Perkinsus marinus is an important marine pathogen yet we know little about its biology. @macleanlab.bsky.social reports here complexome work of whole parasite and mitochondria mapping the essential mitochondrial enzymes and kickstarting future functional studies. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Had a great time interviewing Dr. Lilach Sheiner (@sheinerlab.bsky.social) for the latest edition of ISOP’s Protistology Newsletter. Check it out here! #ProtistsOnSky #Toxoplasma #Science

Excited to release the Herculean efforts of @scottchisholm.bsky.social &Co. defining the subcellular #hyperLOPIT spatial proteome of #Plasmodium schizonts. Proteomes defining 24 subcellular niches, including exported compartments in the blood cell, are identified. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

🎓 Funded #PhD studentships in pathogen biology and parasitology *Cell and Molecular Biology*; *Host-pathogen interactions* Part of the EastBio Doctoral Landscape Award Based in the Edinburgh area of Scotland PhD 1: bit.ly/Host-pathoge... PhD 2: bit.ly/Parasite-sca... @uoe-eid.bsky.social

and meet the @sppirit-network.bsky.social dream team that made it all happen! Follow the for more (a new #Postdoc fellowship workshop coming up!!)

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...

Jana getting everyone into #membranes at @sppirit-network.bsky.social conference.

An official new measuring unit for the parasitology community had emerged from this @parafrap.bsky.social #EMBO conference... #shitton @nicolas3474.bsky.social @kirkdeitsch.bsky.social

Fabulous work from @nicolas3474.bsky.social on the protein atlas of the molluscs parasite #Perkinsus @parafrap.bsky.social

Wonderful session on @parafrap.bsky.social parasites pathogenesis chaired by @apicolipid.bsky.social @clarehardinglab.bsky.social

The science at #ParaFrap is exciting and surprising as always - less surprising: who are the last people standing on night #1 ... @freddyfrischknecht.bsky.social @kirkdeitsch.bsky.social

Kick-off of @parafrap.bsky.social #EMBO conference at #LesEmbiez by the wonderful organisers @gloverlab.bsky.social and Benoit Gamain who put together an exciting program about parasite biology, epidemiology and combat.

We have a project advertised as part of the @NorthWestBio1 program this year - come join us! www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate... Applications to the program are here: www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...

Congratulations Saniya for graduating her PhD!!!

Calling all mitochondria enthusiasts, we are recruiting for a new project (and the post will be split between Glasgow and Helsinki) www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...

The trypanosomal TAC is required for mitochondrial DNA segregation. We provide insight into TAC assembly: one of the most extreme sorting event for any mitochondrion. Congratulations to Philip, Salome and Bernd #mitochondria #mtDNA #Trypanosoma journals.plos.org/plospathogen...

Team bioenergetics in divergent organisms is ready to go! #ICOP25 @macleanlab.bsky.social @lettsscience.bsky.social

A first #ICOP25 day 2 highlight: Dayana Salas-Leiva of Ross Waller's lab uses LOPIT to ask not only what makes a symbiotic relationship, but what baggage is left after a break-up. Stay tuned!

#ICOP25 opened today with so many exciting eukaryotic microbe insights 🦠 - you know its gonna be a great one when it starts with a drown video 😉 Stay tuned!!

Happy to have contributed to this wonderful study about #Toxoplasma #supercomplex led by @macleanlab.bsky.social, @sheinerlab.bsky.social and Alex Mühleip. Parasite mitochondria never cease to amaze! Please go checkout 👇

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...

Parasites need mitochondrial respiration to infect and spread. Effective anti-malaria and ani-toxoplasmosis drugs target respiratory complexes (e.g. atovaquone)! But how do the parasite complexes work and how do drugs inhibit them? Read Andrew Maclean and Alex Mühleip phenomenal work on this! 👇

Excellent to take part in a round table focus on African partnerships within our Glasgow Changing Futures strategy @uofgsii.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social

As Sheinerlab is joining the trend, Chat seem to have known that @macleanlab.bsky.social started his own lab recently and took the executive decision to remove him from the photo 😲😆

A true honour. Thank you to BSP @bspparasitology.bsky.social and our fabulous parasitology community

Interested in how genomics, transcriptomics & more shape infectious disease research? Join the @lshtm.bsky.social Infectious Disease -Omics short course starting 17 June 2024 to explore cutting-edge techniques & their real-world applications! Apply now 👉 bit.ly/4kJOoPo

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...

If you are interested in antigenic variation, you may have wondered how parasites ‘select’ which antigen to express next. Our manuscript, just published in Nature, provides some answers! www.nature.com/articles/s41... @lmumuenchen.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu a.eu @nature.com

I'm very pleased to have two lab positions open this week, to join our team looking at immune regulation in infection and co-infection. We're especially interested in tissue-based immunity, cytokine regulation and immune metabolism. Join us! Postdoc (3y) and research technician (12mo) posts open.

🔊 Calling all parasite enthusiasts - come join us to study Toxoplasma and Plasmodium organelle biology 🔬 www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...

What a proud moment to see @macleanlab.bsky.social starting his own lab in a few days 🤩 For all of you #ECRs out there thinking who should you work with in your next career stage - contact Andrew think no more!

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

Sorry we got blown off by the storm last time but looking forward to going back to Glasgow and talking parasites and brains with an inspiring set of scientists @abhinay.bsky.social @clarehardinglab.bsky.social @maizel-lab.org @sheinerlab.bsky.social

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...

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...

🔊one week left👇

Shoutout to @martacampillo.bsky.social and @abhinay.bsky.social for delivering two of the many excellent and exciting talks at our @uofgsii.bsky.social away day! #ECR #parasitology

Comprising of exciting lectures, workshops and laboratory-based practical sessions, the 6th UK Workshop on Membrane Proteins is not one to miss! Don't forget the earlybird discount deadline is February 14! 🧪 Register now to save £50: www.eventsforce.net/biochemsoc/2...

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

📢 The Preliminary Programme for the 2nd WiM Online Conference is out 🥳 🎉 The Early Bird Registration closes Feb 14 2025, 23.59 UTC (50 USD). Fee waivers are available for LMICs & you can also buy fee waivers or donate. Register and apply/donate: womeninmalaria.es/wim-conferen... 💙💛 Please share!

Remember learning that ribosomes are made of 1 large subunit RNA + 1 small subunit RNA? Well, some cells defy this rule, and the most extreme case is Toxoplasma which makes its mitoribosome from >50 RNA pieces! Wanna know how? Read below

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!

🥁🥁 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...

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...

📢#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...

An extra large respiratory "super complex" forms between complex I and complex III in a mouse model of complex III deficiency which rescues the respiratory defect. sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

📢Reminder that the early bird registration for the 2nd Women in Malaria Online conference is closing Feb 14, 2025 (50 USD)! Fee waiver applications are available for LMICs & you can also buy fee waivers for others. Register/apply here: womeninmalaria.es/wim-conferen... Please re-share 💛

A parasitology postdoc what you’re looking for in 2025? Still time to apply! Closes 15th Jan

Interested in doing a PhD in parasitology? Lots of great projects available at the University of Edinburgh through the EastBio DTP (number 5 looks especially interesting…).

Exclusively available to Biochemical Society members, secure up to £1,500 towards your next conference participation! Present your latest findings, gain expert advice, and meet fellow researchers with the support of our General Travel Grants. Apply by 1 January! www.biochemistry.org/grants-and-a...