How it started for Rockefeller University grad student Sally Kornbluth and how it’s going Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Toxoplasma gondii causes lifelong, occasionally severe infections in humans. In this news story Live Science , I discuss a newly discovered Achilles’ heel in the parasite that may bring scientists closer to developing a cure. livescience.com/health/viruses…

Thank you Kamal Nahas for the wonderful write-up of our work! livescience.com/health/viruses…

So excited to see this out in press! Congratulation to you and your lab Clare Harding!

.VEuPathDB is an essential resource for our field. Please join me in expressing your support for their funding renewal! upenn.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8e…

Sebastian Lourido Here is a link to anonymous links which, PIs sign the one(s) as appropriate sites.google.com/view/veupathdb

Just signed the support letter acknowledging the immense value of ToxoDB and sister databases in research. Inviting all PIs who see these databases as fundamental omic tools to do the same. Your signature matters! VEuPathDB Sebastian Lourido Omar Harb 🍉 upenn.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8e…

Science friends, has anyone encountered instability or toxicity from NanoLuc-containing plasmids in E. coli?. The troublesome plasmids are not supposed to express NanoLuc in bacteria, but even if they did, there are no intrinsically toxic sequences associated with its ORF.

I had an incredible time talking about parasites and our lab’s work with Jonathan Van Ness for their @CuriouswithJVN podcast! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/get…

Very excited to share our latest study using cryo-ET to investigate actin filaments in #Apicomplexan parasites. This allowed us to learn where do these filaments originate at the cell tip and how they could be managed down the cell body to power motility! nature.com/articles/s4146…

Researchers in Sebastian Lourido performed the first genome-wide screen of Toxoplasma gondii in live hosts, revealing genes that are important for infection but previously undetected in cell culture experiments: wi.mit.edu/news/genome-wi…

OUT NOW 👉 CRISPR-based functional profiling of the Toxoplasma gondii genome during acute murine infection🐁 Chris Giuliano Sebastian Lourido Whitehead Institute nature.com/articles/s4156…

Our parasite genome databases are really gone! The lack of communication and scientific vision ⁦NIH⁩ is hard to follow. Colossal mistake! ⁦parasitesrule⁩ ⁦British Society for Parasitology⁩ ⁦National Academy of Sciences⁩ ⁦Science Magazine⁩ ⁦nature⁩ ⁦NIAID News⁩

Whitehead Institute, a leading biomedical research institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is hiring a Genome Technology Core (GTC) Director: wibr.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/WIBR-Car…

We’re looking for someone to lead the implementation and advancement of genome technologies at Whitehead. Spread the word! An opportunity to work with an incredible community of scientists!