Kaitlin Pekin 👩🏻‍🔬

PhD Student @BurnetInstitute- Malaria Immunity and Vaccines Group | BSc Hons in Microbiology 🦠 aka i like tiny bugs under microscopes.

[Burnet Institute @BurnetInstitute]

#Malaria poses a threat to almost half of the world's population.

New strategies and tools are needed to prevent, treat, diagnose and ultimately eliminate the mosquito-borne disease, writes Professor James Beeson and Dr Amaya Ortega Pajares for 360info.

https://t.co/WgAiGD14uZ

[Kaitlin Pekin 👩🏻‍🔬 @kaitlinpekin]

It was lovely to catch up with some of Danny’s lab at Lorne. Looking forward to seeing each other again later on!

[Ornella @_OrnellaR]

Thank you @MAMLorne for 4 days of incredible science, new friends and plenty of beach walks. Not a bad way to start 2024!

[Kaitlin Pekin 👩🏻‍🔬 @kaitlinpekin]

Nice to see this magpie enjoying the wonderful posters at #MAM2024 as much as I did!

[Aust Soc for Para @AS_Para]

ASP president @Wilson_LabUofA gave a brilliant talk, unfortunate that it had to be online, wishing Danny a speedy recovery.

[Stuart Ralph @sturalph]

What a cool poster session at #MAM2024 @MAMLorne. Nearly as atmospheric as a candlelit dinner

[Kaitlin Pekin 👩🏻‍🔬 @kaitlinpekin]

That’s the end of another great session #MAM2024. I thoroughly enjoyed the presentations in the Epidemiology and Population Genetics session. All talks highlighted the importance of malaria surveillance and presented complex sequencing data effectively.

[Kaitlin Pekin 👩🏻‍🔬 @kaitlinpekin]

First session of #MAM2024 has just finished! A great range of talks on pre-erythrocytic life cycle biology. Talks spanned mosquito, sporozoite and liver stages across different species of Plasmodium and models. Good to see broad diversity in the selected speakers too.

[Kaitlin Pekin 👩🏻‍🔬 @kaitlinpekin]

MaM2024 has begun! The first session began with an Acknowledgment of Country. Followed by Jean-Luc Bodmer from the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation. Jean gave an overview of investment in tools to assist in future malaria elimination. @BurnetInstitute #MAM2024

[tyler oakley @tyleroakley]

https://t.co/CjzJNP7duo 🍉

[Kaitlin Pekin 👩🏻‍🔬 @kaitlinpekin]

@ea_kearney @FreyaFowkes @Paulaagius2 @JulieASimpson50 @BurnetInstitute @UniMelbMDHS Congrats Ellen 🥂

[ACREME @acreme2030]

Plasmodium vivax is becoming the predominant cause of malaria in the Asia–Pacific and Americas. This publication highlights the major shortcomings in current approaches to survey P. vivax in Ethiopia. Read: https://t.co/TgTWGDmhIS

#malaria #globalhealth #publichealth #parasite

[Thorey Jonsdottir @ThoreyJonsdott1]

Always a fan of the malaria clay art by @Wilson_LabUofA !! Such a nice cover image & review by Mia, Jake, Paul and Danny - Congrats! 🤩 It inspired me to sketch a little winter edition of the updated model for merozite invasion in the bloodstream or “bottoms up”⛷️

[Trends in Parasitology @TrendsParasitol]

Cover story of this issue: Bottoms up! #Malaria parasite #invasion the right way around, authored by Mia Andrews @thebaumlab Paul Gilson& @Wilson_LabUofA. #Plasmodium #Merozoite #Schizont @ProfJakeBaum @UniofAdelaide @UNSWMedicine @BurnetInstitute @UniMelb https://t.co/R3OHQrg2EL

[VIIN @The_VIIN]

Excellent start to #VIIN #YIS with Chiara Drago ⁦@BurnetInstitute⁩ presenting on mAbs for targeting P. Vivax and their effector functions

[Prof Gilda @GildaTachedjian]

⁦Huge presence of ⁦@BurnetInstitute⁩ #ECRs ⁦@The_VIIN⁩ #YIS !!!

[Trends in Parasitology @TrendsParasitol]

Our 2023 Dec issue https://t.co/cbi2BSoKXJ reviews malaria merozoite invasion, trypanosome & complement, Trichomonas persistent infection, schistosomiasis hotspot, light pollution & aquatic parasites, artemisinin resistance, protozoan population dynamics, tick salivary glycans...

[WWARN @wwarnnews.bsky.social @WWARN]

New systematic review in @MalariaJournal finds that inadequate P. vivax antimalarial treatment more than doubles #malaria relapse risk
@RobCommons @_ParinazM @JulieASimpson50 @ricprice99 @acreme2030

https://t.co/sae9fBqdN9
📸 Chhor Sokunthea @World Bank

[Malaria in Melbourne conference @MiM_Melbourne]

Congratulations to our poster, short talk and long talk awardees!!
You all did an amazing job!!🎉🎉

That’s a wrap for malaria in Melbourne 2023!!

#MIM2023
#malariamelb23

[Kaitlin Pekin 👩🏻‍🔬 @kaitlinpekin]

It was a great opportunity to attend and write a small section on the education and outreach talks presented at ASP in Darwin. Give it read 📖

[Trends in Parasitology @TrendsParasitol]

In this TrendsTalk, the organising committee & some ECR delegates highlight the 2023 conference of Australian Society for Parasitology #ASP. @AS_Para @DoerigLab @MareeWiddicombe @LukeMartinHall @sap02hkc @kaitlinpekin #OneHealth

https://t.co/v0P8JQcyua

[Trends in Parasitology @TrendsParasitol]

Drs Mia Andrews @ProfJakeBaum Paul Gilson & @Wilson_LabUofA discuss a evidence-based new model of #malaria #schizont #packing, #merozoite #motility, & RBC #invasion. @UniofAdelaide @thebaumlab @UNSWMedicine @UNSW @imperialcollege @BurnetInstitute @UniMelb

https://t.co/SCJRiCDpKJ