The deadline of @embo.org EMBO workshop "Host-Parasite Relationship: From Mechanisms to Control Strategies" Oct. 5-8 (Les Embiez, France), organized by ParaFrap @parafrap.bsky.social, is extended to July 22. Don't miss out — only a few places remaining! meetings.embo.org/event/25-hos...

💼 PostDoc position (2 years) on Trypanosoma brucei | Bordeaux, France | Lab MFP with Dr. Frédéric Bringaud @univbordeaux.bsky.social @cnrsaquitaine.bsky.social 🔬 Glycerol and differentiation in Trypanosoma brucei 🗓️ Deadline: September 15. Start: by November 2025 labex-parafrap.fr/fr/emplois/4...

📣 Next ParaFrap Webinar: Elisabeth Davioud-Charvet @unistra.fr @cnrs-alsace.bsky.social : "Design of improved plasmodione analogs, chemical tools, and prodrugs to generate oral antimalarial drug candidates for total cure" 🗓️ June 12, 3pm CEST 🎟️ bit.ly/ParaFrapWeb

Reminder : Today, ParaFrap webinar at 15:00 CEST. @parafrap.bsky.social #leishmania #parasite

📢 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...

📣 Next ParaFrap Webinar: Paul JENKINS (Team Gerald Spaeth) @pasteur.fr: "Determinants for visceral leishmaniasis progression: lessons from hamster and mouse models" @parafrap.bsky.social Chairperson: Maryse Lebrun @lebrunlab.bsky.social 🗓️ May 15, 3pm CEST 🎟️ bit.ly/ParaFrapWeb

An ISWI-related chromatin remodeller regulates stage-specific gene expression in #Toxoplasma gondii. By Belen Pachano (ParaFrap PhD student) et al., team @hakimi.bsky.social. In @natmicrobiol.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A humorous reflection on the first article from my stellar PhD student, Belen Pachano. communities.springernature.com/posts/open-s...

Live from Tübingen: the one and only Artur Scherf illuminating #Plasmodium var gene expression using his flower model of the infected red cell.

📣 Next ParaFrap Webinar: Catherine Lavazec @lavazeclab.bsky.social: "Deciphering the interactions between malaria parasites and erythroblasts" @parafrap.bsky.social @inserm.fr @institutcochin.bsky.social Chairperson: Artur Scherf 🗓️ April 10, 3pm CEST 🎟️ bit.ly/ParaFrapWeb

💼 Associate Professor / Toxoplasma / Bordeaux-France 🎓 Teaching: animal biology, metazoan diversity & phylogeny (Bachelor 1,2,3) 🔬 Research: Apicomplexa parasites, focusing on Toxoplasma gondii. @ MFP Lab (UMR5234) @univbordeaux.bsky.social . 🗓️ Deadline: April 4 labex-parafrap.fr/en/job-offer...

📣Next ParaFrap Webinar: Mauld LAMARQUE (Team Maryse Lebrun) @umontpellier.bsky.social : "Pleiotropic role of the malaria parasite PP1 phosphatase during P. falciparum life cycle" @parafrap.bsky.social Chairperson: Maryse Lebrun @lebrunlab.bsky.social 🗓️ March 13, 3pm CET 🎟️ bit.ly/ParaFrapWeb

New study in @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social : "A novel #Leishmania infantum reference strain for gene editing and the study of visceral leishmaniasis". By Rokhaya Thiam, ParaFrap PhD student (Team Yvon Sterkers) #parasite #science

Dendritic cell phagosomes recruit GRASP55 for export of antigen-loaded MHC molecules: @Cell Reports @cellpress.bsky.social . ParaFrap team involved in this study: Nicolas Blanchard (Infinity Lab, Toulouse) #toxoplasma www.cell.com/cell-reports...

