Barrett_Lab

Studies parasites and how to diagnose and kill them. Views my own

[Graham Grant @GrahamGGrant]

🔍 Elementary, my dear Doyle? 
New research suggests Sherlock Holmes author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle anticipated a key breakthrough in understanding malaria years before it was proven
👇

https://t.co/9BaN5lJerP

@Barrett_Lab #SherlockHolmes @MailOnlineScot @HolmesMagazine

[Parasites Without Borders @PWB_Global]

The major approaches to Guinea worm prevention and eradication include:

1. Filtering drinking water through finely-woven cloth to mechanically remove copepods or drinking water through filter straws.

2. Treating contaminated water with a larvicide known as temephos (ABATE®).

3. Health education to prevent infected individuals from entering drinking water sources when
Guinea worms are emerging.

4. Providing clean water from wells.

📸 Life Straw

[Parasites Without Borders @PWB_Global]

The leishmaniases are a group of diseases caused by protozoan parasites from more than 20 Leishmania species. An estimated 700,000 to 1 million new cases occur annually. Learn more and explore our free resources at https://t.co/9WDynaKH1F

[Barrett_Lab @Barrett_Lab]

Last couple of days for abstracts for BSP spring meeting in Glasgow. Do submit!!

https://t.co/Etl1loJFaH

[Barrett_Lab @Barrett_Lab]

A great way to learn the capability of Omics to enhance your research

[MVLS Shared Research Facilities @MVLS_SRF]

The next workshop will be held on 10 - 12th December 2025, but if you can't make that one we do have dates throughout the year you can sign up to!

[Parasites Without Borders @PWB_Global]

Parasitic Diseases Lectures #3: Introduction to Protozoan Parasites 🪱 Dickson and Daniel introduce the protozoan parasites that will be discussed in this course. 📺 https://t.co/Pyi0bfQjIt

[UofG Sii @UofGSii]

📆 | Save the Date!

The @BSPparasitology Spring Meeting 2026 is coming to @UofGlasgow.

Running from 7-9 April, there will be 15 sessions, 5 workshops, a ceilidh, a dinner - and a welcome reception at Glasgow City Chambers.

🔗 More info soon at https://t.co/6eRMuOSd8d

[Parasites Without Borders @PWB_Global]

Carlos Justiniano Ribeiro Chagas, M.D. (1879–1934) 🔬Working as a physician in rural Brazil, Chagas determined that the most recent seasonal mortality rate was not due entirely to malaria, as many had died with no malarial parasites demonstrable in their bloodstream. Instead, he observed that the vinchuca bug (reduviid) had trypanosomes in their gut tract and made the association between the bugs and the infection in people by finding trypanosomes in the blood of a young infected girl. He went on to describe many of the clinical features of what was to become known as American trypanosomiasis. He named it Trypanosoma cruzi, after his friend and mentor, Oswaldo Cruz. Chagas went on to discover Pneumocystis carinii, (renamed Pneumocystis jirovecii) an opportunistic fungal infection, a particular risk for HIV/AIDS patients.

Page 170 📕 Parasitic Diseases, Eighth Edition

Download a copy for free! https://t.co/xu6cN99Rjr

[Barrett_Lab @Barrett_Lab]

Great opportunity to explore a great idea

[UofG MVLS @UofGMVLS]

We are delighted to announce that Professor Emma Thomson @emcat1 has been appointed as the new Director of the MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research @CVRinfo! 🔬🦠
@UKRI_News @The_MRC

Read more➡️ https://t.co/vtEC3lwYEV

[Neil Gow @neil_gow]

Please repost: We have a postdoc position in Antifungal Immunity Research available to study T cell responses and fungal sensitization in atopic dermatitis. ⁦@eurconfmedmycol⁩
For more details, visit: https://t.co/faE2F72tgT; ⁦@ISHAM_Mycology⁩ ⁦@MRCcmm⁩

[Barrett_Lab @Barrett_Lab]

Well worth attending this if wondering about the diversity of opportunity available to life science workers

[Matt Higgins @ParasiteMatt]

Looking for a fully-funded D. Phil. / Ph.D. studentship in structural biology and vaccinology? Come to join our team. Fully and generously funded by a donation from the Kyner-Field family with full fees at overseas level. Join us??
https://t.co/KZMGLmTGI3

[MVLS Shared Research Facilities @MVLS_SRF]

We are holding the An Introduction to Omics Online Workshop!
📅 9 - 11 June 2025
🌐 Zoom and Moodle
🎟️ https://t.co/6OXKgyqFmV

[Tansy Hammarton @Hammarton_lab]

Our #microbiology/#parasitology primary school workshops are in full flow this week with ~200 visitors from @GarnetbankPS @ThornwoodPri @NotreDamePri @HyndlandPS Many thanks to wonderful volunteers who made them happen! @UofGMVLS @UofGSii @hunterian

[Barrett_Lab @Barrett_Lab]

Fantastic opportunity to explore new ideas at the life sciences-computing interface

[Boris Striepen @striepenlab]

Please consider supporting the future of parasite genome access. We signed up and I hope so will you if that is possible. @TrendsParasitol @BSPparasitology @MBLBoP @AmSocParasit @AS_Para @ASTMH

[Barrett_Lab @Barrett_Lab]

Fantastic opportunity. Be part of Scotland’s future

[FAO Livestock @FAOLivestock]

Supported by @gatesfoundation, @FAO and partners meet in Nairobi to start the project ‘Disease Intelligence & Modelling for Progressive Control of Animal #Trypanosomosis in Africa’ (DIMCAT)

[Bobbi Pritt, MD @ParasiteGal]

The #Parasite case 772 is now up, donated by Dr. Evis Nushi who identified the following structure in direct microscopy of skin scrapings. What is seen here? Ans later this week!
#mayopath #pathology #PathBugs