We are pleased to share a pre-print of collaborative work @scotomorph.bsky.social @janemunday.bsky.social @keithrmatthews.bsky.social @goldrieve.bsky.social describing the genome of Trypanosoma congolense and the organisation of VSG genes for immune evasion www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

MPM 2026 will run from September 13-17 in Woods Hole, and applications are invited for LMIC travel awards. Have a go!

🌍 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 🔗 www.parasitesrule.com/mpm-xxxvii/t...

I am trilled to share my latest publication where we contribute to the knowledge of how ATR kinase, a DNA damage response factor, modulates DNA replication timing during stress in Leishmania major. Huge thanks to @rmc9z.bsky.social, @LuizTosi and the collaborators for the support and guidance!

Coming up: Postdoctoral fellowship mini-workshop as a part of the SPPIRIT Forum series. EMBO, Marie Curie, and Wellcome Early Career fellows will share their advice on fellowship applications. Join us at 12 noon on Thursday 14th November! Register at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

We have a PhD position in population genomics of sheep scab mites available from October 2026. The project will investigate Psoroptes populations in the context of eradication programs on Scottish island groups and spreading drug resistance. www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...

I'm also co-supervising a few other projects: #1: an inter-disciplinary project on chemical biology of Base-J in kinetoplastids, led by Glenn Burley @Strathclyde. We aim to develop some new chemical approaches and apply them to study kinetoplastid genetics. www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...

#2 - a project taking a comparative approach to DNA replication and plasticity/mutation in kinetoplastids, expanding work form the 'model' parasites to other kinetoplastid lineages, with Richard McCulloch and Sarah Allinson in Lancaster: www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...

Our lab has two funded PhDs to start in 2026 via the NorthWestBio programme Project details here www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate... ...and here www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate... Application deadline is Nov 21st 2025; apply here: www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...

🔬Fascinated by the unique mitochondrial biology that keeps deadly parasites alive? 🥼We have a fully funded NorthWestBio PhD just for you‼️ 🌎 @blslancasteruni.bsky.social 📍Co-supervisor Kostas Tokatlidis @uofglasgow.bsky.social ⏰Deadline 21st Nov 📮Info and to apply👇 www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...

Happy to share our latest preprint, where we present a novel high-throughput #single-cell DNA method that resolves genomic heterogeneity in #Leishmania, from #aneuploidy, #CNVs to #drug-resistance mutations. 🧵... Link here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

📆 | Save the Date! The @bspparasitology.bsky.social Spring Meeting 2026 is coming to @uofglasgow.bsky.social. Running from 7-9 April, there will be 15 sessions, 5 workshops, a ceilidh, a dinner - and a welcome reception at Glasgow City Chambers. 🔗 More info soon at bsp.uk.net/Events

@scotomorph.bsky.social @uofgsii.bsky.social presenting new insights into Trypanosoma congolense at #Eukaryotes25 @microbiologysociety.org

@marquescata.bsky.social @uofgsii.bsky.social presenting new findings on stable polyploid Trypanosoma brucei at @microbiologysociety.org #Eukaryotes25

Reminder that we are recruiting an Assistant Professor Bacterial Genomics @imibirmingham.bsky.social. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOO184/a... Deadline 24 Sept.

Did you submit an abstract to #mpm2025? Notifications went out this week. Check you spam folders if you don't see an email in your inbox. @rmc9z.bsky.social @mjgubbels.bsky.social @omarharb.org

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...

@gabriel93dasilva.bsky.social @marquescata.bsky.social @scotomorph.bsky.social @rmc9z.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social Big thanks to Mike Boemo

Pleased 2 share our new article: single-molecule replication mapping in Leishmania using DNAscent. We show widespread stochastic origin firing and insights into genome variability. www.cell.com/cell-reports...

The anticipation is over, the MPM registration and abstract submission is open!!

We hope to see you at MPM in Woods Hole this year (again, or for the first time): registration and abstract submission is now open!

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

The Gulbenkian Institute of Molecular Medicine (GIMM) is one of the best research institutes in Portugal. It's currently recruiting for three Group Leaders (junior or senior) across different areas, including systems biology and bioinformatics. gimm.pt/jobs/open-ca...

Abstract submission is open for the @microbiologysociety.org Early Career Summer Conference in Newcastle (23rd and 24th June). This is always a fantastic event, with a mix of talks, posters and professional development sessions. Abstract deadline 4th May. microbiologysociety.org/event/societ...

