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Kirk Deitsch

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I am a medical school professor and molecular biologist who studies the intricacies of human malaria parasites.

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Travelaward2026 MPM LMIC award details

๐ŸŒ Calling parasitologists from LMICs! Apply for the MPM XXXVII LMIC Travel Award to attend the Molecular Parasitology Meeting in Woods Hole, MA (September 13โ€“17, 2026). Awards include full registration, travel, and accommodation.
๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Deadline: March 1, 2026

๐Ÿ”— www.parasitesrule.com/mpm-xxxvii/t...

16.02.2026 22:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 7 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

I am certain that we haven't heard the last from @kafsacklab.bsky.social. There are too many clever ideas spinning in the head. I am looking forward to the next discovery.

02.02.2026 22:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Help me raise money for mental health care in #Gaza. I will be participating in the #UNRWA #Gaza5k on Oct. 12 in New York. Any amount counts and no amount is too small. Thank you! please repost
๐Ÿ”—https://getinvolved.unrwausa.org/fundraiser/6607956

03.10.2025 14:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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๐ŸŽฅ | WATCH | Dr Francesca Florini (@fra-florini.bsky.social | @weillcornell.bsky.social) discusses the immune evasion in malaria using insights from single-cell analysis of Plasmodium falciparum.

The full GRiP-ing seminar is now available on our YouTube channel:

๐Ÿ“บ youtu.be/bKU2Cfv79K8?...

28.07.2025 14:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Preprint Alert ๐Ÿšจ Check out the latest piece of work from the @kirkdeitsch.bsky.social lab, where we characterized the sophisticated molecular layers controlling var2csa expression and antigenic variation in P. falciparum

17.07.2025 09:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Here we are in Brooklyn.

14.06.2025 19:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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scRNA-seq reveals transcriptional plasticity of var gene expression in Plasmodium falciparum for host immune avoidance Nature Microbiology - Single-cell transcriptomics revealed that malaria parasites have unexpected flexibility in surface antigen expression, potentially providing parasites with greater adaptive...

Very happy to congratulate @fra-florini.bsky.social and Joe Visone for the publication of their recent work on antigenic variation by malaria parasites: rdcu.be/emjbn and an earlier version here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1.... Francesca will present some of this work next week at BioMalPar 2025.

16.05.2025 14:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 10 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Congratulations to the Weill Cornell Malaria group on completing a Marathon Relay to support the NYC Amory. Sweating for fun and a good cause is a great distraction from some of the more troubling current events in our world.

27.04.2025 18:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 18 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Roland A. Cooper Award was established in 2024 to support parasitologists from endemic areas to attend international parasitology conferences. Your generous contribution, no matter the size, will have an immediate impact. www.socapar.org/home/donate

03.04.2025 14:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 6 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

I think the suit might have left a rash ......

28.03.2025 16:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Beaker made it to the Rally in NEw York.

07.03.2025 20:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Join the Biology of Parasitism (BoP) course at MBL Woods Hole for an unforgetttable summer of science and fun, meet wonderful teachers and make friends for life: www.mbl.edu/education/ad...

09.01.2025 23:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 11 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Very sad. I remember many of your previous posts about her. Felt like I knew her.

16.11.2024 03:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0