We’re co-hosting an infectious diseases modelling workshop @ilri Life Sciences University of Nairobi 21-23 Sept 2021, all online Fee - its free! Will explore the use of mathematical models to describe the transmission of emerging infectious diseases Registration: research.net/r/ILRICAPDEV

Thanks and congrats to my great team for this important work regarding skin L. infantum infectiousness of dogs when initial infection was not via sand flies!! @plosntds: journals.plos.org/plosntds/artic… #plosntdsauthor @LyricLabUW Anurag K Kushwaha ACME ASTMH ACMCIP

Happiest birthday to a great human being, exceptional leader and my mentor Christy Petersen!! Good health, a sound mind, beautiful days, pleasant surprises and events are my wishes for you forever. You are exemplary and I pray that you will continue to be so.ASTMH ACMCIP University of Iowa

🚨JOB ALERT FOR POSTDOCS🚨 Jason Rasgon is hiring up to 5 postdocs to work on projects like the role of the mosquito microbiome in conditioning virus transmission, population genomics of mosquitoes, & bioinformatics amongst others! For details click here: bit.ly/3G1ji17

November is Healthy Skin Month. So congratulations to Dr. Christine A Petersen of the University of Iowa -- Recognized as an Expertscape Expert in Parasitic Skin Diseases. expertscape.com/ex/skin+diseas…

So great to be welcomed to #TropMed21 by ASTMH Scientific Program Chair Christy Petersen, who also happens to be one of our Deputy Editors! We're very lucky she volunteers her time and expertise to the journal.

So proud of ⁦Anurag K Kushwaha⁩ for this paradigm shifting work!! #ASTMH21 ⁦ASTMH⁩ talk happening now!

Protection offered by booster shot beats 'natural immunity,' study suggests latimes.com/science/story/…

Very nice work showing a potential mechanism for why omicron variant may be less virulent- different means of entry into cells so less able to get into the lungs vs. upper airways.

Leishmania sexier than ever. In our recent work in the Sacks lab, we use single-cell transcriptomics to uncover promastigotes involved in #Leishmania genetic exchange in vitro. NIH eLife - the journal #leishmaniasis #parasites #parasitesrule #scRNA #bioinformatics doi.org/10.7554/eLife.…

First up in our #WomenBehindTheWork initiative for 2022, in collaboration with PLOS NTDs, is Dr. Christy Petersen Christy Petersen, an immunoparasitologist at University of Iowa. #WomenInParasitology #WomenInSTEM #Parasitology

India Scientist and University in India Rankings 2022 - AD Scientific Index 2022 adscientificindex.com/?country_code=… I am truly humbled to be amongst top 50 scientists from India to feature in the list and honoured to be the only from Banaras Hindu University.

Are you a DVM ready for a #OneHealth adventure? Join our crazy crowd to do NIH funded work on Lyme disease leishmaniasis and more!! DM me for more info!

I am honored to be ranked no. 1 in India and 316 in the World by Research.Com in their 2022 ranking of scientist (in microbiology). The link is research.com/scientists-ran… BHU Official, VC-BHU, Narendra Modi PMO India Directorimsbhu

Tissue Specific Dual RNA-Seq Defines Host–Parasite Interplay in Murine Visceral Leishmaniasis Caused by Leishmania donovani and Leishmania infantum | Microbiology Spectrum journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/sp…

Fantastic to be with all of the Leishmaniac vets ⁦⁦WorldLeish7⁩!! ⁦leishvet-alive⁩ #OneHealth ⁦ASTMH⁩

दुनिया में नेग्लेक्टेड ट्रॉपिकल डिजीज़ के सबसे ज़्यादा मामले भारत में आते हैं। थोड़ी सी सावधानी से इस स्थिति में सुधर किया जा सकता है। नेग्लेक्टेड ट्रॉपिकल डिजीज़ मुक्त भारत बनाने में अपना योगदान दें। #WorldMosquitoDay #BeatNTDs

A very humbling honor!! All credit and thanks to my wonderful colleagues, collaborators, trainees past and present, and my family! ⁦ASTMH⁩ ⁦NIAMRRE⁩ ⁦University of Iowa Public Health⁩ linkedin.com/posts/christy-…

The Petersen lab is expanding!! We are looking preferably for a veterinarian, but also would be very interested in a finding a PhD immunologist to continue our R01 funded skin leish project. Maybe it will be you?! ASTMH ACMCIP NIAMRRE University of Iowa Public Health jobs.uiowa.edu/postdoc/view/4…

Want to do cutting edge translational work in skin scSeq and NTD?? Apply to be a postdoc with us! ACMCIP OhioStateVetCollege NIAMRRE ASTMH https:/osu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/OSUCareers/job/Columbus-Campus/Post-Doctoral-Scholar_R114431-1