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Elena Gómez-Díaz @elenagomez-diaz.bsky.social · 16d

Un ‘filtro de Instagram’ contra la malaria, vital para África: inteligencia artificial para detectar parásitos en segundos elpais.com/planeta-futu...

Un ‘filtro de Instagram’ contra la malaria, vital para África: inteligencia artificial para detectar parásitos en segundos

El proyecto MultiplexAI, liderado por instituciones europeas y africanas y con tecnología española, convierte microscopios convencionales en dispositivos capaces de diagnosticar enfermedades tropical...

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Nisha Philip @nishaphilip.bsky.social · 22d

Delighted to report our publication on a divergent cyclic nucleotide binding protein that regulates malaria transmission to mosquitoes. Great work by Domi Kwecka , @jennyregan.bsky.social @choel Kim #malaria #ookinete #mosquitoes #signalling journals.plos.org/plospathogen...

A divergent cyclic nucleotide binding protein promotes Plasmodium ookinete infection of the mosquito

Author summary Malaria parasites complete their life-cycle within mammalian and mosquito hosts requiring specialised forms to invade and establish infection in host tissue. In order to transmit to the...

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Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution @official-smbe.bsky.social · 29d

📢 The Call for Symposia for SMBE2026 is now open. We warmly invite you to submit a symposium proposal and help shape the scientific content of our annual meeting.

🗓️ Key dates
Call for symposia: Sep. 1 - Oct. 15
Announcement of accepted symposia: Nov. 3

More information: smbe2026.org/symposia

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Maria Bernabeu @mariabernabeu.bsky.social · 29d

Have you ever wondered what happens with your microvessels after exposure to high temperature in fever? In this preprint former postdoc (ans soon to be PI) Viola Introini found that high temperatures cleaves glycocalyx , having severe consequences in malaria www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...

Febrile temperature enhances Plasmodium falciparum cytoadhesion by disrupting the endothelial glycocalyx

Fever, a universal host defense in infection and inflammation, paradoxically contributes to neurological complications in malaria. While febrile temperatures enhance the expression of parasite virulen...

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Linda Skitka @lindaskitka.bsky.social · Jul 8

A *huge* problem. It also includes search committee positions, review requests, letters of recommendation, P&T reviews (so, so many of these post tenure)—it goes on and on. And the social penalties for women saying no are so dramatically higher than when men say no.

Amy Diehl, Ph.D. @amydiehl.bsky.social · Jul 7

In a study of professors, women got 378 new work requests over 4 weeks vs 118 for men. Women spent more time on service, advising & teaching; men on research. Orgs should track who is taking extra duties & ensure they are rewarded and distributed fairly. www.forbes.com/sites/kimels...

Being Too Helpful At Work Can Hurt Your Career—Here’s How To Say No

Women are more likely to take on behind-the-scenes duties at work—extra tasks like onboarding or event planning—and it's hurting their careers. Here's how to say no.

www.forbes.com

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mara lawniczak @marakat.bsky.social · Jul 7

new from the lab -- we investigate 100% ethanol, DMSO salt solution (DESS), EDTA, RNAlater, and AllProtect as possible approaches for short term room temperature preservation of mosquito HMW DNA, nuclei for Hi-C, and RNA towards high quality reference genome creation. the key findings/tips are ....

bioRxiv Genomics @biorxiv-genomic.bsky.social · Jul 6

Breaking the cold chain: solutions for room temperature preservation of mosquitoes leading to high quality reference genomes https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.03.662936v1

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Elena Gómez-Díaz @elenagomez-diaz.bsky.social · May 29

These days you will see a lot of posts from me in relation to the #GazaGenocide‌. I don't usually use this channel for non-scientific issues. But 1) it's unbearable, 2) it's not a political opinion, it's humanity.
I appeal to the scientific community to stand up for #Gaza

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RTVE Noticias @rtvenoticias.rtve.es · May 28

🔴 Riyad Mansour, representante permanente de Palestina ante la ONU, rompe a llorar durante su discurso en el Consejo de Seguridad: "Es insoportable. ¿Cómo puede alguien tolerar este horror?"

