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Identified the apicoplast in 1996. Coasting ever since.
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Koalas live in the trees on my block at the Otway coast. This one was enjoying new growth low down in a manna gum by the back door.

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Life is continually amazing.

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Plastids & mitochondria arose from separate endosymbioses of prokaryotes.Their prokaryotic ancestry makes them susceptible to antibiotics. Antibiotics kill pathogenic protists by targeting their plastids or mitochondria. Here we review the lop sided inheritance. journals.plos.org/plospathogen...

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Off to Adelaide for the weekend. Phew!

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A great week. The newly minted Dr Sophie Collier graduated, along with Masters students Yumin Wong and Nicole Smith, who both got distinctions. Sophie submitted a revised review, and Sarah Farrell, our lab manager, submitted her first paper. Dinner at Brunettis to cap the year off.

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Drew is often referred to as the Spielberg of molecular animation. Judge for yourself. This one is worth putting up on your biggest screen to enjoy the spectacle of two Holiday junctions colliding/resolving. Drew’s pro tip for max enjoyment is to select high res with the ⚙️ icon.

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I am delighted to be on the latest episode of Gardening Australia to talk about mosquitoes www.abc.net.au/gardening/ho...

submitted 88 days ago • 3 comments

Happy to get 3 years funding from the Australian Research Council to dissect maternal inheritance of mitochondria and plastids in malaria parasites. Commiserations to those who weren’t successful.

submitted 92 days ago • 3 comments

Off to Stradbroke Island/Minjerribah to teach the ASP Concepts in Parasitology Course. There may be surfing involved.

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