Aitor Casas-Sanchez

Lecturer/Group Leader at @LSTMnews | Molecular and Cellular (Glyco)Biology of Viruses, Parasites, and Vectors.

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Proud to see my microscopy image in the cover of this month’s Nature Microbiology issue @NatureMicrobiol !!

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Wohoo amazing news to see VeuPathDB and rest of DBs back online and this quick! Such an important tool for so many scientist which was recently lost, but thanks to new donors, the great parasitology/vector biology community, and staff has been saved💪🏼💪🏼🥳🥳

[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

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Today Adam Winrow and Nick Heavey, my amazing MRes students this course, had their viva🎓🎓 Sorry to say they are already taken… Adam’s starting his PhD next month (not with us unfortunately) and Nick is staying as an RA!

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@Jsilva228 @mcsinton @merckgroup Not this one, will count anything that looks like a cell. Don’t think any cell counter i’ve seen could do that even if they have a “cell size” option. I would use Fiji for that

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Mindblown 🤯🤯🤯 by the new MilliCell automated cell counter I just got for the lab @merckgroup. Should have bought this years ago! Super accurate count in haemocytometer and confluency estimate in directly in flask. 1000% recommended!!

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@FedMRojas @DeNovix @royalsociety @Tiengwe_Lab seems that this one may be better overall and easier to tailor for tryps in suspension. I went for the other one because we work a lot with attached cells and monitoring confluency/counting directly in flask and plate is a game-changer to us.

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@FedMRojas @DeNovix @royalsociety How much is this one Federico?

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@Tiengwe_Lab @merckgroup £3600 VAT free. I’d suggest requesting a demo to test with your setup

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Counted T. congolense BSF attached to a Petri dish accurately. Will post about brucei BSF and PCR hopefully soon

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@albuquerqueafrr These were T.congo BSF which naturally attach to the base. Still need to try with brucei, don’t have any in culture right now…

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FYI #parasiterules, it is accurately counting #trypanosomes stuck on a surface

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@AEstadea @merckgroup Jmm maybe? it is good at adjusting size of objects and masking, the problem I see is that the 10X objective is fixed and you could only fit a few dozen eggs in a field of view to count (see scale bar is 200um in the image you see)

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@susogarc Film simulation?

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@erik_zupa @MBLScience @MBLBoP You got 2 former BoPers on the board next to your faces!😜

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@MBLBoP @VernCarruthers I’m too cheap🤣🤣

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BoP will miss you Freddy (aka Our King)! Not only the whales gave you a proper farewell👀🥳

[Freddy Frischknecht @FrischknechtLab]

Thanks so much for having me @MBLScience @MBLScience for so many times since 2001. Leaving a wonderful course with heartfelt gratitude for the many people I had the pleasure and privilege to meet. Glad to know @RealJimCollins1 will take over. Keep on rocking #parasites forever.

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@FrischknechtLab @DuraisinghLab @MBLBoP @KingOfPathogens Oh no, I didn’t know! @DuraisinghLab you still here?

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@CzerwinsMarcin @CzerwinsMarcin would you mind sending me the .pdf? I have no institutional access unfortunately. Thanks!

[Christine GOFFINET 🇮🇱 @GoffinetLab]

📢Postdoc position (2 years) now available in my team. If you would like to investigate #alphavirus infection in human and mosquito cells, cell-intrinsic immunity, restriction factors, tropism, species-specificities, antiviral strategies... get in touch! @LSTMnews #CHIKV

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@MarkDownHandsUp Is it feasible to hike a bit closer without permit? From the main road to the airport I guess? Thanks!