In session II, we learned about novel tools to study kinetoplastida and their hosts: organoids, semipermeable capsules, 3D-printed containers for kissing bugs, etc. These will certainly fuel the field. #KMCB2024

New position alert🚨!! are you a graduate or postdoc in #ComputationalBiology? Are you interested in long-reads and genome annotation? Come and join the Conesa Lab on our @oscars_eu project! You can find more info here: conesalab.org/join-our-lab/

This morning's plenary talk by Monica Mugnier prompted us to rethink antigenic variation in African trypanosomes. #KMCB2024 (Art by Lulu Singer) parasitesrule @MonicaMugnier Johns Hopkins University

Check out our newest preprint showing how DNA methylation regulates warm-induced hypocotyl elongation in Arabidopsis 🌡️🌱 Amazing work of Maián and Gustavo Vannay! #DNAmethylation #PlantScience #Epigenetics 🔗biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh…

Welcome back! VEuPathDB resources are back online today! We will continue to provide bioinformatics services under a new organizational structure. Read more here: veupathdb.org/veupathdb/app/…

1/5 Big news from Aguilar Lab! Check out our first preprint! We’ve developed a new prostate organoid model to crack the mystery of E. coli prostatitis, a common, tough-to-treat infection in men. Our model reveals how these bacteria get in and thrive. #UPEC #Organoids #UTI

Scientists into Woods Hole for the 10th Kinetoplastid Molecular Cell Biology Meeting: Trends in Parasitology cell.com/trends/parasit…

Drs Stephen Larcombe Jane Munday & Richard McCulloch highlight @MonicaMugnier & colleagues’ nature article on tissue spaces as #reservoirs of #AntigenicDiversity for #Trypanosoma #brucei. Biological Sciences | University of Edinburgh Centre For Parasitology UofG Sii Molecular Microbiology and Immunology at JHSPH Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health #Trypanosome cell.com/trends/parasit…

It is a great honour to invite you to a symposium to celebrate the career of Mark Carrington. An exciting set of talks for anyone fascinated by trypanosomes!

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

Are you interested in #trypanosomes #biomolecularcondensates and/or #geneexpression? We are looking for a highly motivated postdoc to work with with us in the beautiful city of York! University of York York Biomedical Research Institute Biology at York Please RT! jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/postdo…

We're pleased to share a new paper UofG Sii Centre For Parasitology led by Marija Krasiļņikova Catarina A. Marques where we show that T. brucei DNA replication dynamics reflect structural and functional compartmentalisation of the genome. Well done Marija! doi.org/10.1038/s41467…

Postdoc opening: 5Y Postdoc post available to work on Neddylation and Cell differentiation in Trypanosomes at Lancaster, UK. Deadline is 2 February 2025. hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?r…

Do you work on parasites and reside in an LMIC? Consider applying for a 2025 MPM LMIC award. The deadline is March 3rd, 2025—details on the website. parasitesrule.com/mpm-xxxvi/trav…

🚨 Three weeks until the big Joint #Parasitology Spring Meeting 2025 with British Society for Parasitology, SSTMP, & DGParasitologie! 🚨 - 𝟏𝟏-𝟏𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 - Würzburg, Germany - Website at parasitology-meeting.de - Registration at tinyurl.com/3x32vycr #parasitology

Si eres estudiante grado/máster y te apasiona la genómica aplicada a salud, aplica a la #JAE Intro ICU de Elena Gómez-Díaz 🧬🦠🦟🌍 / Manuel Irimia Genoma Hub CSIC 💡Descubre con el análisis de long-read single cell RNA-seq cómo el parásito de la malaria usa splicing alternativo para sobrevivir

Please consider applying for this post doc position in our lab if you have excellent bioinformatics and wet lab skills, and are interested in parasites! elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candidat…

So happy to share the first preprint from our lab on post-transcriptional regulation at the VSG expression-site body in trypanosomes. York Biomedical Research Institute biorxiv.org/content/10.110…