Cool to have This week in parasitism discussing our Trends in Parasitology review, Gabain et al., (2023) in a podcast (from ~1 hour in), quite rightly concerned about the neurocognitive delays and reductions that accompany physical stunting in children. open.spotify.com/episode/7I65rJ….

The Nile River, the central artery of ancient Egypt is still sharing secrets from the past. As far back as 2000 BC, schistosomiasis and malaria, which continue to plague many parts of the world, have been traced back to mummies in a new study. bit.ly/49vX5WL

Drs P.F.Billingsley, T.L.Richie, S.Abdulla Mitoha Ondo'o Ayekaba C.A.Daubenberger, G.A.Garcia & S.L.Hoffman discuss a paradigm for #Africa -centric #vaccine development in #Equatorial #Guinea . Sanaria Inc. Ifakara Health Institute Swiss TPH MCD Global Health #Malaria #PfSPZ

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🏆 We are honoured to once again be named as #1 Vet School in world by QS World Rankings by Subject 2024. Thank you to all who have contributed to making this possible.

QS World University Rankings #StillMakingHistory #RankedBestByQS #QSRankings

➡️ Read more: rvc.uk.com/qs-rankings-20…

There is no doubt that academic life is getting harder, and this blog describes some of the reasons. It resonated with me...Worth a read!
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So many brilliant talks at BSP this year. Highlights include an update on malaria vaccines, the potential changes in pathology due to zoonotic hybrid schistosomes, and a One Heath approach to tackling African sleeping sickness. And it wouldn’t be a BSP without the famous Cèilidh!

Sorry not to have Rivka Lim here too in person, but Prof. Poppy Lamberton is currently giving an excellent presentation on the often lack of association between current S. mansoni infection status and morbidity in Uganda. British Society for Parasitology 2024

Wonderful presentation now here British Society for Parasitology 2024 by our Cheikh Fall, all the way from Senegal - presenting the unique morbidities observed in children and adults infected with Schistosoma spp and their hybrids.

I wish, I could come first if I was there, as this topic -contribution of helminth infections (intestinal worms) to stunting, caught my attention since the last 5 years! All the best to you Isobel Gabain & Webster Research Group

Do come visit the excellent poster no.31 by Isobel Gabain here British Society for Parasitology 2024 illustrating her exciting novel Bayesian network analyses examining potential associations between helminth infection and childhood stunting.

Really enjoyed talks from my supervisors British Society for Parasitology. Amy Pedersen speaking about affects of #nutrition on parasite infection and vaccine efficacy and Webster Research Group highlighting the importance of #schisto lifecycle in a zoonotic context. So cool - wish I was there!!

Impressive and exciting opening to British Society for Parasitology 2024 with Adrian Hill presenting progress in anti-malarial vaccine development.

TWiP 231: Scotch in drink and tape 🥃 TWiP solves the case of the Woman With White Worms, and presents a new clinical case to decipher. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Daniel Griffin, and Christina Naula. 📺 bit.ly/3U0lFdB

Socio-ecological heterogeneity and uncertainty in the elimination of human schistosomiasis medrxiv.org/content/10.110…

🚨Our pre-print online medRxiv: modelling of schistosomiasis socio-ecological uncertainty & implications for elimination 🪱⬇️ Led by Ines; co-authors Martin Walker Webster Research Group

Last day Royal Veterinary College (RVC) after 5 years with Martin Walker & Webster Research Group - PhD supervisors & postdoc managers extraordinaire. Will miss the team & beautiful setting. Watch this space: exciting outputs on the way 🤞

Assessment of the role of gut health in childhood stunting in a multisite, longitudinal study in India, Indonesia and Senegal: a UKRI GCRF Action Against Stunting Hub protocol

Benjamin Kadia Anouschka Ramsteijn Alan Walker Webster Research Group Isobel Gabain
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📢 New job alert: Opportunity for someone with experience in entomology to join the Infectious Disease team at Wellcome

⏳ Deadline: 25 March 2024

👉 More details here: wellcome.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Wellcome…

The 2024 RSTMH #EarlyCareer Grants Programme is now open for applications

The Programme provides more than 200 grants every year to those #earlycareerresearchers in #tropicalmedicine or #globalhealth

Apply by 22 April 2024 BST

Find out more: rstmh.org/grants

Super to see our UKRI GCRF Action against Stunting Hub gut health, parasitology, anthropometrics, morbidity, synbiotics and beyond Protocol papers are out now in BMJ

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