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Not all discoveries begin in the field. Featured image: Genitocotyle necromnemos n. sp., a newly described fish parasite revealed through the study of museum specimens & new collections from Algeria. 📸 Fatima Zahra Zedam 📄
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“A Tale Preserved in a Museum”: The Long-Awaited Discovery of Genitocotyle necromnemos n. sp. (Trematoda: Opecoelidae) from the Cardinal Fish Apogon imberbis (Linnaeus) in the Western Mediterranean - Acta Parasitologica
Purpose Opecoelids, a diverse group of digenean trematodes, pose a taxonomic challenge due to morphological similarities. The genus Genitocotyle is little studied with only five recognized species. Recent phylogenetic advancements have refined Opecoelidae classification, recognizing 15 subfamilies, including opecoelins, distinguished by the absence of a cirrus sac and a canalicular seminal receptacle. Within this subfamily, the genus Genitocotyle remains understudied, with only five recognized species. The aim of this study is to describe a new species and to clarify a long-standing taxonomic ambiguity. Methods Two historical specimens of Genitocotyle from Apogon imberbis off Madeira, preserved in the Natural History Museum, London, were examined alongside newly collected specimens from Algerian waters. Comparative morphological analyses, including illustrations and morphometric measurements, were conducted. Results Genitocotyle necromnemos n. sp. is described, differing from its congeners by its larger body size, the more numerous eggs, the extended post-testicular region, the seminal vesicle restricted to the forebody, the extension of the vitellarium and the shape of the ovary. This new species designation clarifies the identity of some museum specimens, undescribed since their collection in 1951. Conclusion This study highlights the importance of museum collections for the clarification of taxonomic uncertainties and the expansion of knowledge about the biodiversity of trematodes. The result contribute the systematics of opecoelines and emphasise the ecological and biogeographical importance of Genitocotyle spp. in marine fish hosts.
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Registration & abstract submission are open for the 37th Molecular Parasitology Meeting (MPM XXXVII) 🧫 @MJGubbels @Deepali_Ravel @omartheharb Sept 13–17, 2026 | Woods Hole, MA + virtual Abstract deadline: June 19
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Registration and abstract submission are now open for the 2026 Kinetoplastid Molecular Cell Biology Meeting (KMCB).
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🗓 September 8–12, 2026 ⏰Abstract deadline June 22 Submit your abstract and register at
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#KMCB
#Parasitology
#Kinetoplastids
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Some excellent free webinars coming up - check them out here:
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Parasitology Seminars
Use the "Submit a Seminar" link below to include your free virtual seminar/webinar, journal club, etc.
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📣 Quick reminder: Our webinar THIS WED, May 13, 2 pm UTC will demonstrate how to upload ✨your own✨ gene lists, phenotype data, etc. privately to VEuPathDB platforms and query it alongside our vast, curated resources. Register now for the zoom link:
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Looking for new ways to explore and analyze your own data? Our webinar on Wed, May 13, 2 pm UTC will demonstrate how to upload YOUR OWN gene lists, phenotype data, etc. privately to VEuPathDB sites and query it alongside our vast, curated resources. Register now!
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Jon Boyle
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Our work just came out today in print form in Nat Micro. Really a tour de force from Hisham Alrubaye on sexual development in Toxoplasma gondii. Well done!
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A single-cell atlas of Toxoplasma sexual development in the feline intestinal tract
Nature Microbiology - Single-cell RNA sequencing is used to study the sexual development of Toxoplasma gondii in cats, generating a transcriptional atlas and showing that the female-specific gene...
