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1/ 📣 New paper alert! "First exposure to SARS-CoV-2 shapes IgG subclass switching after mRNA vaccination" Explore the graphical abstract below 👇 🔗And read the full paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s43...

1/2 🟨 Method Spotlight from the Malaria Immunology Lab 🟨 500 analytes, one drop. We use Luminex xMAP every day to measure antibodies against malaria, vaccines like RTS,S and more, from a single drop of plasma, serum or saliva. See how it works in the images 👇

🇳🇱➡️🇪🇸 From the Netherlands to Spain: a laboratory knowledge exchange. Great to welcome Geartsje Bakker (Wageningen University) to our lab for hands-on training and protocol sharing within #WORMVACS. Thanks for the visit! Read more 👇 www.wormvacs.org/news/blog/ne...

🟦 Science Bites 🟦 🦟💉 What is the RTS,S malaria vaccine and why does our lab study it? We have put together our first #ScienceBites, a series where we break down the science behind our research into digestible bites to make it more accessible. Swipe through to learn more! 👉

🪱Are you a researcher interested in parasitic worm infections? 📱The #WORMVACS team has set up a data warehouse that stores clinical trial, experimental, and analysis data from studies concerning #hookworm & #SchistosomaMansoni. Learn how to find the data you need➡️ youtu.be/G7wsNZvpGJI

#PCBCommunity |🎬 Al #CoffeeConnection, vam conversar amb la Ruth Aguilar, staff scientist de @malaria-immuno.bsky.social, per conèixer de prop l’estudi de biomarcadors i de les respostes immunes amb tecnologies que permeten tenir amb volums de mostra molt petits i generar dades d’alta qualitat. ▶️👇

#PCBCommunity |🔬 Investigadores de @malaria-immuno.bsky.social demostra que potenciar els anticossos dirigits a la regió C-terminal de la proteïna del paràsit millora l’eficàcia de la vacuna RTS,S contra la #malària a partir dels resultats d'un assaig clínic Fase 3 a l’Àfrica subsahariana. 🦟🌍

🪱Around the world, people continue to suffer from the effects of #ParasiticWorm infections. 💉Explore the three innovative vaccine production platforms used by #WORMVACS researchers aiming to establish an effective parasitic worm vaccine pipeline➡️ tinyurl.com/ydpenjda #WorldImmunisationWeek

New paper out! 🙌 We investigated the durability and protective role of IgG to CSP C-terminus and NANP-repeat antigens following RTS,S/AS01E vaccination in young African children. Read the full paper here ➡️ doi.org/10.1016/S147... Congratulations to all the people involved! 👏

📣 Open Postdoc Position in Humoral Immunity | Malaria Immunology Group @ISGlobal – Barcelona B-cell biology • monoclonal antibodies • RTS,S vaccine immunology Marie Curie IF or equivalent. PhD in immunology required. 👉 jobs.isglobal.org/jobs/7606758 #Immunology #Malaria #Postdoc #ScienceJobs

📣 Exciting news for the parasitology community! Carlota Dobaño, PI of our group, has been appointed co-Editor in Chief of npj Parasitology, a new open access journal that will publish high-quality research across parasitology. Submissions are now open 👇 www.nature.com/npjparasitol...

New paper out! 🙌 We explored how helminth coinfections affect clinical, parasitological, and immune outcomes in Mozambican children with P. falciparum malaria. Read more here ➡️ rdcu.be/fcJGR Congratulations to all the people involved 👏

Today, on the ✨ International Day of Women and Girls in Science ✨ , we celebrate the little girls behind the scientists we are today. May every girl find representation in today's world and feel that science is a place where she belongs and where her curiosity can grow into discovery.

Today is the World NTD day! 👩🏾‍⚕️ Who are the people looking for new vaccines against #NeglectedTropicalDiseases such as parasitic worm infections? 🏥 Meet the team at CERMEL, one of the #WORMVACS partners➡️ youtu.be/4Ver6pTdWgY @ec.europa.eu #HaDEA #BeatNTDs #schistosomiasis #worldNTDday

We have a new paper out in BMC Medicine on long-term immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 in asymptomatic-to-moderate COVID-19 cases from sub-Saharan Africa. Check the full publication here 👉 link.springer.com/article/10.1... Congratulations to all the people and teams involved! 👏

Today in the lab we had an early Caga Tió surprise 🎁 Before heading off for the Christmas holidays, we celebrated together with a small get-together and shared some delicious panettone. From the Malaria Immunology Lab we wish everyone a restful break and happy holidays! 🎄

This week we are sharing a video where our group leaders, Carlota Dobaño and @moncunill.bsky.social, explain our research on immune responses, vaccines and longterm impact of infections. It was filmed in our new lab space at the Barcelona Science Park, where we moved this September.

1/ This week our research group made an important discovery: scientists look fantastic in Dutch academic togas 🎓✨ Our two PIs went to Leiden to take part in not one, but two PhD thesis defenses! This experience was filled with rich scientific discussions… and a definite Hogwarts-like atmosphere.

1/ Every other Thursday, we host our Malaria Immunology Lab meeting, where one or two group members share updates on their projects. Today, Elisa Fuentes Raventós and Alfons Jiménez Morera presented the latest advances in two research lines.

I encourage you to read this article👇 it offers a great recap of the key discussions and findings from the 3rd Long COVID Conference we attended last week. Thanks to @thesicktimes.org #LongCOVID #LongCOVIDIntl thesicktimes.org/2025/11/25/i...

1/ Last week, @moncunill.bsky.social and Rebeca Santano attended the #LongCOVIDIntl in Boston, where they presented our work on antibody signatures and T-cell phenotypic differences between long COVID and recovered individuals, a work carried out in collaboration with IDIAPJGol.

1/ This week, part of our team attended the CIBER-BBN-INFEC Annual Meeting in Sevilla.

This week our PhD student Silvia Ruiz Rius led our Journal Club session with an excellent presentation on recent findings about Tfh cells and their associations with antibody responses in malaria. 💬 What papers or topics have sparked interesting conversations in your journal clubs lately?

👋 Hi Bluesky! We are the Malaria Immunology Lab at @isglobal.org Our research focuses on understanding immune responses not only to malaria but also to COVID19, long COVID, helminth infections and other infectious diseases 🦟💉🦠🪱 Follow us for updates on our projects, publications and lab life!