Our #Trypanosoma cruzi single-cell atlas paper is now available online! Great work by Ross Laidlaw and Marta Garcia Sanchez, and excellent collaboration with Thomas Otto! rdcu.be/flOWR @ddu-dundee.bsky.social, @dundeeuni.bsky.social #single-cell, #Chagas, #atlas, #trypanosome, #scRNA-seq 🧪🔬

Hi sky-pals! We here at DDU towers hope you are keeping cool in these hot May days! Let's continue our #BookReviews as part of #WomensHealthMonth, give you something to read over your lunch break! Today we're reading Meghan Rabbitt’s The New Rules of Women’s Health #DDUat20

Happy Friday y'all! Hope you all had a good week. We've got some more #BookReviews for you for #WomensHealthMonth. This morning we are talking about "Invisible Women - Exposing data bias in a world designed for men" by @ccriadoperez.bsky.social #DDUat20 #HealthEquity #WomenInSTEM #InvisibleWomen

Morning skypals! Tea-break time seems like a good time for a book review - how about it? We will start with Medical Bondage, by Deirdre Cooper Owens, an American historian & reproductive rights activist #womenshealthmonth #DDUat20 #BookReview

NHS urged to update website after renaming polycystic ovary syndrome (as polyendocrine metabolic syndrome (PMOS) - missing from the headline) #womenshealthmonth #DDUat20 #PMOS www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Mycobacteriophage TM4 requires XylR for successful infection in Mycobacterium smegmatis mc2155 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.17.725743v1

Good morning skypals! We hope you all have a relaxing weekend and are looking forward to a great week! This week we have some excellent book reviews to share for #WomensHealthMonth What have you got coming up?

The difference between isoleucine and valine is not that great, which made isoleucine the ideal target for substitution, but simply replacing isoleucine with valine didn’t work as well as hoped. Read on: www.chemistryworld.com/news/strippe...

Got a science shaped hole in your Monday evening? Why not pop along to #PintofScience! Rosie Street-Jeakings & Christopher Bailey are both talking about #malaria research. Get your tickets at the link! pintofscience.co.uk/event/drugs-...

#womenshealthmonth #threepillarsofwomenshealth

Congratulations to Prof Doreen Cantrell on her election to US-based National Academy of Sciences @nasonline.org #WomenInScience www.biodundee.co.uk/science-city...

Women’s health has long been underfunded and understudied. This Women’s Health Month, see how our researchers are using genomics to uncover new insights to improve outcomes for women worldwide. Read more: https://sangerinstitute.blog/2026/05/12/ways-sanger-is-helping-to-transform-womens-health/

In March 2025, we hosted an #Endometriosis Networking Workshop with experts from across the field. We’re excited to share the resulting white paper! A huge thanks to all who contributed to these vital discussions. Read here: www.linkedin.com/posts/possib... #DrugDiscovery #WomensHealth #DDUat20

Final call for anyone interested in an opportunity to join our editorial boards and journals! Applications lose at midday today, 11 May 2026. Help shape the future of Society publishing, we are looking forward to hearing from you. Apply here for our current Spring cycle: https://ow.ly/1VvK50YXcH7

New data presented at #EEC2026 identified and validated novel reproducible genetic risk factors associated with endometriosis across UK & US patient cohorts. 🎥 Watch the presentation: precisionlife.com/womens-healt... 📜 Read the preprint: www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1... #WomensHealthMonth

Almost two-thirds of Americans with Alzheimer's are women. By adopting these healthy habits, we can all protect our brain health: alz.org/healthyhabits. #WomensHealthMonth

When Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman in the U.S. to earn an MD in 1849, her male classmates didn’t expect her to change medicine forever. This #WomensHealthMonth, explore what Blackwell’s legacy can teach us, 175+ years later.

Relevant to #WomensHealthMonth!

Experienced researchers are less likely to produce ‘disruptive’ science than are those just starting their careers, finds an analysis of scientific papers published by 12.5 million researchers over 60 years go.nature.com/3Pb1lqg

We would like to say in advance, for the purposes of these posts "women's health" encompasses people who were assigned female at birth. This is a scientific classification not a sociological one and nothing in here negates the lived experiences of trans people. #WomensHealthMonth

Good morning sky-friends! We hope you are well on this lovely #mayday bank holiday! May is #WomensHealthMonth and we have lots of interesting things we want to talk about!

"Since 2010, the DDU malaria team, working with academic and industry partners, has been dedicated to discovering new medicines to treat and prevent malaria. One major success has been the discovery of Cabamiquine (DDD498)..." #NowWeCanNowWeMust #WorldMalariaDay #Research #EndMalaria #DDUAT20

“Over the past two years, we have also been working with @novartis.bsky.social to develop a new drug aimed at stopping malaria relapses. These relapses are caused by a form of malaria that can hide in the liver for months or even years after infection..." #NowWeCanNowWeMust #WorldMalariaDay

Children under five and pregnant women are the most at risk from malaria, accounting for the majority of the approximately 600,000 deaths each year worldwide. #NowWeCanNowWeMust #WorldMalariaDay #EndMalaria #GlobalHealth #HealthEquity #DrugDiscovery #InfectiousDiseases #PublicHealth #DDUAT20

#ICYMI here is @mdr-ddu.bsky.social talking about Chagas Disease #DrugDiscovery for #WorldChagasDisease www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIj3...

ICYMI yesterday... Here is @mdr-ddu.bsky.social's blog post on the importance of continuing the fight against #ChagasDisease #drugdiscovery #GlobalHealth www.sfc.ac.uk/inside-the-u...

