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keithrmatthews.bsky.social
Professor of Parasite Biology at the University of Edinburgh. #Trypanosomes, #parasites, #infections, #UniversityofEdinburgh https://biology.ed.ac.uk/the-matthews-lab
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We've previously looked at the developmental biology of trypanosome infections in mice, but parastaemias are unnaturally high in mice compared to cattle. Read what happens in cattle when blood parasitaemias are low and so quorum sensing may be limited... www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Really interesting day discussing impacts of climate change on vector borne diseases workshop today. Lots of great science and discussion about exciting projects to take forwards. @keithrmatthews.bsky.social #reecelab @roslininstitute.bsky.social @amypedersen.bsky.social

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

Having played a small part in a manuscript to be published in the journal 'Bioinformatics' I was interested to read the inaugural article about the journal from founding editor Rob Beynon in 1985. Worth a read (I hope OA) to see how things move on. academic.oup.com/bioinformati...

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

As the world marks Neglected Tropical Diseases Day, researchers from @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social are collaborating with the #RoyalSocietyofEdinburgh and #UnitingtoCombatNeglectedTropicalDiseases to host a free, public exhibition 31 Jan - 4 Feb. Get tickets now! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/amplifying...

submitted 39 days ago • 0 comments

Breakfast with colleagues at a conference when you’ve just received mixed reviews on your latest paper

submitted 42 days ago • 1 comment

The Institute kindly provided us with a new board to display our papers. Only a selection, but each one of them brought back such strong memories of the people involved, their effort, the setbacks, the battles with referees and final celebration. Important not to forget the stories behind any paper!

submitted 42 days ago • 2 comments

I’ve been enjoying the Apple Intelligence summaries of iMessages. But it gave me a fright when we were planning a trip to my mother-in-law’s and not sure whether to take some lunch as she hadn’t phoned to confirm. The AI message from my wife flashed up as “mum unresponsive, not taking food”

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How SPPIRIT is transforming early career profiles in Parasitology in Scotland www.cell.com/action/showP...

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Congratulations to all at the Siegel group - Christmas comes (a little) early! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

submitted 66 days ago • 1 comment

Genes linked to deadly parasites’ spread beyond Africa identified. Parasites that cause the deadly illness known as sleeping sickness can spread beyond their native Africa as a result of mutations to key genes. @keithrmatthews.bsky.social @goldrieve.bsky.social Full article: shorturl.at/9jlGS

submitted 71 days ago • 0 comments

Excited to share our work on life cycle simplification (monomorphism) in Trypanosoma brucei in Nature Comms @natureportfolio.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

submitted 87 days ago • 2 comments

What good way to start with Bluesky! Delighted to share our paper on how non-tsetse transmitted trypanosomes lose the ability to make stumpy forms (and adapt to the monomorphic life style) and so can spread outside Africa. A great reward after years of hard work from Guy Oldrieve ! rdcu.be/d13YK

submitted 87 days ago • 0 comments