@robmoon.bsky.social
Scientist researching Malaria at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Views my own.
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Check out our latest study on the PfRIPR protein,
essential for the malaria parasite to get inside our blood cells. We show how antibodies block the function of PfRIPR by preventing its flexible hinges from bending, or by stopping it from compacting as part of its mechanism.
essential for the malaria parasite to get inside our blood cells. We show how antibodies block the function of PfRIPR by preventing its flexible hinges from bending, or by stopping it from compacting as part of its mechanism.
January 18, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Check out our latest study on the PfRIPR protein,
essential for the malaria parasite to get inside our blood cells. We show how antibodies block the function of PfRIPR by preventing its flexible hinges from bending, or by stopping it from compacting as part of its mechanism.
essential for the malaria parasite to get inside our blood cells. We show how antibodies block the function of PfRIPR by preventing its flexible hinges from bending, or by stopping it from compacting as part of its mechanism.
Very excited to take part in this BBC world service programme on the future of malaria elimination. My first ever radio interview. The editors worked wanders!
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@lshtm-malaria.bsky.social @lshtm.bsky.social
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@lshtm-malaria.bsky.social @lshtm.bsky.social
Health Check - How can we eliminate malaria? - BBC Sounds
The big ideas and innovations that may help us one day eliminate malaria
www.bbc.co.uk
January 1, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Very excited to take part in this BBC world service programme on the future of malaria elimination. My first ever radio interview. The editors worked wanders!
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
@lshtm-malaria.bsky.social @lshtm.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
@lshtm-malaria.bsky.social @lshtm.bsky.social
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🌍👏 We’re proud to share that @sebbaumgarten.bsky.social, group leader at the Institut Pasteur, has been selected as an EMBO Young Investigator 2025!
This program supports outstanding young scientists building their labs across Europe and beyond.
More : www.embo.org/funding/fell...
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This program supports outstanding young scientists building their labs across Europe and beyond.
More : www.embo.org/funding/fell...
@embo.org
December 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM
🌍👏 We’re proud to share that @sebbaumgarten.bsky.social, group leader at the Institut Pasteur, has been selected as an EMBO Young Investigator 2025!
This program supports outstanding young scientists building their labs across Europe and beyond.
More : www.embo.org/funding/fell...
@embo.org
This program supports outstanding young scientists building their labs across Europe and beyond.
More : www.embo.org/funding/fell...
@embo.org
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For #FollowFriday:
Follow LSHTM's centres, projects & groups for more on work to tackle some of the biggest challenges in #PublicHealth
👉 go.bsky.app/4FczAGW
Follow LSHTM's centres, projects & groups for more on work to tackle some of the biggest challenges in #PublicHealth
👉 go.bsky.app/4FczAGW
November 28, 2025 at 5:17 PM
For #FollowFriday:
Follow LSHTM's centres, projects & groups for more on work to tackle some of the biggest challenges in #PublicHealth
👉 go.bsky.app/4FczAGW
Follow LSHTM's centres, projects & groups for more on work to tackle some of the biggest challenges in #PublicHealth
👉 go.bsky.app/4FczAGW
Knowing where proteins are in the cell is often the first step to understanding what they do, so this is an incredibly exciting dataset for the malaria parasite community! Can’t wait to dive in to it!
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...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
November 28, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Knowing where proteins are in the cell is often the first step to understanding what they do, so this is an incredibly exciting dataset for the malaria parasite community! Can’t wait to dive in to it!
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London Interdisciplinary #PhD position now open with myself, @robmoon.bsky.social – to study the role of novel genes in #malaria transmission. Apply here👇
mrc-lid.lshtm.ac.uk/2026-27-proj...
mrc-lid.lshtm.ac.uk/2026-27-proj...
2026-27 Project (Delves & Moon) - MRC London Intercollegiate Doctoral Training Partnership Studentships
Preparation for transmission: Dissecting the roles of novel genes required to ensure the infectivity of...
