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Moredun Foundation Fellow into organoids, helminths and protozoa. Host:pathogen biology. First gen academic. Love The Toon ⚫️ ⚪️. Views my own.

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Application deadline: 15th December 2025

These PhD positions would start October 2026

21.11.2025 16:07 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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EastBio: A host-directed approach to identify novel therapeutic targets of infectious reproductive diseases at Moredun Research Institute on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - EastBio: A host-directed approach to identify novel therapeutic targets of infectious reproductive diseases at Moredun Research Institute, listed on FindAPhD.com

🎓 Funded #PhD studentships in pathogen biology and parasitology

*Cell and Molecular Biology*; *Host-pathogen interactions*

Part of the EastBio Doctoral Landscape Award

Based in the Edinburgh area of Scotland

PhD 1:
bit.ly/Host-pathoge...

PhD 2:
bit.ly/Parasite-sca...

@uoe-eid.bsky.social

21.11.2025 16:07 👍 6 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 2
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Pre-print alert 🚨: We have developed 2D and 3D stable iPSC endothelial-differentiation models through dox inducible ETS expression. We demonstrate endothelial identity and used these models for studying malaria pathogenesis research. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

11.07.2025 19:31 👍 32 🔁 12 💬 2 📌 1
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Tissue atlas of Cryptosporidium parvum infection reveals contrasts between the natural neonatal calf model and laboratory mouse models Cryptosporidium is an apicomplexan parasite that causes diarrhoeal disease. The species C. parvum is zoonotic and causes significant morbidity and mortality for both humans and farm animals; most comm...

If you have ever wanted to know "Where is the gut is the parasite?" this pre-print is for you. 🐮 Led by Peyton, with thanks to our wonderful collaborators at @moredunfoundation.bsky.social Frank Katzer, @geordieparasit.bsky.social and EMs by @lemgruber.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

07.05.2025 11:09 👍 14 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
Organoid Research in Parasitology Call for Papers
Organoid Research in Parasitology Call for Papers YouTube video by Cambridge University Press

The Cambridge University Press journal Parasitology is running a special issue on Organoids and Parasites, providing a great platform for spotlighting research in this area.

A genuine pleasure to be involved in this.

youtu.be/BhNrvNekdyM?...

12.02.2025 08:07 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Happy International Day for Women and Girls in Science.

We stand upon the achievements of so many great women scientists in our daily lives. Here's to many more to come.

Today is a day to acknowledge the women in my research group, as well as colleagues and collaborators, for their amazing science

11.02.2025 05:37 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

A sincere thank you to the Hannah Dairy Research Foundation, we a very grateful for this support.

29.01.2025 07:48 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Congratulations to our group's PhD student @miriamgarner.bsky.social for leading on a HDRF grant application that we are delighted to report has been successful

This will elevate the host-parasite interactions research we can do using cutting-edge liver models (developed by Miriam!) for liver fluke

29.01.2025 07:47 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

Hi everyone!
We are SPPIRIT, a Scottish ECR network created by a group of postdocs, research fellows, and PIs motivated to develop and strengthen the parasitology community in Scotland.
Follow us for research highlights, training opportunities, Workshops and much more!

18.12.2024 12:16 👍 18 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0
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Suggesting the 2024 lab motto was "Can you come and look at my organoids?" was well received 😅

Well done team, bravo 👏

16.12.2024 10:17 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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EastBio: Scavenge or synthesise? How human parasites acquire nutrients from the host. at University of Edinburgh on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - EastBio: Scavenge or synthesise? How human parasites acquire nutrients from the host. at University of Edinburgh, listed on FindAPhD.com

𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗣𝗵𝗗 𝗢𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆!

𝘚𝘤𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘺𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘦? 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵

Join Dr Andrew McLean's exciting new research group, based at the University of Edinburgh, UK.

Excited to collaborate on this fascinating topic!

EastBio PhD Studentship link:
bit.ly/Parasitology...

12.12.2024 12:41 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

"Into organoids, helminths and protozoa". Yikes.

03.12.2024 22:16 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Welcome to our brand new Blue Sky page!

We are really excited to be here to engage with our network in friendly, informative and productive ways!

Join us 😊

19.11.2024 16:49 👍 35 🔁 12 💬 0 📌 8

#EID is a network of 900 infectious disease researchers across different institutes in Edinburgh.

Give them a follow to connect with global experts and their cutting edge science.

20.11.2024 10:42 👍 9 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

We have a very basic starter pack!! If you work on 3D biology and organoids broadly defined and want to be included, leave a comment below
go.bsky.app/QeDg2YD

11.11.2024 23:13 👍 118 🔁 54 💬 79 📌 2

I'm new here. I'm a scientist interested in host:pathogen interactions with a view to translating basic research into novel disease interventions.

I develop and apply different organoid types and work on a variety of multicellular worm parasites and single celled protozoan parasites.

Hi!

16.11.2024 11:45 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0