Tsaousis LAB @ University of Kent 🇪🇺

Tsaousis laboratory is interested in methods to investigate the parasitic and free-living microbial eukaryotes living in diverse and extreme environments.

[BlastocystisCOST @BlastocystisC]

Today is #InternationalBlastocystisDay. Blastocystis colonises at least 1 billion people, yet its role in health and disease is still unclear. COST Action CA21105 brings human, animal & environmental research together. https://t.co/DNS0aNtyn0 #OneHealth

[Microbiology Society @MicrobioSoc]

🎧Have you listened to the latest episode of Microbe Talk yet? Last month, Anastasios and Varol joined us to discuss what we know so far about the mysterious protist, Blastocystis. Click here to listen on Apple, or get it wherever you get your podcast🔗 https://t.co/gxyYOR9j6W

[Tsaousis LAB @ University of Kent 🇪🇺 @TsaousisLab]

The #Blastocystis Biobank: a curated, multi-host biological resource of cultures, nucleic acids, metabolites, and stool-derived aliquots with a controlled-access virtual catalogue for global research.
@BlastocystisC
@Blastocystis
@COSTprogramme

https://t.co/deB3l62wNK

[Tsaousis LAB @ University of Kent 🇪🇺 @TsaousisLab]

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[Dr. Anastasios Tsaousis @ADTsaousis]

Honoured to be included in the Stanford/Elsevier Top 2% Scientists list for a third consecutive year (single-year, 2025-2026), ranked 372nd globally in Mycology & Parasitology.

Huge thanks to my lab and the @BlastocystisC #Blastocystis network. 🔬🌍 #Parasitology

[BlastocystisCOST @BlastocystisC]

Podcast on #Blastocystis by the leads of our COST Action

[Microbiology Society @MicrobioSoc]

🔍It's the most abundant eukaryotic microbe in humans… But what role does it play?

Listen in to this month's Microbe Talk as Lilly chats with @ADTsaousis and Dr Varol Tunali to talk about what the evidence is actually uncovering about Blastocystis🔗 https://t.co/4WfhDfzRmm

[Dr. Anastasios Tsaousis @ADTsaousis]

🔬🌍 Happy #InternationalMicroorganismDay!

Today we celebrate the incredible microbial world and the huge questions hiding within it.

For me, one fascinating example is Blastocystis 🦠💚

Small organism. Big questions. #OneHealth

#Blastocystis #Microbiome #COSTAction

[Dr. Anastasios Tsaousis @ADTsaousis]

1/ 🦐 New preprint: what shapes the gut microbiome of farmed decapods — the host, or the water it lives in?

We went back to the raw reads from 24 public BioProjects: 698 gut samples, 10 species, one harmonised pipeline.

https://t.co/MvS9NELDed

[Dr. Anastasios Tsaousis @ADTsaousis]

New preprint paper from our @TsaousisLab : A longitudinal intervention study on the impact of hardwood #biochar on the lower gastrointestinal #microbiome of UK beef cattle @SSRN
@WedwardsSci
https://t.co/5r8ppD08t4

[Dr. Anastasios Tsaousis @ADTsaousis]

New paper from a laarge collaborative consortium:
Local High-Protein, Plant-Based Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food Enhances... https://t.co/vWgy7zj8LC

[Tsaousis LAB @ University of Kent 🇪🇺 @TsaousisLab]

Another paper from our Lab! Well done to everyone involved. #Cryptosporidium #Giardia #OneHealth

[Dr. Anastasios Tsaousis @ADTsaousis]

New paper: my recently graduated PhD student @Yaseen_AL_Glize led the first molecular survey of Cryptosporidium & Giardia in Algerian equines (n=197). Prevalence: 34% Cryptosporidium, 4.6% Giardia. A zoonotic C. parvum subtype was also found. #OneHealth

https://t.co/hmr5tpmEaW

[Dr. Anastasios Tsaousis @ADTsaousis]

13 years today at the @UniKent! 🎉

It’s been an incredible journey of research, teaching, mentoring, collaborations, and more deadlines (and coffee!) than I can count.

My biggest thank you goes to my amazing lab @TsaousisLab ! …/2

[Dr. Anastasios Tsaousis @ADTsaousis]

Yesterday, along with my @TsaousisLab, @AgrosBiome and the Quex research team we visited the farm where we are going to establish new feeding trials for the cows ll! Pilot study starting in Autumn this year, so do stay tuned!
#cattle #cattlehealth #microbiome #lowmethane #cows

[Dr. Anastasios Tsaousis @ADTsaousis]

Our commentary on the role of #Blastocystis and #Urticaria:
We argue for better evidence: longitudinal sampling, quantitative detection, subtype/allele resolution, validated urticaria outcomes, and clearance-linked clinical endpoints.

https://t.co/pTplqPdgKp

#OneHealth

[Dr. Anastasios Tsaousis @ADTsaousis]

New publication from our lab: Rewilding reshapes gut #microbiomes and parasite exposure in European #bison
https://t.co/duZQH0HqYI

[Dr. Anastasios Tsaousis @ADTsaousis]

Happy to share our latest review in @ACS_Infectious on #Leishmania, Beyond the Sand Fly and the Macrophage.

We argue that tackling #leishmaniasis requires a deeper understanding of parasite biology, persistence, and host-vector interactions.

https://t.co/AKKy89KeKY

[International Congress of Parasitology - ICOPA 💜 @ICOPA2026]

Today is World Chagas Disease Day!

At #ICOPA2026, the scientific program brings together the disciplines needed to understand diseases like this in full.

🔗 https://t.co/1xPC8z2iL7

#Parasitology #GlobalHealth @WorldFedPara

[Dr. Anastasios Tsaousis @ADTsaousis]

Many thanks to the @MicrobioSocfor inviting me to speak at #microbio26 in Belfast (Ireland), where I discussed #Blastocystis and its role in health and "disease" through the pioneering work we are developing in our @TsaousisLab, with support from the @BlastocystisC Action.

[Tsaousis LAB @ University of Kent 🇪🇺 @TsaousisLab]

@BlastocystisC @ADTsaousis @COSTprogramme Well done everyone! @daisyshawbio , @ADTsaousis and Abbey Ruffell from our lab

[BlastocystisCOST @BlastocystisC]

Last week our Action was at the Institute of Parasitology at part of the #Blastocystis genomics training school! Many thanks to the organisers and attendees for making this possible! @COSTprogramme #genomics #sciencewithoutborders