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Andreia Albuquerque Wendt
@albuquerqueafrr.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/andreia.wendt

Molecular Parasitologist

Cute aggression over protozoa under a microscope 🔬🦠🧫

#transporters #leishmania #sandflies #drugs | Charles University 🇨🇿 | SwissTPH🇨🇭 | GHTM/IHMT 🇵🇹
Pinned
Ever wonder how Leishmania survives in a sand fly’s gut?
We just dropped a preprint where we CRISPR’d our way through the parasite’s transporter genes—and found the VIPs that keep it alive in its insect host. 🧬🦟

Check it out 👉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

#Leishmania #sandflies #parasitesrule
Identification of transporters essential for survival of Leishmania promastigotes in the digestive tract of sand flies
Leishmania amastigotes ingested by female phlebotomine sand flies are exposed to a harsh and dynamic environment, markedly different from that of their mammalian host. Within the sand fly s alimentary...
www.biorxiv.org
Reposted by Andreia Albuquerque Wendt
🧪 Last chance! Registration for the #RigiWorkshop 2026 closes next week! Our guest speakers include @dudinlab.bsky.social, @michaelraissig.bsky.social, @annikaguse.bsky.social, @gautamdey.bsky.social & @jandevries.bsky.social. More details here 👉 biol.scnat.ch/rigiworkshop26
scnat.ch SCNAT @scnat.ch · Sep 23
Only 1️⃣ month left to apply for the #RigiWorkshop 2026! Are you a #PhD student or postdoc in #biology? Come join us for a 3-days interdisciplinary #workshop in the Swiss Alps 👉 biol.scnat.ch/rigiworkshop26
October 8, 2025 at 7:00 AM
If you never petted a bumblebee you are seriously missing out. Go do it. Be gentle. Share the feelings.
July 20, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Reposted by Andreia Albuquerque Wendt
Looking to get involved in peer review?

Check out the Fast & Fair initiative run by @biologyopen.bsky.social.

journals.biologists.com/bio/pages/fa...

#PeerReview #PaidWork #Journals #Academia #Research #Biology #BiologyOpen
July 11, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Ever wonder how Leishmania survives in a sand fly’s gut?
We just dropped a preprint where we CRISPR’d our way through the parasite’s transporter genes—and found the VIPs that keep it alive in its insect host. 🧬🦟

Check it out 👉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

#Leishmania #sandflies #parasitesrule
Identification of transporters essential for survival of Leishmania promastigotes in the digestive tract of sand flies
Leishmania amastigotes ingested by female phlebotomine sand flies are exposed to a harsh and dynamic environment, markedly different from that of their mammalian host. Within the sand fly s alimentary...
www.biorxiv.org
July 10, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Reposted by Andreia Albuquerque Wendt
Wondering about the role of the Leishmania promastigote flagellum at the initiation of infection? It is essential but not via its motile function! Great work by Tom Beneke, Eva Gluenz @albuquerqueafrr.bsky.social and colleagues 👍
www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/...
July 7, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Reposted by Andreia Albuquerque Wendt
Scihub stopped uploading new articles. SciDB is a continuing effort which has the entire scihub collection AND new papers.

annas-archive.org/scidb
🧬 SciDB - Anna’s Archive
The world’s largest open-source open-data library. Mirrors Sci-Hub, Library Genesis, Z-Library, and more.
annas-archive.org
July 2, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Reposted by Andreia Albuquerque Wendt
Have a postdoc position to start October 2025 to develop vector-borne pathogen genomic assays on ONT platforms. International travel will be required to Southeast Asia (Singapore and Malaysia). Looking for a hybrid position of wet lab and bioinformatics. DM me for more information. Please share!
June 21, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Join me as I dive in another fantastic piece by the group of Tom Beneke and colleagues using the recently Leish-adapted cytosine base edit approach. #leishmania #cytosinebasedit #genediting #crispr

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org
June 17, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Reposted by Andreia Albuquerque Wendt
💼 PostDoc position (2 years) on Trypanosoma brucei | Bordeaux, France | Lab MFP with Dr. Frédéric Bringaud @univbordeaux.bsky.social @cnrsaquitaine.bsky.social

🔬 Glycerol and differentiation in Trypanosoma brucei

🗓️ Deadline: September 15.
Start: by November 2025

labex-parafrap.fr/fr/emplois/4...
June 10, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Reposted by Andreia Albuquerque Wendt
PhD's log:

You aren’t a real researcher until you’ve had someone say to you

“I have more of a comment than a question.”
June 7, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Scary to see your family and friends freaking out because there are no conclusive explanations from trust worthy sources on what the cause of this is. Crossing fingers for this to be just a scary few hours and for everything to go back to normal soon 🙏🏼
#blackout #Portugal
April 28, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Saying someones' name accurately in an international context can be challenging.

