ParasitesRule
@parasitesrule.org
Profile picture: Toxoplasma image taken by Omar Harb
Banner picture: Plasmodium from Volker Heussler
Banner picture: Plasmodium from Volker Heussler
🦠 Calling all parasitologists!
New feature: parasitesrule.com showcase YOUR research images on our homepage.
Whether it's a beautiful microscopy shot, field work, or lab research - share it with fellow parasitology enthusiasts!
Submit here: forms.gle/b3s8bJbQuTZc...
#Parasitology #SciencePhotography
New feature: parasitesrule.com showcase YOUR research images on our homepage.
Whether it's a beautiful microscopy shot, field work, or lab research - share it with fellow parasitology enthusiasts!
Submit here: forms.gle/b3s8bJbQuTZc...
#Parasitology #SciencePhotography
Parasitesrule
Dr. Roland A. Cooper
parasitesrule.com
December 23, 2025 at 7:53 PM
🦠 Calling all parasitologists!
New feature: parasitesrule.com showcase YOUR research images on our homepage.
Whether it's a beautiful microscopy shot, field work, or lab research - share it with fellow parasitology enthusiasts!
Submit here: forms.gle/b3s8bJbQuTZc...
#Parasitology #SciencePhotography
New feature: parasitesrule.com showcase YOUR research images on our homepage.
Whether it's a beautiful microscopy shot, field work, or lab research - share it with fellow parasitology enthusiasts!
Submit here: forms.gle/b3s8bJbQuTZc...
#Parasitology #SciencePhotography
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Genetic characterization and identification of a recent discovered genotype of Theileria orientalis (Piroplasmida: Theileriidae) in water buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis) from the Amazon region, Brazil Ticks&TBD
Genetic characterization and identification of a recent discovered genotype of Theileria orientalis (Piroplasmida: Theileriidae) in water buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis) from the Amazon region, Brazil
Publication date: January 2026
Source: #ticks and #tick-borne Diseases, Volume 17, Issue 1
Author(s): João Paulo S. Alves, Pedro H.C. Rodrigues, Anisleidy P. Castillo, Antônio A. Fonseca Junior, Cairo H.S. de Oliveira, Rômulo C. Leite, José D. Barbosa, Júlia A.G. Silveira
dlvr.it
December 17, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Genetic characterization and identification of a recent discovered genotype of Theileria orientalis (Piroplasmida: Theileriidae) in water buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis) from the Amazon region, Brazil Ticks&TBD
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#Parasitologists! Partake in this free #training offered by and for #VEuPathDB - an invaluable platform for -omics data and analytical tools centered around some of the most neglected fields of science!
#parasitology #mycology #fungus #pathogen #vector #eukaryote #protists
#parasitology #mycology #fungus #pathogen #vector #eukaryote #protists
Big thanks to everyone who participated in the 2025
@veupathdb.org virtual workshop last week- it was a busy, engaging time! #data #parasites #fungi
If you missed it, all recordings + exercises are available online for asynchronous learning: veupathdb.org/veupathdb/ap...
@veupathdb.org virtual workshop last week- it was a busy, engaging time! #data #parasites #fungi
If you missed it, all recordings + exercises are available online for asynchronous learning: veupathdb.org/veupathdb/ap...
December 15, 2025 at 7:03 PM
#Parasitologists! Partake in this free #training offered by and for #VEuPathDB - an invaluable platform for -omics data and analytical tools centered around some of the most neglected fields of science!
#parasitology #mycology #fungus #pathogen #vector #eukaryote #protists
#parasitology #mycology #fungus #pathogen #vector #eukaryote #protists
🦠 Grad students & postdocs in parasitology:
Apply now for the Biology of Parasitism (BoP): Modern Approaches course at @MBLScience.
Hands-on labs, expert lectures, and cutting-edge tools.
📅 Summer 2026 | ⏰ Deadline Feb 5
🔗 mbl.edu/courses
Apply now for the Biology of Parasitism (BoP): Modern Approaches course at @MBLScience.
Hands-on labs, expert lectures, and cutting-edge tools.
📅 Summer 2026 | ⏰ Deadline Feb 5
🔗 mbl.edu/courses
December 16, 2025 at 6:53 PM
🦠 Grad students & postdocs in parasitology:
Apply now for the Biology of Parasitism (BoP): Modern Approaches course at @MBLScience.
Hands-on labs, expert lectures, and cutting-edge tools.
📅 Summer 2026 | ⏰ Deadline Feb 5
🔗 mbl.edu/courses
Apply now for the Biology of Parasitism (BoP): Modern Approaches course at @MBLScience.
