Looking forward to Cambridge Parasitic and Neglected Tropical Diseases Network Day tomorrow 13 Dec ow.ly/KZ3u30mXqSg. Great line-up of talks and vibrant panel discussion on collaborative research around the world.

Really looking forward to ERC flash talks on a wide range of parasites: Ascaris and Trichuris, Schistosoma mansoni, Neisseria meningitidis, Trematode Helminths,Strongyloised stercoralis, Plasmodium falciparum. Great fun communicating to a broad audience! ow.ly/QwaG30mXrEk

Prof Simon Croft speaking on ‘Developing drugs for neglected diseases’ makes insightful remarks on leishmaniasis.

‘Global genome diversity, hybridisation & aneuploidy in the leishmaniasis donovani complex’ Susanna Franssen talks about the research on 151 globally distributed natural isolates

Shona Wilson talking about ‘The interchange between lab and field in anti-schistome immunity research’ talks about peak shifts in infection. MDA alone is not going to work. Passive immunisation cannot be ruled out.

Now listening to Caroline Trotter on ‘Zero by 2030: expanding access to post-exposure prophylaxis to prevent human death’ work with WHO and generation of evidence for GAVI modelling epidemiological and economic impact on policy changes.

See fantastic news on GAVI investment strategy for rabies announced recently gavi.org/about/strategy…

Fantastic keynote by Pauline Beattie EDCTP on funding clinical research and capacity building in SSA.

‘Burkett lymphoma: the starry sky tumour’ Suzanne Turner notes we still have a very long way to go with both sporadic and endemic. Targeted therapy might be more appropriate to treatment of children with BL.

Viola Introni now talking about the Dantu story in her flash talk - malaria research in collaboration with KEMRI-Wellcome

Catherine Merrick’s talk on ‘virulence gene dynamics in malaria parasite plasmodium falciparum’ explains how G4s, like hairpins affect var recombination.

Talk by Marcus Lee on ‘New genetic approaches for anti malarial target discovery’ explores identification of new targets looking at the diversity of resistant parasites

⚡️ “Cambridge Parasitic and Neglected Diseases Network meeting” x.com/i/moments/1073…

Through the use of genomic sequencing, researchers have found that the strain of cholera causing the current outbreak in Yemen was introduced to the country by migration from Eastern Africa wellc.me/2BYcGQR Wellcome Sanger Institute #OutsmartEpidemics

We have partnered with Nuffield Department of Medicine to offer summer internships to undergraduate and Masters students from Africa. You will get the opportunity to work in a lab environment and live in Oxford for 8 weeks! To apply and find out more visit: ndm.ox.ac.uk/internships

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