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

Given their popularity, I decided to make a video about mitochondrial membrane potential measurements. I hope it is useful! 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐬 youtu.be/pNqxue0hvPY

After a long silence while we were busy finishing some work, our group is excited to share that we've posted three new articles on BioRxiv. In the next few days, I'll give a quick summary of each here. biorxiv.org/content/10.110… biorxiv.org/content/10.110… biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Here, we found that virulence genes in non-syntenic trypanosomatid regions have lower nascent transcription than the rest of the genome. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

We are pleased to launch #spotLights, an interview series featuring the #ECRs behind exciting new #preprints.🎙️ Bruno C. Vellutini MPI-CBG Dresden is our first guest – he talks about the story behind his recent work on the cephalic furrow. Listen below or on our website! youtu.be/rPfdCn9kScE?si…

📢Parasite Hour with PiP is back. Please join us on Friday 19th at noon EST for Sara Silva Pereira's talk. She is a parasitologist passionate about trypanosomatids who started working on Leishmaniasis and Chagas disease, & moved to African trypanosomiasis. iu.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

My PhD work on harnessing the brain parasite Toxoplasma gondii for protein delivery to the brain is out in Nature Microbiology ! nature.com/articles/s4156…

Fantastic academic jobs and how to find them🪄 🎧Listen to this preLights #spotLights episode, where jablack, @EthanEwe & @ReinierProsee chatted to the authors of a recent #preprint characterizing the biological sciences academic job market: thenode.biologists.com/fantastic-acad…

One day left to apply! There’s still time!!

Extra, extra! Read the latest on how journalists interpret and report on scientific research 📢📰 Read this collaborative #preLight from Isabella Cisneros jablack Sristilekha Nath Benjamin Maier Shreya Pramanik & Ryan covering work from Dr. Lauren Maggio & team⬇️👀 prelights.biologists.com/highlights/fro…

More than 40 percent of #postdocs leave academia. Those who landed a coveted faculty position were more likely to have had a highly cited paper, changed their research topic between their #PhD and postdoc, or moved abroad after receiving their doctorate. pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

It's world NTD day today! We are celebrating advances in the field by sharing a Parasitology blog and article collection as we aim to #BeatNTDs cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Excited to share our latest work on R-loops and RNAse H1, exploring their roles in genome replication timing and stability. It’s now published! nature.com/articles/s4146… McCulloch Lab Group Emma Marie Briggs Marija Krasiļņikova Catarina A. Marques

Are you based in South America and work on helminths? Join me & a great group of instructors on the Helminth Bioinformatics course in Montevideo during 18–24 May! We'll cover expenses, you just need to come, interact, and learn. Please share & apply! …erences.wellcomeconnectingscience.org/event/helminth…

Are you an early career scientist, or interested in mastering the process of drafting, submitting, and finalizing scientific manuscripts? Go on and register for this Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative workshop which will help you communicate your #research more effectively. 🔗bit.ly/4hNGWAd

Happy to see this published in The FEBS Journal. We tried to shed some light on how Leishmania parasites use amino acids, particularly proline and glutamate, as energy sources doi.org/10.1111/febs.7… Angela Kaysel Cruz FMRP USP

Thrilled to share with you our latest work im nature ! 🥳 We shed light on the antigenic selection mechanism of the parasite Trypanosoma brucei! Check it out! nature.com/articles/s4158…

Delighted to have been part of this great work driven by Marketa Novotna in the Horn lab, showing the power of precision editing to study the direct role of histone modifications on gene expression regulation! 👌🏻 ⁦WCAIR Univ of Dundee⁩ ⁦⁦York Biomedical Research Institute⁩ biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Today is #WorldChagasDiseaseDay! Up to 100 million people are estimated to live at risk of Chagas Disease - an NTD primarily found in the Americas. Let's continue to improve access to diagnosis, treatment & comprehensive care for the people affected to ensure #healthforall.

Save the date! The 4th SPPIRIT ECR Symposium is happening on 31st October 2025 at the Roslin Institute, Edinburgh. Join us for a *spooktacular* day of research, networking, and community building with fellow parasitology ECRs. More details coming soon!