#Chagas disease remains very neglected, and not only in the US, in spite of an estimated 8 million people being infected with T. cruzi. We, and our collaborators, aim to develop new medicines, but this is becoming increasingly challenging due to lack of funding.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Save the date and join us on 22nd of August for a parasitology journal club, 1st session of the SPPIRIT Forum series.

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

Nice to have been involved in this great study from the Horn Lab, driven by @marketanovotna.bsky.social ! Elegant application of CRISPR precision editing and saturation mutagenesis!

I used inducible CRISPR/Cas9 to make Trypanosoma brucei cell line that allowed me to edit originally muti-copy histone gene. We uncovered a novel role of H4 histone tail in gene regulation. I enjoyed working on this exciting project with @joanarcf.bsky.social, a great mentor.
doi.org/10.1038/s414...

So happy to share the first preprint from our lab on post-transcriptional regulation at the VSG expression-site body in trypanosomes. @ybri-uoy.bsky.social @york.ac.uk

If you have ever wanted to know "Where is the gut is the parasite?" this pre-print is for you. 🐮 Led by Peyton, with thanks to our wonderful collaborators at @moredunfoundation.bsky.social Frank Katzer, @geordieparasit.bsky.social and EMs by @lemgruber.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

I am delighted that the preprint of my PhD work is out! We used Cas9-based method to edit essential polycistronic histone H4 gene in T. brucei for the first time. A big thanks to @fariatrypslab.bsky.social who was a fantastic mentor during my PhD
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#tbrucei #epigenetics

Funded PhD project with myself, Prof. Paul Denny at Durham University and Dr Kalesh Karunakaran at Teeside University now open for applications!

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Happy to announce that we are running the third edition of the EMBL-UNESCO residency on infection biology. If you are an African female scientist and would like to do a research stay at EMBL, my lab is a possible hosting group.
Deadline March 31st!
www.embl.org/about/info/s...

🧵 🙌🏾 Congratulations #Guinea for eliminating sleeping sickness (gambiense form) as a public health problem in the country!
bit.ly/3Cgp0zq

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Our Jan issue highlights @sppirit-network.bsky.social connecting #Scottish #parasitology #ECRs, written by R. Edgar @jackhanna.bsky.social @marketanovotna.bsky.social @martacampillo.bsky.social @mukul1190.bsky.social @shikhas.bsky.social @vfrank.bsky.social & M.Ridgway
www.cell.com/trends/paras...

🥁🥁 Job alertttt!! Interested in weird biology of malaria parasites? Inducible genetic screens? Single-cell RNAseq? Come postdoc with us - www.parafugelab.com ! International applicants or applicants just finishing up their PhD, both welcome!!

www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...

Have you finished your #PhD and are interested in exploring how #parasites cross the vasculature to colonize tissues? Do you fancy catching some #waves in the Atlantic? Or eating grilled fish by the beach?

Join us in #Lisbon at GIMM, where science meets quality of life.

@parasitesrule.bsky.social

If you are looking for a postdoc in tryps, check out this recent vacancy in the Faria lab in York. Great opportunity to work with a supportive mentor using cutting-edge techniques to address exciting questions.

If you are a budding parasitologist and you would like to spend a great summer full of science, networking, and fun with your peers, there is still time to apply for Biology of Parasitism course at @mblscience.bsky.social! Deadline 29th of January.

tinyurl.com/applyBoP

Have you heard of SPPIRIT (@sppirit-network.bsky.social)? In this article we explain how this ECR-led network of Scottish parasitologists was established, what impact it has already had and where it is heading!
www.cell.com/trends/paras...