Rune Stensvold
blastocystis.bsky.social
Rune Stensvold
@blastocystis.bsky.social
Senior Scientist, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark.
‘Stamp out paper mills’ www.nature.com/articles/d41...
I'm inspired by what @elisabethbik.bsky.social + fellow sleuths are doing. I'm fascinated and thankful that there are people out there who dedicate time to these activities. We need initiatives like this everywhere and at every level in science.
February 6, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Detection and differentiation of parasites: How can we apply the 'one-fits-all' approach known from microscopy to DNA-based methods without having to sequence our 🍑 off??
Perhaps some inspiration here 👇

#NGS #Parasitology #metabarcoding #geneticdiversity

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Metabarcoding in gut protozoology
Next-generation sequencing (NGS) methods include whole-genome sequencing, metagenomic analysis, and amplicon-based NGS, all of which are gaining terri…
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February 2, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Blastocystis has gained immense interest as a potential gut microbiota influencer. However, it is often studied in isolation, which comes with a risk of misattributing effects that could be due to other common gut micro-eukaryotes. Read more here 👇 #microbiome

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Pitfalls in gut single-cell eukaryote research
Gut single-celled eukaryotes (GSCEs) are found in billions of people worldwide, but we still know little about their functions and relationships in hu…
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January 31, 2025 at 5:49 AM
DMSc Thesis: Aspects of genetic diversity, host specificity, and public health significance of single-celled intestinal parasites commonly observed in humans and mostly referred to as 'non-pathogenic' zenodo.org/records/1475... #Blastocystis #Entamoeba #Endolimax #Iodamoeba #Dientamoeba #parasites
Aspects of genetic diversity, host specificity, and public health significance of single-celled intestinal parasites commonly observed in humans and mostly referred to as 'non-pathogenic'
This thesis provides insigt into the work that has gone into detecting and differentiating single-celled intestinal parasites of unknown clinical and public health significance.  There is a focus on g...
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January 30, 2025 at 4:56 AM