Family plus science, my journey to thinking of computing as a platform to accelerate scientific discovery iamascientist.info/geoffrey-siwo

The 2nd WiM virtual Conference Abstract & Symposia submissions are OPEN (until 31. October, 23:59 CET)🥳 For more information and submission go to womeninmalaria.es/wim-conference/ 👩🏾‍🔬🦟🧬🧫📊 Registration will be announced soon! Please re-share ☺️ #Malaria

The Burroughs Wellcome Fund is excited to present our new institutional funding program, Climate + Health Excellence Centers (CHEX). These will be five-year grants of up to a total of $10M. Letter of Intent Deadline is in August 2025. Please retweet to help get the word out!

It’s difficult to wrap one’s mind around NIH’s decision to shut down the most important shared resource for work in many of the world’s most impactful infectious diseases. science.org/content/articl…

The VEuPathDB group and researchers who depend on this data have put incredible effort into seeking answers from NIH and looking for a way to at least keep the data up until its replacement is in place. Incredible!

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More uproar about the loss of VEuPathDB: Critical loss: the effects of VEuPathDB defunding on global health - The Lancet Microbe thelancet.com/journals/lanmi…

Two University of Notre Dame College of Science faculty members have been named in the inaugural Atlas of Inspiring Hispanic/Latinx Scientists. Congratulations, @alfmireles and Felipe (@felipehst.bsky.social)! bit.ly/3N6CkYD

Very proud of our new Trends in Parasitology review on the complexities of ApiAP2 regulation in Plasmodium falciparum. Building on the legendary reviews by Heather Painter (2010) and Michaela Petter (2019)!! cell.com/trends/parasit…

Local friends and colleagues, early voting is currently available at the County-City Building downtown. Very organized and fast. More info here: sjcindiana.gov/2269/Absentee-…

This amazing cover was designed by Dr Rajat Kumar in my lab and represents our review on the complexities of #ApiAP2 transcription factor regulation of malaria parasite development.Penn State BMB Penn State Eberly College of Science

By observing the world through the eyes of baboons, Notre Dame Science Professor Beth Archie is helping to reveal patterns that may help human societies. To meet all the members of this year's All-Faculty Team, visit go.nd.edu/AllFaculty.

Introducing the first issue of Catalyst magazine. In this publication, we present news from the College of Science at the University of University of Notre Dame, along with reflections on our recent accomplishments and a vision for our future. bit.ly/3Z9cBom

Please consider donating to the new Roland A. Cooper Award to support parasitologists from endemic areas to attend international parasitology conferences. Find information and donate link at socapar.org/home/donate ASTMH British Society for Parasitology ASP-Parasitologists Aust Soc for Para Manuel Llinas

Today I am thinking of the people I’ve met around the world—children, parents, health workers, teachers—who will be harmed by the Trump administration’s decision to try to dismantle USAID and walk back U.S. leadership in global health and poverty reduction. I’m thinking, too,

We are excited to partner with Ai Kenya on a hackathon in Kenya focussed on leveraging LLMs to make science outputs more accessible. Apply to the EFH innovation sprint with speakers from Netflix Microsoft Research IBM Research Elevance Health MichiganAI ecosystemsfinancehealth.org/hackathon-2025

In the last FY, IN universities received $414 million in grants. That translated into $1.1 BILLION in economic activity. With the proposed cuts, the state of IN will generate ~$451 million less. Check out the economic impact of NIH funding in your state: unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-st…

Without NIH funds to run research labs at academic institutions, as a country we cannot train PhD students. No physician scientists. No undergraduates get experience in labs. Nothing. Industry does none of these things. Other countries will have to take the lead.

The Roland A. Cooper Award was established in 2024 to support parasitologists from endemic areas to attend international parasitology conferences. Your generous contribution, no matter the size, will have an immediate impact. socapar.org/home/donate

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