📅 Save the Date! The EMBO Workshop "Host-Parasite Relationship: From Mechanisms to Control Strategies" organized by @ParaFrap will take place on October 5-8, 2025, at Les Embiez Island. Stay updated on registration opening —enter your email here: coming-soon.embo.org/w25-83 #Science #Parasite

📣Today-ParaFrap Webinar: Gretchen DIFFENDALL (Team A.Scherf @pasteur.fr): Metabolomics Identifies a Natural Host Cytoadhesion Inhibitor in Asymptomatic #Malaria Cases @parafrap.bsky.social Chairperson: A. CLAESSENS @ant1-claessens.bsky.social 🗓️ February 13, 3pm CET 🎟️ bit.ly/ParaFrapWeb

📣 ParaFrap Webinar: Gretchen DIFFENDALL (Team A.Scherf @pasteur.fr): Metabolomics Identifies a Natural Host Cytoadhesion Inhibitor in Asymptomatic #Malaria Cases @parafrap.bsky.social Chairperson: Antoine CLAESSENS @ant1-claessens.bsky.social 🗓️ Thursday, February 13, 3pm CET 🎟️ bit.ly/ParaFrapWeb

Constitutive expression of Cas9 and rapamycin-inducible Cre recombinase facilitates conditional genome editing in #Plasmodium berghei. In Scientific Reports @SciReports ParaFrap Team: Olivier Silvie rdcu.be/d9iFF

Development of tolerance to bedaquiline by overexpression of trypanosomal acetate: succinate CoA transferase in #Mycobacterium smegmatis. In Communications Biology @commsbio.bsky.social . ParaFrap team involved in this study: Frédéric Bringaud. www.nature.com/articles/s42...

Parasite of the month in Trends in Parasitology: #Trypanosoma equiperdum. By Perrine Hervé, Frédéric Bringaud and Loïc Rivière (ParaFrap Team) @cp-trendsparasitol.bsky.social

Ectopic overexpression of Plasmodium falciparum DNA-/RNA-binding Alba proteins misregulates virulence gene homeostasis during asexual blood development | Microbiology Spectrum | Parafrap team involved in this study: Artur Scherf. journals.asm.org/doi/full/10....

Tubulin detyrosination shapes #Leishmania cytoskeletal architecture and virulence | @pnas.org | ParaFrap Team: Yvon Sterkers/Maude F. Lévêque www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...

The #Toxoplasma rhoptry protein ROP55 is a major virulence factor that prevents lytic host cell death @naturecomms.bsky.social ParaFrap Team: @lebrunlab.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#PLOSPathogens: The #malaria parasite PP1 phosphatase controls the initiation of the egress pathway of asexual blood-stages by regulating the rounding-up of the vacuole dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour... @plos.org ParaFrap Teams: @lebrunlab.bsky.social @lavazeclab.bsky.social

#PLOSPathogens: Casein Kinases 2-dependent phosphorylation of the placental ligand VAR2CSA regulates Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes cytoadhesion. (ParaFrap Team: Benoit Gamain) dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour... @plos.org

New findings revealing links between infection, oncogenesis, and chromatin reconfiguration in virulence attenuation in #Theileria annulata @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social @biorxiv-microbiol.bsky.social (ParaFrap Team: Gordon Langsley)

Epigenetic landscape of the H3K27me3 mark in macrophages transformed by Theileria annulata https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.06.631474v1

📣 ParaFrap Webinar: Gretchen DIFFENDALL (Team A.Scherf @pasteur.fr): Metabolomics Identifies a Natural Host Cytoadhesion Inhibitor in Asymptomatic #Malaria Cases @parafrap.bsky.social Chairperson: Antoine CLAESSENS @ant1-claessens.bsky.social 🗓️ Thursday, February 13, 3pm CET 🎟️ bit.ly/ParaFrapWeb

Don't miss any news from LabEx ParaFrap partners: with our starter pack, find their feeds on Bluesky. @parafrap.bsky.social #science #parasite #research go.bsky.app/BLNHwgS

Delighted to share our study on a major Toxoplasma virulence factor that prevents lytic host cell death. Many thanks to @parafrap.bsky.social for support, constructive reviews and all labs involved: Melissa Lodoen, Hiba El Hajj, @gissotlab.bsky.social, Karine Le Roch Link : rdcu.be/d6m3G

The ParaFrap network wishes you a Happy New Year! May 2025 bring groundbreaking discoveries, fruitful collaborations, and inspiring #science. Great news: LabEx ParaFrap is extended until December 31, 2027! Follow us for updates, insights, and job opportunities in #parasitology !

💼 Two funded PostDoc positions (3 years) on Trypanosoma brucei and its interactions with blood vessels | Lisbon, Portugal | Labs: @luisamfigueiredo.bsky.social #GIMM and Cláudio Franco #BCR 🔬 #Parasite - vasculature interactions 🗓️ Start: by June 2025 🔗 Details: labex-parafrap.fr/en/job-offers

I strongly recommend following this excellent network of parasitologists in France. They organize wonderful workshops at Les Embiez and train excellent students.