Hands-on labs, expert lectures, and cutting-edge tools.
📅 Summer 2026 | ⏰ Deadline Feb 5
🔗 mbl.edu/courses
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"This interview with Dr. Emma H. Wilson details recent findings on how the chronic parasitic infection Toxoplasma gondii (*Toxo*) disrupts neurotransmission in the rodent brain. The study demonstrates ..."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6DP...
#Toxoplasma #Toxoplasmosis #Parasite #Parasitology
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6DP...
#Toxoplasma #Toxoplasmosis #Parasite #Parasitology
Professor Emma H Wilson discusses Toxoplasma gondii.
YouTube video by Anthony Olszewski
www.youtube.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
"This interview with Dr. Emma H. Wilson details recent findings on how the chronic parasitic infection Toxoplasma gondii (*Toxo*) disrupts neurotransmission in the rodent brain. The study demonstrates ..."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6DP...
#Toxoplasma #Toxoplasmosis #Parasite #Parasitology
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6DP...
#Toxoplasma #Toxoplasmosis #Parasite #Parasitology
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🎥 | WATCH | Dr Thomas Hollin (@umontpellier.bsky.social) discusses RNA-binding Proteins and Organellar Gene Regulation in Plasmodium falciparum.
The full Centre for Parasitology seminar is now available for a limited period on our YouTube channel:
📺 youtu.be/aH9aZAbJaIs?...
The full Centre for Parasitology seminar is now available for a limited period on our YouTube channel:
📺 youtu.be/aH9aZAbJaIs?...
December 8, 2025 at 4:04 PM
🎥 | WATCH | Dr Thomas Hollin (@umontpellier.bsky.social) discusses RNA-binding Proteins and Organellar Gene Regulation in Plasmodium falciparum.
The full Centre for Parasitology seminar is now available for a limited period on our YouTube channel:
📺 youtu.be/aH9aZAbJaIs?...
The full Centre for Parasitology seminar is now available for a limited period on our YouTube channel:
📺 youtu.be/aH9aZAbJaIs?...
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Thrilled our study on heme crystal motion in #malaria @parasitesrule.org is now published @pnas.org, support from NIH, @bwfund.bsky.social, @uofutahcihd.bsky.social, UofU 3i. With Fu and Bidone labs @price.utah.edu, @uofubiochem.bsky.social, @uofuhealth.bsky.social
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Chemical propulsion of hemozoin crystal motion in malaria parasites | PNAS
Malaria parasites infect red blood cells where they digest host hemoglobin and release
free heme inside a lysosome-like organelle called the food v...
www.pnas.org
October 28, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Thrilled our study on heme crystal motion in #malaria @parasitesrule.org is now published @pnas.org, support from NIH, @bwfund.bsky.social, @uofutahcihd.bsky.social, UofU 3i. With Fu and Bidone labs @price.utah.edu, @uofubiochem.bsky.social, @uofuhealth.bsky.social
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Missed another parasitology webinar? 😩
I built a page to fix that — a community list of free online seminars anyone can add to!
🧫 Find and share virtual parasitology events here:
www.parasitesrule.com/seminars
I built a page to fix that — a community list of free online seminars anyone can add to!
🧫 Find and share virtual parasitology events here:
www.parasitesrule.com/seminars
October 21, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Missed another parasitology webinar? 😩
I built a page to fix that — a community list of free online seminars anyone can add to!
🧫 Find and share virtual parasitology events here:
www.parasitesrule.com/seminars
I built a page to fix that — a community list of free online seminars anyone can add to!
🧫 Find and share virtual parasitology events here:
www.parasitesrule.com/seminars
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We have a 3+ year post doc available in our lab to study trypanosome transmission and virulence. Combined wet lab and bioinformatics expertise preferred. Please apply via the HR link (elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...). Find out more about us in the link below.
The Matthews Lab | Biology
The Matthews Lab
biology.ed.ac.uk
October 17, 2025 at 12:06 PM
We have a 3+ year post doc available in our lab to study trypanosome transmission and virulence. Combined wet lab and bioinformatics expertise preferred. Please apply via the HR link (elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...). Find out more about us in the link below.
The parasitesrule site has an archive of abstract books from the Molecular Parasitology Meeting (MPM) & the Kinetoplastid Molecular Cell Biology Meeting (KMCB). The book from the first MPM (1990) is also there!
