Sem Jacobs

Study Director Genetic and in vitro Toxicology

[Phil Elks @elkslab_sheff]

We have an exciting PhD opportunity looking at neutrophils in fungal infections in live zebrafish, please see details below!

[Sem Jacobs @SemJacobs1]

The second chapter of my PhD thesis is now available on BioRxiv #biorxivpreprint!

#zebrafish #trypanosome #microscopy

[Maria Forlenza @MariaFWUR]

The #zebrafish-#Trypanosome model strikes again! Thanks to the transparency of zebrafish we were able to SEE the formation of foamy macrophages (fat cells) for the first time during an extracellular trypanosome infection, in vivo, in a live vertebrate host! Seeing is believing!

[Sem Jacobs @SemJacobs1]

Last month, on the 5th of June, I successfully defended my phd thesis entitled "Visualising blood flagellates infections in transparent zebrafish" @WUR.
Thank you all for the (online) support!

[Phil Elks @elkslab_sheff]

Lovely new article from @GeertWiegertjes,@mariaFWUR and Annelieke Wentzel. Congrats all! Fish Macrophages Show Distinct Metabolic Signatures Upon Polarization https://t.co/tn1feZH4Ee

[Maria Forlenza @MariaFWUR]

Ready for my talk today at the @ShefUni_IICD. Thank you @elkslab_sheff for the invitation! I realised i have a great story to tell and it is all thanks to the hard work of 2 PhDs, Eva Doro, @SemJacobs1 and 1 then BSc @ffionruth. Sorry, i have to say it....#WomenRock!

[UN Women @UN_Women]

Happy #WomenInScience Day! 👩‍🔬👩‍🚀 Let’s smash stereotypes, defy gender bias and defeat discrimination that holds women and girls back in Science, Tech, Engineering and Math.

[Phil Elks @elkslab_sheff]

Fascinating talk from @MariaFWUR at @ShefUni_IICD. Seeing is very much believing in zebrafish trypanosome infection! And a shout out from Maria to excellent lab work from Eva Doro, @SemJacobs1 and our very own @ffionruth

[WUR Animal Sciences @WURanimal]

#SleepingSickness | Using live #zebrafish & high-speed #cameras @mariaforlenza revealed how parsites that cause the fatal sleeping sickness and #chagas move around in the body. https://t.co/vx85YLqtIX

[Sem Jacobs @SemJacobs1]

Very beautiful!

[SVI Huygens @svi_huygens]

Somites of a 2-day old zebrafish tail, stained for actin (phalloidin in orange) and nuclei (DAPI in blue). This Zeiss 710 confocal image deconvolved with Huygens Professional, won the third prize this year. https://t.co/QQkeATROVR

#zebrafish #actin #confocal #deconvolution

[eLife - the journal @eLife]

Transparent zebrafish allow scientists to watch how trypanosomes move and behave inside a host, which may hint at new ways of fighting these deadly infections in future https://t.co/6euWQrHepH

[Phil Elks @elkslab_sheff]

Our new paper is out, showing hypoxia regulation of macrophage TNF production via COX. https://t.co/N3pA6Qnghd

[Maria Forlenza @MariaFWUR]

Unique footage of trypanosome may result in new opportunities to fight sleeping sickness https://t.co/3wI4toM2MY @eLife @BSPparasitology @DickeMarcel @IntVetVaccNet @ASMicrobiology https://t.co/9F2yfbC3zx

[Maria Forlenza @MariaFWUR]

Our @eLife paper is out! Have you even seen how a trypanosome really swims in the blood and tissues of its vertebrate host? Have a look at our amazing high-speed videos! https://t.co/3wI4toM2MY @ZebrafishRock @WURanimal

[Sem Jacobs @SemJacobs1]

Excited to share our (my first) publication! We visualise for the first time trypanosome swimming behaviour in a natural host environment. @ffionruth @MariaFWUR #zebrafish #microscopy https://t.co/hl2QCfNN7l

[Maria Forlenza @MariaFWUR]

#PhD position on Vaccine Development for warm water fish🐟
Joint project between the best University in The NL @WUR and the best Agricultural Institute in France #INRA (jouy-en-J)🤓
https://t.co/1MfxMsCp6N
#vaccines #virology #immunology #zebrafish #microscopy @MicrobioSoc

[Sylvia Brugman @sylvia_brugman]

Last but not least! Presentation by @SemJacobs1 at #ISFSI2019 last session. Beautiful video's!! Well done Sem!

[Sem Jacobs @SemJacobs1]

@elkslab_sheff @ffionruth Congratulations Ffion! Well done!

[Phil Elks @elkslab_sheff]

Exiting to hear updates on trypanosome infections in fish from sem, geert, Maria and @ffionruth

[Ffion Hammond @ffionruth]

Two great posters!! It was great to see the work going on back in Wageningen! I even spotted my name on Sem’s poster ... 😏 https://t.co/OhiBld88yO

[Sylvia Brugman @sylvia_brugman]

#ZDM11 so proud of our PhD students during the poster sessions! Adria Lopez Nadal and Sem Jacobs!!