Have you finished your #PhD and are interested in exploring how #parasites cross the vasculature to colonize tissues? Do you fancy catching some #waves in the Atlantic? Or eating grilled fish by the beach? Join us in #Lisbon at GIMM, where science meets quality of life. @parasitesrule.bsky.social

We are pleased to announce the ParaFrap Webinar program for 2025. Join us labex-parafrap.fr/en/conferenc... The ParaFrap network wishes you a happy holiday season.

We are pleased to announce the ParaFrap Webinar program for 2025. Join us labex-parafrap.fr/en/conferenc... The ParaFrap network wishes you a happy holiday season.

As a pre-Christmas gift, here's the program for the 2025 @ParaFrap webinars, for another year of #scientific advances in #parasitology

ParaFrap is now on Bluesky social network ! Follow us for news about ParaFrap and the parasitology community, job offers, meeting announcements... bsky.app/profile/parafr…

📣 Today, ParaFrap Webinar: Cyrille BOTTE ‘Fatty acid activation as central mediators for parasite lipid fluxes’ @parafrap.bsky.social @apicolipid.bsky.social @cnrsbiologie.bsky.social Chairperson: Artur SCHERF @pasteur.fr 🗓️ Thursday, December 12, 3pm CET 🎟️ bit.ly/ParaFrapWeb

📣Today, ParaFrap Webinar: Cyrille BOTTE ‘Fatty acid activation as central mediators for parasite lipid fluxes’ @ParaFrap @ApicoLipid @CNRSbiologie Chairperson: Artur SCHERF @institutpasteur 🗓️Thursday, December 12, 3pm CET 🎟️ bit.ly/ParaFrapWeb

Exciting news! 🇫🇷 network ParaFrap is now on Bluesky! Calling all parasitologists (and beyond) to join us at 👉 @parafrap.bsky.social Let’s connect and share! 🦠 #Parasitology

Welcome to the Bluesky page of the LabEx ParaFrap, the French network bringing together 25 parasitology groups. Here you'll find news about ParaFrap and the parasitology community, job offers, meeting announcements... Follow us!

📢Next @ParaFrap Webinar: Cyrille BOTTÉ @IAB_Officiel @ApicoLipid Chairperson: Artur Scherf 🗓️Thursday, December 12, 3pm CET 🔗 bit.ly/ParaFrapWeb

Save The Date : The Next EMBO Workshop « Host-parasite relationship: from mechanisms to control strategies », organized by @ParaFrap, will be held October 5-8, 2025 @EMBOevents #Science #Parasite #France

🔊Tomorrow, @ParaFrap Webinar: Frédéric BRINGAUD ‘What’s the advantage of sequestrating glycolysis/gluconeogenesis in peroxisomes ?’ @BringaudF @CNRSAquitaine @univbordeaux Chairperson: Maryse Lebrun @Lebrun43782700 📷 Thursday, November 21, 3pm CET 🎟️ bit.ly/ParaFrapWeb

🎓A 2 years funded post-doc position is available in the Trypanosome Cell Biology Unit at @institutpasteur Paris🔬 Project TrypaDiff - Glycerol, a new key player in the #trypanosome parasite cycle 🗓️Starting Mar. 1, 25 - Application before Nov. 30, 24 research.pasteur.fr/en/team/group-…

🔊Today, @ParaFrap Webinar: Anne SILVESTRE "Host cell signaling modifications by rhoptry kinases from Eimeria tenella" @INRAE_France @FabriceLaurent0 Chairman : @HAKIMIMohamedA1 📷 Thursday, July 11, 3pm CEST 🎟️ bit.ly/ParaFrapWeb

Reminder: Tomorrow, @ParaFrap Webinar x.com/ParaFrap/statu…

🔊Next @ParaFrap Webinar: Anne SILVESTRE "Host cell signaling modifications by rhoptry kinases from Eimeria tenella" @INRAE_France @FabriceLaurent0 🗓️Thursday, July 11, 3pm CEST 🎟️ bit.ly/ParaFrapWeb

💼 Computational postdoc researcher position in #malaria and erythropoiesis, @ird_fr Montpellier-France @MIVEGEC with Arthur Talman @amtalman 🔬 Understand the impact of malaria on erythropoiesis 🗓️ Deadline to apply: 15/08/2024 | Start date: 1/10/2024 labex-parafrap.fr/en/job-offers/…