Katarzyna_Modrzynska

Malaria scientist, amateur bioinformatician, group leader @WCIPGLASGOW

[melissa kapulu @melissakapulu]

Out today: https://t.co/FlobVIEEQI | Nature Medicine
Work from Kenya - shows protective antibodies against falciparum malaria sporozoites work against sporozoites injected into the skin, not against sporozoites injected into veins. Why does this matter?
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[LabEx ParaFrap @ParaFrap]

Applications are open for the 2026 Biology of Parasitism course!

📍 Woods Hole, MA | 🗓 June 12 - July 23, 2026

An immersive 6-week program in modern parasitology for PhD students & postdocs, co-organized by Stéphanie Blandin.

🔗 : https://t.co/z24caffXNd

[Manuel Llinas @LlinasLab]

Very proud of our new @TrendsParasitol review on the complexities of ApiAP2 regulation in Plasmodium falciparum. Building on the legendary reviews by @Painter_Lab (2010) and @M4774R14 (2019)!! https://t.co/GnaThRDxMa

[Sabrina Absalon @sabrina_absalon]

Please fill up the survey to support VEuPathDB. Our community is generous, caring and strong and it is your opportunity to show it!

[UofG Sii @UofGSii]

🆕 | @UofGSii's Professor Lilach Sheiner and Professor @PasqualeMaffia recently attended the Africa-Europe Clusters of Research Excellence Conference in South Africa to prove updates on the CoRE initiatives for which they serve as Directors.

🖱️ Learn more https://t.co/rVl8l2n48g

[anarbgomes @anarbgomes_]

📢Our team is seeking 2 postdocs to join a @ERC_Research funded project on cell cycle regulation of #malaria parasites!
#ParasitologyJobs #Academicjobs #Postdocposition
Deadline: 1/11; Start date: 1/1/2025 (Flexible)

Details here👇
https://t.co/4zM8e1mNDt

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

MicroRNA genes have evolved and expanded within the genomes of multicellular organisms for over 500 million years.

Today, we know that there are more than a thousand genes for different microRNAs in humans, and that gene regulation by microRNA – discovered by this year’s medicine laureates – is universal among multicellular organisms.

#NobelPrize

[Francesco Baldini @Baldini_Fra]

and this is 3 minutes before @odero_joe viva with @drheatherferg

🎶"It's the final countdown" 🎶

[VEuPathDB @veupathdb]

Welcome back! VEuPathDB resources are back online today! We will continue to provide bioinformatics services under a new organizational structure. Read more here: https://t.co/YNX4KBuIxV

[parasitesrule @parasitesrule]

Full room at the BRC resources discussion #KMCB2024 by NIAID PO Brown & VEuPathDB PI Roos. Extreme dismay over global impact of NIAID decision, but sustained applause at news that VEuPathDB will return, through generosity of Fdn Adv Sci/Med, @open_phil @ChanZuckerberg Penn & UGA

[Boris Striepen @striepenlab]

https://t.co/OYGehAvh38 @NIAIDNews @BSPparasitology @TrendsParasitol @AS_Para @AmSocParasit @ParaFrap @womeninmalaria @ASTMH @NIH @ASMicrobiology @bloodSparasites @parasitesrule @veupathdb @WCIPGLASGOW @WiParasitology @PiParasitology @MBLBoP

[Mathieu Gissot @MGissot]

Please check out this opportunity for young researchers to establish their lab @CIILofficiel on the @PasteurLille campus: incredible colleagues and a supportive environment.

[Centre For Parasitology @WCIPGLASGOW]

A rising star student from #Kenya @Nancyythera
undertaking an MSc in Global Health, today meeting with @Paulgarside6 #mentoring 🌍

[Boris Striepen @striepenlab]

Preview of some great Global Parasitology Seminars to look forward to this coming semester! @TrendsParasitol @BSPparasitology @AS_Para @parasitesrule @AmSocParasit @ParaFrap @pennbgs @womeninmalaria @pennvet @bloodSparasites @PiParasitology

[@boylelab.bsky.social @BoyleLab]

This is what I got from Office of Genomics and Advanced technologies about the future of the resources currently in @veupathdb. Has a link to check for updates. Haven’t seen this information shared but I may have missed it. And I will miss @veupathdb

[Katarzyna_Modrzynska @ModrzynskaLab]

It is really a shame and a big blow to the parasitology community.

Sadly, it will impact mainly junior researchers who don't always have ways to access the data and/or the skills to perform the necessary pre-processing.

Feels like going back to the early 2000s ...

[Boris Striepen @striepenlab]

It appears #NIAID will shutter the genome data base we all use daily. This strikes me as a significant mistake that may well endanger much of our global progress. @BSPparasitology @AS_Para @ASTMH @TrendsParasitol @AmSocParasit @parasitesrule @PiParasitology

[Sigma-Aldrich @SigmaAldrich]

It’s just a tiny bottle.. It probably doesn’t smell that bad
Tiny Bottle:

[Shaw Sebastian @millseba]

Looking for a postdoc position? Isabel Roditi is starting an awesome project in Würzburg, Germany!

I quote Isabel: “Just tell people how much easier it is to work with tryps than with Apicomplexa” 😉

@Uni_WUE @parasitesrule #tryptaxis

[Freddy Frischknecht @FrischknechtLab]

Finally out @EmboMolMed: our study exploring a new way of experimental #vaccination for #malaria using attenuated #parasites and featuring antibodies, CD4 + CD8 T cells, interferon + interleukins. Soon we'll be immunologists; high time to start surfing: https://t.co/rozkhz1WBf

[University of Glasgow @UofGlasgow]

It looks like the @UofGMaths_Stats building got a little carried away with all its equations! ✍️

Graphics have been added to the building, which were generated by members of staff in the School of Mathematics & Statistics. They were asked to submit handwritten diagrams and equations used in their ongoing and current mathematical and statistical research.

Such a creative way to represent the research done in the School and a great 'addition' to campus! 🤩