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Maryse Lebrun
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Honored and proud to be elected EAM member. Huge thanks to mentors, my amazing team (past&present), the great parasitology community
@parasitesrule.org
@parafrap.bsky.social
for support throughout this journey
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Parasitology is as beautiful as it is complex! 🔬🧬 Share your striking scientific images with the global community. Submit your microscopy, field shots, structure or lab art to the ParasitesRule gallery: 📸 Submit:
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🌍 Attention LMIC parasitology trainees! Apply for the 2026
#ACMCIP
Travel Award to attend @ASTMH in National Harbor, MD 💰 Up to $2,000 for travel & registration. 🔬 Open to L/LMIC students & early post-docs. 📅 Award Deadline: April 6. Apply here:
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Paul Sigala
3 months ago
Thrilled to share a new collaborative preprint, joint with Sean Prigge
@johnshopkinssph.bsky.social
, on the apicoplast ACP in
#malaria
parasites.
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Paul Sigala
3 months ago
Happy to announce a new review article by MD/PhD student Kade Loveridge on iron metabolism in
#malaria
#parasites
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Fifty shades of iron: Unorthodox mechanisms of iron acquisition and utilization in blood-stage Plasmodium parasites
Plasmodium falciparum parasites cause severe human malaria and depend on iron for essential metabolic processes during all phases of their complicated lifecycle, including when growing in human red bl...
https://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1014030#references
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🔬 Featured Image Trypanosoma cruzi amastigotes (red) infecting a cardiomyocyte (cyan) in a mouse heart, with CD4 (green) and CD8 (magenta) T cells revealing the immune response. 📸 Fernando Sanchez-Valdez, @CTEGD, University of Georgia
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🚨🚨🚨Game changer for babesia research from the Mamoun lab: Continuous In Vitro Propagation of the Human Pathogen Babesia microti in Human Erythrocytes
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🌍 Calling parasitologists from LMICs! Apply for the MPM XXXVII LMIC Travel Award to attend the Molecular Parasitology Meeting in Woods Hole, MA (September 13–17, 2026). Awards include full registration, travel, and accommodation. 🗓️ Deadline: March 1, 2026 🔗
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https://www.parasitesrule.com/mpm-xxxvii/travelaward2026
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🔬 February image is live! Trypanosoma cruzi trypomastigote inside a host cell, captured using ultrastructure expansion microscopy. 📸 Ramiro Tomasina Institut Pasteur de Montevideo Share your parasite images at parasitesrule! 🔗https://www.parasitesrule.com/
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The deadline to apply to BoP is coming up quickly. Make sure to get your application in by February 5, 2026.
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Victor Tobiasson
5 months ago
FYI were starting weird structure/evolution/biology stuff at Glasgow University! If you're interested let me know! Tell your friends! CRYO
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GadelhaLab
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If you assume GPI insertion signals = surface destination, trypanosomes disagree. Tom’s work shows GPI-anchored protein sorting occurs independently of GPI insertion signals, hinting at alternative sorting logic at the parasite surface.
tinyurl.com/gpi-anchor
#MembraneBiology
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Sorting of GPI-anchored proteins at the trypanosome surface is independent of GPI insertion signals
The segregation of glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored proteins (GPI-APs) to distinct domains on the plasma membrane of eukaryotic cells is importan…
https://tinyurl.com/gpi-anchor
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🔬 Our first community-contributed image is here! Stunning SEMs of two Trichomonas vaginalis parasites connected by cytonemes. Want to share your parasite images? Visit
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to contribute! 📸 Salas et al., eLife 2023 doi:10.7554/eLife.86067 @eLife
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🦠 Calling all parasitologists! New feature:
parasitesrule.com
showcase YOUR research images on our homepage. Whether it's a beautiful microscopy shot, field work, or lab research - share it with fellow parasitology enthusiasts! Submit here:
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Genetic characterization and identification of a recent discovered genotype of Theileria orientalis (Piroplasmida: Theileriidae) in water buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis) from the Amazon region, Brazil Ticks&TBD
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Genetic characterization and identification of a recent discovered genotype of Theileria orientalis (Piroplasmida: Theileriidae) in water buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis) from the Amazon region, Brazil
Publication date: January 2026 Source: #ticks and #tick-borne Diseases, Volume 17, Issue 1 Author(s): João Paulo S. Alves, Pedro H.C. Rodrigues, Anisleidy P. Castillo, Antônio A. Fonseca Junior, Cairo H.S. de Oliveira, Rômulo C. Leite, José D. Barbosa, Júlia A.G. Silveira
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U. Nomi
6 months ago
#Parasitologists
! Partake in this free
#training
offered by and for
#VEuPathDB
- an invaluable platform for -omics data and analytical tools centered around some of the most neglected fields of science!
