Excited about parasites? Love watching movies? Come join our Wellcome-funded project! Parasitology friends, please do share far and wide.

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🚨 2-year post-doc position available in my lab. More details below. Please repost!

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Research assistant (postdoc level) in molecular virology, EU-funded project APPEAL (Montpellier, France) The research assistant with a PhD in molecular virology (RA, 'ingénieur de recherche' in French) will work on the Horizon Europe-funded APPEAL project involving 13 partners from 6 countries, including...

New job offer in the team! If you're an experienced virologist (with a PhD), join us to work on Horizon Europe-funded APPEAL project in the vibrant city of Montpellier, South of France! euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/359640

Congrats Ira, keep up the good work with the journal!

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Host-parasite relationship: From mechanisms to control strategies Parasitic infections remain a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. The vast majority of parasitic infections in humans and domestic animals can be attributed to protozoan pathogens, incl…

Explore breakthroughs in #HostParasite interactions, #pathogenesis and more at EMBO Workshop "Host-parasite relationship: From mechanisms to control strategies" in Embiez, France, 5–8 October

Deadline: 15 July

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Great work Andrew, congrats to you and all co-authors! 👏👏👏

The KnuepferLab is hiring!

Our team is looking for a highly motivated, experienced molecular parasitologist to expand our group as a postdoctoral researcher at the RVC.

Follow either link below for more information on the project and the job offer:
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Come join us for an exciting @embo.org meeting in an enchanting location near Marseille

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🔥 Open postdoc position in human inflammation-driven control of infection! 🔥
Join me at the University of Geneva, Switzerland this summer as I’m moving my Wellcome-funded research activity to the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine! (1/5)

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Important advice from the great Peter Hotez on how to navigate a bioscience career in the US in the current climate

"your biosciences PhD gives you the problem-solving skills to navigate this maelstrom, especially if you maintain flexibility, optimism, and enthusiasm for uncharted paths"
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Keeping your endosymbiont under control: the enigmatic plastid membrane ATG8ylation in Apicomplexa parasites ATG8ylation of membranes has been increasingly reported over the last few years, in various configurations and across different eukaryotic models. While the unconventional conjugation of ATG8 to th...

I finally found the time to write a short piece on ATG8ylation of the apicoplast. You may want to check it out here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#autophagy #ATG8ylation #apicoplast

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Well done Lilach, congrats! 👏👏👏

Uncovering the adaptation mechanism that generate dormant forms of Leishmania microbes with omics approaches at Newcastle University on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Uncovering the adaptation mechanism that generate dormant forms of Leishmania microbes with omics approaches at Newcastle University, listed on FindAPhD.com

Funded PhD project with myself, Prof. Paul Denny at Durham University and Dr Kalesh Karunakaran at Teeside University now open for applications!

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Check out our dispatch on apicomplexans that infect corals!

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These parasite-like partners have lost photosynthesis but retained chlorophyll... are they friend or foe?

@currentbiology.bsky.social #protistsonsky #symbiosky #microsky #coralreefs

Assistant prof / MCF post available in ProParaCyto.

🔊 Calling all parasite enthusiasts - come join us to study Toxoplasma and Plasmodium organelle biology 🔬
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Call for applications 2025 - Creation of new research groups at the Institut Pasteur - Research The Institut Pasteur launches an international call to recruit new junior research group leaders in the application of cutting-edge transdisciplinary approaches to the exploration of host-microbe, tis...

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Also check nice papers from the Cell Biology of Organelles in Unicellular Parasites special issue www.molbiolcell.org/topic/oiup_s...

Thrilled that staff at Molecular Biology of the Cell chose our picture for their March issue cover, always happy when Toxoplasma gets the spotlight! Thanks to the Editors and check out our paper on methylglyoxal metabolism in the apicoplast here: www.molbiolcell.org/doi/full/10....

The HCF101 protein is an important component of the cytosolic iron–sulfur synthesis pathway in Toxoplasma gondii Iron-sulfur proteins require specialized assembly pathways and play vital roles in cellular functions. This study shows that the plastid-derived protein HCF101 functions in the cytosolic Fe-S assembly...

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.

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Glad to see this is out, congrats to the whole team!

We have a position available for a research assistant to join the team to test our rationally designed malaria vaccines. A fun job with a lovely team of people and an important project funded by the Gates Foundation. Come and join us!
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Are you interested in #trypanosomes #biomolecularcondensates and/or #geneexpression? We are looking for a highly motivated postdoc to work with with us in the beautiful city of York!

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📢#Postdoc opportunities: we are looking for two experienced and motivated researcher to join our WT funded projects on the role of the #Toxoplasma #mitochondria during #infection

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As academic Bluesky grows, researchers find strengths—and shortcomings Platform fosters collegial interactions among scientists, but potentially limits interactions beyond the academic community

Great piece by @kakape.bsky.social about BlueSky and the growth of its academic community

Feat. @lorenzspreen.bsky.social @carlbergstrom.com @jbakcoleman.bsky.social and others, as well as my efforts to monitor and analyze the network out of the equilibrium regime 👇

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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.

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