Mattia Poletto

Dr
Mattia
Poletto

R&D Program Lead
Oxitec Ltd.
Email 
mattia.poletto [at] oxitec.com
LinkedIn 
View profile
Biography
Oxitec Ltd is the leading developer of biological solutions to control pests that transmit disease, destroy crops and harm livestock. The Friendly™ platform is being applied to combat the growing threat posed by disease-transmitting mosquitoes and agricultural pests that damage crops and livestock, threatening food security and livelihoods. As an R&D Program Lead at Oxitec, I manage product development of a Friendly™ Cattle Tick product.
Research interests
Oxitec is building a healthy, sustainable and equitable future for humans on this planet by forging a new category of safe, sustainable, highly effective biological pest control solutions. Oxitec's Cattle Tick Program is conducted in partnership with the Roslin Institute, and focuses specifically on the world’s most devastating invasive cattle tick (Rhipicephalus microplus).
Discipline
Bio-manufacturing Commercialisation Deployment Economics Epidemiology Parasitology Registration Regulation
Host species
Cattle
Pathogen
ParasitesBabesia ParasitesTheileria annulata ParasitesTheileria parva ParasitesTicks