Geoff McFadden
@fad1.bsky.social
Identified the apicoplast in 1996. Coasting ever since.
Grad student Sarah Farrell wrote this review about a novel approach to malaria control that drugs mosquitoes instead of the people. We believe it will be a cheap and useful disease control strategy. She paints her own figures, and they are gorgeous. url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/cyiICWLJMv...
The CNRS has opened a Junior Professor Chair (CPJ) call in Parasitology, and the Microbiologie Fondamentale et Pathogénicité (MFP, Bordeaux) laboratory is among the potential host institutions. More information: www.insb.cnrs.fr/fr/cnrsinfo/... #Parasitology #Protozoology #ResearchJobs #CNRS
Junior Professor Chairs (CPJ) 2026 – CNRS Biology
CNRS Biology is recruiting researchers through its Junior Professor Chair (CPJ) program, subject to final approval by the French Ministry of Higher Ed
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Today marks 30 years since we identified the apicoplast, a relict plastid in human and animal parasites (PMID 8632819). Apicoplasts are the target of the widely used antimalarial prophylactic doxycycline, which has saved many thousands of malaria infections.
Jess Home gave her PhD oration on malaria parasite drug resistance yesterday and nailed it of course. Afterwards we went for drinks. 🍷
Great skiing and snowboarding and a short drive from the Chartreuse distillery. Sounds like a fun option.
Liz Cooney@protistwtmostest.bsky.social · 2mo agoWe are looking for candidates to fill a PhD position in Grenoble, France. Please share with anyone interested in microbial symbioses! #dinoflagellate #symbiosis www.linkedin.com/posts/johan-...
Meanwhile, its autumn down under. Tupelo tree imported from North America. There are almost no deciduous trees in Australia and most of the ones that lose their leaves do it in the dry season to avoid desiccation not the cold.
Popped into my local Data Centre. A helpful person there helped me find the data I wanted.They explained that I could take the data home for as long as I wanted but please bring it back so someone else can use it too. Apparently this person is paid by the city to curate the data. Amazing innovation.
Passed 2k emails unread. The sky hasn’t fallen. No lightning bolts frizzling me from on high. I still have a job. I have found you get a lot less email if you don’t reply 🙄
Bit of summer evening malariology at a rooftop bar downtown.
Cuckoo wasp from SE Australia. Lays her eggs in the larvae of mud daub wasps, which become food for the hatching cuckoo wasp larvae. Remarkably beautiful little insect, and I’m pretty happy with this iPhone shot as she is only 10mm long.
My immunology friends use our malaria parasite sporozoites to study the immune system's response to infection. The papers have titles I can barely understand, appearing to be in foreign language. Nice work. "γδ T cell-derived IL-4 initiates CD8+ T cell immunity" www.doherty.edu.au/articles/fro...
From flicker to flame: How gd T cells spark long-lasting immune protection to Malaria - Doherty Institute
Discover how γδ T cells ignite long‑lasting immune protection against malaria, revealing their unique role at the crossroads of innate and adaptive immunity and opening new avenues for future vaccine ...
doherty.edu.au
Such a lovely meeting for science, community, and sweet location.
Courtney Stairs@cstairs.bsky.social · 6mo agoThe day is finally here!! On behalf of all the co-organizers the Comparative Genomics of Unicellular Eukaryotes website is open. comparativegenomics2026.com Invited speakers will be added to the website in the coming weeks. Watch this (well, that^) space!
If you are a committed scientist who wishes to work with Toxoplasma or with organelles (or both!!) - come work with us: www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...
“Every AI ever built has an electromagnetic shotgun wired to its forehead”. William Gibson in his multi-award-winning Neuromancer, 1984. Reread it 41 years on & there’s some spooky foresight by a remarkable future gazer. Fun part is he didn’t foresee wifi. People tote cables & dongles to ‘jack in’.
It’s not every day that a Nobel Laureate drops in for an update on your lab’s work. Liz Blackburn co-discovered telomeres and still asks hard questions.
[We are Hiring!] The Weiss Lab at Albert Einstein College of Medicine (NY) is hiring a Postdoc Scientist to explore the Toxoplasma gondii cyst wall using XL-MS, Split TurboID, & U-ExM. This project aims to unlock new strategies for treating toxoplasmosis. DM for more info!
Our 2025 August issue bit.ly/2N9R8Es reviews Trypanosoma cruzi cAMP compartments, Plasmodium apicoplast transportome, malaria transmission-blocking solutions, microbe-based mosquito control, miRNA-based cystic echinococcosis management, East Coast fever mRNA vaccines, & more
My time on Moku O Lo’e is almost at an end. The coral spawning was not very successful. Only three of our 40 colonies spawned. Anyway, had a gorgeous visit and the surf was epic for 2.5 weeks. Biggest waves I’ve ridden in years. And that tsunami evacuation night was one to remember.
🧪 The #RigiWorkshop is back - Apply now for 3 days of cell #biology in the Swiss Alps! Our guest speakers include @dudinlab.bsky.social, @michaelraissig.bsky.social, @annikaguse.bsky.social, @gautamdey.bsky.social & @jandevries.bsky.social. Details here 👉 biol.scnat.ch/rigiworkshop26
Touring the Pacific researching my book on the origin & evolution of Life. Last stop was in Palau 🇵🇼 to see this photosynthetic jellyfish in Ongeim'l Tketau seawater lake. They don’t sting and exist entirely through the food from their pink/brown algal symbionts. They swim to stay in the sunlight.
Drs @mlwilde.bsky.social Sarah Farrell, Christopher Goodman & @fad1.bsky.social review novel techniques for disrupting #malaria #transmission. #Plasmodium #Mosquito #GeneDrive #Paratransgenesis authors.elsevier.com/a/1lPdi_XTJP...
Hi BlueSky! We are looking forward to sharing updates, insights and sparking conversations about science in Australia and beyond. And we are always open to your ideas and feedback. 📸 The Shine Dome, Canberra, beneath a blue sky. 😉
Come and join our team! We currently have two PhD scholarships between Danny Wilson and myself We are a supportive, productive, and inclusive research group studying parasite cell biology @ The University of Adelaide in beautiful South Australia scholarships.adelaide.edu.au/Scholarships...
Poisonous mushrooms are in the news in Australia right now. This lovely Amanita muscaria is fruiting out front of the Botany building.
