"Our dispute is resonating with not just with RMT members, but with the public." RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch says striking is a "vital part" of preserving public services as he joins rail workers on strike at the Euston Station picket. trib.al/Rx0iR33 📺 Sky 501

History maker 🙌 Morocco defender Nouhaila Benzina is the first player to wear a hijab while competing at a senior-level Women's World Cup. #FIFAWWC #MAR

We should all know the name Henrietta Lacks. She is the only human source of HeLa cells which are used globally in all significant biomedical & vaccine research. It has taken 71 yrs for the life & significant contrubutions of a Black woman to be respected nytimes.com/2023/08/01/sci…

“We’re interested in red blood cell invasion because, if you can stop it, then you can stop disease progression” 🎥Watch Melissa Hart & Robert Moon discuss new Nature Communications research & how #malaria parasites wear blood cells “like a little snug burrito” LSHTM_malaria🩸🦟

This is showing up. Not just being an ally, but an accomplice. Joining in.

Switching pipettes for power tools, scrapers and paint brushes this week - nothing like strenuous work in a September heatwave..

A new Royal Society scheme to kickstart the independent research careers of researchers from groups underrepresented in UK STEM will open for applications this autumn: #RSGrants royalsociety.org/news/2023/09/c…

Wow. The Canal & River Trust has announced from April 2024, continuous cruisers will pay more for their licence than boats with home moorings. There'll also be an increase to the surcharge for widebeams. And the prompt payment /online payment discount is being reduced for everyone.

Surcharges for live-in boaters? Because we use the waterways? Moving boats are the reason why waterways are safe and how you are able to generate income Canal & River Trust Boating Instead, stop wasting money on bookable moorings that nobody asked for NBTA London

Super excited to continue our work with Simon Draper and the many other fantastic teams this consortium brings together. We are now recruiting a new postdoc position on this project jobs.lshtm.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?r… Deadline 22nd Oct! (Sorry for late posting!)

Our 2023 Dec issue bit.ly/2N9R8Es reviews malaria merozoite invasion, trypanosome & complement, Trichomonas persistent infection, schistosomiasis hotspot, light pollution & aquatic parasites, artemisinin resistance, protozoan population dynamics, tick salivary glycans...

Boaters from across Canal and River Trust waterways came together in Birmingham to protest CRT surcharge on our community. Together arcoss the waterways we are uniting against the surcharge See pictures here: nbtalondon.co.uk/2023/11/30/boa…

“Born in Birmingham, raised on reggae and rice and peas” Watch this beautiful tribute to #BenjaminZephaniah, an outspoken, unafraid vegan anarchist, a chronicler of Britain's past and present, Empire, race and immigration, by Kiran Moodley: channel4.com/news/poet-and-…

CRT Council elections – Vote for Rosie Strickland and Nick Corrigan! Voting opened yesterday 13th December. The NBTA is supporting two candidates in the Private Boating constituency who are NBTA activists – Rosie Strickland and Nick Corrigan. More info: bargee-traveller.org.uk/crt-council-el…

Itinerant boaters like Game of Thrones actor Toby Osmond are fighting the Canal & River Trust's (CRT) discriminatory campaign against boaters without a permanent mooring. thelondonspy.co.uk/p/the-death-of…

Another week and bins still not being emptied. Love to see that increased license fee going towards our basic facilities - old Ford lock, hackney wick Canal & River Trust Boating NBTA London Canal & River Trust London & SE #makinglifebetterbythewater

Fantastic meeting at #MAM2024 - tour de force of molecular research into malaria. Strong showing for the moon lab too - New collaborations, ideas and great feedback for everyone in the team. Fantastic talk by Amy Ibrahim (she/her) and prize poster for Sophia DonVito! LSHTM_malaria

Congrats to one of my favourite people in the world was a pleasure to be in the academic procession for your graduation Rhodri Edwards London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

👋Join our next joint seminar with LSHTM_malaria and hear from Robert Moon who will be speaking about innovative laboratory approaches to develop a #vaccine against #malaria caused by the Plasmodium vivax. 🗓️ 28 March 📍LSHTM | online ⏲️ 12:50 UK time 👉 bit.ly/3PwMinI

Two great new roles, research assistant and postdoc, to study invasion biology of malaria parasites in my team LSHTM_malaria. Both 4 years and RA has option for P/T PhD. Full details here: RA shorturl.at/nuHM3 Post doc: shorturl.at/fBMV9 Please Share.