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Michael Delves
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Associate Prof @ LSHTM/Co-Director of LSHTM Malaria Centre @lshtm-malaria.bsky.social/Malaria cell biology and mosquito transmission/DM me for collaboration and culture protocols.
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🧬 Take advantage of #omics techniques in this @lshtm.bsky.social course and learn how to analyse genetic epidemiology of diseases like TB, MRSA and @lshtm-malaria.bsky.social

Runs from 20-23 June 2026 #PublicHealth #HealthData

Apply by 20 March 🔽
www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/course...
February 6, 2026 at 10:16 AM
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Neglected tropical diseases affect more than one billion people worldwide, creating cycles of poverty and preventing people from achieving their full potential. Yet they are preventable, treatable, and can be eliminated. This #WorldNTDDay, let’s #UniteActEliminate to #BeatNTDs
January 30, 2026 at 3:04 PM
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Excited about parasites? Love watching movies? Come join our Wellcome-funded project! Parasitology friends, please do share far and wide.
January 28, 2026 at 5:05 PM
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📢 Join us for Professor @jackiecook.bsky.social’s inaugural lecture 🌍🦟

In this lecture, she will share insights from her career in malaria epidemiology and discuss the urgent need for new strategies in malaria control.

📅 22 Jan
⏰ 17:15
📍LSHTM | Online
🔗 www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
January 9, 2026 at 4:31 PM
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New episode alert 🎧

@lshtm.bsky.social’s @robmoon.bsky.social joins BBC sounds to explore how we could eliminate malaria, from next-gen vaccines to accessible rapid diagnostics.

👇 Listen to the interview on BBC Sounds🎙️
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Health Check - How can we eliminate malaria? - BBC Sounds
The big ideas and innovations that may help us one day eliminate malaria
www.bbc.co.uk
January 6, 2026 at 10:02 AM
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Very excited to take part in this BBC world service programme on the future of malaria elimination. My first ever radio interview. The editors worked wanders!

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

@lshtm-malaria.bsky.social @lshtm.bsky.social
Health Check - How can we eliminate malaria? - BBC Sounds
The big ideas and innovations that may help us one day eliminate malaria
www.bbc.co.uk
January 1, 2026 at 3:19 PM
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Happy to share a new preprint exploring the unusual biochemistry of a "weirdly" diverged cytochrome c in malaria parasites that exemplifies a lineage common to many apicomplexan parasites. @uofubiochem.bsky.social @uuhsresearch.bsky.social @uofutahcihd.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
A Divergent Cytochrome c in Malaria Parasites with an Anomalously Low Redox Potential
Eukaryotic cytochrome (cyt) c is a highly conserved mitochondrial protein central to cellular respiration, featuring a covalently attached hexacoordinate heme whose redox potential is tuned by axial H...
www.biorxiv.org
December 26, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Functional analysis of pyrimidine biosythesis in #Plasmodium falciparum. We demonstrate multiple other essential enzymes of this pathway, besides DHODH. We also present a titrable metabolic bypass of the pyrimidine biosythesis pathway that can be useful for drug discovery studies targeting the ETC.
Genetic analysis of pyrimidine biosynthetic enzymes in Plasmodium falciparum https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.30.691290v1
December 7, 2025 at 4:43 AM
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Despite progress in access to prevention, diagnosis and treatment, malaria continues to place a heavy burden on global health.

@lshtm.bsky.social experts Dr Bhargavi Rao and Prof Colin Sutherland share key insights from @who.int’s World Malaria Report.

Read more: bit.ly/4poAR1B
December 5, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Do you want to join a community working to reduce the devastating toll of #malaria by pushing forward new ideas, innovations, and strategies? 🦟 🧬

Registration is now open for #EMBLMalaria: https://s.embl.org/bmp26-01-bl

✍️ Submit your abstract by 18 Feb
🗓️ 27 – 29 May 2026

#BioMalPar
December 2, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Can AI help democratize the global fight against #malaria? In
@healthpolicywatch.bsky.social, MMV’s Jeremy Burrows explains how AI could speed up drug discovery and how a new platform with @deepmirror.bsky.social aims to make these tools more accessible worldwide.

Read: bit.ly/4aj84GU
Interview: Can AI democratize the global fight against malaria? | Medicines for Malaria Venture
An interview with MMV's Head of Drug Discovery on how artificial intelligence could compress years of drug discovery into months - helping to overcome growing drug resistance to existing treatments fo...
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December 1, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Today, Professor Alfred Amambua-Ngwa will deliver his #InauguralLecture, showcasing his work in clinical immunology & #GlobalHealth research.