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November 17, 2025 at 10:51 AM
London Interdisciplinary #PhD position now open with myself, @robmoon.bsky.social – to study the role of novel genes in #malaria transmission. Apply here👇
mrc-lid.lshtm.ac.uk/2026-27-proj...
mrc-lid.lshtm.ac.uk/2026-27-proj...
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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...
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...
University of Glasgow - Postgraduate study - Centres for Doctoral Training - NorthWest Biosciences - Our Projects - Understanding Pathogens, from Molecules to Phenotypes - Richard McCulloch
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October 6, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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...
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...
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I'm giving a free public talk asking 'How certain is certain enough?' at @lshtm.bsky.social on Monday 24th November at 5.30pm, as part of the Global Health Lecture Series. From epidemic response and clinical trials to online misinformation and AI, I'll look at how truth emerges – and why it falters.
How certain is certain enough? | LSHTM
When faced with a new health threat, there are three crucial questions we must consider. What is going on? What can we do about it? And how can we communicate these things effectively? This talk will
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September 26, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I'm giving a free public talk asking 'How certain is certain enough?' at @lshtm.bsky.social on Monday 24th November at 5.30pm, as part of the Global Health Lecture Series. From epidemic response and clinical trials to online misinformation and AI, I'll look at how truth emerges – and why it falters.
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🚨 New @who.int guidance for malaria in crisis settings 🌍 🦟
Dr Bhargavi Rao, co-author, highlights the significance of the manual for frontline workers and the need to integrate malaria control into broader emergency response.
Read more: bit.ly/469Q1kd
Dr Bhargavi Rao, co-author, highlights the significance of the manual for frontline workers and the need to integrate malaria control into broader emergency response.
Read more: bit.ly/469Q1kd
September 11, 2025 at 11:16 AM
🚨 New @who.int guidance for malaria in crisis settings 🌍 🦟
Dr Bhargavi Rao, co-author, highlights the significance of the manual for frontline workers and the need to integrate malaria control into broader emergency response.
Read more: bit.ly/469Q1kd
Dr Bhargavi Rao, co-author, highlights the significance of the manual for frontline workers and the need to integrate malaria control into broader emergency response.
Read more: bit.ly/469Q1kd
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Our paper has finally graduated from pre-print to peer-reviewed, pretty much unscathed, and is out now! www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
The essential host genome for Cryptosporidium survival exposes metabolic dependencies that can be leveraged for treatment
An arrayed microscopy-based CRISPR screen revealed host genes affecting multiple infection
phenotypes of the intracellular parasite Cryptosporidium. Hits in the host cholesterol
biosynthesis pathway a...
www.cell.com
July 24, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Our paper has finally graduated from pre-print to peer-reviewed, pretty much unscathed, and is out now! www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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An exciting opportunity to start an independent position as a research fellow in protozoan parasitology at Christ's College, Cambridge and the Department of Pathology:
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/52020/
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/52020/
Research Fellow in Animal Protozoology (Fixed Term - 5 years) - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge
Research Fellow in Animal Protozoology (Fixed Term - 5 years) in the Department of Pathology at the University of Cambridge.
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk
July 21, 2025 at 6:04 PM
An exciting opportunity to start an independent position as a research fellow in protozoan parasitology at Christ's College, Cambridge and the Department of Pathology:
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/52020/
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/52020/
For those interested in Masters in lab and field based research in infectious disease we have 3 fantastic programmes to choose from MSc Immunology, medical parasitology and entomology and medical microbiology. They benefit from very flexible module choices and summer projects in UK and abroad!
July 19, 2025 at 7:38 AM
For those interested in Masters in lab and field based research in infectious disease we have 3 fantastic programmes to choose from MSc Immunology, medical parasitology and entomology and medical microbiology. They benefit from very flexible module choices and summer projects in UK and abroad!
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Delighted to share the final version of Richard Zhou's study on how the CD163 scavenger receptor cleans up after toxic haemoglobin spills out from our blood cells. An amazing grabber mechanism!
