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Cryptosporidium modifies intestinal microvilli through an exported virulence factor!! Phenomenal work from the newly DR’ed Elena Rodrigues www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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📅 Save the Date! The EMBO Workshop "Host-Parasite Relationship: From Mechanisms to Control Strategies" organized by @ParaFrap will take place on October 5-8, 2025, at Les Embiez Island. Stay updated on registration opening —enter your email here: coming-soon.embo.org/w25-83 #Science #Parasite

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I wish I could send all of you out there a hug - witnessing second hand so much needless stress, uncertainty and suffering. I see you and I stand with you.

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#PLOSPathogens: The #malaria parasite PP1 phosphatase controls the initiation of the egress pathway of asexual blood-stages by regulating the rounding-up of the vacuole dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour... @plos.org ParaFrap Teams: @lebrunlab.bsky.social @lavazeclab.bsky.social

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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/...

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Iron-sulfur proteins require specialized assembly pathways. @s-besteiro.bsky.social &co show that the plastid-derived protein HCF101 functions in the cytosolic Fe-S assembly pathway in #Toxoplasma and is crucial for #parasite viability 🧪 @plosbiology.org plos.io/3EFKKoQ

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Do you work on parasites and reside in an LMIC? Consider applying for a 2025 MPM LMIC award. The deadline is March 3rd, 2025—details on the website. www.parasitesrule.com/mpm-xxxvi/tr...

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📣 ParaFrap Webinar: Gretchen DIFFENDALL (Team A.Scherf @pasteur.fr): Metabolomics Identifies a Natural Host Cytoadhesion Inhibitor in Asymptomatic #Malaria Cases @parafrap.bsky.social Chairperson: Antoine CLAESSENS @ant1-claessens.bsky.social 🗓️ Thursday, February 13, 3pm CET 🎟️ bit.ly/ParaFrapWeb

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Global Parasitology Seminar next Monday: Ira Blader on Toxoplasma & oxygen. 2/10/25 12 pm EST in person & zoom. ⁦‪@TrendsParasitol‬⁩ ⁦‪@BSPparasitology‬⁩ ⁦‪@parasitesrule‬⁩ ⁦‪@AmSocParasit‬⁩ ⁦‪@AS_Para‬⁩ ⁦‪@pennvet‬⁩ ⁦‪@SFParasitologie‬⁩ ⁦‪@CTEGD‬⁩

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Register! womeninmalaria.es/wim-conferen...

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The MPM XXXVI page is now live. Sept 14th to Sept 18th. More updates will be coming soon. Check it out on the parasitesrule.com website. Organized this year by Richarch McCulloch @rmc9z.bsky.social, Photini Sinnis, Marc-Jan Gubbels, Deepali Ravel & Omar Harb @omarharb.bsky.social

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First Global Parasitology Seminar of 2025: Nathan Schmidt on Malaria & Microbiome. Monday 01/27 12 pm US EST. @womeninmalaria @BSPparasitology @FightingMalaria @AmSocParasit @UPenn_I3H @MBLBoP

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I'm thrilled to announce our latest work is now published in Cell! Viruses encode numerous proteins that inhibit host defenses, but identifying immune-modulatory proteins among millions of viral sequences has been nearly impossible - until now! www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

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Remember learning that ribosomes are made of 1 large subunit RNA + 1 small subunit RNA? Well, some cells defy this rule, and the most extreme case is Toxoplasma which makes its mitoribosome from >50 RNA pieces! Wanna know how? Read below

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Delighted to share our study on a major Toxoplasma virulence factor that prevents lytic host cell death. Many thanks to @parafrap.bsky.social for support, constructive reviews and all labs involved: Melissa Lodoen, Hiba El Hajj, @gissotlab.bsky.social, Karine Le Roch Link : rdcu.be/d6m3G

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Have you finished your #PhD and are interested in exploring how #parasites cross the vasculature to colonize tissues? Do you fancy catching some #waves in the Atlantic? Or eating grilled fish by the beach? Join us in #Lisbon at GIMM, where science meets quality of life. @parasitesrule.bsky.social

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Hey Bluesky :) Last chance to apply for AFRIBOP 2025 hosted by the University of Glasgow, KEMRI Wellcome Trust, and the Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Trust! Fantastic opportunity - pls share with anyone you think may be interested! Apply here : shorturl.at/2sRFS

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Cascading expression of ApiAP2 transcription factors controls daughter cell assembly in Toxoplasma gondii journals.plos.org/plospathogen...

