Congratulations to my MSc student, Rona Heinz, who officially celebrated her graduation this week. 🎉 👑 Her thesis research was outstanding, and I am so proud!

Honored to welcome Dr. Monika Saini to the Kilian Lab. Monika received the prestigious Fulbright-Nehru Postdoctoral Research Fellowship as the only biologist selected in her application round. Many thanks to everyone who supported the application process.

Congratulations to all Wildcats who graduated from California State University, Chico this week, especially Jesus Bravo and Fatehveer Sidhu, who walked with the College of Natural Sciences today. I am so proud of both of you! 🎉

Join us tomorrow for the last SciPub of the semester, featuring our two great speakers, Monika Saini, Ph.D., and Prof. David Brookes.

Ahead of #WorldMalariaDay (25 April), WHO has prequalified the first malaria treatment designed specifically for newborns and young infants (weighing 2–5 kg). This is a major step towards closing a critical treatment gap for the most vulnerable. Read more: bit.ly/4sV3lAT

The spacecraft Orion is currently orbiting the Moon with the crew of the Artemis II mission, and my name (along with the names of my husband and son) is with them on board. Feeling like an astronaut today. So exciting! #Moon #Orion #Artemis2

Congratulations to SPARKS program high school student Lily who successfully competed at the Sacramento Regional STEM Fair with the research project she conducted at my lab under the supervision of Rachel Olive. So proud of you!!!! #science #research #education

Parasites take center stage at the Museum of Northern California Art (monca). Many thanks to everyone at monca for showcasing our work, and to my amazing students from the BIOL 611 course, who became artists last semester. You guys rock! #sciart

Science in the Pub returns! See you guys next Tuesday at Ramble West! #SciComm

“Parasite” comes from the Greek word parasitos, meaning “one who eats at another’s table”. These fascinating organisms inspired my students’ paintings, soon on view in "Uninvited Guests" at the monca musem. So proud of my students & grateful to monca for featuring parasites. #art #parasites #scicomm

A new Science Speaks interview is out today. I had the great pleasure of speaking with histotechnician Kate Murphy about her work in the lab and her outreach activities as HistoQueenOfHearts. www.science-speaks.com/kate-murphy

Fabulous location, fabulous speakers & fabulous guests. The third SciPub was a great success. Many thanks to Ben Duran, Kristen Gorman & Laurie Thiede for their amazing talks & to Discovery Bar for hosting us all. We had a fantastic time. Let's do this again soon! #scicomm

🍻🔬 Science in the Pub is back! 🔬🍻 Join us for our first Science in the Pub of the semester (and year!) on the 18th of February. We have some exciting speakers who will talk about their research: Laurie Thiede, Benjamin Duran and Kristen Fay Gorman.

My student Rachel wants to identify the different blood parasites that bug Bambis in the Shenandoah Valley. Her proposal has just been accepted for crowdfunding. Please consider supporting Rachel's project. Thank you very much!🦌 experiment.com/projects/out...

The first Science Speaks interview of 2026 is now online. 🎉 I had the great honor of speaking with Prof. Diyendo Massilani. His team @massilanilab.bsky.social @yaleschoolofmed.bsky.social investigates the evolutionary history of humankind using ancient DNA. www.science-speaks.com/diyendo-mass...

We had a fantastic turnout for the second Science in the Pub event. Thank you to everyone who attended, to Ramble West Brewing for being an amazing host, and to our excellent speakers: Kendall Hall, Russell Shapiro, and Robert Griffin-Nolan.

The next Science in the Pub event will happen on the 18th of November with a fantastic lineup of speakers. Hope to see you there! #science

Save the date for something fabulous. The first Science Ball organized by Profs @drdre4000.bsky.social, @atomiclab.bsky.social & I is happening on the 5th of December at the Prior Performing Arts Center, College of the Holy Cross. Let's celebrate #science & #art. scienceball.atomic-lab.org

A new Science Speaks interview is out today. I had the great pleasure talking to Christiaan van Ooij who is a Lecturer of Molecular Parasitology at Keele University. #scicomm #malaria #research www.science-speaks.com/christiaan-v...

We had a great turnout for the first Science in the Pub event. Many thanks to Madison Bear Garden for hosting us, to the speakers for their exciting talks and to everyone who joined us. Picture credit: discoverchico

The first Science in the Pub event is happening soon. Drop by for great talks and fun science trivia.... #science #research #scicomm

A new Science Speaks interview is out today! I had the great honor talking to Prof. Taco Kooij about the #malaria #research his laboratory conducts. Be sure to check out the incredible pictures he shared. www.science-speaks.com/taco-kooij

A #science course happening in an #art museum? Absolutely! Many thanks to everyone at the Janet Turner Print Museum at California State University, Chico for making our visit possible. We had a great time.

