Come to Biomalpar xxii!!! We have an outstanding line up of speakers!!! It is a true honor to be an organizer of Biomalpar. It was the first conference I ever attended during my 2nd PhD year so it feels special. And don't miss the beautiful poster image from Hannah Fleckenstein!

Thanks for the support of @caixaresearch.bsky.social to continue our efforts to use tissue engineering to study cerebral malaria. We will develop stem-cell derived immunocompetent BBB models with microglia to study malaria, in a side by side comparison with spatial transcriptomics in patients.

I’ve been in Toronto at the #astmh meeting these past few days and last night some very good news was presented here: A new malaria drug has proven efficacious in a large trial and could soon be approved.🧪 My story in @science.org (and 🧵on why it's important to come): www.science.org/content/arti...

📣Announcing the 4th edition of the EMBL‑IBEC Conference on “Engineering Multicellular Systems”, taking place 11–13 March 2026 in Barcelona. Exploring organoids, mechanobiology, embryo models, organ-on-chip systems, multiomics and more. Abstracts open now! events.ibecbarcelona.eu/embl-ibec-co...

Huge thanks to @mariabernabeu.bsky.social and to everyone else who contributed and made this project possible 🎉

Pre-print alert 🚨 We answer a longstanding question in the field. Do immune cells cause cerebral malaria? The answer is YES!!!! And independently of P. falciparum accumulation in the brain. www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...

Just hot out of the press! Rory developed a 3D microvessel model that recapitulates physiological pericyte coverage. We found that Plasmodium falciparum egress products disrupt the barrier and halt ang-1 secretion. The activator AKB-9778 could rescue barrier disruption! Congratulations, Rory!

Then and now... 2022. Helping @rorykmlong.bsky.social and François on midnight experiments. 2025 Helping Rory to finish experiments for François' paper revision. Bonus points: The surprise of new lab members when they found me in the TC room after being > 1 year at my desk.

Back from #ParaFrap! What a fantastic meeting. I feel very privileged to be part of this community! Specially in my heart the new generation of kickass PIs/GL ❤️ (mostly women dominated💪🏻)

Have you ever wondered what happens with your microvessels after exposure to high temperature in fever? In this preprint former postdoc (ans soon to be PI) Viola Introini found that high temperatures cleaves glycocalyx , having severe consequences in malaria www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...

We are searching for an enthusiastic scientist to join our team and establish annual killifish as a model system for early developmental biology and biophysics! @embl.org @embldbunit.bsky.social Apply here: embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/EMBL/job/Hei... Please re-post 🙏

We are happy to show one ourt first exciting papers. We have developed a blood-brain barrier model to study the disruptive effects caused by the malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum. First, congratulations to the fearless @liviapiatti.bsky.social and @alinabatzi.bsky.social rdcu.be/ezBl7

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

Pre-print alert 🚨: We have developed 2D and 3D stable iPSC endothelial-differentiation models through dox inducible ETS expression. We demonstrate endothelial identity and used these models for studying malaria pathogenesis research. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Because not all is work...Yesterday we took the opportunity that almost all lab members were around and had a super fun fanta blind testing activity courtesy of Viola Introini!

📅Next Tuesday, we will have a lunch session on ERC grants + ERC grantees @mariabernabeu.bsky.social and Julia Mahamid will share their experience. Infection: pathogens, hosts, and microbiomes www.embl.org/about/info/c...

Here’s our latest revision of microphysiological systems in parasitology research, published in @plos.org #plospathogens in collaboration with Jorge de-Carvalho (ITQB-NOVA) and @mariabernabeu.bsky.social. Kudos to @mariazalmeida.bsky.social, PhD student, for the heavy lifting of this work.

Exciting work at EMBL around malaria, including our lab!

Thank you @silvapereiralab.bsky.social for letting us contribute and learn about sequestration of Trypanosma congolense and develop our first bovine microvessels. Spoilert alert: it presents much higher binding than P. falciparium to bioengineered microvessels

Congratulations to Dr. Rory Long, who successfully defended his thesis yesterday! Rory pulled out his project independently, and found that malaria products decrease secretion of Ang-1 in brain pericytes in complex 3Dmodels, and tested therapies that restore ang-Tie2 axis. Cannot be more proud!!!

Happy to announce that we are running the third edition of the EMBL-UNESCO residency on infection biology. If you are an African female scientist and would like to do a research stay at EMBL, my lab is a possible hosting group. Deadline March 31st! www.embl.org/about/info/s...

