📢 7 weeks to go until our SPPIRIT symposium A fantastic opportunity for ECR parasitologists across Scotland to network and showcase their research. 🗓️ 31 October 2025 | 📍 Roslin Institute, Edinburgh 🎟️ Free to attend → tinyurl.com/3yzjnm5h Secure your spot today!

🆕 | @uofgsii.bsky.social's Professor Rick Maizels has been prominently featured in a fascinating Freethink* article exploring the surprising relationship between parasitic worms and the human immune system. 👉 Full story: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infe... 🗞️ Article: www.freethink.com/biotech/worm...

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! 🦟

Our next Parents of Parasites meeting is coming up! ☕👶 Being a parent in academia can feel isolating - join our virtual coffee break to connect, share experiences, and support each other. 📅 22nd September 🕒 2:00 PM 👉 SPPIRIT members: check your inbox 👉 Non-members: email or DM us to join

Don't miss the chance to learn from an industry expert in drug discovery and connect with the Tryps Club community! 🌍✨

We’re pleased to share our new study, led by @jezieldamasceno.bsky.social, that used long-read, single molecule sequencing to reveal the full (?) picture of Leishmania DNA replication. Thanks, Mike Boemo and helpful reviewers @uofgsii.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🚨NEW PAPER🚨 We've already shown mosquito infections vary by time-of-day, here we test whether infection of mice FROM mosquitoes vary in a rhythmic manner. We test this in untreated & drug treated mice as some fitness consequences are only apparent in stressful environments doi.org/10.1186/s130...

Only one week left until SPPIRIT Forum meeting! Join us to discuss recent work on mosquito tissue ultrastructure-expansion microscopy for malaria research, and ask questions to the 1st author, @benliffner.bsky.social, who will join us! For meeting link fill in: tinyurl.com/3j5ewezv

My attempt to become a professor was unsuccessful again but the diplonema tagging paper is now published in Open Biology. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

A real pleasure to be a part of this beautiful new study on T cell responses in repeat controlled human infection vs natural infection with #schistosomes, spearheaded by @emmahoulder.bsky.social with many wonderful colleagues #helminths #ImmunoSky #IDSky 🪱 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

We would like to invite you to join our brand new SPPIRIT Forum! This series of online meetings aims to bring parasitologists together to discuss science, funding opportunities, etc. For more info, join our mailing list: tinyurl.com/3j5ewezv

🚨 Postdoc alert! Our former committee member @macleanlab.bsky.social is looking for a postdoc to work on Toxoplasma metabolism in his lab. Great opportunity to do cool science in a beautiful city! 🧪🤝

MMV, @LPIXEL_Inc & @dundeeuni are partnering to accelerate #malaria drug discovery using advanced AI-powered image analysis. This partnership aims to develop a platform that could shave months off the process of screening & selecting compounds. Learn more: bit.ly/44Roq5o

Delighted our latest paper is now published in Science Translational Medicine. Fantastic collab with Dr Avninder Bhambra and his team. Our studies reveal promising quinazolines selectively target KRS in T. cruzi. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... @dundee.ac.uk

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

New paper led by Joel Odero from the #VectorsGlasgow team in @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk and #IfakaraHealthInstitute ⬇️ Genomic evidence of spatially structured gene flow and divergent insecticide resistance backgrounds of the malaria vector Anopheles funestus in Tanzania academic.oup.com/genetics/art...

🚨 Postdoc alert! Amazing opportunity to work on Toxoplasma with @youngtoxolab.bsky.social in Edinburgh. Check it out!

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...

www.nature.com/articles/s41... Nice to have been involved in this great study from the Horn Lab, driven by @marketanovotna.bsky.social ! Elegant application of CRISPR precision editing and saturation mutagenesis!

New paper alert! Enjoy! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Drs Kyrie Dickson, Jaime Costales, Malgorzata Domagalska, Ferre Veken & Martin Llewellyn discuss #genome (dis)organisation in #Trypanosoma #cruzi: innovation through #instability? #Adaptation #Chagas #Aneuploidy #Trypanosomatids www.cell.com/trends/paras...

Delighted to share our paper on the role of SOX9 in liver #fibrosis and #granuloma formation during #schistosome infection - a really great collaboration over the past few years with the Piper Hanley lab! #ImmunSky 🪱🧪 dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...

📢 Big Announcement: Registration & abstract submission open for EMBO Workshop "Host-Parasite Relationship: From Mechanisms to Control Strategies" organized by ParaFrap @parafrap.bsky.social @embo.org 🗓️ 5-8 Oct 2025 - Les Embiez Island-France 🔚Deadline: 15 Jul 2025 meetings.embo.org/event/25-hos...

Registration and Abstract submission for MPMXXXVI are now open! Abstract submission deadline is June 27th, get yours in quickly. @rmc9z.bsky.social @mjgubbels.bsky.social @omarharb.org 🔗https://www.parasitesrule.com/mpm-xxxvi

New postdoc positions with a number of exciting epidemic modelling projects opening in our Unit at @pasteur.fr in beautiful Paris. Deadline for applications: 26th June. research.pasteur.fr/en/job/postd...

Happy to share our latest paper. Result of a great collaboration between @sheinerlab.bsky.social @oninopantsu.bsky.social and Alexander Mühleip’s new group. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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...

