, Pages: 111-117, ISSN: 0007-4853 Charalambous M, Arzube M, Lowell S, 1998, Cytogenetic analysis of a new subcomplex of Simulium exiguum (Diptera : Simuliidae) in Amazonian Ecuador, BULLETIN OF ENTOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH, Vol: 88, Pages: 247-255, ISSN: 0007-4853 Charalambous M, Lowry CA, Lowell S, Shelley AJ, Arzube Met al., 1997, The value of the larval head pattern for differentiating Simulium exiguum s l and S-gonzalezi (Diptera: Simuliidae) in the onchocerciasis focus of Ecuador, BULLETIN OF ENTOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH, Vol: 87, Pages: 19-24, ISSN: 0007-4853 Charalambous M, Shelley AJ, Arzube M, 1997, The potential for dispersal of onchocerciasis in Ecuador in relation to the distribution of the vector Simulium exiguum (Diptera:Simuliidae), MEMORIAS DO INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ, Vol: 92, Pages: 153-156, ISSN: 0074-0276 Charalambous M, Shelley AJ, Herzog MM, Dias APALet al., 1996, Four new cytotypes of the onchocerciasis vector blackfly Simulium guianense in Brazil, MEDICAL AND VETERINARY ENTOMOLOGY, Vol: 10, Pages: 111-120, ISSN: 0269-283X CHARALAMBOUS M, SHELLEY AJ, GRACIO AJD, RAYBOULD JNet al., 1995, CYTOGENETICAL ANALYSIS OF THE SIMULIUM-DAMNOSUM COMPLEX (DIPTERA, SIMULIUM) IN GUINEA-BISSAU (VOL 9, PG 34, 1995), MEDICAL AND VETERINARY ENTOMOLOGY, Vol: 9, Pages: 330-330, ISSN: 0269-283X CHARALAMBOUS M, SHELLEY AJ, GRACIO AJD, RAYBOULD JNet al., 1995, CYTOGENETICAL ANALYSIS OF THE SIMULIUM-DAMNOSUM COMPLEX (DIPTERA, SIMULIIDAE) IN GUINEA-BISSAU, MEDICAL AND VETERINARY ENTOMOLOGY, Vol: 9, Pages: 34-42, ISSN: 0269-283X CHARALAMBOUS M, BUTLIN RK, HEWITT GM, 1994, GENETIC-VARIATION IN MALE SONG AND FEMALE SONG PREFERENCE IN THE GRASSHOPPER CHORTHIPPUS-BRUNNEUS (ORTHOPTERA, ACRIDIDAE), ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR, Vol: 47, Pages: 399-411, ISSN: 0003-3472 SANTOS GAJ, SHELLEY AJ, CHARALAMBOUS M, LOWRY CA, GRACIO MAA, FORTE JAG, RAYBOULD J, MOLYNEUX D, NHAQUE ATet al., 1994, ONCHOCERCIASIS IN GUINEA-BISSAU, WEST-AFRICA, PARASITE-JOURNAL DE LA SOCIETE FRANCAISE DE PARASITOLOGIE, Vol: 1, Pages: 6-7, ISSN: 1252-607X CHARALAMBOUS M, READY PD, SHELLEY AJ, ARZUBE M, LOWRY CAet al., 1993, CYTOLOGICAL AND ISOENZYME ANALYSIS OF THE BUCAY AND QUEVEDO CYTOTYPES OF THE ONCHOCERCIASIS VECTOR SIMULIUM-EXIGUUM (DIPTERA, SIMULIIDAE) IN ECUADOR, MEMORIAS DO INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ, Vol: 88, Pages: 39-48, ISSN: 0074-0276 CHARALAMBOUS M, SHELLEY AJ, ARZUBE M, 1993, DISTRIBUTION AND TAXONOMIC STATUS OF CHROMOSOMAL FORMS OF THE ONCHOCERCIASIS VECTOR SIMULIUM-EXIGUUM IN CENTRAL ECUADOR, MEDICAL AND VETERINARY ENTOMOLOGY, Vol: 7, Pages: 299-303, ISSN: 0269-283X