Did you know the most recent FDA-approval for ALS were two repurposed treatments? This isn’t just a step forward in battling this relentless disease but also underscores the incredible potential of drug repurposing. This novel approach combines a longstanding nutraceutical with

I am beyond delighted to announce our first paper has been published with me as a corresponding author!! So grateful for my wonderful collaborators Brodbelt Group @delafuenteupenn Check us out!!! cell.com/cell-reports-p…

Join us for an interactive webinar featuring insightful presentations with open & honest panel discussions #RSCSocioeconomicInclusion 🌟 🌟Dr Stephen Hendry Royal Society of Chemistry 🌟 Prof Louise Archer UCL ASPIRES Research 🌟 Dr Saleha Patel AstraZenecaUK Register 👉 chemistryworld.com/webinars/empow…

Great amoeba catch up at uwslanarkshire campus with Fiona Henriquez, Kiri Rodgers, and Roderick Williams

"All models are wrong; but some are useful" - George E.P. Box. Congratulations Marwa Ali on her published mini review looking at "Modelling dynamics between free-living amoebae and bacteria" which was accepted in Environmental Microbiology. dx.doi.org/10.1111/1462-2…

Brain-eating amoeba: Will the warming climate bring more cases? Dennis Kyle UGA Research UGA msn.com/en-us/health/m…

I guess my lab group knows me best and how distracted and much I like to talk, that they had to make a “do not disturb” sign for our cleaning day. 😅😂 The lab is now all clean and tidy for the #newsemester!#research #talkalot #amoeba #awareness

Parasite, Fungal & Vector database resources will be coming back online … fill out the form at VEuPathDB.org to be kept informed, and an anonymous survey to help define the future 🔗veupathdb.org

Like driving a car, there’s several reminders to wear your seatbelt. We all know it can save your life! Why can’t an image like no water exposure on the packaging of medical devices help remind CL wearers and save someone’s vision?! U.S. FDA FDA Medical Devices #Acanthamoebakeratitis

Great news ... but a stable model has to be found ... and I don't feel that we should give @NIAIDFunding a free pass on this. I am still puzzled that one would cut funding to something we urgently need and replace it with something few of us have asked for or need for.

Today we received ~160,000 drugs to screen against #braineatingamoeba. This will be the worlds largest drug screen against these #neglected diseases! This will take us ~2 months to process 🥲. 🤞 we identify some more useful scaffolds to optimize in #drugs !

We are pleased that British Society for Parasitology ProtistologyUK have teamed up to host the exciting session 'tackling emerging eukaryotic microbial pathogen threats' at Microbiology Society more info at microbiologysociety.org/event/annual-c… please join us and retweet

In two weeks, VEuPathDB is hosting a Protozoan Researcher Community Meeting to discuss where we stand, share future plans, and answer questions. We hope you will be there! Please register for a zoom link. upenn.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Shreyes Kanumuru, a talented undergraduate researcher, in the Rice Research Group presented his UG research at Purdue University Fall Expo today! He found many of the recommended therapies are ineffective against several strains of Balamuthia and that newer drugs are urgently needed!

🚨New publication alert🚨 Happy to share that my first Ph.D. student, Chenyang Lu, had her first first-authored publication from our lab accepted in ACS Publications, Journal of Natural Products! doi.org/10.1021/acs.jn… #drugdiscovery #amoeba #naturalproducts #peptides

Hey Apple, how do you know that this email accelerates the heart rate whenever we receive a notification? 😅😂 NIH #Academia #grant #Boilerup #RareDisease 🤞🤞.

Couldn’t resist adding #Mario and #Toad for #MAR10Day for a class today! Even if they thought it was cringe, I loved it! 😂 #nerd #parasites Purdue University #boilerup

Virulence of Naegleria fowleri isolates varies significantly in the mouse model of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis | bioRxiv biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Brain-eating amoebas are rare. But hot weather increases the risk Dennis Kyle UGA Department of Infectious Diseases, UGA washingtonpost.com/wellness/2025/…

Brain-eating amoeba: Who is most often infected? Dennis Kyle UGA rochesterfirst.com/news/national-…