To the Cell BIology of the Neuron Community out there! The Deadline for our meetings.embo.org/event/25-cel... EMBO workshop is approaching! Register by March 1st and join us in Crete!

Less than one month left to submit your abstract!

The @mimsumea.bsky.social , @scilifelab.se and @embl.org workshop "infection across scales" was a success. Special thanks to @mimsumea.bsky.social Oliver and Nora for being fantastic hosts and organizing once in a lifetime networking activities.

The Kowalinski group's latest study on trypanosome parasites reveals significant differences between the trypanosomal and human nuclear cap-binding complex. This key player in cellular RNA metabolism could be a potential target for novel anti-parasitic drugs. www.embl.org/news/science...

TODAY is the last day of abstract submission for @cshlmeetings.bsky.social Brain Barriers 2025...get them in so you will not miss presenting at one of the best CNS barriers meeting in the world! 🧠 + 🚧 #cshlbbb @caromenard666.bsky.social @ayalbenzvi.bsky.social

Not all astrocytes regulate blood-brain barrier integrity, but those expressing Dmp1 apparently do ! #cerebrovascular #BloodBrainBarrier www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

We are very excited to announce a new @events.embl.org conference with a general focus on all infections with the goal to foster discussions across researchers working on multiple pathogens. We couldn't find a conference as such in Europe, so we decided to organize it 😊 www.embl.org/about/info/c...

📣 Please share: We’re hiring a tenure-track Group Leader in Multicellular Systems to explore the molecular and cellular mechanisms driving the formation, maintenance, or destabilization of tissues, organs and organisms. Apply at: www.fmi.ch/education-ca...

🦟🌍 Join us for the 21st edition of #EMBLMalaria as we strengthen partnerships, share insights, and drive innovations to combat malaria's toll and advance global health. 📅 20 – 22 May 2025 📍 EMBL Heidelberg and Virtual 📝 Submit abstract by 25 Feb 👉🏻 s.embl.org/bmp25-01-bl #malaria #epidemiology

✅ El grup liderat per @mariabernabeu.bsky.social a l’ @embl.org ha creat microvasos cerebrals en un xip per provar anticossos contra proteïnes virulentes de la malària 🦟 i observar els seus efectes. Llegeix la notícia sencera aquí 👇

Our lab is interested in supporting EIPOD-linC postdoc applications in collaboration with @khaase.bsky.social on a in vitro placental malaria model and @simonemattei.bsky.social on developing in tissue cryo-EM imaging of P. falciparum-endothelial interactions. If you are interested, email or DM.

Congratulations @liviapiatti.bsky.social on a fantastic thesis and great defense. Super proud of you!

Pre-announcing the EMBO/EMBL symposium "Mechanobiology Across the Tree of Life", Heidelberg, 9-12 June 2026. It is still very very far away, but save the date 🗓️. With Alba Diz-Munoz, @nicolettapetridou.bsky.social , Kirsty Wan @micromotility.bsky.social, Enrique Rojas. www.embl.org/about/info/c...

Academics wanting to 'verify' their Bluesky profile as genuine might give an ORCID identifier in their profile and link back to their Bluesky profile from ORCID. #AcademicSky

Happy and proud that EMBL has now a Bluesky account! Follow to get to hear about all our colleagues exciting science and initiatives

Oye @larevueltatve.bsky.social que estoy preparando un hilo para convenceros de que sería un acierto llevarnos a @claragrima.bsky.social y a mí para contaros la historia del descubrimiento de los #escutoides. Os garantizamos que no tenemos ningún contrato en exclusiva con “otra gente” y vamos fijo.

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Thrilled that my first post here is about a great team effort led by Evelien Bunnick, Thomas Lavstsen, and Louise Turner. We identified broadly reactive mAb that inhibit parasite binding to PfEMP1 asaociates with severe maria. www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08220-3

My first post on Blue Sky - moving over ! For all post-docs out there - fantastic opportunity @EMBL. Independent group leader position: Core funding, state-of-the-art core facilities, access to fantastic Ph.D. students, and of course amazing colleagues. Please apply www.embl.org/jobs/positio...

Repost appreciated: Open #PhDposition in my group! Join us in Umeå, 🇸🇪 to uncover how arboviruses remodel the cellular interior. In situ #cryoET with great #virology and #biophysics collaborators. Customisable project. Application deadline 15 December. More info: www.carlsonlab.se/join/