Ever wondered why some organelles keep their own genome??? 🤔🤔 There is no one simple answer, though many cool theories! We tackled this experimentally, taking a sneak-peek at one gene from one organism… Curious? Read this preprint and tell us what you think! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

And thank you so much Stella Hurtley @smhsci.bsky.social for featuring our work in Science magazine 🤩@science.org And yes! We can do with some more uplifting updates 😃 we had enough with the other kind 🫠

And amidst all: some light in the form of our work on the cover of J. Cell Biol. 🤗 Go ahead & read the full paper rupress.org/jcb/article-... To learn on the Crown 👑 of malaria parasites Work and cover by Michal shahar @michalshahar.bsky.social, Alia Qasem and team 🥰

My choice this week in @science.org @florentin-lab.bsky.social doi.org/10.1083/jcb....

Please check Amanda’s new publication, fresh on PLOS Pathogens! 😀👩‍🔬🧪🧬 Read & learn about organelle proteostasis in malaria parasites - An apicoplast-biogenesis mutant that dies on the first cycle🩸 BIG complexes and drug targets 💊💉 journals.plos.org/plospathogen...

🚨 New preprint alert! 🚨 We’ve uncovered a key player in malaria parasite cell division—meet PfAnchor, the first apicoplast-specific dynamin adaptor protein! Check the thread below 🧵for more details. #U_ExM #Malaria #Apicoplast www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

What an interesting and personal reflection of women, science and society. And how about the yet-unfulfilled role of women in conflict resolution? One must fight for better days

Another exciting preprint from our new lab‼️ Are you interested in Parasites 🦠 + Organelle biology 🧪+ Microscopy 🔬+ Cell Cycle 🧬?! How could one not be?! 👩‍🔬 Check out, read & comment and wish us good luck with the long way ahead towards publication… www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

The MPM XXXVI page is now live. Sept 14th to Sept 18th. More updates will be coming soon. Check it out on the parasitesrule.com website. Organized this year by Richarch McCulloch @rmc9z.bsky.social, Photini Sinnis, Marc-Jan Gubbels, Deepali Ravel & Omar Harb @omarharb.bsky.social

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!

People sometimes make fun of science that sounds stupid and random. Meanwhile, a study of lizard saliva turned into a peptide medication, which was turned into a diabetes medication, which was turned into a GLP1 weight loss drug, that just became the first therapy every approved for … sleep apnea

I am looking for an ERC-funded postdoc to work on spatial proteomics of microalgae (red algae and glaucophytes). The ideal candidate will have experience with mass spec and data analysis (R), but above all a keen interest in broad eukaryote evolution and protists #protistsonsky (1/2)

A thread of 9(!!) #Parasitology-based, funded PhD opportunities from the EastBio doctoral training programme at Edinburgh Uni listed below! The projects include #malaria/#Plasmodium, #trypanosoma, #leishmania, #toxoplasma, and #helminths! All deadlines are the 17th January 2025!

😆 Hyperexcited to see the program! Interested in apicomplexan parasites? 🔬What a lineup of speakers👩‍⚕️👨‍🔬 + registration is affordable 💰 and low on carbon footprint 👣 apicomplexaconference.com

Beware - this angry bird (sorry, parasite!) is looking your way (blue nuclei, yellow apicoplast, red cytoplasm)

Hey likeminded colleagues with high standards and low budget! Looking for a super-fun, low-cost lab social activity? Our paint-your-lab-coat-day was a HUGE SUCCESS:

Motivated🙋, kind🥰 and hardworking👩‍⚕️, Amanda's and Shirly's joint STEP scholarship is well-deserved! 🔬🥼. The Science Training Encouraging Peace program funds pairs of Israeli and Palestinian students 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩 Do you also feel that any positive news could be nice? 👇👇👇 blogs.timesofisrael.com/malaria-rese...

Is there a single molecule ⚛️ linking malaria to high blood pressure??? ⚕️📢💉👨‍🔬 Happy to work with and learn from lab trainee Dr. Hari Shankar 🤩 Together, we thought, explored and investigated concepts that are pretty distinct from our daily lab work🔬: sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🚨🖨️👩‍🔬New Preprint alert! Please have a look to learn about organelle proteostasis in malaria parasites🩸 An apicoplast-biogenesis mutant that dies☠️on the first cycle! 🧪🦟So proud in 1st author Amanda Tissawak for the first major research article from our lab! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...