Read more about his lecture and join us at 17:15 GMT ↩️ tinyurl.com/yy82e6sn

Stay tuned!
November 26, 2025 at 11:21 AM
London Interdisciplinary #PhD position now open with myself, @robmoon.bsky.social – to study the role of novel genes in #malaria transmission. Apply here👇
mrc-lid.lshtm.ac.uk/2026-27-proj...
2026-27 Project (Delves & Moon) - MRC London Intercollegiate Doctoral Training Partnership Studentships
Preparation for transmission: Dissecting the roles of novel genes required to ensure the infectivity of...
mrc-lid.lshtm.ac.uk
November 17, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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MRCG is at the @astmh.bsky.social Annual conference in #Toronto.

An exciting opportunity to share new insights on #malaria & other tropical diseases, and showcase innovative, data-driven approaches to tackling #GlobalHealth challenges.

#TropMed25 #TropicalMedicine #InfectiousDiseases
November 13, 2025 at 2:45 PM
GanLum looks to be a really promising new antimalarial!
New #malaria drug promises to beat resistant strains

In @financialtimes.com, Michael Delves comments on first new anti-malaria treatment for a generation & says it gives reassurance we can continue to save lives if artemisinins fail.

www.ft.com/content/9070...
New malaria drug promises to beat resistant strains
Novartis-led project should help curb spread of deadly disease in Africa and Asia
www.ft.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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In response to the @theguardian.com editorial on the uptick in malaria due to #globalhealth funding cuts, I write how this also foreshadwos what’s ahead for a lower-profile but similarly devastating group of pathogens – the neglected tropical diseases.

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Aid cuts could set back fragile gains in eliminating neglected tropical diseases | Letter
Letter: In response to an editorial on the uptick in malaria, Prof Heather Ferguson writes that progress against dengue, leprosy, rabies and other conditions could unravel
www.theguardian.com
November 2, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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🆕Film by LSHTM explores 'Hidden Malaria' in #India

It goes inside a research project looking at why #malaria persists in regions like Odisha despite declining rates across the country, & hidden reservoirs of #infection that show no symptoms.🦟

🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=hP88...
Hidden Malaria: The hunt for an invisible enemy
YouTube video by LSHTM
www.youtube.com
October 24, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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🎥 Out now!
A new film by @lshtm.bsky.social highlights our NIH-funded India ICEMR 🇮🇳 — a multidisciplinary collaboration of scientists and clinicians from India, the UK & US, sharing capacity and generating vital evidence to guide malaria elimination in India and beyond.
#Malaria #GlobalHealth #LSHTM
🆕Film by LSHTM explores 'Hidden Malaria' in #India

It goes inside a research project looking at why #malaria persists in regions like Odisha despite declining rates across the country, & hidden reservoirs of #infection that show no symptoms.🦟

🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=hP88...
Hidden Malaria: The hunt for an invisible enemy
YouTube video by LSHTM
www.youtube.com
October 25, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Do you have an #AI or #DataScience project transforming health research in #Gambia? This is your chance to showcase it!

Submit your poster today & be part of the future of innovation!

Register here 👉 tinyurl.com/4ejrrh6f & send your posters to Ishad35@lshtm.ac.uk

#DataScienceAwarenessMonth
September 30, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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🌍 Join @lshtm.bsky.social’s Global Health Lecture: “Malaria Across Scales: From Global Burden to Cases on Our Doorstep”, exploring resurgence drivers like drug resistance, climate change, & LSHTM’s role 🦟

📆 06 October
🕠 17:30
📍LSHTM (in person only)
🔗 bit.ly/3K7Sy5R
Malaria across scales: From global burden to cases on our doorstep | LSHTM
Despite the intensive efforts this millennium for the control and elimination of malaria and success that this has brought, we are at a critical turning point. Interruption of funding, drug and
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September 22, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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🚨 New @who.int guidance for malaria in crisis settings 🌍 🦟

Dr Bhargavi Rao, co-author, highlights the significance of the manual for frontline workers and the need to integrate malaria control into broader emergency response.

Read more: bit.ly/469Q1kd
September 11, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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"we found that mosquitoes are drawn to those who avoid sunscreen, drink beer, and share their bed".......
Blood, sweat, and beers: investigating mosquito biting preferences amidst noise and intoxication in a cross-sectional cohort study at a large music festival https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.21.671470v1
August 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Today, we joined the global malaria community to mark #WorldMosquitoDay2025.

From India to The Gambia, malaria continues to pose a serious threat.

@malaria-sam.bsky.social & Annette emphasise the importance of ongoing research in driving malaria control & bringing us closer to elimination.

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August 20, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Today is #WorldMosquitoDay2025🦟

Watch our film on the impact of hidden #malaria in India & why it continues to pose a serious threat to #PublicHealth. Our experts stress the importance of ongoing research driving malaria control & elimination. @lshtm-malaria.bsky.social

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August 20, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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Behind every breakthrough is a dedicated face in the lab

Meet the scientists & technicians @lshtm.bsky.social & @mrcunitgambia.bsky.social working to understand 🦟 & fight malaria, dengue, Zika, & more.

This #WorldMosquitoDay2025, let’s shine a light on their vital work.

👉 bit.ly/45qtn6F
August 20, 2025 at 10:19 AM