Mapping epigenomic differences across global cattle breeds - an epic piece of work by Jess Powell and James Prendergast The Roslin Institute - wonderful to see it published finally! ILRI.org CTLGH rdcu.be/dcKnS

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8th annual meeting of CTLGH with our friends from ILRI.org and SRUC. Great presentations of science

New African buffalo genome assembly and ~200 high coverage WGS samples from across Africa. Monumental effort to bring this together by Liam Morrison and the team. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

We’re delighted to share a new paper PNASNews led by Mark Girasol and Emma Marie Briggs, describing how Rloops act during targeted VSG recombination for immune evasion in trypanosomes UofG Sii Centre For Parasitology. Thanks to all authors and funders Wellcome Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research shorturl.at/KLOS1

Studentship available for 2024 start in my lab. This is an exciting collaboration with AVaxziPen Ltd to determine immune responses induced by needle free vaccines. Please RT. 🐄 findaphd.com/phds/project/r…

A very cool PhD studentship call to work on vaccines against Theileria parva (the cause of East Coast Fever), with Dr. Tim Connelley, Liam Morrison, Dr. Anna Lacasta and myself. A collaborative project between The Roslin Institute and ILRI.org findaphd.com/phds/project/r…

Funded PhD to study Leishmania UofG Sii and BLS Lancaster University with ourselves Jeziel D. Damasceno Richard Burchmore and Mick Urbaniak project details below, application deadline 9th February 2024, start autumn 2024 rb.gy/svse9f

Our new paper looking at the evolution of mutation spectra across mammals is now online. Looking across seven, mainly domesticated species (🐄🧑‍🦰🐖🐃🦬🐎🐩). A thread of the main findings... 1\n biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh…

Trypanosome congolense is different from Trypanosoma brucei because it replicates while attached to the vasculature. Our paper shows that attachment/detachment in vitro & in vivo is regulated by a molecule that also controls life cycle development. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Not long to go now!! Applications for the Wellcome PhD programmes in Hosts, Pathogens and Global Health, and One Health Models of Disease close on 11 and 16 January 2024. More details: ed.ac.uk/edinburgh-infe… Biological Sciences | University of Edinburgh The Roslin Institute The University of Edinburgh

💼 Postdoc position: Join the Philip lab in Edinburgh to investigate the role of dynamic ubiquitination in malaria transmission biology. philip.bio.ed.ac.uk Apply by 31st Jan, using the link below elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candidat…

📢We’re delighted to announce the launch of our Scotland R&D Hub spearheading the global fight against invasive cattle ticks, collaborating with the @RoslinInstitute! Cattle tick transmit dangerous diseases & cause economic losses to farmers. Learn more⤵️ oxitec.com/en/news/oxitec…

Our paper on trypanosome DNA in cattle faeces is finally out! 🐄💩🧬 Thanks v much to all involved - in particular Liam Morrison + Roslin Institute team, Lucas Cunningham, @TorrSteve and Martha Betson 🐄💩🧬 nature.com/articles/s4159…

🥂Adherence and developmental regulation of Trypanosoma congolense…well done Eleanor and Balazs🥂 A conserved trypanosomatid differentiation regulator controls substrate attachment and morphological development in Trypanosoma congolense | PLOS Pathogens journals.plos.org/plospathogens/…

New paper: Consistent detection of Trypanosoma brucei but not T. congolense DNA in faeces of experimentally infected cattle The Roslin Institute Institute of Immunology & Infection Keith Matthews Liam Morrison Read more here: doi.org/10.1038/s41598…

Congratulations Mathieu! Differentiation granules, a dynamic regulator of T. brucei development | Nature Communications. nature.com/articles/s4146…

Within the European Commission funded #COMBATproject, Food and Agriculture Organization and Cirad bring together experts & stakeholders to advance the guidelines for the progressive control of #tsetse transmitted animal #trypanosomosis in Africa Read more: bit.ly/4c6bmeo COMBAT: bit.ly/3wQcR1q