Fabulous day on Tues CLEAPSS 🏁 helping judge MiSAC #2024PosterCompetition on #NTDs & #ClimateChange sponsored by Centre For Parasitology. So impressed by the effort, research & time that went into making these posters! Microbiology Society British Society for Parasitology SSERC x.com/MiSAC_UK/statu…

Our annual microbiology & parasitology workshops for primary schools are back in action! Lovely to welcome Saint Charles’ Primary & LCR P6 this morning. UofG Sii UofG MVLS @claireldonald Centre For Parasitology The Hunterian

And this morning our Microbiology/Parasitology workshops continue with Hyndland Primary P7b! UofG Sii Centre For Parasitology UofG MVLS The Hunterian @claireldonald

This afternoon we welcome Hyndland Primary P7A to our Microbiology/Parasitology workshops. Here they are finding out what grew on their plates! UofG Sii Centre For Parasitology UofG MVLS The Hunterian @claireldonald Gill Douce

Learning about parasites & Neglected Tropical Diseases at our Microbiology/Parasitology workshops . Hyndland Primary P7A UofG Sii Centre For Parasitology UofG MVLS The Hunterian @claireldonald

And it's a wrap! It's been so much fun chatting with the P6/7 pupils from Saint Charles’ Primary & LCR Notre Dame Primary Hyndland Primary Thornwood Primary about parasites, bacteria, viruses & yeast! A huge thank you to our volunteers & amazing tech team from UofG Sii Centre For Parasitology UofG MVLS UofG SBOHVM

Some of our fabulous student & staff volunteers in action at our microbiology & parasitology workshops. We're so lucky to have so many gifted science communicators UofG MVLS! UofG Sii Centre For Parasitology UofG SBOHVM The Hunterian @claireldonald Notre Dame Primary Hyndland Primary Thornwood Primary

Different office today with Beth Poulton leah and Glasgow Science Festival bringing our #parasites to Glasgow 2024, A Worldcon For Our Futures Lots of great interactions with #SciFi fans from all over the world, including a GP who got some unexpected CPD in! UofG Sii UofG MVLS Centre For Parasitology

📢 Hiring a research technician! Interested in parasite biology? Fancy gaining expertise in messing with genes in malaria parasites? Then apply! findajob.dwp.gov.uk/details/151626… (everyone else, pls help out a guy and RT 🙏) A TL;DR below 👇DM/email me for enquiries

Many congrats to Jessie Howell for a great PhD defence today! Great collaboration with Melanie Jimenez Many thanks to Mick Urbaniak & Massimo Vassalli for examining & Delphine Gourdon & Julien Reboud for convening/organising. UofG Sii UofG Engineering Biomed Engineering UofG MVLS

Many congratulations to Jessie Howell for an excellent thesis and viva performance, a pleasure to examine. Supervisors Tansy Hammarton and Melanie Jimenez should be proud

Looking forward to this!

Excellent news! Huge thanks to all who made this happen.

Just out! doi.org/10.1371/journa… Read how we developed new staining & Imaging Flow Cytometry pipelines for live Leishmania mexicana to provide novel insights into its cell cycle. Melanie Jimenez Jessie Howell UofG Sii Centre For Parasitology UofG MVLS Biomed Engineering

Funded PhD available with us, Martin Llewellyn and James Cotton UofG Sii UofG SBOHVM Centre For Parasitology to study genome replication and (in)stability across diverse kinetoplastids. Applications (via FindaPhD) taken from Nov 1st - Jan 12th. Enquiries welcome. tinyurl.com/mfz4yh3k

Our #microbiology/#parasitology primary school workshops are in full flow this week with ~200 visitors from GarnetbankPrimary Thornwood Primary Notre Dame Primary Hyndland Primary Many thanks to wonderful volunteers who made them happen! UofG MVLS UofG Sii The Hunterian

It was a pleasure to welcome back Hyndland Primary to our #microbiology / #parasitology workshops last week. Here are P7 at the #viruses & #bacteria station learning about microbial diversity & the effects of antibiotics. UofG MVLS UofG Sii Centre For Parasitology MRC-Uni of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research

Showcasing the #malaria and #sleepingsickness parasites we work on UofG Sii UofG SBOHVM & discussing why this research is so important with Hyndland Primary P7 last week at our #microbiology / #parasitology workshops. UofG MVLS

And no primary school #microbiology / #parasitology workshop would be complete without some #jellycells! Hyndland Primary UofG MVLS UofG Sii UofG SBOHVM MRC-Uni of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research

Fab couple of days for #GermsGalore Glasgow Science Festival with our #CultureLab #SuperSpecs #GiantParasiteHunt #CraftyCritters #ParasiteComics & #ParasiteFishing activities. Thanks to all our UofG Sii Centre For Parasitology MRC-Uni of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research UofG MVLS UofG SBOHVM volunteers!