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natimmunol.nature.com @natimmunol.nature.com · 2d

Congratulations to Fred Ramsdell, Mary Brunkow and Shimon Sakaguchi - the 2025 Winners of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. #Treg_cells #Foxp3 #Immune_regulation

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Johan Duchêne @johanduchene.bsky.social · 9d

⚠️ Half of commercial antibodies miss their target!
So how do you pick the right one for your experiment?

Here’s the solution 👉
Antibody characterization data (all tested in KO cells) are now available at:
🔗 onlygoodantibodies.co.uk

Tested by @ycharos.bsky.social & @oga-community.bsky.social

OGA - Only Good Antibodies Community

onlygoodantibodies.co.uk

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veupathdb.org @veupathdb.org · 13d

Our user comments campaign may be over, but your user comments are welcome and valuable EVERYDAY!

Crowdsourced user knowledge fuels discovery and helps keep gene data accurate, accessible, and impactful. Visit any gene page on @veupathdb.org or component sites to add a comment!

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Author Bill Sullivan @authorbillsullivan.com · 13d

I was interviewed by Josh Learn for DISCOVER magazine to discuss the fascinating (and surprisingly common) parasite Toxoplasma gondii

This Cat Parasite Can Infect Humans, and You Can Get It From Litter Boxes or Unwashed Veggies

www.discovermagazine.com/this-cat-par...

This Cat Parasite Can Infect Humans, and You Can Get It From Litter Boxes or Unwashed Veggies

A cat parasite in humans? Discover more about a cat parasite called toxoplasmosis and its complex life cycle that can infect nearly every warm-blooded animal on the planet.

www.discovermagazine.com

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Tea Tomita @teagondii.bsky.social · 16d

Anyone?

Tea Tomita @teagondii.bsky.social · 19d

[We are Hiring!]

The Weiss Lab at Albert Einstein College of Medicine (NY) is hiring a Postdoc Scientist to explore the Toxoplasma gondii cyst wall using XL-MS, Split TurboID, & U-ExM.

This project aims to unlock new strategies for treating toxoplasmosis.

DM for more info!

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Henrico Langeveld @henricol28.bsky.social · 19d

Honoured & grateful to have received an MPM Travel Grant and have the opportunity to present my PhD research at my first MPM 🇺🇸

Amazing science, inspiring discussions & a fantastic community of parasitologists – what a milestone in my journey. @parasitesrule.org
#MPM2025 #Parasitology

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Tea Tomita @teagondii.bsky.social · 19d

[We are Hiring!]

The Weiss Lab at Albert Einstein College of Medicine (NY) is hiring a Postdoc Scientist to explore the Toxoplasma gondii cyst wall using XL-MS, Split TurboID, & U-ExM.

This project aims to unlock new strategies for treating toxoplasmosis.

DM for more info!

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Tea Tomita @teagondii.bsky.social · 20d

We are hiring. Please RT 🙏

Tea Tomita @teagondii.bsky.social · 21d

[We are Hiring!]

The Weiss Lab at Albert Einstein College of Medicine (NY) is hiring a Postdoc Scientist to explore the Toxoplasma gondii cyst wall using XL-MS, Split TurboID, & U-ExM.

This project aims to unlock new strategies for treating toxoplasmosis.

DM for more info!

Tea Tomita @teagondii.bsky.social · 21d

[We are Hiring!]

The Weiss Lab at Albert Einstein College of Medicine (NY) is hiring a Postdoc Scientist to explore the Toxoplasma gondii cyst wall using XL-MS, Split TurboID, & U-ExM.

This project aims to unlock new strategies for treating toxoplasmosis.

DM for more info!

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Charles University, Faculty of Science @sciencecharles.bsky.social · 21d

🧬 Scientists led by Prof. Petr Volf at the Department of Parasitology discovered key proteins behind Leishmania transmission, a step toward reducing this disease affecting hundreds of thousands globally 🌍💡

More here: 1url.cz/3Jjac

Midgut and stomodeal valve attachment of Leishmania in sand flies

Leishmania development in sand flies involves critical attachment steps to the midgut epithelium and the stomodeal valve, mediated by parasite- and vector-derived molecules. Initial midgut attachment ...

1url.cz

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Rohit Satyam @rohitsatyam.bsky.social · 22d

Join me on 16 Sept 8-9 AM (Boston time Zone i.e. 3 PM KSA) as I present my R package on how to access VEuPathDB component databases and several other database virtually in MPM XXXVI conference.

rohit-satyam.github.io/plasmoRUtils...

