Meet the "princess mosquitoes", a nickname for the notoriously fussy Aedes vexans 🦟 Researchers @lshtm.bsky.social have established the UK's first lab colony to understand this native species and prepare for future mosquito-borne disease threats. Read more in @telegraph.co.uk 👉 bit.ly/4cixqVp

Great to see this article featuring Prof. Simon Draper and Prof. Angela Minassian, alongside the wider team, highlighting efforts to develop next-generation malaria vaccines. Read the article here 👉 www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

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Developing a new malaria vaccine is about far more than the final results. This @telegraph.co.uk  feature goes inside an experimental vaccine trial being highlighting the rigorous science behind efforts to reduce the global burden of #malaria. Read more: https://f.mtr.cool/fvfwzhabni #GlobalHealth

We’re pleased to share our latest preprint on medRxiv: a Controlled Human Malaria Infection model for relapsing Plasmodium vivax. This collaborative study from Oxford, Radboudumc and the OptiViVax consortium reports the safety and feasibility of a novel relapsing P. vivax CHMI model.

New pre-print!

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We’re pleased to share another preprint, now on medRxiv: A Plasmodium vivax controlled human infection and transmission model to evaluate interventions across the life cycle. A collaboration between Radboudumc and the Draper Lab Group, as part of the OptiViVax consortium.

A Plasmodium vivax controlled human infection and transmission model to evaluate interventions across the life cycle

Background Plasmodium vivax is an underappreciated cause of malaria disease burden. No reproducible and standardized full life-cycle controlled human malaria infection (CHMI) model to accelerate devel...

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Are you ready for bite season? 🦟 Mojca Kristan warns UK has perfect weather conditions for surge in #mosquitoes this year. Learn about 30 species of British mosquitoes, why some people get bitten more than others & how to protect yourself Read more 👉 www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...

Recruiting a postdoc to join my lab at @lshtm.bsky.social to work in an MRC porgramme grant funded project to dissect the gut colonziation by Klebsiella. In vivo and in vitro models, and new approaches to identify Klebsiella factors involved. jobs.lshtm.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

Job Opportunity at LSHTM: Research Fellow

The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is one of the world’s leading public health universities. Our mission is to improve health and health equity in the UK and worldwide; working i...

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We could all use some good news these days Ghana cut malaria deaths by 86%!!! And they followed science and good public health policies healthpolicy-watch.news/how-ghana-sl...

How Ghana Slashed Child Malaria Deaths By 86% - Health Policy Watch

For decades, malaria has been one of Africa's most persistent health challenges. In Ghana, it was once the leading cause of death for children under five. Bed

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After nearly 80 years of combined service to malaria research, Professors Colin Sutherland and David Baker are retiring from @lshtm.bsky.social. Their impact on science, global health and future generations of researchers will be felt for years to come. Read more 👉 bit.ly/4uKVKqg

Two Careers, One Lasting Impact: Celebrating Colin Sutherland and David Baker

Two Careers, One Lasting Impact: Celebrating Colin Sutherland and David Baker | LSHTM

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We made great progress on the raised beds at the weekend. Here you can see the different stages of digging, building, lining and filling. Two beds are now ready for planting 😊🪏Join us at Fishponds 11-2pm on Saturdays if you’d like to help out #tooting #gardening

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine - #Malaria drug resistance more complex than previously understood, study finds Researchers show how past drug resistance continues to shape malaria treatment today. Read more: www.malariaworld.org/news/malaria...

It was an exciting day at Fishponds Fields with the arrival of timber and soil for our raised beds. We can’t wait to start building them on Saturday 🪏🎉 #tooting @tootingnewsie.bsky.social

New research led @ndeyfa2.bsky.social, a PhD student @lshtm.bsky.social shows #malaria drug resistance isn’t driven by a single mutations but a complex combination of genetic changes that help parasites with legacy mutations survive newer treatments. Read more 👉 bit.ly/49aMu5W

Hi all, I'd like to share some news - I will soon be moving to Lisbon, Portugal to start my very own lab @gimminstitute.bsky.social! The Epithelial Biology of Apicomplexan Infections lab (Epi-Api lab for short) will focus on the special relationship between #epithelial cells and #Cryptosporidium.

In celebration of #WorldMalariaDay we bring you the next sketch in our WiM series featuring Krystal Mwesiga Birungi & Dr Federica Bernardini @targetmalaria.org Read more about their work on targetmalaria.org/profiles/spo... & targetmalaria.org/profiles/spo... Sketch: Sophia and Thorey #WIM

Excited to be a @bsky.app user! Looking forward to connecting with amazing people on the network. Let’s talk #malaria, #healthpolicy, #healthfinancing, #biomedicalsciences or #climatechange.

