Is this cheese grater conscious? Many users feel they're talking to a real person. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something.

Coming back from vacation to find that I have been replaced. Lab peeps seemed to have midipreped a new PI.

University administration: "We need you to complete 26 hours of lab safety training 🧪 each year so that everyone is safe and responsible." Also university administration:

Save the dates!! @bspparasitology.bsky.social Spring Meeting 2026 will be in Bonnie Glasgow! 7-9 April 2026, with a drinks reception in Glasgow City Chambers on the 6th of April 2026! Keep an eye on the BSP website for registration and abstract submission! Logo by @shannaraeilean.bsky.social! 🦟

🎥 | WATCH | Dr Francesca Florini (@fra-florini.bsky.social | @weillcornell.bsky.social) discusses the immune evasion in malaria using insights from single-cell analysis of Plasmodium falciparum. The full GRiP-ing seminar is now available on our YouTube channel: 📺 youtu.be/bKU2Cfv79K8?...

Our paper has finally graduated from pre-print to peer-reviewed, pretty much unscathed, and is out now! www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

I used inducible CRISPR/Cas9 to make Trypanosoma brucei cell line that allowed me to edit originally muti-copy histone gene. We uncovered a novel role of H4 histone tail in gene regulation. I enjoyed working on this exciting project with @joanarcf.bsky.social, a great mentor. doi.org/10.1038/s414...

🎥 | WATCH | Dr Mark Carrington (University of Cambridge) discusses the identification of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense genes that enable resistance to the human trypanolytic lytic factor. The full Parasitology seminar is now available on our YouTube channel. 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2QE...

What happens when the parasite that causes malaria in humans experiences fever-induced heat stress in its host red blood cell? Check out David Jones' PhD work now on BioRxiv www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

90% of you probably don’t need to read this. But maybe some of you are curious & 10% will feel seen. Or a little less alone. This isn’t about seeking sympathy. It’s about sharing something hard to say out loud; partly to heal, partly in case someone needs to hear it too. (1/3) tinyurl.com/DudinO

🎥 WATCH | Dr Natalia de Miguel (@ndemiguel.bsky.social | @intechchascomus.bsky.social) discusses the role of T. vaginalis extracellular vesicles in cell communication. A recording of the GRiP-ing seminar can be viewed on our @uofgsii.bsky.social YouTube channel. 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGOn...

Huge congratulations to @hbelda.bsky.social and David Bradley for their publication on the extraordinarily interesting FIKK kinase family (I am biased) of the malaria causing parasite Plasmodium falciparum. 1/n

Parasites need mitochondrial respiration to infect and spread. Effective anti-malaria and ani-toxoplasmosis drugs target respiratory complexes (e.g. atovaquone)! But how do the parasite complexes work and how do drugs inhibit them? Read Andrew Maclean and Alex Mühleip phenomenal work on this! 👇

🎥 | WATCH | Dr Mattie Pawlowic (@goldenpipette.bsky.social) | @dundeeuni.bsky.social) discusses the use of genetics to investigate the Cryptosporidium oocyst. A recording of the full Parasitology seminar can now be viewed on our @uofgsii.bsky.social YouTube channel. 📺 youtu.be/2ZNNtC4ZWps?...

If you have ever wanted to know "Where is the gut is the parasite?" this pre-print is for you. 🐮 Led by Peyton, with thanks to our wonderful collaborators at @moredunfoundation.bsky.social Frank Katzer, @geordieparasit.bsky.social and EMs by @lemgruber.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

In case you missed it! www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZNN...

GRiP-ing talk tomorrow from Natalia de Miguel from Instituto Tecnológico de Chascomús (INTECH), Buenos Aires, Argentina. Join us! 2 pm (GMT) | 3 pm (CET) | 9 am (EDT) Link: uofglasgow.zoom.us/j/8674596707... Passcode: 262806

GRiP-ing Crypto talk tomorrow from Mattie Pawlowic from the University of Dundee. Join us! 2 pm (GMT) | 3 pm (CET) | 9 am (EDT) Link- uofglasgow.zoom.us/j/8172068584... Passcode: 038661

GRiP-ing Crypto talk tomorrow from Mattie Pawlowic from the University of Dundee. Join us! 2 pm (GMT) | 3 pm (CET) | 9 am (EDT) Link- uofglasgow.zoom.us/j/8172068584... Passcode: 038661

A GRIP-ing and Tryp-ing seminar tomorrow - Joana Faria from the University of York! 2 pm (GMT) | 3 pm (CET) | 9 am (EDT) Link - uofglasgow.zoom.us/j/8897218018... Passcode: 987702

A GRIP-ing and Tryp-ing seminar tomorrow - Joana Faria from the University of York! 2 pm (GMT) | 3 pm (CET) | 9 am (EDT) Link - uofglasgow.zoom.us/j/8897218018... Passcode: 987702

Don't miss @reecelab.bsky.social interesting talk on why malaria parasites are crazy sticklers to routines and schedules.

