Join us for a journal club from the SPPIRIT Forum series on the 5th June! With @scottchisholm.bsky.social, the 1st author, we will discuss a preprint, in which he used the hyperLOPIT spatial proteomics to shed light on organelle biology in Plasmodium. Register on: tinyurl.com/3rjzh3m5

Abstract submission deadline extended until Friday 17th April 2026!! Last chance to submit your abstract for our free online ECR event showcasing veterinary parasitology 🪱🐌🐮 See the link in the post below

British Association for Veterinary Parasitology@bavet-parasitol.bsky.social · 5mo ago

🚨BAVP ECR CONFERENCE 2026🚨 When: 14-15th May 2026 Where: ONLINE only Topics: Veterinary parasitology Submit your abstract here forms.office.com/r/FFA3LHVckn 3 min intro or 10 min presentation with Q&A Deadline 13th April 2026 Register here forms.office.com/r/kpvZcDUiK5 Deadline 12th May 2026

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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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

Exciting PhD opportunity on the ecological impacts of anthelmintic use on soil fauna, with a crack supervisory team and expertise from @glasgow.ac.uk, @hutton.ac.uk and @moredunfoundation.bsky.social! Find more details here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Thank you to Prof Mike Barrett & @christina-naula.bsky.social & anyone else involved in organising our post-#BSP2026 field trip to see William Leishman's former home in Blairmore! We learned so much & got lucky again with the sunshine! www.blairmorehall.com <- Village Hall link to support them!

Wonderful trip to Blairmore, home of Sir William Leishman, with fellow Leishmania researchers. Niche tourism! Huge thanks to Mike Barrett for organising #Parasitology @bspparasitology.bsky.social

Thank you so much to everyone who made it to #BSP2026 in beautiful, sunny Glasgow!!! (We asked the weather to behave while everyone was around)! The @bspparasitology.bsky.social 2027 meeting will be in Cardiff! I hope everyone enjoyed themselves! Like Glasgow, People Make #Parasitology! 🥳🧬🧫🔬

We are pleased to announce our upcoming Career Talk hosted by the BSP TrypsClub 📅 Date: 30 April 2026 🕒 Time: 2:00 PM BST 📍 Location: Zoom Register using the link or scan the QR code on the poster: lnkd.in/drypyMD8 The TrypsClub Team

Come and find us at @bspparasitology.bsky.social #BSP2026! 👋 Find out about our upcoming events, share your feedback, and see how you can get involved with the committee. And if nothing else... our goodies might just tempt you 😉

The BSP spring meeting is not just offering great talks - we also have an exciting breakout program! @christina-naula.bsky.social from @glasgow.ac.uk and co-host of @microbetv.bsky.social This Week in Parasitism is interviewing Prof Poppy @lamberton-lab.bsky.social about her scientific career.

Our Spring meeting starts today in Glasgow! All the best to all those presenting @bspparasitology.bsky.social

📆 Join us for the scientific session of the ParaFrap Next Generation in Parasitology Workshop (May 18-21, 2026, Montpellier) ! 🧑‍🔬 Junior PIs will present their work. Registration is free but mandatory (includes lunch & coffee breaks). Spots are limited, register now! 👉 forms.gle/bYsb47iZG7pR...

Join us on March 20th, 3 pm British time for SPPIRIT Forum meeting! We will explore the differences in research of different parasites, from the techniques available to day-to-day lab work, with our invited speakers, covering kinetoplastids, apicomplexans, and schistosoma. Register on link below:

-> 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 and 𝗔𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 for BSP 2026 in Glasgow are open! The deadline for abstracts for oral presentations is 17 February while the deadline for poster abstracts is 28 February. lnkd.in/eJqXD3DY

🌍 Calling parasitologists from LMICs! Apply for the MPM XXXVII LMIC Travel Award to attend the Molecular Parasitology Meeting in Woods Hole, MA (September 13–17, 2026). Awards include full registration, travel, and accommodation. 🗓️ Deadline: March 1, 2026 🔗 www.parasitesrule.com/mpm-xxxvii/t...

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MPM LMIC award details

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We are pleased to share a pre-print of collaborative work @scotomorph.bsky.social @janemunday.bsky.social @keithrmatthews.bsky.social @goldrieve.bsky.social describing the genome of Trypanosoma congolense and the organisation of VSG genes for immune evasion www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Are you a curious and skilled molecular parasitologist wanting to discover how Plasmodium parasites enter red blood cells? Come and join our team! We have two postdoc positions available. Find out more here: jobs.rvc.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx... Application closing date is the 2nd of March.