#parasitology
#mycology
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#pathogen
#vector
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🦠 Grad students & postdocs in parasitology: Apply now for the Biology of Parasitism (BoP): Modern Approaches course at @MBLScience. Hands-on labs, expert lectures, and cutting-edge tools. 📅 Summer 2026 | ⏰ Deadline Feb 5 🔗
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Anthony Olszewski
6 months ago
"This interview with Dr. Emma H. Wilson details recent findings on how the chronic parasitic infection Toxoplasma gondii (*Toxo*) disrupts neurotransmission in the rodent brain. The study demonstrates ..."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6DP...
#Toxoplasma
#Toxoplasmosis
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Professor Emma H Wilson discusses Toxoplasma gondii.
YouTube video by Anthony Olszewski
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University of Glasgow School of Infection & Immunity
6 months ago
🎥 | WATCH | Dr Thomas Hollin (
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Paul Sigala
8 months ago
Thrilled our study on heme crystal motion in
#malaria
@parasitesrule.org
is now published
@pnas.org
, support from NIH,
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, UofU 3i. With Fu and Bidone labs
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Chemical propulsion of hemozoin crystal motion in malaria parasites | PNAS
Malaria parasites infect red blood cells where they digest host hemoglobin and release free heme inside a lysosome-like organelle called the food v...
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2513845122
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Missed another parasitology webinar? 😩 I built a page to fix that — a community list of free online seminars anyone can add to! 🧫 Find and share virtual parasitology events here:
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Keith Matthews
8 months ago
We have a 3+ year post doc available in our lab to study trypanosome transmission and virulence. Combined wet lab and bioinformatics expertise preferred. Please apply via the HR link (
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The Matthews Lab
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The parasitesrule site has an archive of abstract books from the Molecular Parasitology Meeting (MPM) & the Kinetoplastid Molecular Cell Biology Meeting (KMCB). The book from the first MPM (1990) is also there! 🔗
parasitesrule.com/archive
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Did you know that you can submit and view parasitology related jobs on the
#parasitesrule
site? Check out the new interface: 🔗https://www.parasitesrule.com/jobs
8 months ago
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Interested in Parasitology conferences in 2026? Look no further, check out the list of upcoming conferences on the parasitesrule website:
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U. Nomi
9 months ago
Why do we care? Because very little information is available for proteins found in
#parasites
, despite parasites causing a third of the total global burden of human
#disease
(!!!)
#MPM2025
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www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Exploiting structural biology in the fight against parasitic diseases
Despite spectacular advances in structural biology over the past half-century, only approximately 2% of the structures in the Protein Data Bank are fr…
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1471492212000153
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You can explore the full scRNAseq data on the same gene page:
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9 months ago
The
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user comments campaign at
#MPM2025
yielded 200 user comments from 66 attendees! Thanks, contributors 💐 For example: a comment on gene cgd5_3570 on CryptoDB pointed out that GGC proteins exhibit male-specific expression according to single-cell RNA seq. Good to know!
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Recordings of the last 5 Keynote talks at the Molecular Parasitology Meeting MPM are available on the parasitesrule Youtube channel - check them out - ❤️ like and subscribe:
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U. Nomi
9 months ago
How? By inhibiting the uptake of metabolically essential amino acids and disrupting the parasite's lifecycle. You can learn more about some of their work here:
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
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#MPMXXXVI
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Computational approaches for drug discovery against trypanosomatid-caused diseases
During three decades, only about 20 new drugs have been developed for malaria, tuberculosis and all neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). This critical situation was reached because NTDs represent only ...
