Dr Adriana Adolfi
- Research & Education Facilities Manager (SAPO/Insectaries), Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Biography
Adriana Adolfi joined Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) spin-out company iiDiagnostics in 2022 working at the Liverpool Insect Testing Establishment. Her role as Technical Manager is to support partnerships with commercial and academic clients to help them developing and validating novel vector control products.
Prior to joining Liverpool Insect Testing Establishment, Adriana had been involved in academic research in the field of vector-borne diseases for over 10 years, with a specific focus on malaria. She has worked on various aspects of the biology of the malaria parasite and its mosquito vector, including transgenic technologies to modify the mosquito genome and conducting experimental mosquito infections.
Adriana received a BSc in Biological Sciences and a MSc in Cellular and Molecular Biology from the University of Catania and then completed a MSc in Molecular Parasitology and Vector Biology as part of a joint programme of the Universities of Salford, Manchester, and Keele. She obtained a PhD in Tropical Medicine from LSTM before moving to the University of California Irvine for a two-year Postdoctoral Scholar position. Adriana returned to the UK working as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at LSTM for two years before joining Liverpool Insect Testing Establishment.
Selected research publications
An accessible 3D HepG2/C3A liver spheroid model supporting the complete intrahepatocytic lifecycle of Plasmodium falciparum. – Journal: Parasitology – Published: 20th June 2025
Hidden genomic features of an invasive malaria vector, Anopheles stephensi, revealed by a chromosome-level genome assembly – Journal: BMC Biology – Published: 1st December 2021
Small-Cage Laboratory Trials of Genetically-Engineered Anopheline Mosquitoes – Journal: Journal of Visualized Experiments – Published: 1st May 2021
Using the GAL4-UAS System for Functional Genetics in Anopheles gambiae – Journal: Journal of Visualized Experiments – Published: 15th April 2021
Site-Directed ΟC31-Mediated Integration and Cassette Exchange in Anopheles Vectors of Malaria – Journal: Journal of Visualized Experiments – Published: 2nd February 2021
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