Currently out with a team of scientists in Kenya exploring the role of Shared Landscapes in disease transmission with @Charisenns and others @LydiaBeckerIII
A week spent discussing livestock, wildlife, people and pathogens that share landscapes, and pathways to healthy futures through transdisciplinary collaboration
If you want to join the Isle of May mouse team we have a BBSRC PhD studentship available to apply for: https://t.co/FOBCwSiv1W with me and @ProfJudiAllen
Another decade of Trichuris muris research: An update and application ... https://t.co/RGNuTf5HHl. Lead by Becca Shears and with Jacob Thompson and Bella Hubbard this was a really fun review to write. What a lot has happened in 10 years!
Our latest ecoimmunology findings are on @biorxivpreprint as a #preprint. What does the immune response to natural infection with #Trichuris look like in wild mice? What affects it? How does it compare to our laboratory models? Great team @IsleofMayEcoim1! https://t.co/y7kmsgX9cr
As I step down today from the Deans role & retire from @UofGlasgow I wish to thank everyone I have met all over Africa & Middle East in the last few years. To all my colleagues at UofG it has been an honour to have worked with you. Thanks #TeamUofG
5/10: @kathelse launched a brand new branch of the Becker - 'Eco-immunology & Context-specific Immunology' - looking at the study of the immune system in a real-life context
https://t.co/kGzx9UzH4e
Our paper describing the early stages of whipworm infection just out. Includes a new caecal organoid system. many years tenacious work driven by @mariaduco. Great collaboration involving @grencisgroup@lydiabeckerIII@wtccmr @berriman_mb4 @sangerinstitute
https://t.co/Czeg2jBIiR
In this review full of exceptional graphics, authors reviewed the life-cycle of Toxoplasma gondii using animations.
Read more and enjoy the great drawings and videos!
https://t.co/x9vSILMjUa
Thank you @ZBartonicek for sending me the high res version of this gorgeous video - have just used in my final year Advanced Parasitology lecture, causing much wonderment!
Over 1 billion children are at risk of intestinal worms,
which impair their ability to learn. Deworming increases
school attendance and raises future earning potential.
That's why we are #100percentcommitted to ending
neglected tropical diseases (NTDs)
https://t.co/3N6vAWFRON