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LabEx ParaFrap @parafrap.bsky.social · 3d

The #EMBOWorkshop : Host–parasite relationship has come to a close! Thank you to all speakers, participants, and organizers for four inspiring days of science, discussion, and human connection. Until next time! 🧫✨

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The Journal of Infectious Diseases @jidjournal.bsky.social · 17d

Direct genome sequencing of Leishmania tropica in tissues of Moroccan patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis reveals micro-focal transmission underlain by (pseudo-)clonal and sexual reproduction modes.

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Dr Joanne Power @hanniepower.bsky.social · Sep 11

Save the dates!! @bspparasitology.bsky.social Spring Meeting 2026 will be in Bonnie Glasgow! 7-9 April 2026, with a drinks reception in Glasgow City Chambers on the 6th of April 2026!
Keep an eye on the BSP website for registration and abstract submission!
Logo by @shannaraeilean.bsky.social! 🦟

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Jean-Claude Dujardin @dujardinbiomed.bsky.social · Jun 3

See our new Pre-print in #medRxiv Direct sequencing of Leishmania donovani from patients in Garissa County, Northern Kenya, reveals a newly emerging intra-specific hybrid genotype. doi: doi.org/10.1101/2025...

Direct sequencing of Leishmania donovani from patients in Garissa County, Northern Kenya, reveals a newly emerging intra-specific hybrid genotype

Introduction Leishmaniasis is endemic in many countries, including Kenya. Despite the rising frequency of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) outbreaks in Garissa County, Northeastern Kenya, there is limited ...

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Jean-Claude Dujardin @dujardinbiomed.bsky.social · May 14

Hosting offer for MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 Call @itmantwerp.bsky.social in the context of Evolutionary Genomics and Molecular Surveillance of Leishmania. www.itg.be/storage/file...
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MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025

MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships enhance the creative and innovative potential of researchers holding a PhD and who wish to acquire new skills through advanced training, international, interdisciplinary ...

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Jean-Claude Dujardin @dujardinbiomed.bsky.social · Apr 22

See our new Preprint in bsky.app/profile/bior.... Direct genome sequencing of Leishmania tropica in tissues of Moroccan patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis reveals micro-focal transmission underlain by clonal and sexual reproduction modes. doi.org/10.1101/2025...

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bioRxiv Microbiology @biorxiv-microbiol.bsky.social · Apr 10

Single-cell phylogenomics identifies major groups of marine eugregarine parasites (Apicomplexa) https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.08.647885v1

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Jean-Claude Dujardin @dujardinbiomed.bsky.social · Mar 7

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Jean-Claude Dujardin @dujardinbiomed.bsky.social · Mar 7

Our new preprint on (cross) drug-tolerant persister Leishmania is out @biorxiv-microbiol.bsky.social
Read www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... or meet Gosia Domagalska @bspparasitology.bsky.social at the big Joint #Parasitology Spring Meeting 11-14/03/2025 in Würzburg. PS161.II

Multi-drug tolerance in Leishmania persister-like cells

Leishmaniasis is caused by parasitic protozoa of the genus Leishmania and is found widely across the tropics and sub-tropics, afflicting hundreds of thousands of people. The disease is notoriously dif...

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Jean-Claude Dujardin @dujardinbiomed.bsky.social · Mar 7

Our new preprint on (cross) drug-tolerant persister Leishmania is out @biorxiv-microbiol.bsky.social
Read www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... or meet Gosia Domagalska @bspparasitology.bsky.social at the big Joint #Parasitology Spring Meeting 11-14/03/2025 in Würzburg. PS161.II

Multi-drug tolerance in Leishmania persister-like cells

Leishmaniasis is caused by parasitic protozoa of the genus Leishmania and is found widely across the tropics and sub-tropics, afflicting hundreds of thousands of people. The disease is notoriously dif...

www.biorxiv.org

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Trends in Parasitology @cp-trendsparasitol.bsky.social · Mar 6

Our 2025 March issue bit.ly/2N9R8Es reviews blood impact on vector-borne diseases, zoonotic Giardia transmission in cattle, parasite subcellular dynamics, Bacillus thuringiensis for nematode management, heptalaminate membrane of intravascular schistosomes, trade-offs in virulence evolution, & more

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Trends in Parasitology @cp-trendsparasitol.bsky.social · Feb 20

Drs Pedro Cecilio, Eva Iniguez, Patrick Huffcutt, Servio Ribeiro, Shaden Kamhawi, Jesus Valenzuela & Tiago Serafim review the impact of #blood on #vector-borne diseases with emphasis on #mosquitoes & #sandflies. @niaidnews.bsky.social

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Nature Communications @natcomms.nature.com · Feb 17

Our editor @lausancburgos.bsky.social will be attending the @helloeacr.bsky.social congress on "Persister Cells: from Bacteria to Cancer" in Lyon next month! Please reach out to her if you want to learn more about our journal or our open collection on DTPs in cancer www.nature.com/collections/...

