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With the new academic year starting, and many people beginning fresh as graduate students, post-docs, or junior faculty, I have been thinking a lot about the core philosophies that govern my own perspectives on science. So I thought I would share. Welcome to The Tao of Cheese

It’s a pretty good day! First, check out the last piece out from @DeitschKirk lab about environmental changes and antigenic variation.

The parasite toxoplasma gondii usually shifts from an initial, acute infection, to a chronic infection in their human hosts. New work from Sebastian Lourido uncovers a hierarchy of genes responsible for this transformation: wi.mit.edu/news/positive-…

Bossman already said it all: our new work on #toxoplasma chronic-stage differentiation is out, with many thanks due to wonderful colleagues, reviewers, and collaborators! Exceedingly proud of this circular little story 😉

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

Science is hard. Good research makes you feel stupid. You're inadequate for the task at hand. How else would it be? You're pushing the boundaries of knowledge. Get used to it. This process is immensely rewarding.

Please share! The de Graffenried Lab at Brown currently has a postdoc position open! See info and apply here: apply.interfolio.com/123020

Growing up, too many kids have their career aspirations limited by the examples they see around them. When the destination is invisible, the path feels impossible. Introducing new role models today expands options for tomorrow. This is how to show kids what's possible.

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In case you missed it: Women are less likely to be credited for their scientific contributions than men. It’s true across multiple fields & at all stages, with important repercussions for career progress. #WomenInSTEM #WomenInMedicine #MedTwitter nature.com/articles/s4158…

We will shortly be hiring a lab tech. If you've just finished your undergrad/masters in the UK, this is a great opportunity to get more lab experience before taking your next step. Will share the application link once it's live! Pls retweet SPPIRIT Network

Ever wonder how LysoPC availability regulates heterochromatin maintenance and sexual differentiation in P. falciparum? Check out our study in Nature Microbiology. Amazing team effort led by Chantal Harris, PhD with rheelab @DeitschKirk Maria M. Mota. tinyurl.com/LysoPC2GCs

My first senior author paper, and Dana Aghabi first first author paper is now out at Nature Communications! She has all of the details (including what changed since the preprint), but thank you to everyone who helped with this paper, its been great!

Anusha's lab is awesome. Highly recommend reaching out to her!

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Team Toxo (and other parasites) was well represented with this interview 🤩So cool Sebastian Lourido!

The Llinás lab (@Llinaslab) is hiring in the space of Plasmodium transcriptional regulation and metabolism (PSU Malaria Research, Penn State Eberly College of Science, Penn State BMB, Center for Eukaryotic Gene Regulation at PSU ,CIDD)! If interested, please email, DM, or apply here: tinyurl.com/Llinas-PD

Wonderful! So excited to see this work from the @boylelab.bsky.social out in its final form. A real paradigm changer for the field of toxo persistence! Many congrats to all involved, especially Dr. Sarah Sokol Borrelli and Sarah Reilly 👏🎉

A conserved complex of microneme proteins mediates rhoptry discharge in #Toxoplasma: Sebastian Lourido Whitehead Institute MIT Biology show that three #apicomplexan-specific #microneme proteins form a complex essential for #rhoptry discharge and invasion embopress.org/doi/full/10.15…

In case you missed this post. If you are in an LMIC lab you can apply for a travel award to attend MPM2024 #mpmxxxv . Deadline to submit your application: end of February Awards will be announced at the end of March