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Amy K @amyklassen.bsky.social · Sep 3

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“Science is hard. It requires testing, repeatable results, and peer review.
Pseudoscience is easy. All it needs is imagination, fear, and the absence of scrutiny.”

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Seb Besteiro @s-besteiro.bsky.social · Jul 29

🚨 2-year post-doc position available in my lab. More details below. Please repost!

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Caro Goujon @carogoujon.bsky.social · Jul 9

New job offer in the team! If you're an experienced virologist (with a PhD), join us to work on Horizon Europe-funded APPEAL project in the vibrant city of Montpellier, South of France! euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/359640

Research assistant (postdoc level) in molecular virology, EU-funded project APPEAL (Montpellier, France)

The research assistant with a PhD in molecular virology (RA, 'ingénieur de recherche' in French) will work on the Horizon Europe-funded APPEAL project involving 13 partners from 6 countries, including...

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Seb Besteiro @s-besteiro.bsky.social · Jul 1

Congrats Ira, keep up the good work with the journal!

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veupathdb.org @veupathdb.org · Jun 2

Make open access to tools and data part of your annual giving by making a tax deductible donation to @veupathdb.org. 💙This resource simplifies and supercharges global infectious disease research.

Need more reasons to support VEuPathDB? Here's a short list: veupathdb.org/veupathdb/ap...

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EMBO @embo.org · May 28

Explore breakthroughs in #HostParasite interactions, #pathogenesis and more at EMBO Workshop "Host-parasite relationship: From mechanisms to control strategies" in Embiez, France, 5–8 October

Deadline: 15 July

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#EMBOhostParasite #MolecularBiology #EMBOevents 🧪

Host-parasite relationship: From mechanisms to control strategies

Parasitic infections remain a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. The vast majority of parasitic infections in humans and domestic animals can be attributed to protozoan pathogens, incl…

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Seb Besteiro @s-besteiro.bsky.social · May 20

Great work Andrew, congrats to you and all co-authors! 👏👏👏

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knuepferlab.bsky.social @knuepferlab.bsky.social · May 6

The KnuepferLab is hiring!

Our team is looking for a highly motivated, experienced molecular parasitologist to expand our group as a postdoctoral researcher at the RVC.

Follow either link below for more information on the project and the job offer:
lnkd.in/eprgmaE9
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMY962/p...

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Freddy Frischknecht @freddyfrischknecht.bsky.social · Apr 25

Come join us for an exciting @embo.org meeting in an enchanting location near Marseille

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veupathdb.org @veupathdb.org · Apr 21

Keep VEuPathDB open-access to all by subscribing today! veupathdb.org/veupathdb/ap...

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Eva Frickel @frickellab.bsky.social · Apr 13

🔥 Open postdoc position in human inflammation-driven control of infection! 🔥
Join me at the University of Geneva, Switzerland this summer as I’m moving my Wellcome-funded research activity to the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine! (1/5)

Please share!

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Nonia Pariente @npariente.bsky.social · Mar 31

Important advice from the great Peter Hotez on how to navigate a bioscience career in the US in the current climate

"your biosciences PhD gives you the problem-solving skills to navigate this maelstrom, especially if you maintain flexibility, optimism, and enthusiasm for uncharted paths"
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PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · Mar 31

The coming decade might see major cuts to US Government #funding for biomedicine. This Perspective highlights how your biosciences #PhD gives you the problem-solving skills to navigate this maelstrom, especially if you maintain flexibility, optimism &enthusiasm for uncharted paths🧪
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Navigating your US bioscience career into the 2030s

The coming decade might see major cuts to US Government funding for biomedicine and the mainstreaming of pseudoscience. This Perspective highlights how your biosciences PhD gives you the problem-solvi...

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Seb Besteiro @s-besteiro.bsky.social · Mar 27

I finally found the time to write a short piece on ATG8ylation of the apicoplast. You may want to check it out here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#autophagy #ATG8ylation #apicoplast

Keeping your endosymbiont under control: the enigmatic plastid membrane ATG8ylation in Apicomplexa parasites

ATG8ylation of membranes has been increasingly reported over the last few years, in various configurations and across different eukaryotic models. While the unconventional conjugation of ATG8 to th...

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Caro Goujon @carogoujon.bsky.social · Mar 27

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IRIM @irim-life.bsky.social · Mar 24

Last week to apply in order to join us as a group leader at @irim-life.bsky.social!

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Seb Besteiro @s-besteiro.bsky.social · Mar 18

Well done Lilach, congrats! 👏👏👏

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Emma Marie Briggs @emmamariebriggs.bsky.social · Mar 17

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...

Uncovering the adaptation mechanism that generate dormant forms of Leishmania microbes with omics approaches at Newcastle University on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Uncovering the adaptation mechanism that generate dormant forms of Leishmania microbes with omics approaches at Newcastle University, listed on FindAPhD.com

www.findaphd.com

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Ben Jenkins @benkinsjenkins.bsky.social · Mar 13

Check out our dispatch on apicomplexans that infect corals!

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

These parasite-like partners have lost photosynthesis but retained chlorophyll... are they friend or foe?

@currentbiology.bsky.social #protistsonsky #symbiosky #microsky #coralreefs

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ProParaCyto @derrickrrobinson.bsky.social · Mar 7

Assistant prof / MCF post available in ProParaCyto.

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SheinerLab @sheinerlab.bsky.social · Feb 28

🔊 Calling all parasite enthusiasts - come join us to study Toxoplasma and Plasmodium organelle biology 🔬
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...

Research Associate

Research Associate COLLEGE OF MEDICAL VETERINARY & LIFE SCIENCES SCHOOL OF INFECTION AND IMMUNITY Grade 7We are seeking to recruit an experienced Research Associate/postdoctoral researcher to ...

www.jobs.gla.ac.uk

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Nadia Izadi-Pruneyre @nadia-izadi.bsky.social · Feb 9

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Call for applications 2025 - Creation of new research groups at the Institut Pasteur - Research

The Institut Pasteur launches an international call to recruit new junior research group leaders in the application of cutting-edge transdisciplinary approaches to the exploration of host-microbe, tis...

research.pasteur.fr

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Seb Besteiro @s-besteiro.bsky.social · Feb 7

Also check nice papers from the Cell Biology of Organelles in Unicellular Parasites special issue www.molbiolcell.org/topic/oiup_s...

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Seb Besteiro @s-besteiro.bsky.social · Feb 7

Thrilled that staff at Molecular Biology of the Cell chose our picture for their March issue cover, always happy when Toxoplasma gets the spotlight! Thanks to the Editors and check out our paper on methylglyoxal metabolism in the apicoplast here: www.molbiolcell.org/doi/full/10....

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Seb Besteiro @s-besteiro.bsky.social · Feb 7

Stoked to see the latest research from our lab now out in @plosbiology.org! Check it out to learn more about lineage-specific adaptations in the cytosolic iron-sulfur assembly pathway in Apicomplexa.

journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

The HCF101 protein is an important component of the cytosolic iron–sulfur synthesis pathway in Toxoplasma gondii

Iron-sulfur proteins require specialized assembly pathways and play vital roles in cellular functions. This study shows that the plastid-derived protein HCF101 functions in the cytosolic Fe-S assembly...

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Seb Besteiro @s-besteiro.bsky.social · Feb 6

Glad to see this is out, congrats to the whole team!

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Matt Higgins @parasitematt.bsky.social · Jan 28

We have a position available for a research assistant to join the team to test our rationally designed malaria vaccines. A fun job with a lovely team of people and an important project funded by the Gates Foundation. Come and join us!
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

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