Working in Trypanosoma brucei using cell lines derived from Lister 427 strain? We found several rearrangements in different clones, including full extra chromosome copies🧬, so keep that in mind!. 👀

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📢 Hiring a research technician! Interested in parasite biology? Fancy gaining expertise in messing with genes in malaria parasites? Then apply! findajob.dwp.gov.uk/details/151626… (everyone else, pls help out a guy and RT 🙏) A TL;DR below 👇DM/email me for enquiries

Interested in gene expression control in trypansomes? See a new paper from the Horn group that describes cis-regulatory UTR sequence ‘code’ in T. brucei for the fist time, shedidng some light on how expression is regulated in an organism with constitutive trasncription.

Funded PhD available with us, Martin Llewellyn and James Cotton UofG Sii UofG SBOHVM Centre For Parasitology to study genome replication and (in)stability across diverse kinetoplastids. Applications (via FindaPhD) taken from Nov 1st - Jan 12th. Enquiries welcome. tinyurl.com/mfz4yh3k

Available PhD position DiMeN DTP Medical Research Council How does #SUMOylation shape nuclear organisation? How does that impact #trypanosome immune evasion. If you find this an exciting topic, join us! Biology at York York Biomedical Research Institute & UoD Life Sciences For more information, contact me!

PhD opportunities with many of our Centre members. Come study with us twtr.to/tsxsX twtr.to/z7vYG

📢Postdoc opportunities: we are seeking two experienced and motivated researcher to join MRC and WT funded projects on mitochondrial biology in Plasmodium and Toxoplasma shared between Glasgow and Helsinki. #postdoc #mitochondria #structure #parasite jobs.ac.uk/job/DKW033/res…

Have you finished your #PhD and are interested in exploring how #parasites cross the vasculature to colonize tissues? Do you fancy #surfing? Join us in #Lisbon at GIMM Foundation , where science meets quality of life. parasitesrule CaixaResearch Science Jobs EMBO

cc to non-bskiers - Job alert! Interested in weird biology of malaria parasites? Inducible genetic screens? single-cell RNAseq? Come postdoc with us - parafugelab.com ! International applicants or just finishing up their PhD, both welcome!! jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research-a…

If you are looking for a postdoc in tryps, check out this recent vacancy in the Faria lab in York. Great opportunity to work with a supportive mentor using cutting-edge techniques to address exciting questions.

In our January issue: TrendsTalk highlighting SPPIRIT Network, a network connecting #Scottish #ECRs in #parasitology, authored by R.C.S. Edgar, J. Hanna Marketa Novotna Dr Marta Campillo Mukul Rawat Shikha @Frank_Venter & M.C. Ridgway. cell.com/trends/parasit…

Applications for awards to attend the 2025 MPMXXXVI meeting are now open - details, deadlines and application information below. Please share with anyone interested.

I am delighted that the preprint of my PhD work is out! We used Cas9-based method for editing histone H4 gene in T. brucei to see the roles of H4 modification in gene expression control. A big thanks to Joana Faria who was a fantastic mentor during my PhD biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

RA job open in Andrew Maclean's new lab at Edinburgh Infectious Diseases #parasitology #jobs SPPIRIT Network British Society for Parasitology elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candidat…

Nice to have been involved in this study led by ⁦Marketa Novotna⁩. Super elegant application of CRISPR precision editing! Precision-edited histone tails disrupt polycistronic gene expression controls in trypanosomes | Nature Communications nature.com/articles/s4146…

Save the date and join us on 22nd of August for a parasitology journal club, 1st session of the SPPIRIT Forum series.