#Canal24Horas dozz.es/8d0og12

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Elena Gómez-Díaz @elenagomez-diaz.bsky.social · May 21

Bárbara Díaz Terenti PhD student at the Gómez-Díaz Lab presenting at @events.embl.org #EMBLMalaria #BIOMALPAR our latest work on Plasmodium malariae transcriptome in the mosquito

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EMBL Events @events.embl.org · May 21

🔬✨'Women in Malaria' peer-to-peer workshop at #EMBLMalaria

♀️ This informal session brought together women across the #malaria community to share experiences, challenges, and strategies for navigating their careers and shaping the field.

Grateful for the openness, insights, and energy in the room 🙌🏼

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Elena Gómez-Díaz @elenagomez-diaz.bsky.social · May 18

My first race in many years (after 2 maternities) is for @womeninmalaria.bsky.social
There we go!!

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Elena Gómez-Díaz @elenagomez-diaz.bsky.social · May 13

Universidades obliga a una profesora a elegir entre la baja de maternidad y un contrato de investigación www.eldiario.es/1_bb5d50?utm...

Universidades obliga a una profesora a elegir entre la baja de maternidad y un contrato de investigación

Los plazos establecidos en la convocatoria y los tiempos del embarazo, previo a la concesión de la ayuda, hacen inviable que Yolanda Ortiz disfrute del derecho que le otorga su maternidad si quiere ac...

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Elena Gómez-Díaz @elenagomez-diaz.bsky.social · May 10

Gracias al equipo de "No es un día cualquiera" de @radionacional.bsky.social por la entrevista y el reportaje
www.rtve.es/television/2...

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Elena Gómez-Díaz @elenagomez-diaz.bsky.social · May 7

This work is first co-authored by @pepeluisrr.bsky.social and Bárbara Díaz-Terenti and has excellent top-notch contributors Thomas D Otto @biottofni.bsky.social, Thierry Lefèvre and Serge R Yerbanga

Elena Gómez-Díaz @elenagomez-diaz.bsky.social · May 7

🚨New preprint from the lab!
This work reports for the first time the transcriptome of Plasmodium malariae in the mosquito

Impressive indeed discoveries about AP2 TFs, hypervariable multigene families and genes without orthologues, and of unknown function
www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...

The dynamic transcriptome of Plasmodium malariae in the mosquito

To survive and multiply in different host niches, malaria parasites require sets of proteins that are expressed during the life cycle in a timely manner. Plasmodium malariae is a human malaria parasit...

www.biorxiv.org

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WHO @who.int · Apr 25

It’s #WorldMalariaDay
The good news: 2.2 billion #malaria cases and 12.7 million deaths have been averted since 2000.
The bad news: after years of steady declines, progress has stalled.
bit.ly/MalariaDay2025

Since 2000, 2.2 billion malaria cases and 12.7 million deaths have been averted.

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Women in Malaria @womeninmalaria.bsky.social · Apr 25

This World Malaria Day, we celebrate the vital role women & other discriminated genders play in the fight against malaria! From pioneering researchers to dedicated health workers, women are driving innovation & change in malaria control globally. [Sketch by Sophia & Thorey 👩🏻‍🎨]

Sketch of all the general conference speakers at the 2nd women in malaria conference surrounded by the conference research themes. Sketch by Sophia & Thorey.

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Elena Gómez-Díaz @elenagomez-diaz.bsky.social · Apr 21

Últimos días para solicitarlo!!