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10317681/
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U. Nomi
9 months ago
Highlights from
#MPMXXXVI
: Work by Melisa Sayé et al. explores repurposing benztropine - a Parkinson's disease drug - against infection by Trypanosome cruzi, a
#parasite
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Learn more about some of their work here:
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
(Although ginger extract is used in this paper^. If anyone can point me towards publications of their studies using thyme extract please do!)
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Efficacy of green synthesized silver nanoparticles via ginger rhizome extract against Leishmania major in vitro
Leishmaniasis is a major public health problem that causes by parasite of the genus Leishmania. The pentavalent antimonial compounds that used for treatment are not safe or effective enough. The aim o...
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8372886/
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U. Nomi
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Highlights from
#MPMXXXVI
: Work by Atena Hesami et al. shows the efficacy of thyme extract incorporated into silver
#nanoparticles
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U. Nomi
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Highlights from
#MPMXXXVI
:
#Ticks
! (woot!) Work by Isaac A. Hinne et al. identified stage-specific gene expression profiles in developing
#tick
embryos (Ixodes scapularis). Targeting embryonic development in ticks offers a unique point of
#vector
control.
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#MPM2025
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U. Nomi
9 months ago
Hey,
#MPMXXXVI
attendees! Just a reminder today is the last day to vote for your favourite talks and posters from this year's meeting. I've highlighted a few in my posts below!
@parasitesrule.org
#MPM2025
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Henrico Langeveld
9 months ago
Honoured & grateful to have received an MPM Travel Grant and have the opportunity to present my PhD research at my first MPM 🇺🇸 Amazing science, inspiring discussions & a fantastic community of parasitologists – what a milestone in my journey.
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Rohit Satyam
9 months ago
Join me on 16 Sept 8-9 AM (Boston time Zone i.e. 3 PM KSA) as I present my R package on how to access VEuPathDB component databases and several other database virtually in MPM XXXVI conference.
rohit-satyam.github.io/plasmoRUtils...
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#pathogen
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Did you submit an abstract to
#mpm2025
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🚀Big News! We’re now offering AI-powered summaries of expression data on gene pages in
@veupathdb.org
See expression patterns and get insights with a single click! 🧬🔎 Go to your favorite gene pages and look for “AI Expression Summary” under Transcriptomics.
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Geoff McFadden
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We are developing a simple, very cheap, low tech way to reduce malaria transmission. Instead of giving the antimalarials to people, we give them to the mosquitoes that spread the parasite. How do we drug a mosquito? Read on.
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Identifying antimalarials that disrupt malaria parasite transmission when fed to the mosquito
A decade-long decline in malaria cases has plateaued, primarily due to parasite drug resistance and mosquito resistance to insecticides used in bed ne…
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0020751925000967?CMX_ID=&SIS_ID=&dgcid=STMJ_220042_AUTH_SERV_PA&utm_acid=96694420&utm_campaign=STMJ_220042_AUTH_SERV_PA&utm_in=DM572707&utm_medium=email&utm_source=AC_#f0025
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Three Hungry Tryps: the efficient endocytic pathway of pathogenic trypanosomatids Trends_Parasitol
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Three Hungry Tryps: the efficient endocytic pathway of pathogenic trypanosomatids
Eukaryotic cells incorporate various molecules through a process known as endocytosis, which is crucial for the cell's survival and reproduction. While this process has been extensively studied in mammalian and yeast cells, significant contributions have also been made by researchers studying pathogenic protists. This review aims to present the most relevant information about the endocytic process in three important trypanosomatids: Trypanosoma cruzi, Trypanosoma brucei, and Leishmania. Many protozoa exhibit strong endocytic activity across their entire surface. However, in trypanosomatids, this activity is highly polarized and occurs exclusively in the flagellar pocket. In the case of T. cruzi, endocytosis primarily takes place through the cytostome–cytopharynx complex. This process involves an entry site organization of the cytoskeleton, including the participation of specialized microtubules.
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Registration and Abstract submission for MPMXXXVI are now open! Abstract submission deadline is June 27th, get yours in quickly.
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Make open access to tools and data part of your annual giving by making a tax deductible donation to
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