If you are chairing a seminar or conference session I can highly recommend you either find your speakers ahead of time and ask them how you can pronounce their name to the best of your abilities or...
April 21, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Contemplating my tulips in my upcycled @bspparasitology.bsky.social beer bottles from the Spring meeting in Aberystwyth in 2018 ❤️🥰
April 13, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Hi everyone, (usully I don't care, but today I guess I do) just leeting everyone know, in case you don't already know...

My name is Andreia.

Not Andrea.

Not Andria.

Not Anderia.

Not Andiria.

Not Andra.

Andreia.

Thanks.
March 21, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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I don't know if you had a chance of participating on a DEI session before, but today I participated on my first.
To be frank, at first, I thought, why am I being put forward to be part of a panel for diversity, equity and inclusion?
Am I supposed to be representing diversity?
Inspired by the upcoming diversity, equity & inclusion (DEI) session @ the Joint Parasitology Meeting in Würzburg, I did a bit of unconscious bias selfcheck & reading.

Highly recommend:

tinyurl.com/4jx4tz7p
#herminthology

tinyurl.com/4s7awp8j
#whatsinaname

@scnat.ch synthesis video

1/3
A Synthesis of the 9 webinars about Gender Equality and Diversity in the natural Sciences
YouTube video by Swiss Academy of Sciences SCNAT
youtu.be
March 14, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Inspired by the upcoming diversity, equity & inclusion (DEI) session @ the Joint Parasitology Meeting in Würzburg, I did a bit of unconscious bias selfcheck & reading.

Highly recommend:

tinyurl.com/4jx4tz7p
#herminthology

tinyurl.com/4s7awp8j
#whatsinaname

@scnat.ch synthesis video

1/3
A Synthesis of the 9 webinars about Gender Equality and Diversity in the natural Sciences
YouTube video by Swiss Academy of Sciences SCNAT
youtu.be
March 10, 2025 at 11:39 PM
So excited to be back again in Würzburg and to meet up with old (and new!) friends and colleagues!
Such a rich diverse program covering all things parasite <3
See you soon parasite gladiators!!

#parasitesrule #parasites #parasitology
🚨 Three weeks until the big Joint #Parasitology Spring Meeting 2025 with the BSP, SSTMP, and DGP!! 🚨

- 𝟏𝟏-𝟏𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓
- Würzburg, Germany
- Website at parasitology-meeting.de
- Registration at tinyurl.com/3x32vycr

#parasitology
March 10, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Reposted by Andreia Albuquerque Wendt
🧪 PubMed’s brief outage sent researchers into panic, underscoring global reliance on the free biomedical database. While restored, the incident raises concerns about access, resilience, and the need for backups. 🩺💻
'Omg, did Pubmed go dark?' Blackout stokes fears about database’s future
A brief outage has focused attention on scientists’ reliance on the US-government-funded website.
www.nature.com
March 4, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Pubmed and NIH websites are down. Probably consequences of the trash sitting in the white house.

Here is an attempt at an alternative.
europepmc.org

Also, consider submitting your manuscript to preprint servers like connect.biorxiv.org/now/.

#sciencewontstop
#sciencedoesnotcareaboutyouropinion
March 2, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Reposted by Andreia Albuquerque Wendt
If you are a budding parasitologist and you would like to spend a great summer full of science, networking, and fun with your peers, there is still time to apply for Biology of Parasitism course at @mblscience.bsky.social! Deadline 29th of January.

tinyurl.com/applyBoP
Biology of Parasitism: Modern Approaches | Marine Biological Laboratory
A unique course for advanced graduate students, postdocs, and independent investigators, who are seeking in-depth training in modern approaches to the study of protozoan parasites and parasitic worms.
www.mbl.edu
January 9, 2025 at 4:11 PM
If today you had to feed your lab "children" before saying goodbye to 2024, you are not alone 🙏🏼🧘🏻‍♀️🦠🔬👩🏻‍🔬🦟🪰

Happy new year everyone!

May 2025 bring us all more health and all the good things one can hope for.
December 31, 2024 at 6:05 PM
I feel seen.
For tonight, enjoy this video of a sea cucumber feeding. #marinelife
December 30, 2024 at 7:58 AM
It has been a while since I last used those cookie cutters :)
December 25, 2024 at 2:39 PM