Geoff McFadden
@fad1.bsky.social
Identified the apicoplast in 1996. Coasting ever since.
“Every AI ever built has an electromagnetic shotgun wired to its forehead”.
William Gibson in his multi-award-winning Neuromancer, 1984. Reread it 41 years on & there’s some spooky foresight by a remarkable future gazer. Fun part is he didn’t foresee wifi. People tote cables & dongles to ‘jack in’.
William Gibson in his multi-award-winning Neuromancer, 1984. Reread it 41 years on & there’s some spooky foresight by a remarkable future gazer. Fun part is he didn’t foresee wifi. People tote cables & dongles to ‘jack in’.
December 16, 2025 at 1:06 AM
“Every AI ever built has an electromagnetic shotgun wired to its forehead”.
William Gibson in his multi-award-winning Neuromancer, 1984. Reread it 41 years on & there’s some spooky foresight by a remarkable future gazer. Fun part is he didn’t foresee wifi. People tote cables & dongles to ‘jack in’.
William Gibson in his multi-award-winning Neuromancer, 1984. Reread it 41 years on & there’s some spooky foresight by a remarkable future gazer. Fun part is he didn’t foresee wifi. People tote cables & dongles to ‘jack in’.
It’s not every day that a Nobel Laureate drops in for an update on your lab’s work. Liz Blackburn co-discovered telomeres and still asks hard questions.
December 15, 2025 at 6:46 AM
It’s not every day that a Nobel Laureate drops in for an update on your lab’s work. Liz Blackburn co-discovered telomeres and still asks hard questions.
Great opportunity
Interested in parasitology? Looking to do a PhD? Cone join me and @geordieparasit.bsky.social in Edinburgh as we try and work out how human parasites get their vitamins.
🎓 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
*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
December 3, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Great opportunity
Cool lab to work in
Join the Davy Lab to study corals in New Zealand! Two PhD scholarships are available to research potential mechanisms of symbiont loss in the coral bleaching process.
www.wgtn.ac.nz/scholarships...
www.wgtn.ac.nz/scholarships...
Marsden PhD Scholarship in Coral Reef Biology | Scholarships | Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington
www.wgtn.ac.nz
November 18, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Cool lab to work in
Fibonacci would have loved Australian wildflowers.
October 5, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Fibonacci would have loved Australian wildflowers.
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[We are Hiring!]
The Weiss Lab at Albert Einstein College of Medicine (NY) is hiring a Postdoc Scientist to explore the Toxoplasma gondii cyst wall using XL-MS, Split TurboID, & U-ExM.
This project aims to unlock new strategies for treating toxoplasmosis.
DM for more info!
The Weiss Lab at Albert Einstein College of Medicine (NY) is hiring a Postdoc Scientist to explore the Toxoplasma gondii cyst wall using XL-MS, Split TurboID, & U-ExM.
This project aims to unlock new strategies for treating toxoplasmosis.
DM for more info!
September 17, 2025 at 4:28 PM
[We are Hiring!]
The Weiss Lab at Albert Einstein College of Medicine (NY) is hiring a Postdoc Scientist to explore the Toxoplasma gondii cyst wall using XL-MS, Split TurboID, & U-ExM.
This project aims to unlock new strategies for treating toxoplasmosis.
DM for more info!
The Weiss Lab at Albert Einstein College of Medicine (NY) is hiring a Postdoc Scientist to explore the Toxoplasma gondii cyst wall using XL-MS, Split TurboID, & U-ExM.
This project aims to unlock new strategies for treating toxoplasmosis.
DM for more info!
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Our 2025 August issue bit.ly/2N9R8Es reviews Trypanosoma cruzi cAMP compartments, Plasmodium apicoplast transportome, malaria transmission-blocking solutions, microbe-based mosquito control, miRNA-based cystic echinococcosis management, East Coast fever mRNA vaccines, & more
August 7, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Our 2025 August issue bit.ly/2N9R8Es reviews Trypanosoma cruzi cAMP compartments, Plasmodium apicoplast transportome, malaria transmission-blocking solutions, microbe-based mosquito control, miRNA-based cystic echinococcosis management, East Coast fever mRNA vaccines, & more
My time on Moku O Lo’e is almost at an end. The coral spawning was not very successful. Only three of our 40 colonies spawned. Anyway, had a gorgeous visit and the surf was epic for 2.5 weeks. Biggest waves I’ve ridden in years. And that tsunami evacuation night was one to remember.
