Many congratulations to GCRF NTD Network team for winning the prestigious Medical Research Council Outstanding Team Impact Prize. Read more: durham.ac.uk/news-events/la… #DUextraordinary Durham BioSciences Durham Chemistry

🚨Job Alert: Senior Lecturer/Reader in #Parasitology 🚨 - Queen's University Belfast (Queen's University Belfast 🎓) - School of Biological Sciences - Application deadline: 𝟑𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 - All details at hrwebapp.qub.ac.uk/tlive_webrecru…

Great to see the GCRF NTD Network was honoured with an MRC Impact prize. From a personal perspective the network was instrumental in funding & supporting my research over since 2019, and provided excellent professional network development opportunities. york.ac.uk/biomedical-res…

Our latest paper just out in Nature Chem Biol describes highly unexpected cryptic enzymology, not seen before in Nature, and provides a new way to synthesise peptides (future therapeutics) using ligase enzymes. Nature Chemical Biology Manchester Institute of Biotechnology nature.com/articles/s4158…

We are recruiting a Postdoc! Interested in trypanosomes, proteomics or gene regulation? Join our lab in BLS Lancaster University on a project studying heat-shock response, closing 21st July, details at tinyurl.com/2nrfuttm British Society for Parasitology, Women In Parasitology #Postdoc

Everyone knows Labour are going to win the election, but if you’re feeling like there’s no point in voting as the outcome is a foregone conclusion, I’d like to draw your attention to something really radical that is on offer tomorrow: 1/8

If you are eligible and able - please VOTE IN THE UK GENERAL ELECTION TOMORROW, JULY 4th. I give no opinion as to who I think you should support, but - PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE VOTE

Official release of MRC Impact Prize winners Our #NTD Network will continue to promote equity and democracy in global science ukri.org/news/mrc-award…

Congratulations to Professor Paul Denny who accepted the Outstanding Team Impact Prize on behalf of the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases.

From the LeishGEM team; genome-wide deletion mutant fitness and protein localisations in Leishmania. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Happy to be part of this great study on Leishmania drug target Inositol Phosphorylceramide Synthase. A big team effort!

It’s out! A comprehensive look at the mode of action of #clemastine - a novel #antileishmanial - and the role of sphingolipids in pathology A mammoth effect from the whole team - thanks/congratulations to them all. #TeamScience Infectious Diseases Diseases pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

We will be hiring a postdoc - watch this space for a job ad soon! Informal enquiries to [email protected] are welcome.

The UK Committee on Research Integrity has published its 2024 statement which highlights ongoing efforts to ensure that UK research is trustworthy, ethical and responsible. It describes existing evidence and areas where more work is needed. Read it here: orlo.uk/yfaDA

Our latest study in AMB Express uses Oxford Nanopore MinION to analyze genomic variations in Toxoplasma gondii. This rapid method accurately differentiates strains, aiding in understanding the parasite's diversity and health risks. Full paper here. bit.ly/3yhvJXC

This is a major turning point for anyone doing research on parasites, vector biology, or fungal pathogens that is going to rock our community! For now, we should give thanks to all the VEuPathDB team for everything they have done to support our research for so many years!!

This should be a new DORA reccomendation! nature.com/articles/d4158…

Two of our fantastic MoSMed researchers from the Pohl group - Amy and Davide are presenting posters today at the ECM34 2024 Conference in Padova! Great work both of you Durham Chemistry Durham BioSciences .

Durham is part of the Northern Eye - Cryo-EM in North East England durham.ac.uk/news-events/la…