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Check out our preprint on spaCR—a powerful open-source tool for spatial phenotype analysis of CRISPR-Cas9 screens! We reveal how deep learning & single-cell imaging allow mapping genotype-phenotype in host-pathogen interactions.
Read more: doi.org/10.21203/rs....
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🔥 Open postdoc position in human inflammation-driven control of infection! 🔥
Join me at the University of Geneva, Switzerland this summer as I’m moving my Wellcome-funded research activity to the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine! (1/5)

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Metabolic adaptability and nutrient scavenging in Toxoplasma gondii: insights from ingestion pathway-deficient mutants | mSphere Toxoplasma gondii is an obligate intracellular pathogen that infects virtually any nucleated cell in most warm-blooded animals. Infections are asymptomatic in most cases, but people with weakened immunity can experience severe disease. For the parasite to ...

Congratulations to Predoctoral Fellow Patrick Rimple for uncovering broad evidence of a nutrient scavenging role for the Toxoplasma ingestion pathway. You can read more about his discoveries here: journals.asm.org/eprint/JHKZF...

worth a 👀https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001691825001271?via%3Dihub

Toxoplasma gondii PROP1 is critical for autophagy and parasite viability during chronic infection | mSphere It is estimated that up to a third of the human population is chronically infected with Toxoplasma gondii; however, little is known about how this parasite persists long term within its hosts. Autophagy is a self-eating pathway that has recently been ...

Congratulations to Pha Thaprawat for leading this work toward a better understanding of parasite autophagy during Toxoplasma chronic infection. Thanks also to our coauthors and to the NIH for supporting this research. Watch for more to come from this project in 2025! journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

A drastic cut in support for NIH-sponsored research comes at a time of record demand for research training in biomedical sciences. This year our PhD program received >230 applications for 5 openings. Fewer trainees, fewer future innovators, fewer health solutions, more disease. We will go backwards.

Are you a PhD student or Postdoc conducting research in parasitology or vector biology? Don't miss an opportunity to accelerate your career through the Biology of Parasitism course. Applications due Jan 29, 2025. Please repost! www.mbl.edu/education/ad...