August 3, 2025 at 10:00 PM
My time on Moku O Lo’e is almost at an end. The coral spawning was not very successful. Only three of our 40 colonies spawned. Anyway, had a gorgeous visit and the surf was epic for 2.5 weeks. Biggest waves I’ve ridden in years. And that tsunami evacuation night was one to remember.
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🧪 The #RigiWorkshop is back - Apply now for 3 days of cell #biology in the Swiss Alps! Our guest speakers include @dudinlab.bsky.social, @michaelraissig.bsky.social, @annikaguse.bsky.social, @gautamdey.bsky.social & @jandevries.bsky.social. Details here 👉 biol.scnat.ch/rigiworkshop26
July 23, 2025 at 7:01 AM
🧪 The #RigiWorkshop is back - Apply now for 3 days of cell #biology in the Swiss Alps! Our guest speakers include @dudinlab.bsky.social, @michaelraissig.bsky.social, @annikaguse.bsky.social, @gautamdey.bsky.social & @jandevries.bsky.social. Details here 👉 biol.scnat.ch/rigiworkshop26
Touring the Pacific researching my book on the origin & evolution of Life. Last stop was in Palau 🇵🇼 to see this photosynthetic jellyfish in Ongeim'l Tketau seawater lake. They don’t sting and exist entirely through the food from their pink/brown algal symbionts. They swim to stay in the sunlight.
July 18, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Touring the Pacific researching my book on the origin & evolution of Life. Last stop was in Palau 🇵🇼 to see this photosynthetic jellyfish in Ongeim'l Tketau seawater lake. They don’t sting and exist entirely through the food from their pink/brown algal symbionts. They swim to stay in the sunlight.
Reposted by Geoff McFadden
Drs @mlwilde.bsky.social Sarah Farrell, Christopher Goodman & @fad1.bsky.social review novel techniques for disrupting #malaria #transmission. #Plasmodium #Mosquito #GeneDrive #Paratransgenesis
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lPdi_XTJP...
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lPdi_XTJP...
July 11, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Drs @mlwilde.bsky.social Sarah Farrell, Christopher Goodman & @fad1.bsky.social review novel techniques for disrupting #malaria #transmission. #Plasmodium #Mosquito #GeneDrive #Paratransgenesis
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lPdi_XTJP...
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lPdi_XTJP...
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Hi BlueSky! We are looking forward to sharing updates, insights and sparking conversations about science in Australia and beyond.
And we are always open to your ideas and feedback.
📸 The Shine Dome, Canberra, beneath a blue sky. 😉
And we are always open to your ideas and feedback.
📸 The Shine Dome, Canberra, beneath a blue sky. 😉
June 19, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Hi BlueSky! We are looking forward to sharing updates, insights and sparking conversations about science in Australia and beyond.
And we are always open to your ideas and feedback.
📸 The Shine Dome, Canberra, beneath a blue sky. 😉
And we are always open to your ideas and feedback.
📸 The Shine Dome, Canberra, beneath a blue sky. 😉
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Come and join our team!
We currently have two PhD scholarships between Danny Wilson and myself
We are a supportive, productive, and inclusive research group studying parasite cell biology @ The University of Adelaide in beautiful South Australia
scholarships.adelaide.edu.au/Scholarships...
We currently have two PhD scholarships between Danny Wilson and myself
We are a supportive, productive, and inclusive research group studying parasite cell biology @ The University of Adelaide in beautiful South Australia
scholarships.adelaide.edu.au/Scholarships...
June 16, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Come and join our team!
We currently have two PhD scholarships between Danny Wilson and myself
We are a supportive, productive, and inclusive research group studying parasite cell biology @ The University of Adelaide in beautiful South Australia
scholarships.adelaide.edu.au/Scholarships...