Drug-tolerant persister cells in cancer

With this cross-journal collection, Nature Communications, Communications Biology, and Scientific Reports welcomes submissions aiming to elucidate the ...

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Dr Joanne Power @hanniepower.bsky.social · Feb 11

🚨 "Vector Ludo" is out and FREE! 🚨
This is a printable, free Ludo template in English & 6 Ugandan languages that is basic Ludo, but with extra rules to educate about the vectors of #malaria, #schistosomiasis, #onchocerciasis ("River Blindness"), & #CCHF: doi.org/10.5525/gla....
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WHO @who.int · Feb 11

Today is International Day of Women & Girls in Science.

Marie Curie, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. Her contributions have left an indelible mark on the world of science & health & continue to inspire generations of scientists & innovators. 🔬 #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Marie Curie, Physicist and chemist.

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Richard McCulloch @rmc9z.bsky.social · Feb 10

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
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R-loops acted on by RNase H1 influence DNA replication timing and genome stability in Leishmania - Nature Communications

All genomes are replicated in a temporal order, though the determinants of such timing are poorly characterized. Here, the authors show that the unusual chromosome size-dependent DNA replication timin...

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Helen Price @helenpprice.bsky.social · Feb 7

The British Society For Parasitology @bspparasitology.bsky.social is supporting the TrypsClub, a new journal club for the international community of researchers working on trypanosomatid parasites. The first meeting will be on 21st February 2025 at 14:00 GMT. Sign up here: shorturl.at/7Ay9y

1. TrypsClub Journal Club Registration

We are pleased to invite you to the first BSP supported TrypsClub meeting! Our aim is to bring together researchers working with trypanosomatid parasites, discuss recent publications and get to know ...

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Trends in Parasitology @cp-trendsparasitol.bsky.social · Jan 30

Vector of the Month in this collection: Phlebotomus perniciosus, a #sandfly #vector transmitting #Leishmania #infantum & #Toscana #virus in the Western #Mediterranean region, authored by Tarcísio de Freitas Milagres & Carla Maia. #Zoonotic #Leishmaniasis #Phlebovirus

www.cell.com/trends/paras...

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Trends in Parasitology @cp-trendsparasitol.bsky.social · Jan 29

In our January issue: Parasite of the Month: #Leishmania #amazonensis, the #etiological #agent of #cutaneous #leishmaniasis #CL & #anergic #diffuse CL #ADCL, authored by M.S.A. Garcia, V.A.O. Filho, M.B.C. Brioschi, K. Minori & D.C. Miguel @unicampoficial.bsky.social

www.cell.com/trends/paras...

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Nature Reviews Genetics @natrevgenet.nature.com · Jan 28

New online! The early days of transcriptome sequencing and functional genomics

The early days of transcriptome sequencing and functional genomics

Nature Reviews Genetics, Published online: 28 January 2025; doi:10.1038/s41576-025-00814-5Ayako Suzuki recalls two papers published in the early 2000s by the Functional Annotation of the Mammalian Genome (FANTOM) consortium and the Full-Length Long Japan…

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WHO @who.int · Jan 28

We see you.

WHO is grateful for the love 💙 and messages of support we received.

We stand by you. #HealthForAll

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SheinerLab @sheinerlab.bsky.social · Jan 20

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

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Manu De Rycker @mdr-ddu.bsky.social · Jan 17

Hopefully this data will help with understanding and tackling Chagas disease.

Great collaboration with @thomasottosson.bsky.social!

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#Chagas disease, #drugdiscovery, #NTD

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Jean-Claude Dujardin @dujardinbiomed.bsky.social · Jan 17

Dear Twitter/X followers. I thank you all for your fidelity during the latter years. By Monday, I will close my X-account and from now on I will only use BlueSky as social media. Interested in Parasitology, Leishmania, evolution, genome plasticity, drug resistance/tolerance? Then follow me on bsky

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