And thank you so much Stella Hurtley @smhsci.bsky.social for featuring our work in Science magazine π€©@science.org
And yes! We can do with some more uplifting updates π we had enough with the other kind π«
And amidst all:
some light in the form of our work on the cover of J. Cell Biol. π€
Go ahead & read the full paper
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To learn on the Crown π of malaria parasites
Work and cover by Michal shahar @michalshahar.bsky.social, Alia Qasem and team π₯°
My choice this week in @science.org
@florentin-lab.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1083/jcb....
An exciting collaboration with @orafurman.bsky.social from Hebrew U and Steve Johnson from Indiana U. π
Work supported by ISF, Abisch-Frenkel Lectureship, Kuvin foundation and STEP scholarship. π²
Manuscript thoroughly reviewed and thus much-improved.
Thank you all!!!π€πππͺ·
Please check Amandaβs new publication, fresh on PLOS Pathogens! ππ©βπ¬π§ͺπ§¬
Read & learn about organelle proteostasis in malaria parasites -
An apicoplast-biogenesis mutant that dies on the first cycleπ©Έ
BIG complexes and drug targets ππ
journals.plos.org/plospathogen...
π¨ New preprint alert! π¨
Weβve uncovered a key player in malaria parasite cell divisionβmeet PfAnchor, the first apicoplast-specific dynamin adaptor protein! Check the thread below π§΅for more details. #U_ExM #Malaria #Apicoplast
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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What an interesting and personal reflection of women, science and society. And how about the yet-unfulfilled role of women in conflict resolution? One must fight for better days
Can't think of a better response! Please reach out via email (anat.florentin@mail.huji.ac.il) and we can also host you during lab meeting - we love having curious guests!
Thank you and we are here to hear your thoughts π©ββ€οΈβπβπ©
The brave heroines of this saga are Michal (left), the most gifted β and stubborn!- microscopist one can imagine, and princess Alia (right) who is never shy of staying overnights to follow parasites quirky replication! What an inspiration these two are in our lab and communities! β€οΈ
Another exciting preprint from our new labβΌοΈ
Are you interested in Parasites π¦ + Organelle biology π§ͺ+ Microscopy π¬+ Cell Cycle π§¬?!
How could one not be?! π©βπ¬
Check out, read & comment and wish us good luck with the long way ahead towards publicationβ¦
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
The MPM XXXVI page is now live. Sept 14th to Sept 18th. More updates will be coming soon. Check it out on the parasitesrule.com website. Organized this year by Richarch McCulloch @rmc9z.bsky.social, Photini Sinnis, Marc-Jan Gubbels, Deepali Ravel & Omar Harb @omarharb.bsky.social
Registration for the 2nd WiM online conference is now OPEN, everyone can register: womeninmalaria.es/wim-conferen...
There is a fee waiver application for LMICs & also an option to buy fee waivers for others during the registration process π§«π§¬π¦ Please share!
People sometimes make fun of science that sounds stupid and random.
Meanwhile, a study of lizard saliva turned into a peptide medication, which was turned into a diabetes medication, which was turned into a GLP1 weight loss drug, that just became the first therapy every approved for β¦ sleep apnea
I am looking for an ERC-funded postdoc to work on spatial proteomics of microalgae (red algae and glaucophytes). The ideal candidate will have experience with mass spec and data analysis (R), but above all a keen interest in broad eukaryote evolution and protists #protistsonsky (1/2)
A thread of 9(!!) #Parasitology-based, funded PhD opportunities from the EastBio doctoral training programme at Edinburgh Uni listed below! The projects include #malaria/#Plasmodium, #trypanosoma, #leishmania, #toxoplasma, and #helminths! All deadlines are the 17th January 2025!
π Hyperexcited to see the program!
Interested in apicomplexan parasites? π¬What a lineup of speakersπ©ββοΈπ¨βπ¬ + registration is affordable π° and low on carbon footprint π£ apicomplexaconference.com
An exciting collaboration with
@orafurman.bsky.social from Hebrew U and Steve Johnson from Indiana U. Work supported by ISF, Abisch-Frenkel Lectureship, Kuvin foundation and STEP scholarship. Thank you all!!! π€ππ½πΈπ
Beware - this angry bird (sorry, parasite!) is looking your way
(blue nuclei, yellow apicoplast, red cytoplasm)
Hey likeminded colleagues with high standards and low budget! Looking for a super-fun, low-cost lab social activity? Our paint-your-lab-coat-day was a HUGE SUCCESS:
Although we expect a long and tedious road until acceptance, that first big submission felt like something!
Although we expect a long and tedious road until acceptance, that first big submission felt like something!
Motivatedπ, kindπ₯° and hardworkingπ©ββοΈ, Amanda's and Shirly's joint STEP scholarship is well-deserved! π¬π₯Ό. The Science Training Encouraging Peace program funds pairs of Israeli and Palestinian students π©ββ€οΈβπβπ© Do you also feel that any positive news could be nice? πππ
blogs.timesofisrael.com/malaria-rese...
Is there a single molecule βοΈ linking malaria to high blood pressure??? βοΈπ’ππ¨βπ¬ Happy to work with and learn from lab trainee Dr. Hari Shankar π€© Together, we thought, explored and investigated concepts that are pretty distinct from our daily lab workπ¬:
sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
π¨π¨οΈπ©βπ¬New Preprint alert! Please have a look to learn about organelle proteostasis in malaria parasitesπ©Έ An apicoplast-biogenesis mutant that diesβ οΈon the first cycle! π§ͺπ¦So proud in 1st author Amanda Tissawak for the first major research article from our lab!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
