🔬 Our first community-contributed image is here!
Stunning SEMs of two Trichomonas vaginalis parasites connected by cytonemes.
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📸 Salas et al., eLife 2023 doi:10.7554/eLife.86067 @eLife

🦠 Grad students & postdocs in parasitology:
Apply now for the Biology of Parasitism (BoP): Modern Approaches course at @MBLScience.
Hands-on labs, expert lectures, and cutting-edge tools.
📅 Summer 2026 | ⏰ Deadline Feb 5
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Missed another parasitology webinar? 😩

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The parasitesrule site has an archive of abstract books from the Molecular Parasitology Meeting (MPM) & the Kinetoplastid Molecular Cell Biology Meeting (KMCB). The book from the first MPM (1990) is also there!
🔗 parasitesrule.com/archive

Did you know that you can submit and view parasitology related jobs on the #parasitesrule site? Check out the new interface:
🔗https://www.parasitesrule.com/jobs

Interested in Parasitology conferences in 2026? Look no further, check out the list of upcoming conferences on the parasitesrule website:
www.parasitesrule.com/conferences

Did you submit an abstract to #mpm2025? Notifications went out this week. Check you spam folders if you don't see an email in your inbox. @rmc9z.bsky.social @mjgubbels.bsky.social @omarharb.org

Registration and Abstract submission for MPMXXXVI are now open! Abstract submission deadline is June 27th, get yours in quickly. @rmc9z.bsky.social @mjgubbels.bsky.social @omarharb.org
🔗https://www.parasitesrule.com/mpm-xxxvi

It is time to put in your nominations for the prestigous Alice and CC Wang Award in Molecular Parasitology. Nominations must originate from ASBMB members but the nominee need not be a member. Nominations are due by June 4, 2025. @ASBMB
🔗https://www.asbmb.org/career-resources/awards-grants/wang

Some nice opportunities from the American Committee of Molecular, Cellular, and Immunoparasitology (ACMCIP):

- 3 Minute Thesis Competition - May 2nd, 2025 deadline.
- Award for Advanced Training & Exchange Fellowship Award - May 5th, 2025 deadline.

For information and to apply: linktr.ee/ACMCIP

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

From Data to Insight – A Practical Introduction to Interpreting Malaria Genetics for Surveillance, a free, self-paced online course offered by the PlasmoGenEpi network and developed with funding from the Gates Foundation.
🔗plasmogenepi.org/OnlineCourse