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📢🦟 Sign up for #EMBLMalaria and join us in this crucial endeavour to understand the biology of the #malaria parasite and to advance global health 🌍⚕️ 👉🏻 s.embl.org/bmp25-01-bl 📅 20 – 22 May 2025 📍 EMBL Heidelberg and Virtual 📝 Submit your abstract by 25 Feb!

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Don’t miss Yi-Wei summarizing his amazing work as an Assistant Professor. This will be both, great science and a lot of fun!

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Cytoskeleton rearrangements promote formation of a giant structure called a GUVac that stops cells from dying when they become detached from the extracellular matrix. 🔗 https://elifesciences.org/articles/104942?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic_insights

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rdcu.be/d5o3U it's out!!

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The best way to start 2025: our latest work is out in #PLOSPathogens. It discusses ApiAP2 transcription factors and daughter cell assembly in T. gondii. A work spearheaded by @be-maanasa.bsky.social with the contribution of @mudiyamv.bsky.social dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...

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Protective antibodies target cryptic epitope unmasked by cleavage of malaria sporozoite protein | Science

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🦟🌍 Join us for the 21st edition of #EMBLMalaria as we strengthen partnerships, share insights, and drive innovations to combat malaria's toll and advance global health. 📅 20 – 22 May 2025 📍 EMBL Heidelberg and Virtual 📝 Submit abstract by 25 Feb 👉🏻 s.embl.org/bmp25-01-bl #malaria #epidemiology

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We are very excited to announce a new @events.embl.org conference with a general focus on all infections with the goal to foster discussions across researchers working on multiple pathogens. We couldn't find a conference as such in Europe, so we decided to organize it 😊 www.embl.org/about/info/c...

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Fancy some CRISPR screening? We are looking for an enthusiastic #posdoc to join us to investigate #Toxoplasma host-path interactions in different hosts. elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

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Malaria – the world’s most deadly vector-borne disease – is particularly sensitive to variations in climate and weather. (...) Investment in climate-resilient health systems and paradigm-shifting new tools is critical to accelerate progress towards eradication. malariaatlas.org/project-reso...

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Xmas lunch with the lab, glad to work with such a nice and talented bunch of scientists. @lebrunlab @martacova

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A New Approach to Predicting Malaria Drug Resistance today.ucsd.edu/story/a-new-... Their "work reveals how to distinguish phenotype-driving variants from passengers, a key challenge of forward genetics approaches."

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🚨🚨🚨 L'@ipbstoulouse.bsky.social est laboratoire d'accueil pour 4 postes de MCU en biochimie, biologie moléculaire, génétique et microbiologie qui vont ouvrir au concours en 2025 à l'Université de Toulouse #Emploi #Université #Maitredeconférences 👇

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Controlling the genes of a parasite. https://buff.ly/4g2ujRr

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Delighted to share our first manuscript on @bsky.app on a novel SUN1-ALLAN complex in Plasmodium MTOC and NE organization. Many thanks @zeeshanm.bsky.social; @eelcotromer.bsky.social; @ryanase.bsky.social ; Tony; Sarah; David F; Karine; Igor; Cyrille; Declan. Link: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Have you ever wondered how knocking out every single gene in the human genome, one by one, might affect your intracellular pathogen of interest? We did, & boy was it a wild ride! Happy to share our preprint discovering the essential host genome for Cryptosporidium - www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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