🗓️ Save the date! The 4th SPPIRIT ECR Symposium is happening on 31st October 2025 at the Roslin Institute, Edinburgh. 🧬 Join us for a *spooktacular* day of research, networking, and community building with fellow parasitology ECRs. More details coming soon - for now mark those calendars! 🎃

Huge congratulations to EID member Amy Buck who has been elected as a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh! Full news story ⤵️ edinburgh-infectious-diseases.ed.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

🦟 Exciting news 🦟 @thetoiletduck.bsky.social and Petra Schneider from the @reecelab.bsky.social win prestigious Tam Dalyell prize for Excellence in Engaging the Public with Science for their work in bringing mosquitos to schools! edinburgh-infectious-diseases.ed.ac.uk/researchers-...

Excited about trypanosome antigenic variation? The TrypsClub Journal Club is back on 2nd April to discuss a recent study from the Mugnier lab on T. brucei antigenic diversity in extravascular spaces. A great opportunity to discuss exciting research 📚, share ideas 💡, and connect with your peers! 🤝

Schistosomiasis remains underdiagnosed, undertreated, and underestimated as an NTD. In a new Lancet article Prof. Russell Stothard explores the urgent need for better diagnostics, treatment, and global investment to meet WHO’s 2030 targets. Read his piece on this important topic: lstm.ac/4kCohK7

Huge congratulations to our co-founder, Professor Lilach Sheiner (@sheinerlab.bsky.social), on receiving the C.A. Wright Medal! A well-deserved recognition of her dedication and impact in parasitology. 👏 #Parasitology #Apicomplexan #WomenInSTEM

An amazing opportunity to join a fantastic lab group engaged in exciting scientific research. #apicomplexan #glasgow #scotland

@macleanlab.bsky.social has been a key contributor to SPPRIT, and we're grateful for his dedication. As he embarks on his new journey with his own lab, we wish him all the best for this exciting new chapter!

Seeing more and more parasitologists blueskiing. Just wanted to re-amplify that I have two starter packs of parasitologists that I regularly update with new members. Go and follow your fellow peeps! Also let me know if you cannot find yourself there.

Review in this collection: Unravelling mysteries at the #perivascular space: a new rationale for #cerebral #malaria #pathogenesis, authored by @malaria-sam.bsky.social Tania de Koning-Ward, Georges Grau & Saparna Pai. @lshtm.bsky.social @jcuofficial.bsky.social www.cell.com/trends/paras...

Welcome to the @veupathdb.bsky.social account! Follow us for project announcements and updates, and be part of the vibrant VEuPathDB community.

Our Jan issue highlights @sppirit-network.bsky.social connecting #Scottish #parasitology #ECRs, written by R. Edgar @jackhanna.bsky.social @marketanovotna.bsky.social @martacampillo.bsky.social @mukul1190.bsky.social @shikhas.bsky.social @vfrank.bsky.social & M.Ridgway www.cell.com/trends/paras...

New paper @uofgsii.bsky.social led by @scotomorph.bsky.social @marquescata.bsky.social where we show that T. brucei DNA replication dynamics reflect structural and functional compartmentalisation of the genome, including stability. Well done Marija, and thanks all co-authors! doi.org/10.1038/s414...

Opportunities are popping up in every parasite field! For Toxoplasma, check out @sheinerlab.bsky.social, and for Trypanosoma, head over to @fariatrypslab.bsky.social Interested in malaria? Don’t miss your chance to join @abhinay.bsky.social to learn more about Plasmodium!

Interested in how mitochondria, the energy powerhouse of a cell, play a key role in Toxoplasma infection? Join @SheinerLab for an exciting opportunity! #Toxoplasma #Mitochondria #ResearchOpportunity

Want to help answer the big question in parasitology – the molecular mechanisms behind antigenic variation? Apply for a postdoc opportunity in @JoanaRCF's lab! #Parasitology #Postdoc #AntigenicVariation

📢#Postdoc opportunities: we are looking for two experienced and motivated researcher to join our WT funded projects on the role of the #Toxoplasma #mitochondria during #infection www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...

📢 Join us for a FREE @isctglobal.bsky.social webinar: ‘Early-Stage Professionals: How to Develop Competitive Proposals for Securing Independent Research Funding’. 🌟 Learn grant-writing tips from our own Prof. Dalton! More information & registration here👇 isct.informz.ca/informzdatas...

Do tissue-dwelling trypanosomes sustain transmission populations? A hot off-the-press @cellpress.bsky.social spotlight article by Steve Larcombe, Jane Munday @janemunday.bsky.social and @rmc9z.bsky.social -- www.cell.com/trends/paras...

Are you a parasitologist in Scotland? Are you looking for ways to create a scientific community focused on ECRs in your area? In this TrendsTalk, we explain how we have done it for the Scottish Parasitology Partnership in Research, Innovation and Training (SPPIRIT)! www.cell.com/trends/paras...

Hi everyone! We are SPPIRIT, a Scottish ECR network created by a group of postdocs, research fellows, and PIs motivated to develop and strengthen the parasitology community in Scotland. Follow us for research highlights, training opportunities, Workshops and much more!