A fully funded PhD position is now open in my lab at the University of Iceland. We are looking for an ambitious researcher to join us in Reykjavik, Iceland to work on targeted protein degradation. Interested? You are welcome to contact me or check out: 🔗https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/452601
Our #Trypanosoma cruzi single-cell atlas paper is now available online! Great work by Ross Laidlaw and Marta Garcia Sanchez, and excellent collaboration with Thomas Otto! rdcu.be/flOWR @ddu-dundee.bsky.social, @dundeeuni.bsky.social #single-cell, #Chagas, #atlas, #trypanosome, #scRNA-seq 🧪🔬
Trypanosoma cruzi cell atlas as a single-cell resource for understanding parasite population heterogeneity and differentiation
Nature Communications - Here, Laidlaw, Garcia Sanchez and colleagues present a single-cell atlas for Trypanosoma cruzi, an important protozoan pathogen, providing insights into cell heterogeneity,...
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Hi sky-pals! We here at DDU towers hope you are keeping cool in these hot May days! Let's continue our #BookReviews as part of #WomensHealthMonth, give you something to read over your lunch break! Today we're reading Meghan Rabbitt’s The New Rules of Women’s Health #DDUat20
Happy Friday y'all! Hope you all had a good week. We've got some more #BookReviews for you for #WomensHealthMonth. This morning we are talking about "Invisible Women - Exposing data bias in a world designed for men" by @ccriadoperez.bsky.social #DDUat20 #HealthEquity #WomenInSTEM #InvisibleWomen
Morning skypals! Tea-break time seems like a good time for a book review - how about it? We will start with Medical Bondage, by Deirdre Cooper Owens, an American historian & reproductive rights activist #womenshealthmonth #DDUat20 #BookReview
NHS urged to update website after renaming polycystic ovary syndrome (as polyendocrine metabolic syndrome (PMOS) - missing from the headline) #womenshealthmonth #DDUat20 #PMOS www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
NHS urged to update website after renaming polycystic ovary syndrome
Charity says absence of new name polyendocrine metabolic syndrome (PMOS) could cause confusion
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Mycobacteriophage TM4 requires XylR for successful infection in Mycobacterium smegmatis mc2155 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.17.725743v1
Good morning skypals! We hope you all have a relaxing weekend and are looking forward to a great week! This week we have some excellent book reviews to share for #WomensHealthMonth What have you got coming up?
The difference between isoleucine and valine is not that great, which made isoleucine the ideal target for substitution, but simply replacing isoleucine with valine didn’t work as well as hoped. Read on: www.chemistryworld.com/news/strippe...
Stripped down bacterium functions with one less amino acid than the rest of life on Earth
Deep learning models used to understand how isoleucine could be replaced in proteins without disrupting their structures
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Got a science shaped hole in your Monday evening? Why not pop along to #PintofScience! Rosie Street-Jeakings & Christopher Bailey are both talking about #malaria research. Get your tickets at the link! pintofscience.co.uk/event/drugs-...
Drugs and Bugs: The Fight for Global Health
Why does disease only target certain people? How do we make new treatments for that disease? Does your postcode alter the treatment you get? These are all …
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Congratulations to Prof Doreen Cantrell on her election to US-based National Academy of Sciences @nasonline.org #WomenInScience www.biodundee.co.uk/science-city...
Dundee scientist recognised with top international honour | Welcome to Bio-Dundee
A pioneering University of Dundee academic has received international recognition after being elected to one of the world’s foremost scientific institutions.
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Women’s health has long been underfunded and understudied. This Women’s Health Month, see how our researchers are using genomics to uncover new insights to improve outcomes for women worldwide. Read more: https://sangerinstitute.blog/2026/05/12/ways-sanger-is-helping-to-transform-womens-health/
In March 2025, we hosted an #Endometriosis Networking Workshop with experts from across the field. We’re excited to share the resulting white paper! A huge thanks to all who contributed to these vital discussions. Read here: www.linkedin.com/posts/possib... #DrugDiscovery #WomensHealth #DDUat20
Possible Strategies for Drug Discovery for Endometriosis | Drug Discovery Unit, University of Dundee
In March 2025, we convened an Endometriosis Networking Workshop, bringing together academics, clinicians, industry leaders, and venture capitalists to collaboratively explore how we can advance drug d...
