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Unconscionable Perhaps the most disgusting announcement of a week full of disgusting announcements. The impact PEPFAR has played in global fight against HIV/AIDS is a shining example of how investing in global health is in the national interest. www.cbsnews.com/news/funding...

submitted 29 days ago • 2 comments

Our Jan issue highlights @sppirit-network.bsky.social connecting #Scottish #parasitology #ECRs, written by R. Edgar @jackhanna.bsky.social @marketanovotna.bsky.social @martacampillo.bsky.social @mukul1190.bsky.social @shikhas.bsky.social @vfrank.bsky.social & M.Ridgway www.cell.com/trends/paras...

submitted 31 days ago • 1 comment

Do tissue-dwelling trypanosomes sustain transmission populations? A hot off-the-press @cellpress.bsky.social spotlight article by Steve Larcombe, Jane Munday @janemunday.bsky.social and @rmc9z.bsky.social -- www.cell.com/trends/paras...

submitted 70 days ago • 0 comments

Hi everyone! We are SPPIRIT, a Scottish ECR network created by a group of postdocs, research fellows, and PIs motivated to develop and strengthen the parasitology community in Scotland. Follow us for research highlights, training opportunities, Workshops and much more!

submitted 70 days ago • 0 comments

Are you a parasitologist in Scotland? Are you looking for ways to create a scientific community focused on ECRs in your area? In this TrendsTalk, we explain how we have done it for the Scottish Parasitology Partnership in Research, Innovation and Training (SPPIRIT)! www.cell.com/trends/paras...

submitted 78 days ago • 1 comment

New MRC-funded postdoc with me on comparative bacterial genomics/phylodynamics @roslininstitute.bsky.social university of Edinburgh. Great multidisciplinary team and collaboration with partners at Shanghai Jao Tong University. elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

submitted 84 days ago • 3 comments

Please enjoy and share widely 😄 Our new paper, led by @goldrieve.bsky.social , details the mechanisms of lifecycle simplification in #trypanosomes.

submitted 86 days ago • 0 comments

Our new paper - led by Hend Abu-Elmakarem and Oscar MacLean - sheds light on #mutation dynamics and the challenges of using molecular clocks to date #malaria parasite #evolution. Full link here: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39570730/

submitted 91 days ago • 0 comments

#Immunosky #neuroskyence our team is expanding and we’re recruiting a colleague with a strong background in neuroscience (PhD level) to conduct curiosity-driven research into the role of adaptive immunity in controlling sleep. Details & how to apply here: www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

submitted 92 days ago • 1 comment

Non-native English speakers need 50% more time to write a paper When they do, they face a 2.5 times higher chance of being rejected because of language journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

submitted 95 days ago • 24 comments

#EID is a network of 900 infectious disease researchers across different institutes in Edinburgh. Give them a follow to connect with global experts and their cutting edge science.

submitted 98 days ago • 0 comments

The neoliberal uni project is going well. Maybe if unis stopped spending money on status building projects, paying management inflated salaries & treating students as customers and the government was serious about properly funding unis we might not be in this situation. www.bbc.com/news/article...

submitted 99 days ago • 1 comment

New preprint from others in the lab - Mapping origins of DNA replication in Leishmania. Great work Jeziel, Gabriel, @marquescata.bsky.social, Marija, Craig, Dario and the boss! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

submitted 100 days ago • 1 comment

Please circulate 💼 Post doc opportunity in York with Mathieu Cayla: Interested in trypanosomes, and have a background in molecular/ cell biology, or microbiology? Then apply here to work with a great PI in a fantastic location: jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/post...

submitted 105 days ago • 0 comments

🚨🚨🚨paper alert!!!!! Finally out!! Our small contribution to the trypanosomatids field! Using UExM we explored the journey of Trypansoma cruzi inside the host cell mdpi.com/2076-0817/13/1… @carlos_robello @paraymicologia

submitted 107 days ago • 1 comment

Looking to connect with other researchers working on trypanosome and kinetoplastid biology? Then here's a started pack. go.bsky.app/5TQRGZE Please let me know if you'd like to be added, so we can grow this community.

submitted 107 days ago • 1 comment

Please share the advert, either on here or with your departments, if you’re able to 😊

submitted 107 days ago • 1 comment

A huge blow to the global #parasitology research community. Baffled by the #NIH decision to end funding for such a valuable resource... www.science.org/content/arti...

submitted 167 days ago • 2 comments

Why is it taking so long for #mpox vaccine to reach Africa? In Context Newsroom Jimmy Whitworth discusses global vaccine inequity & says action urgently needed to tackle outbreak of 'lethal new variant' #publichealth 👉 bit.ly/3AZaM4A

submitted 177 days ago • 1 comment

#HiSciSky Happy to migrate over here. I'm a postdoc in Edinburgh, interested in #trypanosomes, #coinfection, and #drugresistance. I post mostly about science, but occasionally comment on politics that impact researchers (esp. from the Global South). T. brucei image: Sue Vaughan/ Welcome Collection

submitted 428 days ago • 1 comment