It’s 9am TFT time here, and citizens are already gathering to protest Tariffs by the United States. Our plain clothes Officer Penguins are attempting to maintain calm, but unfortunately we keep losing them in the crowd.

"I don't care if the analysis shows no differential expression. I have to give a talk tomorrow and I want to show these genes are upregulated. Just divide column D by column C and send me the results" www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/b...

GRIP-ing seminar this Friday from André Schneider from University of Bern. Don't miss it! Link: uofglasgow.zoom.us/j/8255427338... Passcode: 984619

Ten years of bigger samples, better views mcgovern.mit.edu/2025/03/03/t... Thank you for including our lab's contribution in your remarkable piece about what I believe is the most revolutionary method for studying tiny, fascinating apicomplexans. @benliffner.bsky.social @jvr-lab.bsky.social

GRIP-ing seminar this Friday from André Schneider from University of Bern. Don't miss it! Link: uofglasgow.zoom.us/j/8255427338... Passcode: 984619

Amid all these turmoil in our lives, a good news! A paper just came online on @emboreports.org. in this paper we describe an essential apicoplast tRNA modifying enzyme. 🧪

🏅 | @uofgsii.bsky.social's Professor Lilach Sheiner (@sheinerlab.bsky.social) was recently awarded the prestigious C.A. Wright Medal by the @bspparasitology.bsky.social for outstanding contributions to the discipline. Congratulations, Professor Sheiner! 🔗 Full story: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infe...

"It's about time" for another GRiPing talk this Friday! We are delighted to have Sarah Reece @reecelab.bsky.social from @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social Link: uofglasgow.zoom.us/j/8825975465... Passcode: 186275

"It's about time" for another GRiPing talk this Friday! We are delighted to have Sarah Reece @reecelab.bsky.social from @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social Link: uofglasgow.zoom.us/j/8825975465... Passcode: 186275

Excited to start my lab at the University of Edinburgh studying sulfur metabolism in apicomplexan parasites. Kindly supported by an MRC Career Development Award. Watch this space for job opportunities!

Your dignity honors the bravery of the Ukrainian people. Be strong, be brave, be fearless. You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy. We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.

Dear Volodymyr Zelenskyy, dear Ukrainian friends, you are not alone.

Well done for surviving the Trump test, PM. But our true friends are in Europe | Stella Creasy

I try to keep to science here, but this press conference just makes my blood boil. What a disgusting bully. It's time other leaders grow an effing pair and stand up to this piece of.. diplomacy has its limits and it's better to stand for values and dignity for once. #StandWithUkraine

Another banger from the Sateriale's with beautiful microscopy from @elena-l-r.bsky.social!

GRiP-ing seminars tomorrow! Our speaker for the day is Cecile Crosnier from University of York. Come, join us!

What a proud moment to see @macleanlab.bsky.social starting his own lab in a few days 🤩 For all of you #ECRs out there thinking who should you work with in your next career stage - contact Andrew think no more!

Don't miss this entertaining and informative talk! Still unsure whether it was a seminar or a standup! youtu.be/V2C61ynSTMk?...

Whoops, the link- uofglasgow.zoom.us/j/8749453224... Passcode: 292037

GRiP-ing seminars tomorrow! Our speaker for the day is Cecile Crosnier from University of York. Come, join us!

PLOS has issued a statement on recent US Executive Orders and scientific integrity. We are determined to stand firmly behind our mission, our values and our principles, and against any attempt at censorship or undermining of the core principles of scientific inquiry. plos.io/3D4O8cH

1 week left to apply for this!

A Substack post from political and legal analyst @nycjayjay.bsky.social today lifts my spirits, and I hope it lifts yours too.

GRiP-ing seminars continue this Friday! Our next speaker is Emma Wilson @toxobrains.bsky.social from @ucriverside.bsky.social. Come, join us! Link: uofglasgow.zoom.us/j/8640933246... Passcode: 719067

Want to do something concrete? help them out. ‘I really wanted something to happen.’ The students behind the Stand Up for Science protests | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

If you missed it, you can watch the recording here - youtu.be/GgI06I9dLDY?...

Sorry we got blown off by the storm last time but looking forward to going back to Glasgow and talking parasites and brains with an inspiring set of scientists @abhinay.bsky.social @clarehardinglab.bsky.social @maizel-lab.org @sheinerlab.bsky.social

GRiP-ing seminars continue this Friday! Our next speaker is Emma Wilson @toxobrains.bsky.social from @ucriverside.bsky.social. Come, join us! Link: uofglasgow.zoom.us/j/8640933246... Passcode: 719067