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July 18, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Delighted to share the final version of Richard Zhou's study on how the CD163 scavenger receptor cleans up after toxic haemoglobin spills out from our blood cells. An amazing grabber mechanism!
rdcu.be/ewPA2
rdcu.be/ewPA2
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From surviving malaria as a child to leading cutting-edge research on drug resistance in Africa. Dr Fitsum Tadesse @lshtm.bsky.social is fighting the parasite from both sides. A powerful story of science, and resilience 🧬🌍
Read his journey @NatureMicrobiol 📄
👉 bit.ly/4nWsb22
Read his journey @NatureMicrobiol 📄
👉 bit.ly/4nWsb22
Fighting malaria as a patient and scientist - Nature Microbiology
Fitsum Tadesse was infected with malaria as a young child in Ethiopia and faced challenges to access efficacious treatment during a time of widespread drug resistance. Today, as a scientist in Africa,...
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July 18, 2025 at 8:59 AM
From surviving malaria as a child to leading cutting-edge research on drug resistance in Africa. Dr Fitsum Tadesse @lshtm.bsky.social is fighting the parasite from both sides. A powerful story of science, and resilience 🧬🌍
Read his journey @NatureMicrobiol 📄
👉 bit.ly/4nWsb22
Read his journey @NatureMicrobiol 📄
👉 bit.ly/4nWsb22
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🦠 “An honour to present” — @leen-vanheer.bsky.social shares insights from the 2025 Gordon Research Conference on Malaria.
From rising resistance in Ethiopia to promising progress in SE Asia, her talk spotlighted urgent AMR trends in Plasmodium falciparum.
Read more 👉 bit.ly/4ef5C4o
From rising resistance in Ethiopia to promising progress in SE Asia, her talk spotlighted urgent AMR trends in Plasmodium falciparum.
Read more 👉 bit.ly/4ef5C4o
Insights from the 2025 Gordon Research Conference | LSHTM
Insights from the 2025 Gordon Research Conference | LSHTM
bit.ly
June 18, 2025 at 3:18 PM
🦠 “An honour to present” — @leen-vanheer.bsky.social shares insights from the 2025 Gordon Research Conference on Malaria.
From rising resistance in Ethiopia to promising progress in SE Asia, her talk spotlighted urgent AMR trends in Plasmodium falciparum.
Read more 👉 bit.ly/4ef5C4o
From rising resistance in Ethiopia to promising progress in SE Asia, her talk spotlighted urgent AMR trends in Plasmodium falciparum.
Read more 👉 bit.ly/4ef5C4o
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Our latest story describes the amazing evolutionary battle between malaria parasite and human. The parasite evolved RIFINs to bind inhibitory KIR receptors and suppress immune cell function while humans have activating KIR receptors to bind these RIFINs to kill parasites!
June 13, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Our latest story describes the amazing evolutionary battle between malaria parasite and human. The parasite evolved RIFINs to bind inhibitory KIR receptors and suppress immune cell function while humans have activating KIR receptors to bind these RIFINs to kill parasites!
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Yes as I found providing fathers access to leave via a transferable entitlement, as UK’s SPL, exacerbates gendered parenting norms and does not provide parents means to imagine the feasibility of sharing leave / care in practice (for shorter read!: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...)
And a great PhD thesis on the topic, zooming into parents’ perspectives and lived experiences, by Clare Matysova
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Shared parental leave (SPL) - a catalyst for progressing gender justice or a reinforcement of the status quo? Exploring the disjuncture between parents’ increased aspiration to share care and limited...
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June 10, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Yes as I found providing fathers access to leave via a transferable entitlement, as UK’s SPL, exacerbates gendered parenting norms and does not provide parents means to imagine the feasibility of sharing leave / care in practice (for shorter read!: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...)