2 weeks to go until the BioBlitz and Open Day at Fishponds Playing Fields. Explore wildlife around the field with the iNaturalist app and hear about plans for the community garden and pavilion. Sat 25 April 2:30-4:30pm #tooting @inaturalist.bsky.social @tootingnewsie.bsky.social

Thanks to every author who contributed, ideas, data and time to this: Amy Ibrahim, @robmoon.bsky.social, @eelcotromer.bsky.social, Jani R. Bolla, Dušan Živković, Mohammad Zeeshan, Andrew Bottrill and Declan Brady. It was a real pleasure to write this all up!

Apply by 11th May to do a PhD @lshtm.bsky.social Work with epidemiologists, social scientists & modellers to understand quality of life measures in Syphilis and develop evidence on cost-effectiveness of interventions & public health strategies. @thelovetankcic.bsky.social @joetucker.bsky.social

“The combined tuition fees of the entire Question Time panel would not cover my cost for 1 year of uni. Is that fair?” Oli Dugmore It’s absolutely NOT fair. This outrageous scandal must end

Do you: 1) Live near/in Buffalo? 2) Like to organize stuff? 3) Hate what the government is doing to science? If you answered yes, help me organize the Stand Up for Science rally on March 7th! I need reps from UB, Buff State, Canisius, D’Youville to spread the word. I need general support. DM me!

New PNAS study identifies ESBX, a protein controlling which surface coat gene is active in sleeping sickness parasites - key to immune evasion. @tiengwe-tryplab.bsky.social @zephyris-science.bsky.social @fariatrypslab.bsky.social www.imperial.ac.uk/news/article...

Scientists reveal how sleeping sickness parasites control their surface coat

Researchers have revealed how parasites hide thousands of antigens behind a single-colour coat and how disrupting this control could make the parasit...

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Check out our latest study on the PfRIPR protein, essential for the malaria parasite to get inside our blood cells. We show how antibodies block the function of PfRIPR by preventing its flexible hinges from bending, or by stopping it from compacting as part of its mechanism.

Very excited to take part in this BBC world service programme on the future of malaria elimination. My first ever radio interview. The editors worked wanders! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... @lshtm-malaria.bsky.social @lshtm.bsky.social

Health Check - How can we eliminate malaria? - BBC Sounds

The big ideas and innovations that may help us one day eliminate malaria

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🌍👏 We’re proud to share that @sebbaumgarten.bsky.social, group leader at the Institut Pasteur, has been selected as an EMBO Young Investigator 2025! This program supports outstanding young scientists building their labs across Europe and beyond. More : www.embo.org/funding/fell... @embo.org

For #FollowFriday: Follow LSHTM's centres, projects & groups for more on work to tackle some of the biggest challenges in #PublicHealth 👉 go.bsky.app/4FczAGW

Knowing where proteins are in the cell is often the first step to understanding what they do, so this is an incredibly exciting dataset for the malaria parasite community! Can’t wait to dive in to it!

Ross Waller@rosswaller.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Excited to release the Herculean efforts of @scottchisholm.bsky.social &Co. defining the subcellular #hyperLOPIT spatial proteome of #Plasmodium schizonts. Proteomes defining 24 subcellular niches, including exported compartments in the blood cell, are identified. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

London Interdisciplinary #PhD position now open with myself, @robmoon.bsky.social – to study the role of novel genes in #malaria transmission. Apply here👇 mrc-lid.lshtm.ac.uk/2026-27-proj...

Our lab has two funded PhDs to start in 2026 via the NorthWestBio programme Project details here www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate... ...and here www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate... Application deadline is Nov 21st 2025; apply here: www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...

I'm giving a free public talk asking 'How certain is certain enough?' at @lshtm.bsky.social on Monday 24th November at 5.30pm, as part of the Global Health Lecture Series. From epidemic response and clinical trials to online misinformation and AI, I'll look at how truth emerges – and why it falters.

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When faced with a new health threat, there are three crucial questions we must consider. What is going on? What can we do about it? And how can we communicate these things effectively? This talk will

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🚨 New @who.int guidance for malaria in crisis settings 🌍 🦟 Dr Bhargavi Rao, co-author, highlights the significance of the manual for frontline workers and the need to integrate malaria control into broader emergency response. Read more: bit.ly/469Q1kd