Tired of 3D7? Need real P. falciparum genomes from real infections? We’ve got you: 43 PacBio HiFi–assembled genomes from The Gambia, with full var/rifin/stevor repertoires in all their wild diversity. Data now public! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... (1/2)

De novo assembly of complete Plasmodium falciparum isolate genomes using PacBio HiFi sequencing technology

Plasmodium falciparum possesses a highly structured genome with extensive sequence diversity concentrated in Variant Surface Antigen (VSA) families. These genes— var , rif , and stevor —play key roles...

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🚨 2-year post-doc position available in my lab. More details below. Please repost! acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:...

I've long argued that MDPI's commercial practices aren't all that different to the other big commercial publishers, but it's still funny to see Springer Nature "literally carbon copying MDPI titles – just pricing them lower to lure scientists in".

Mark A. Hanson@hansonmark.bsky.social · last yr.

New from The Strain Team: 🎊 Springer Nature Discovers MDPI 🎊 Springer Nature has spawned a copycat journal series called "Discover" mimicking #MDPI journal titles and citation behaviours. We even made a browser game to prove it (see 🔗). Gross! 😀 1/n #ResearchIntegrity #SciPub #AcademicSky

🚨 New paper! We generated one of the largest datasets of Plasmodium falciparum genotypes & genomes from asymptomatic infections in The Gambia over 2.5 years. (1/2) elifesciences.org/articles/103...

Mapping malaria genetics

A study of Plasmodium genetic diversity highlights the importance of considering asymptomatic carriers for anti-malaria strategies.

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This collaboration with Gwladys Bertin (IRD Paris) was started 12 years ago, it's finally published! We tracked P. falciparum in kids with severe malaria & found that new haplotypes emerge after treatment begins - missed at admission! www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...

Detection of novel Plasmodium falciparum haplotypes under treatment pressure in paediatric severe malaria

Background. In Africa, the clearance time for Plasmodium falciparum severe malaria varies significantly, likely due to the complexity of P. falciparum infections and the sequestration phenomenon exhib...

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🚨 Postdoc Alert! 1-year position in Plasmodium genomics at Montpellier 🇫🇷 🔬 Focus: P. falciparum Omics from field isolates 🌍 Open only to LMIC applicants 📈 Bioinformatics | Genomics | Transcriptomics 👉 lphi.umontpellier.fr/job-offers/p... #Malaria #Postdoc #Genomics #ParasiteBiology #LMIC

Post-doc offer at LPHI - Laboratory of Pathogens and Host Immunity

Post-doc in malaria genomics open to individuals from Low and Middle-Income Countries (LMIC) 2025 PostDoc_Montpellier_MalariOmicsDownload

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Nature has built its business on unpaid reviewers and now writes an article about unpaid labor in academia… How ironic.

Nature@nature.com · last yr.

It can be hard to say no to service requests in academia. We sought advice on how to ensure researchers don’t get stuck doing unpaid labour https://go.nature.com/3FsSD1p

OK, here is my very first tweet (or whatever sound a butterfly makes?). I'd like to publish a dataset of P.f. PacBio genomes. "Scientific Data" would be an appropriate Journal, but I'm trying to avoid Springer/Elsevier like the plague. Anybody knows a suitable nonprofit alternative Journal?

Exciting news! 🇫🇷 network ParaFrap is now on Bluesky! Calling all parasitologists (and beyond) to join us at 👉 @parafrap.bsky.social Let’s connect and share! 🦠 #Parasitology