Because in diseases like Chagas, leaving even a single parasite behind isn’t an option. At DDU, we developed a washout assay to determine if compounds can achieve complete parasite clearance. #DrugDiscovery #NTD #ChagasDisease #GlobalHealth #ScientificInnovation #NeglectedDiseases #Research

By bringing together expertise from DDU, @uofwa.uw.edu, & @dndi.org, we’re working to turn scientific potential into real progress against #ChagasDisease. Tackling #neglecteddiseases takes more than innovation—it takes #collaboration. #DrugDiscovery #GlobalHealth #WorldChagasday

World Chagas Disease Day acts as a reminder of a global health challenge that often goes unnoticed. In our latest blog, Manu De Rycker from the @dundee.ac.uk shares what his team are doing to combat this disease. #ChagasDisease www.sfc.ac.uk/inside-the-u...

Observed on April 14, World Chagas Disease Day shines a light on a often “silent” but impactful neglected tropical disease: Chagas disease. Today is a reminder of the importance of addressing neglected diseases and support affected communities. #WorldChagasDiseaseDay #ChagasDisease

On World Chagas Disease Day, Unitaid highlights the importance of screening for Chagas disease. Too often, people are diagnosed late or not at all. Through SafeStart+, we are integrating screening into antenatal care. Learn more: https://ow.ly/9Tsa50YI5lH

Today is World #ChagasDisease Day. For too long, women have been stigmatized for a disease they didn't choose. Most were infected the same way as everyone else by insect transmission, contaminated food, or other routes. It's time to replace stigma with support. 🧡 Learn more 👉 bit.ly/4cIYv4I

We are calling for Reviews, Commentaries or research papers for our upcoming Special Issue: The Integrative Biology of Reproduction, covering the entire reproductive process, from mate selection, mating and egg-laying or pregnancy through to parental care bit.ly/3ZT42hY

Some good news: the most effective drug ever found against sleeping sickness (curative in one oral dose!) is being rolled out:

We're hosting a virtual town hall on 24 Mar, 3-4pm, where our CEO, Professor Sir Ian Chapman, will outline UKRI's upcoming five-year strategy & new mission. He'll be joined by an executive panel and a Q&A will follow. Registration closes 23 Mar, 5pm. Register here⬇️

Want to see what we do up close? Sign up for the tour and networking event with us and #biodundee. See the link for details and tickets! #DDUat20 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/drug-disco...

Today is World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day. The Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) are a group of diseases that affect >1 billion people worldwide (~1 in 8 people). Despite this number, treatments and diagnostics are often unsafe and unsuitable, if they even exist. www.who.int/health-topic...

🤝 Catering partner sought for Dundee pilot: Nourish Scotland is looking for an experienced hospitality business or organisation for #PublicDiner trial. 🗣️ The project offers a subsidy of £240,000 to local businesses and organisations, plus research and partnership support. 1/2

As part of our #20thBirthday celebrations, we hear from our cofounders Sir Mike Ferguson and Alan Fairlamb #ScienceNeverStops www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Skb...

Hello world! I am excited to announce my lab is open at the University of Utah in the Department of Biochemistry. We are looking for scientists at all levels interested in studying host-virus interactions in both bacteria and animals. Come join us in beautiful Utah! (photo is 10 steps from lab)

It's our Birthday!!

Science is pretty! Seems like a great time to find out about the incredible impact that #HenriettaLacks had on modern science!

Hot off the press: our Target Product Profile to support the development of new medicines to treat #cryptococcal disease: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #cryptococcus, #drugdiscovery, #meningitis @ddu-dundee.bsky.social, @gsk.bsky.social, @dndi.org and many others 🧪

Good morning sky-friends! We have exciting news today! Our head of biology Dr @mdr-ddu.bsky.social has been awarded the WH Pierce Global Impact in Microbiology Prize by @amiposts.bsky.social as part of their International Horizon Awards drugdiscovery.dundee.ac.uk/news/dr-manu...

#Chagas disease remains very neglected, and not only in the US, in spite of an estimated 8 million people being infected with T. cruzi. We, and our collaborators, aim to develop new medicines, but this is becoming increasingly challenging due to lack of funding. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Good morning Bluesky! We have reached the end of our UNLEASH meeting and are all preparing to head home. We are full of enthusiasm and renewed purpose, and we look forward to keeping you all updated on our work! Tell us - what do you want to know about us? #SciComm #RNA #Splicing

Good morning Sky-Friends! Our own @biochemtrix.bsky.social (and occasional poster!) is in Germany at the #Unleash consortium meeting. They are joining us here in the sky @unleash-as.bsky.social so follow along to find out about #AlternativeSplicing!

Great opportunity to join our multi-partner collaboration to develop much needed new #antifungal drugs! #jobs, #drugdiscovery, #Cryptococcus, #Candida @mrccmm.bsky.social @ddu-dundee.bsky.social @labwyllie.bsky.social @glaxosmithkline.bsky.social

Delighted to announce a £17.9 million award from @wellcometrust.bsky.social for the development of new antifungal treatments to a consortium of @ddu-dundee.bsky.social, @labwyllie.bsky.social, @mrccmm.bsky.social and GSK. #Cryptococcus #Candida #drugdiscovery #antifungal 🧪 tinyurl.com/wywtkpsx

Great to have a latest #Chagas disease drug discovery paper published in @rsc.org MedChem: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... This work highlights how we decide to progress or terminate series, and hopefully provides some useful approaches and lessons. @ddu-dundee.bsky.social 🧪 #NTD #drugdiscovery