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Final call for anyone interested in an opportunity to join our editorial boards and journals! Applications lose at midday today, 11 May 2026. Help shape the future of Society publishing, we are looking forward to hearing from you. Apply here for our current Spring cycle: https://ow.ly/1VvK50YXcH7
New data presented at #EEC2026 identified and validated novel reproducible genetic risk factors associated with endometriosis across UK & US patient cohorts. 🎥 Watch the presentation: precisionlife.com/womens-healt... 📜 Read the preprint: www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1... #WomensHealthMonth
Endometriosis Genetic Risk Factors Identified and Validated
Watch Krystyna Taylor present PrecisionLife’s validation of genetic risk factors for endometriosis using combinatorial analysis.
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Almost two-thirds of Americans with Alzheimer's are women. By adopting these healthy habits, we can all protect our brain health: alz.org/healthyhabits. #WomensHealthMonth
When Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman in the U.S. to earn an MD in 1849, her male classmates didn’t expect her to change medicine forever. This #WomensHealthMonth, explore what Blackwell’s legacy can teach us, 175+ years later.
A Lady Alone: The story of Elizabeth Blackwell, MD, the first female physician in the United States
Admitted to medical school on a whim, Blackwell became a dominant force in the fight for women’s health care and for the education of women physicians.
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Experienced researchers are less likely to produce ‘disruptive’ science than are those just starting their careers, finds an analysis of scientific papers published by 12.5 million researchers over 60 years go.nature.com/3Pb1lqg
Early-career researchers do more ‘disruptive’ science than veterans
Nature - Analysis of papers from millions of scientists shows that older researchers tend to stick with ideas from their past.
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We would like to say in advance, for the purposes of these posts "women's health" encompasses people who were assigned female at birth. This is a scientific classification not a sociological one and nothing in here negates the lived experiences of trans people. #WomensHealthMonth
Good morning sky-friends! We hope you are well on this lovely #mayday bank holiday! May is #WomensHealthMonth and we have lots of interesting things we want to talk about!
"Since 2010, the DDU malaria team, working with academic and industry partners, has been dedicated to discovering new medicines to treat and prevent malaria. One major success has been the discovery of Cabamiquine (DDD498)..." #NowWeCanNowWeMust #WorldMalariaDay #Research #EndMalaria #DDUAT20
“Over the past two years, we have also been working with @novartis.bsky.social to develop a new drug aimed at stopping malaria relapses. These relapses are caused by a form of malaria that can hide in the liver for months or even years after infection..." #NowWeCanNowWeMust #WorldMalariaDay
Children under five and pregnant women are the most at risk from malaria, accounting for the majority of the approximately 600,000 deaths each year worldwide. #NowWeCanNowWeMust #WorldMalariaDay #EndMalaria #GlobalHealth #HealthEquity #DrugDiscovery #InfectiousDiseases #PublicHealth #DDUAT20
ICYMI yesterday... Here is @mdr-ddu.bsky.social's blog post on the importance of continuing the fight against #ChagasDisease #drugdiscovery #GlobalHealth www.sfc.ac.uk/inside-the-u...
Inside the University of Dundee’s long‑term fight against Chagas disease - Scottish Funding Council
World Chagas Disease Day acts as a reminder of a global health challenge that often goes unnoticed. Manu De Rycker shares what his team are doing to combat this disease.
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Because in diseases like Chagas, leaving even a single parasite behind isn’t an option. At DDU, we developed a washout assay to determine if compounds can achieve complete parasite clearance. #DrugDiscovery #NTD #ChagasDisease #GlobalHealth #ScientificInnovation #NeglectedDiseases #Research
By bringing together expertise from DDU, @uofwa.uw.edu, & @dndi.org, we’re working to turn scientific potential into real progress against #ChagasDisease. Tackling #neglecteddiseases takes more than innovation—it takes #collaboration. #DrugDiscovery #GlobalHealth #WorldChagasday
World Chagas Disease Day acts as a reminder of a global health challenge that often goes unnoticed. In our latest blog, Manu De Rycker from the @dundee.ac.uk shares what his team are doing to combat this disease. #ChagasDisease www.sfc.ac.uk/inside-the-u...
Inside the University of Dundee’s long‑term fight against Chagas disease - Scottish Funding Council
World Chagas Disease Day acts as a reminder of a global health challenge that often goes unnoticed. Manu De Rycker shares what his team are doing to combat this disease.
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