#plasmodium #pathogen
@veupathdb.org @parasitesrule.org

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veupathdb.org @veupathdb.org · 22d

The @veupathdb.org team is excited to be attending the MPM conference this week!

💬 Stop by our booth to chat with us

⌨️ Participate in our User Comments campaign- share your knowledge on gene pages and pick up your free "Got Parasites?" mug at the booth: veupathdb.org/veupathdb/ap...

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Nature Reviews Microbiology @natrevmicro.nature.com · 21d

New online! New Cryptosporidium parvum fitness factor

New Cryptosporidium parvum fitness factor

Nature Reviews Microbiology, Published online: 17 September 2025; doi:10.1038/s41579-025-01241-3A new study by Huang et al. identifies a Cryptosporidium parvum ABC transporter that confers resistance to a toxic gut microbial metabolite.

www.nature.com

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Rodolpho Souza @rodolphosouza1.bsky.social · 23d

Favorite time of the year!

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Tea Tomita @teagondii.bsky.social · Sep 4

The key takeaway is captured in this sentence from our paper:

"Cataloging proteome-wide PPIs is more than mere stamp collecting—it is a critical step in unraveling the intricate complexity of biological life."

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Tea Tomita @teagondii.bsky.social · Sep 4

Our latest publication in mBio!
We used the DSBSO crosslinker to map a Toxoplasma gondii interactome. By leveraging previously known biological features, we trained a machine learning model to filter out mediocre hits and strengthen the quality of the interactome.

journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

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Mohamed-Ali HAKIMI @hakimi.bsky.social · Aug 30

Toxoplasma facing career options:
🏃 Tachyzoite (fast life)
😴 Bradyzoite (chronic sleeper)
🙀 Pre-sexual (cat-ready)
Spoiler: epigenetics makes the call.
Our recent review in Current Opinion in Microbiology decodes how chromatin remodelers, TFs& AP2s orchestrate these fates 👇🏽
doi.org/10.1016/j.mi...

Redirecting

doi.org

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Tea Tomita @teagondii.bsky.social · Jul 14

It's getting more and more dystopian here. And no one is talking about this.

Ms. Misanthrope 🇺🇸 @lilmsmisanthrope.bsky.social · Jul 13

ICE is no longer immigration enforcement. It’s a sprawling secret police with a budget bigger than some nations’ armies. No oversight. Questionable training. Just masks, unmarked vans, and executive authority. If you think this stops at the border, you’re not paying attention.

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Ms. Misanthrope 🇺🇸 @lilmsmisanthrope.bsky.social · Jul 13

ICE is no longer immigration enforcement. It’s a sprawling secret police with a budget bigger than some nations’ armies. No oversight. Questionable training. Just masks, unmarked vans, and executive authority. If you think this stops at the border, you’re not paying attention.

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Tea Tomita @teagondii.bsky.social · Jul 2

Very useful 😀

Francesca Torelli @fratorelli.bsky.social · Jun 30

In my quest for an everything-proof marker I found this brilliant Reddit thread where somebody systematically tested several ones with 70%EtOH, water bath and for smudginess 😍 not all heroes wear capes! #lablife www.reddit.com/r/labrats/co...

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Jun 12

So, I emailed the link:

www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...

to my kids, some of my former graduate students and post-docs, and a few other friends. All in all, I shared the link with about 30 people.

I asked them to consider signing and to share the link with their own networks.

5/n

Bethesda Declaration — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE

Support NIH Staff Now!

www.standupforscience.net

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Philippe Bastin's Lab @bastinlab.bsky.social · Jun 12

Daniel's paper is now published in @jcellsci.bsky.social, great experience with @reviewcommons.org 😀

Want to know everything tubulin assembly in trypanosome flagella and other microtubules? Here is the link:

journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...

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MJ Gubbels @mjgubbels.bsky.social · Jun 5

The anticipation is over, the MPM registration and abstract submission is open!!

ParasitesRule @parasitesrule.org · Jun 5

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

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · Jun 4

“I would like to cure brain cancer. I think that's not particularly controversial.” Be that as it may, the NIH terminated that scientist's grant. Here's a huge survey of the 2,500 grants that NIH has killed or delayed...so far. Gift link: nyti.ms/43Jz1yJ

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Moritz Treeck @moritztreeck.bsky.social · Jun 3

GIMM PhD Programme now open. 17 PhD positions and a few more to come.

gimm.pt/course/phd-p...

GIMM PhD Studentships 2025 – GIMMGIMM PhD Studentships 2025 – GIMM

Thank you very much for your generous donation and for sharing your testimony.We hope to more people feel inspired to join this mission of discovery and innovation!

gimm.pt

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