GRiP-ing Crypto talk tomorrow from Mattie Pawlowic from the University of Dundee. Join us! 2 pm (GMT) | 3 pm (CET) | 9 am (EDT) Link- uofglasgow.zoom.us/j/8172068584... Passcode: 038661

3rd edition of the fantastic UK DNA replication meeting is happening next September in Edinburgh. Don't miss out 🧬🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 www.biochemistry.org/events-and-t...

🏅 | @uofgsii.bsky.social's Professor Lilach Sheiner (@sheinerlab.bsky.social) was recently awarded the prestigious C.A. Wright Medal by the @bspparasitology.bsky.social for outstanding contributions to the discipline. Congratulations, Professor Sheiner! 🔗 Full story: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infe...

Funded PhD project with myself, Prof. Paul Denny at Durham University and Dr Kalesh Karunakaran at Teeside University now open for applications! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

"It's about time" for another GRiPing talk this Friday! We are delighted to have Sarah Reece @reecelab.bsky.social from @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social Link: uofglasgow.zoom.us/j/8825975465... Passcode: 186275

Slava Ukraini

Exciting brainstorming meeting to discuss #emergingchallenges in #Parasitology 💭🎓 Always a fertile & inspirational discussion with @wellcometrust.bsky.social folks in the room 🤩

Here is the table of splice leader sequences I created. Use it freely and if some are missing and you want the info on it, let me know in PM, I'll add it with the ref and the name of the contributor #scienceforall #openscience doi.org/10.6084/m9.f...

🚨 36th MPM dates and travel grants announced! 🚨 - 𝟏𝟒-𝟏𝟖𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 - Deadline of the 𝟑𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 for awards to students & postdocs wishing to attend from LMICs. Details at tinyurl.com/4t9fhj2j - All info on the website at parasitesrule.com/mpm-xxxvi

Please enjoy a new paper led by @jezieldamasceno.bsky.social that reveals how R-loops and their homeostatsis through RNase H1 modulate Leishmania DNA replication timing @uofgsii.bsky.social @marquescata.bsky.social @scotomorph.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Fancy a sneak peek into Leishmania’s unusual DNA replication programming? At the McCulloch’s group we used D-Nascent to map origins & forks at the single-molecule level, revealing novel, abundant replication initiation events across its plastic genome. See links below👇

Excited to share our latest work on R-loops and RNAse H1, exploring their roles in genome replication timing and stability. It’s now published! www.nature.com/articles/s41... @rmc9z.bsky.social @marquescata.bsky.social @scotomorph.bsky.social

Excited to be able to share our new paper 'Iron Mediated Post-Transcriptional Regulation in Toxoplasma gondii'! Thanks to all involved including the awesome @clarehardinglab.bsky.social and @danaaghabi.bsky.social! journals.plos.org/plospathogen.... Read on for quick-read digest of our new work...

Our newest paper! Please see a beautiful (and gif-filled!) explained from @sloanmegan.bsky.social below

Applications for LMIC awards to attend the 2025 MPMXXXVI meeting are now open - details, deadlines and application information below. Please share with anyone interested.

Do you work on parasites and reside in an LMIC? Consider applying for a 2025 MPM LMIC award. The deadline is March 3rd, 2025—details on the website. www.parasitesrule.com/mpm-xxxvi/tr...

“Penn Vet Announces Third Annual Symposium on Zoonotic Disease Research” | Register for the Peter Hotez’s lecture moderated by me on March 19 #ScienceUnderSiege www.vet.upenn.edu/about/news-r...

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.

In our January issue: Do tissue-dwelling #trypanosomes sustain #transmission populations? authored by Stephen Larcombe @janemunday.bsky.social & @rmc9z.bsky.social highlighting Monica Mugnier & colleagues’ @nature.com article. #Antigenic #Variation #VSG #Differentiation www.cell.com/trends/paras...

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

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!

GRiP-ing seminars, 2025 edition starts next Friday, live from Glasgow! Our first speaker is Emma Wilson @toxobrains.bsky.social from @ucriverside.bsky.social. Come, join us! Please RT. DM to get mail alerts about these excellent talks. Link: uofglasgow.zoom.us/j/8894673417... Passcode: 410932

🥁🥁 Job alertttt!! Interested in weird biology of malaria parasites? Inducible genetic screens? Single-cell RNAseq? Come postdoc with us - www.parafugelab.com ! International applicants or applicants just finishing up their PhD, both welcome!! www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...

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...

Are you interested in #trypanosomes #biomolecularcondensates and/or #geneexpression? We are looking for a highly motivated postdoc to work with with us in the beautiful city of York! Please share! jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/post...