Elena Gómez-Díaz @elenagomez-diaz.bsky.social · Mar 25

Si te apasiona la genómica aplicada a salud, aplica a la #JAE Intro ICU de @elenagomez-diaz.bsky.social @mirimiam.bsky.social

💡Descubre con el análisis de long-read single cell RNA-seq cómo el parásito de la malaria utiliza el splicing alternativo para sobrevivir

Ayuda a difundir RT 🙏

Sigue👇

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Elena Gómez-Díaz @elenagomez-diaz.bsky.social · Apr 3

El Gómez-Díaz Lab ofertamos un plan formativo JAEINT25_EX_0406 centrado en epigenética en el parásito de la #malaria.
Si eres estudiante de grado o máster y quieres introducirte en la investigación en salud, vente a trabajar con nosotros al
@ipblncsic.bsky.social en Granada.

DPE @dpe-csic.bsky.social · Apr 3

🎺 Ayer se publicó en el BOE la convocatoria JAE Intro 2025 y HOY comienza el plazo de solicitudes ❕

🔛 Becas de introducción a la investigación para estudiantes universitari@s #JAEIntro25

ℹ️ Encuentra toda la información en 👉 sede.csic.gob.es/tramites/pro...

🗓️ Solicita tu beca hasta el 2 de mayo.

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MalariaWorld @malariaworld.bsky.social · Apr 8

World Health Organization highlights from the Global Malaria Programme: annual report 2024

Read & download the report here: www.malariaworld.org/blogs/highli...

#malaria
#worldhealthorganization

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Sebastian Baumgarten @sebbaumgarten.bsky.social · Apr 4

Ready for the most beautifully sophisticated m6A modification program out there?

It’s sex-specific, controls a developmental transition and is temperature-sensitive. Dream team led by Selina, with @ameyasinha.bsky.social @jessmbryant.bsky.social @tizvignolini.bsky.social @ju-couble.bsky.social

N6-methyladenosine primes the malaria parasite for transmission

Sudden environmental changes are a recurring challenge for unicellular organisms, but a necessity for many to progress through their lifecycle. To transmit from its human host to mosquito vector, mala...

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Elena Gómez-Díaz @elenagomez-diaz.bsky.social · Apr 3

El Gómez-Díaz Lab ofertamos un plan formativo JAEINT25_EX_0406 centrado en epigenética en el parásito de la #malaria.
Si eres estudiante de grado o máster y quieres introducirte en la investigación en salud, vente a trabajar con nosotros al
@ipblncsic.bsky.social en Granada.

DPE @dpe-csic.bsky.social · Apr 3

🎺 Ayer se publicó en el BOE la convocatoria JAE Intro 2025 y HOY comienza el plazo de solicitudes ❕

🔛 Becas de introducción a la investigación para estudiantes universitari@s #JAEIntro25

ℹ️ Encuentra toda la información en 👉 sede.csic.gob.es/tramites/pro...

🗓️ Solicita tu beca hasta el 2 de mayo.

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Nature Reviews Microbiology @natrevmicro.nature.com · Apr 2

#midweekmicro🔬

Parasite and vector circadian clocks mediate efficient malaria transmission🦟

@naturemicrobiol.bsky.social #microsky

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Parasite and vector circadian clocks mediate efficient malaria transmission - Nature Microbiology

Mosquito salivary glands and malaria parasites exhibit daily rhythms, which impact blood feeding and sporozoite gene expression.

www.nature.com

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Elena Gómez-Díaz @elenagomez-diaz.bsky.social · Mar 25

Si te apasiona la genómica aplicada a salud, aplica a la #JAE Intro ICU de @elenagomez-diaz.bsky.social @mirimiam.bsky.social

💡Descubre con el análisis de long-read single cell RNA-seq cómo el parásito de la malaria utiliza el splicing alternativo para sobrevivir

Ayuda a difundir RT 🙏

Sigue👇

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The Global Vector Hub @globalvectorhub.bsky.social · Apr 2

📢 @who.int Highlights from the Global #Malaria Programme: annual report 2024 🦟
www.who.int/publications...

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