🌍 Calling parasitologists from LMICs! Apply for the MPM XXXVII LMIC Travel Award to attend the Molecular Parasitology Meeting in Woods Hole, MA (September 13–17, 2026). Awards include full registration, travel, and accommodation.
🗓️ Deadline: March 1, 2026
🔗 www.parasitesrule.com/mpm-xxxvii/t...
I am excited to attend #pag33 and represnt the #VEuPathDB project.
🔬 Our first community-contributed image is here!
Stunning SEMs of two Trichomonas vaginalis parasites connected by cytonemes.
Want to share your parasite images? Visit parasitesrule.com to contribute!
📸 Salas et al., eLife 2023 doi:10.7554/eLife.86067 @eLife
🦠 Grad students & postdocs in parasitology:
Apply now for the Biology of Parasitism (BoP): Modern Approaches course at @MBLScience.
Hands-on labs, expert lectures, and cutting-edge tools.
📅 Summer 2026 | ⏰ Deadline Feb 5
🔗 mbl.edu/courses
Missed another parasitology webinar? 😩
I built a page to fix that — a community list of free online seminars anyone can add to!
🧫 Find and share virtual parasitology events here:
www.parasitesrule.com/seminars
The parasitesrule site has an archive of abstract books from the Molecular Parasitology Meeting (MPM) & the Kinetoplastid Molecular Cell Biology Meeting (KMCB). The book from the first MPM (1990) is also there!
🔗 parasitesrule.com/archive
Did you know that you can submit and view parasitology related jobs on the #parasitesrule site? Check out the new interface:
🔗https://www.parasitesrule.com/jobs
Thanks to all who have donted or joined the team! It's the final push this week to make my run count to support the amazing humanitarian work conducted by #UNRWA #Gaza5k
🔗https://getinvolved.unrwausa.org/fundraiser/6607956
Today and tomorrow Oct 6/7, Omar Harb @omarharb.org
from VEuPathDB is at the Neurospora 2025 meeting in Schroon Lake, NY!
@veupathdb.org / FungiDB community- if you're attending, please stop by and say hello! Tell us about your work and ask questions about ours. 💬 We'd love to connect.
Help me raise money for mental health care in #Gaza. I will be participating in the #UNRWA #Gaza5k on Oct. 12 in New York. Any amount counts and no amount is too small. Thank you! please repost
🔗https://getinvolved.unrwausa.org/fundraiser/6607956
Recordings of the last 5 Keynote talks at the Molecular Parasitology Meeting MPM are available on the parasitesrule Youtube channel - check them out - ❤️ like and subscribe:
www.youtube.com/@Parasitesrule
The @veupathdb.org user comments campaign at #MPM2025 yielded 200 user comments from 66 attendees! Thanks, contributors 💐
For example: a comment on gene cgd5_3570 on CryptoDB pointed out that GGC proteins exhibit male-specific expression according to single-cell RNA seq. Good to know!
Favorite time of the year!
Title slide being projected on a screen for the BSP trypanosomiasis and leishmaniasis seminar
View of Ceske Budějovice from above. Beautiful city with coloured houses on a clear sunny day
A big welcome to everyone who has joined us for the @bspparasitology.bsky.social trypanosomiasis and leishmaniasis meeting this week in the beautiful city of Ceske Budějovice!
Running the 2025 NYC #Gaza5K for @UNRWA! 🏃♀️ Supporting mental health services for Palestinian refugee children. Every donation makes a difference. Please donate & RT!
getinvolved.unrwausa.org/fundraiser/6...
#Gaza5K #MentalHealth #RefugeeChildren
Did you submit an abstract to #mpm2025? Notifications went out this week. Check you spam folders if you don't see an email in your inbox. @rmc9z.bsky.social @mjgubbels.bsky.social @omarharb.org
This is really cool! How does AI summarize the transcriptomics data of your favorite gene? check it out!
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
Today's short video features the proteomics section of our encyclopedic gene pages. 🧬 Quickly find mass spec evidence, post-translational mods, and more for your favorite gene in @veupathdb.org and all of our component databases.
Watch it now! www.youtube.com/shorts/o0s-D...
📹We've made more short videos to highlight features on
@veupathdb.org 💫
This one walks you thro' the section on gene pages called the RNAseq transcriptomic summary. Get an overview of datasets where your favorite gene is doing something interesting. Watch it now! www.youtube.com/shorts/V2eZi...
A common parasite can decapitate human sperm − with implications for male fertility
theconversation.com/a-common-par...
GRiP-ing Crypto talk tomorrow from Mattie Pawlowic from the University of Dundee. Join us!
2 pm (GMT) | 3 pm (CET) | 9 am (EDT)
Link- uofglasgow.zoom.us/j/8172068584...
Passcode: 038661
Ever wonder how to find genes based on their phyletic pattern? Like genes conserved in Plasmodium but do not have homologs in mammals? Here is a YouTube short that shows you how to do this. Like it, share it, subscribe youtube.com/shorts/9cP-3...
Today, we're highlighting a short video that shows you one way of analyzing results on VEuPathDB.
🧬Gene Ontology or GO Enrichment ✨ can help you find nuggets of useful functional information in your gene results: youtube.com/shorts/Rsb1F...
Keep VEuPathDB open-access to all by subscribing today! veupathdb.org/veupathdb/ap...
The new OrthoMCL-7 with OrthoFinder clustering, Similar Groups, and Phylogenetic Trees is 🌟 now live 🌟at orthomcl.org, part of the @veupathdb.bsky.social
family of resources. The previous version of OrthoMCL-6.21 is still available as a Legacy site.
The Roland A. Cooper Award was established in 2024 to support parasitologists from endemic areas to attend international parasitology conferences. Your generous contribution, no matter the size, will have an immediate impact. www.socapar.org/home/donate
From Data to Insight – A Practical Introduction to Interpreting Malaria Genetics for Surveillance, a free, self-paced online course offered by the PlasmoGenEpi network and developed with funding from the Gates Foundation.
🔗plasmogenepi.org/OnlineCourse
The VEuPathDB sites have specialized searches 🔍 to help you find genes on the basis of transcriptomics, phenotype, protein features, and DOZENS of other criteria.
Watch this short video to learn more about searching for the right search! youtube.com/shorts/dd_Vz...
Curious about how to search for phenotype evidence on VEuPathDB sites? 🔍 Wondering if your favorite genes are essential for survival? 🧬 Check out our short video for a quick demo on how to run this search! 📹 youtube.com/shorts/8DnYm...