Applications are open for the 2026 Biology of Parasitism course! 📍 Woods Hole, MA | 🗓 June 12 - July 23, 2026 An immersive 6-week program in modern parasitology for PhD students & postdocs, co-organized by Stéphanie Blandin. 📅 Application deadline: February 5, 2026 🔗 : shorturl.at/i8GSr

Our next Parents of Parasites virtual coffee is almost here! ☕🍼 A chance to catch up and connect with fellow parents in academia. 📅 1 December ⏰ 10:30 AM (GMT) 👉 SPPIRIT members: check your inbox 👉 Non-members: DM or email us to join

Coming up: Postdoctoral fellowship mini-workshop as a part of the SPPIRIT Forum series. EMBO, Marie Curie, and Wellcome Early Career fellows will share their advice on fellowship applications. Join us at 12 noon on Thursday 14th November! Register at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Incredibly proud to share that our work on Cryptosporidium Oocyst Wall Proteins is published in @PLOSPathogens journals.plos.org/plospathogen... Led by previous PhD student @BacchettiRoss and carried on by current PhD student, Sarah Stevens.

Cryptosporidium oocyst wall proteins are true components of the oocyst wall and COWP8 is not required for parasite transmission

Author summary Infection with Cryptosporidium causes diarrhoea, which can be fatal for malnourished children or people who are immunocompromised. There is no vaccine or effective medicines available t...

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Join the next TrypsClub Journal Club with our former committee member Dr Kirsty McWilliam, who will be chatting about her latest trypanosome work! 🔬🧬

Leon Walther@trypsleon.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Registration is open for our next TrypsClub Journal Club! 😊 If you fancy some cool Trypanosome science and a friendly supportive environment to discuss science then join us!

📢 Just 1 month to go until our SPPIRIT ECR symposium 📝 Abstract deadline extended to 10 October 2025 - don’t miss out!

SPPIRIT Network@sppirit-network.bsky.social · 11mo ago

📢 7 weeks to go until our SPPIRIT symposium A fantastic opportunity for ECR parasitologists across Scotland to network and showcase their research. 🗓️ 31 October 2025 | 📍 Roslin Institute, Edinburgh 🎟️ Free to attend → tinyurl.com/3yzjnm5h Secure your spot today!

📢 7 weeks to go until our SPPIRIT symposium A fantastic opportunity for ECR parasitologists across Scotland to network and showcase their research. 🗓️ 31 October 2025 | 📍 Roslin Institute, Edinburgh 🎟️ Free to attend → tinyurl.com/3yzjnm5h Secure your spot today!

Hostbusters: SPPIRITed to Roslin

Bringing together ECR parasitologists from across Scotland to network and showcase their science.

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🆕 | @uofgsii.bsky.social's Professor Rick Maizels has been prominently featured in a fascinating Freethink* article exploring the surprising relationship between parasitic worms and the human immune system. 👉 Full story: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infe... 🗞️ Article: www.freethink.com/biotech/worm...

Save the dates!! @bspparasitology.bsky.social Spring Meeting 2026 will be in Bonnie Glasgow! 7-9 April 2026, with a drinks reception in Glasgow City Chambers on the 6th of April 2026! Keep an eye on the BSP website for registration and abstract submission! Logo by @shannaraeilean.bsky.social! 🦟

Our next Parents of Parasites meeting is coming up! ☕👶 Being a parent in academia can feel isolating - join our virtual coffee break to connect, share experiences, and support each other. 📅 22nd September 🕒 2:00 PM 👉 SPPIRIT members: check your inbox 👉 Non-members: email or DM us to join

Don't miss the chance to learn from an industry expert in drug discovery and connect with the Tryps Club community! 🌍✨

Leon Walther@trypsleon.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Join us for the first Career Talk of the 2025–2026 Tryps Club season! Prof. Paul M. Selzer will give us an insight into anti-parasitic drug development in industry. 📅 Date: 24.09.2025 🕒 Time: 12:00 pm BST 📍 Location: Zoom Register following link or the QR code on the poster lnkd.in/eA7b9QRx

We’re pleased to share our new study, led by @jezieldamasceno.bsky.social, that used long-read, single molecule sequencing to reveal the full (?) picture of Leishmania DNA replication. Thanks, Mike Boemo and helpful reviewers @uofgsii.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Leishmania major chromosomes are replicated from a single high-efficiency locus supplemented by thousands of lower efficiency initiation events

DNA replication initiates at genome sites termed origins. Previous origin mapping approaches in the populations of the protozoan parasite Leishmania m…

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