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Researchers at @lshtm.bsky.social, led by @josebengoechea.bsky.social, will conduct a £2.2M study funded by UK MRC to investigate how Klebsiella pneumoniae silently colonises the gut before causing deadly infections. 🔬🦠
Read more 👉 bit.ly/4mNSreh
Read more 👉 bit.ly/4mNSreh
June 5, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Researchers at @lshtm.bsky.social, led by @josebengoechea.bsky.social, will conduct a £2.2M study funded by UK MRC to investigate how Klebsiella pneumoniae silently colonises the gut before causing deadly infections. 🔬🦠
Read more 👉 bit.ly/4mNSreh
Read more 👉 bit.ly/4mNSreh
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🇧🇼 Botswana’s Health Minister Dr. Stephen Modise visited @lshtm.bsky.social to strengthen ties in global health and infectious disease control.
Discussions focused on malaria elimination and equitable access to health education.
#GlobalHealth #Malaria
Read more 👉 bit.ly/43PcZf1
Discussions focused on malaria elimination and equitable access to health education.
#GlobalHealth #Malaria
Read more 👉 bit.ly/43PcZf1
May 28, 2025 at 10:54 AM
🇧🇼 Botswana’s Health Minister Dr. Stephen Modise visited @lshtm.bsky.social to strengthen ties in global health and infectious disease control.
Discussions focused on malaria elimination and equitable access to health education.
#GlobalHealth #Malaria
Read more 👉 bit.ly/43PcZf1
Discussions focused on malaria elimination and equitable access to health education.
#GlobalHealth #Malaria
Read more 👉 bit.ly/43PcZf1
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Nawsad presented our structure-guided design of RH5top, our latest blood stage-malaria vaccine immunogen, in talk and poster at the Malaria Gordon conference. The culmination of many studies from the lab and collaborators and doing well in pre-clinical testing! More soon.
June 1, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Nawsad presented our structure-guided design of RH5top, our latest blood stage-malaria vaccine immunogen, in talk and poster at the Malaria Gordon conference. The culmination of many studies from the lab and collaborators and doing well in pre-clinical testing! More soon.
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NIH funding supporting the HMMER and Infernal software projects has been terminated. NIH states that our work, as well as all other federally funded research at Harvard, is of no benefit to the US.
May 22, 2025 at 12:42 PM
NIH funding supporting the HMMER and Infernal software projects has been terminated. NIH states that our work, as well as all other federally funded research at Harvard, is of no benefit to the US.
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Want to be part of a diverse student community making a difference in #GlobalHealth?
Our #students & recent graduates tell us why they chose to study with us, from inspiring lecturers to 1st class research, a truly global network & warm welcome 🌎
Find out more👉 www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/intern...
Our #students & recent graduates tell us why they chose to study with us, from inspiring lecturers to 1st class research, a truly global network & warm welcome 🌎
Find out more👉 www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/intern...
May 24, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Want to be part of a diverse student community making a difference in #GlobalHealth?
Our #students & recent graduates tell us why they chose to study with us, from inspiring lecturers to 1st class research, a truly global network & warm welcome 🌎
Find out more👉 www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/intern...
Our #students & recent graduates tell us why they chose to study with us, from inspiring lecturers to 1st class research, a truly global network & warm welcome 🌎
Find out more👉 www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/intern...
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@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
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It’s the most wonderful (conference) time of the year. 🎶 Happy to be a part of BioMalPar XXI @EMBL in Heidelberg (obligatory picture of the ATC below 😊). Come see me at poster number 44 tomorrow to see what we have been up to. #EMBLMalaria
May 20, 2025 at 12:16 PM
It’s the most wonderful (conference) time of the year. 🎶 Happy to be a part of BioMalPar XXI @EMBL in Heidelberg (obligatory picture of the ATC below 😊). Come see me at poster number 44 tomorrow to see what we have been up to. #EMBLMalaria
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Richard Wheeler keeping us all awake in the post-lunch session with a great talk about swimming in trypanosomatid parasites #EIDsymp25
May 16, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Richard Wheeler keeping us all awake in the post-lunch session with a great talk about swimming in trypanosomatid parasites #EIDsymp25