Super proud of my students Fatehveer Sidhu and Jesus Bravo who presented the findings of their CSC²-funded #malaria #research for the first time today. You guys rock! 💪 (Picture credit: Rachel Olive 😊)

I had the great honor presenting the work of my lab at Yale University/ Yale School of Medicine today. Many thanks to Prof. Shangqin Guo & everyone involved for the amazing opportunity. I even got a visit from the best boy in town, Handsome Dan XIX & his handler Kassie Haro afterwards. So much fun!

A new Science Speaks interview is out today. I had the great honor to talk to my colleague Prof. @rjgriffin-nolan.bsky.social about his career and the #ecology #research his laboratory conducts at @calstate.bsky.social, Chico. www.science-speaks.com/robert-griff...

Congratulations to my student Rona Heinz who aced her MSc defense today! 🎉 I am so proud of you! 💪

It’s the most wonderful (conference) time of the year. 🎶 Happy to be a part of BioMalPar XXI @EMBL in Heidelberg (obligatory picture of the ATC below 😊). Come see me at poster number 44 tomorrow to see what we have been up to. #EMBLMalaria

Impressions of my first commencement ever. So happy to share this joyous occasion with my fellow faculty members and my students Kira Lapides and Rachel Olive, who graduated today.

Congratulations to my students Kira Lapides and Rachel Olive! 🎉 Kira received the "Outstanding Student Leader Award" and Rachel is the recipient of the "George E. Corson Honor Award" (and the "SARC Award"). 🏆 You ladies rock!

Congratulations to my student Rachel Olive who received the SARC award for her #malaria #research project. 🎉 I am super proud! Watch out, #Plasmodium! 💪

It’s #WorldMalariaDay The good news: 2.2 billion #malaria cases and 12.7 million deaths have been averted since 2000. The bad news: after years of steady declines, progress has stalled. bit.ly/MalariaDay2025

Congratulations to Veer and Jesus who received funding for their #malaria #research by the CSC2 program. 🎉 I am super proud! Watch out, #Plasmodium! 💪

This week my students & I had the great honor to welcome researcher, founder & whistleblower Tyler Shultz. He e-visited our lecture to talk about his career, blood testing and how he became a whistleblower against Theranos. Thank you so very much for taking the time to speak to us, Tyler!

Happy to see this article out in The Lancet Microbe. My friend Liza Ding & I wrote about our work with trainees on different career paths from the perspective of two people who had vastly different careers themselves. #teaching #microbes www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

A new Science Speaks #interview is out today. I had a great time speaking to statistician Prof. Giles Hooker @gilesh.bsky.social from @upenn.edu about his life, his career and why his students are his greatest supporters. #scicomm www.science-speaks.com/giles-hooker

Proud to announce that my student Kira Lapides is the recipient of the NSC Outstanding Student Leader Award. This award honors students based on excellence & leadership. Kira was surprised in her practical course by the Dean & other dignitaries.

Happy to see our #malaria #diagnosis work in ChemBioChem. Many thanks again to everyone involved, especially @broichhagenj.bsky.social, @glembockyte.bsky.social as well as my students Claudia Bastl, Ingo Holtz, Mareike Eis & Michelle Werum. chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Two manuscripts and one conference abstract accepted. 🎉 Time for some cupcakes. Many thanks to my husband Patrick who made his famous vanilla cupcakes for my lab. 😃

A new Science Speaks #interview is out today. I had an amazing time speaking to Assistant Professor Anna Doty from CSU Sacramento about the research she conducts with bats all around the world. #conservation #scicomm www.science-speaks.com/anna-doty

When a chance encounter during an SFB meeting leads to a great collaboration. Happy to see this study out in preprint. Many thanks to @broichhagenj.bsky.social, @glembockyte.bsky.social, my students (Claudia, Ingo, Michelle, Mareike) & everyone involved. #malaria www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Today is International Day of Women & Girls in Science. Marie Curie, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. Her contributions have left an indelible mark on the world of science & health & continue to inspire generations of scientists & innovators. 🔬 #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM

When #science meets #fashion. Loved being interviewed by Le Réussi for their "Women in Business" series. Many thanks for the great opportunity. lereussi.com/blogs/magazi...

New year, new Science Speaks #interview. I had the great honor talking to Prof. @juliavonblume.bsky.social. Her team studies protein trafficking and sorting at the Golgi apparatus at the Department of Cell Biology at Yale University. www.science-speaks.com/julia-von-bl...

Registration for the 2nd WiM online conference is now OPEN, everyone can register: womeninmalaria.es/wim-conferen... There is a fee waiver application for LMICs & also an option to buy fee waivers for others during the registration process 🧫🧬🦟 Please share!

2.2 billion #malaria cases and 12.7 million deaths have been averted since 2000 Find out more in the new WHO World Malaria Report 2024: 👉 bit.ly/4g31og6

There is no better way to start the Bluesky journey than announcing that a new Science Speaks #interview is online today. I had the great honor to speak with @judjisa24.bsky.social about her cancer #research at MUSC. #scicomm www.science-speaks.com/judit-jimene...