We currently have two PhD scholarships between Danny Wilson and myself
We are a supportive, productive, and inclusive research group studying parasite cell biology @ The University of Adelaide in beautiful South Australia
scholarships.adelaide.edu.au/Scholarships...
Poisonous mushrooms are in the news in Australia right now. This lovely Amanita muscaria is fruiting out front of the Botany building.
June 11, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Poisonous mushrooms are in the news in Australia right now. This lovely Amanita muscaria is fruiting out front of the Botany building.
Reposted by Geoff McFadden
You’re probably why it takes so long for your paper to get reviewed and your excuses are bad dynamicecology.wordpress.com/2025/06/10/y... 🧪
You’re probably why it takes so long for your paper to get reviewed and your excuses are bad
A weird thing happened in scientific publishing during COVID. And it hasn’t gone away. Publications went up 30-50%. And responses to requests to review went down 30-50%. I know the actual statistic…
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June 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM
You’re probably why it takes so long for your paper to get reviewed and your excuses are bad dynamicecology.wordpress.com/2025/06/10/y... 🧪
We are developing a simple, very cheap, low tech way to reduce malaria transmission. Instead of giving the antimalarials to people, we give them to the mosquitoes that spread the parasite. How do we drug a mosquito? Read on. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Identifying antimalarials that disrupt malaria parasite transmission when fed to the mosquito
A decade-long decline in malaria cases has plateaued, primarily due to parasite drug resistance and mosquito resistance to insecticides used in bed ne…
www.sciencedirect.com
June 8, 2025 at 6:23 AM
We are developing a simple, very cheap, low tech way to reduce malaria transmission. Instead of giving the antimalarials to people, we give them to the mosquitoes that spread the parasite. How do we drug a mosquito? Read on. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Congratulations Sophie Collier on a fantastic presentation on organelle inheritance in malaria parasites at BioMalPar. Lovely lattice light sheet imaging with @niallgeoghegan.bsky.social #EMBLMalaria @events.embl.org @fad1.bsky.social
May 22, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Congratulations Sophie Collier on a fantastic presentation on organelle inheritance in malaria parasites at BioMalPar. Lovely lattice light sheet imaging with @niallgeoghegan.bsky.social #EMBLMalaria @events.embl.org @fad1.bsky.social
@sturalph.bsky.social giving the laudatio for Dominique who receives the Lifetime Achievement Award for malariology at BioMalPar. #EMBLMalaria
May 20, 2025 at 6:25 PM
@sturalph.bsky.social giving the laudatio for Dominique who receives the Lifetime Achievement Award for malariology at BioMalPar. #EMBLMalaria
Review of apicoplast targeting malaria drugs by PhD student Jess Home. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Resistance to apicoplast translational inhibitors in Plasmodium
The spread of drug-resistant Plasmodium threatens malaria control efforts. Thus, understanding the mechanisms of resistance is crucial for implementin…
www.sciencedirect.com
May 16, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Review of apicoplast targeting malaria drugs by PhD student Jess Home. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
When you don’t let the sticks dry out enough before making them into a fence, or were they hedging their bets?
May 11, 2025 at 4:56 AM
When you don’t let the sticks dry out enough before making them into a fence, or were they hedging their bets?
Please consider. An excellent cause to commemorate a great guy.
The Roland A. Cooper Award was established in 2024 to support parasitologists from endemic areas to attend international parasitology conferences. Your generous contribution, no matter the size, will have an immediate impact. www.socapar.org/home/donate
April 30, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Please consider. An excellent cause to commemorate a great guy.
So I got a cat, first one ever. Her name is Bob and she’s a rescue. Very affectionate and curious. I get why people like them despite always being a fan of Kipling’s “The cat that walked by himself”.
April 29, 2025 at 1:33 AM
So I got a cat, first one ever. Her name is Bob and she’s a rescue. Very affectionate and curious. I get why people like them despite always being a fan of Kipling’s “The cat that walked by himself”.
Autumn is here and the Otway Coast is gorgeous as always.
April 29, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Autumn is here and the Otway Coast is gorgeous as always.