Some lovely work on the Plasmodium fertilisation machinery at #lorneiandi presented by Melanie Dietrich from the Tham Lab @thamlab.bsky.social -

Congratulations Jess and Seb, hope baby is doing well

A great read Bill. Here in Australia many politicians also seem to think that sex is a simple binary thing that we biologists can readily define. Your numerous, well explained examples remind us how wrong headed that over-simplified conception of sex is.

I’m sorry we didn’t get a chance to have a good chat Henrico - thought your research looked fascinating.

Was a pleasure to be involved. Very gratified to see the conference in such good hands for the future with you and @freddyfrischknecht.bsky.social as stewards of a proud and formidable legacy.

Malaria colleagues, please do join in this online game of “Where’s Wally?” at BioMalPar, as well as the advanced version for we ageing members: “Where’s Wally’s growing bald patch?” #EMBLMalaria

No way, much too scared of Dominique to do that

Congratulations Sophie Collier on a fantastic presentation on organelle inheritance in malaria parasites at BioMalPar. Lovely lattice light sheet imaging with @niallgeoghegan.bsky.social #EMBLMalaria @events.embl.org @fad1.bsky.social

Go Long Huynh! Fancy cell biology and fancy microscopy on artemisinin resistance in Plasmodium parasites at the BioMalPar conference #EMBLMalaria @benliffner.bsky.social @sabsalon.bsky.social @events.embl.org

Very fortunate to have Abdoulaye Djimdé kicking off the BioMalPar XXI meeting @events.embl.org #EMBLMalaria

BioMalPar bound! Looking forward to meeting up with malaria folks soon in Heidelberg #EMBLMalaria

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ASP Online Seminar for World Malaria Day Thurs 24th April @ 1pm AEST

Join us online tomorrow to hear two Australian Society for Parasitology talks on malaria for World Malaria Day.
Frankie Lyons talking about Transmission-blocking nanobodies and Ashton Kelly on Immune heterogeneity in NK cells during controlled infection
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🔊 Calling all parasite enthusiasts - come join us to study Toxoplasma and Plasmodium organelle biology 🔬
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@lucashuggins.bsky.social

Is it only parasitologists that are happy to sit through a talk on maggots, then another on horseshit before an evening meal together? What other weirdos do this? Great to get together with the Melbourne folks @ Australian Society for Parasitology - thanks @lucashuggins.bsky.social for organising.

Congratulations @macleanlab.bsky.social

Become a Fellow Churchill Fellowship applications now open and close 1 May 2025 at 5pm AEST.

Applications now open for Churchill fellowships. Its a terrific scheme - particularly note the support for longer study travel by, for example, parasitologists and other biomedical scientists

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Last day to submit an abstract for BioMalPar 2025, don’t miss out

As usual, some lovely microscopy from @benliffner.bsky.social, showing unprecedented detail of how Plasmodium sporozoites get made and how they work. #Lorneiandi @theviin.bsky.social

You just can’t be too careful

Please do come along to BioMalPar XXI - abstracts due on Feb 25th

Well done Long Huynh on a nice talk. Schmick presentation on artemisinin resistance in malaria parasites at the Lorne infection and immunity meeting. Beautiful imaging! @theviin.bsky.social #Lorneiandi

Excited about the upcoming immunology session at the Lorne Infection and Immunity meeting. Sometimes the air conditioning in the auditorium is quite strong so it pays to dress warmly @theviin.bsky.social

Lovely to have Katja Fischer @qimrb.bsky.social at the Lorne Infection and Immunity meeting - such important work on terribly neglected scabies #lorneiandi

Thanks for organising a terrific session Ben and Donna

Bingo meets Bluey on the Brisbane river.

I assumed that the thing on the right was your name plate?

Excellent post-breakfast inspiration at the Concepts in Parasitology course from Clare Anstead, talking about her first love, faeces.

Thanks @fad1.bsky.social for kicking off the 2024 Australian Society for Parasitology course Concepts in Parasitology on Minjerribah

Minjerribah wildlife

Looking forward to the ASP Concepts in Parasitology course in Moreton Bay