🔗 parasitesrule.com/archive
🔗 parasitesrule.com/archive
October 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The parasitesrule site has an archive of abstract books from the Molecular Parasitology Meeting (MPM) & the Kinetoplastid Molecular Cell Biology Meeting (KMCB). The book from the first MPM (1990) is also there!
🔗 parasitesrule.com/archive
🔗 parasitesrule.com/archive
Did you know that you can submit and view parasitology related jobs on the #parasitesrule site? Check out the new interface:
🔗https://www.parasitesrule.com/jobs
🔗https://www.parasitesrule.com/jobs
October 13, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Did you know that you can submit and view parasitology related jobs on the #parasitesrule site? Check out the new interface:
🔗https://www.parasitesrule.com/jobs
🔗https://www.parasitesrule.com/jobs
Interested in Parasitology conferences in 2026? Look no further, check out the list of upcoming conferences on the parasitesrule website:
www.parasitesrule.com/conferences
www.parasitesrule.com/conferences
October 11, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Interested in Parasitology conferences in 2026? Look no further, check out the list of upcoming conferences on the parasitesrule website:
www.parasitesrule.com/conferences
www.parasitesrule.com/conferences
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Why do we care? Because very little information is available for proteins found in #parasites, despite parasites causing a third of the total global burden of human #disease (!!!) #MPM2025 @parasitesrule.org
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More about this problem is explained nicely here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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More about this problem is explained nicely here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Exploiting structural biology in the fight against parasitic diseases
Despite spectacular advances in structural biology over the past half-century, only approximately 2% of the structures in the Protein Data Bank are fr…
www.sciencedirect.com
September 27, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Why do we care? Because very little information is available for proteins found in #parasites, despite parasites causing a third of the total global burden of human #disease (!!!) #MPM2025 @parasitesrule.org
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More about this problem is explained nicely here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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More about this problem is explained nicely here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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You can explore the full scRNAseq data on the same gene page: cryptodb.org/cryptodb/app...
September 23, 2025 at 5:34 PM
You can explore the full scRNAseq data on the same gene page: cryptodb.org/cryptodb/app...
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The @veupathdb.org user comments campaign at #MPM2025 yielded 200 user comments from 66 attendees! Thanks, contributors 💐
For example: a comment on gene cgd5_3570 on CryptoDB pointed out that GGC proteins exhibit male-specific expression according to single-cell RNA seq. Good to know!
For example: a comment on gene cgd5_3570 on CryptoDB pointed out that GGC proteins exhibit male-specific expression according to single-cell RNA seq. Good to know!
September 23, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The @veupathdb.org user comments campaign at #MPM2025 yielded 200 user comments from 66 attendees! Thanks, contributors 💐
For example: a comment on gene cgd5_3570 on CryptoDB pointed out that GGC proteins exhibit male-specific expression according to single-cell RNA seq. Good to know!
For example: a comment on gene cgd5_3570 on CryptoDB pointed out that GGC proteins exhibit male-specific expression according to single-cell RNA seq. Good to know!
Recordings of the last 5 Keynote talks at the Molecular Parasitology Meeting MPM are available on the parasitesrule Youtube channel - check them out - ❤️ like and subscribe:
www.youtube.com/@Parasitesrule
www.youtube.com/@Parasitesrule
Parasitesrule
www.youtube.com
September 23, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Recordings of the last 5 Keynote talks at the Molecular Parasitology Meeting MPM are available on the parasitesrule Youtube channel - check them out - ❤️ like and subscribe:
www.youtube.com/@Parasitesrule
www.youtube.com/@Parasitesrule
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How? By inhibiting the uptake of metabolically essential amino acids and disrupting the parasite's lifecycle.
You can learn more about some of their work here: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
#Parasitology #MPMXXXVI #MPM2025
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You can learn more about some of their work here: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
#Parasitology #MPMXXXVI #MPM2025
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Computational approaches for drug discovery against trypanosomatid-caused diseases
During three decades, only about 20 new drugs have been developed for malaria, tuberculosis and all neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). This critical situation was reached because NTDs represent only ...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
September 23, 2025 at 3:28 PM
How? By inhibiting the uptake of metabolically essential amino acids and disrupting the parasite's lifecycle.
You can learn more about some of their work here: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
#Parasitology #MPMXXXVI #MPM2025
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You can learn more about some of their work here: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
#Parasitology #MPMXXXVI #MPM2025
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Highlights from #MPMXXXVI:
Work by Melisa Sayé et al. explores repurposing benztropine - a Parkinson's disease drug - against infection by Trypanosome cruzi, a #parasite causing Chagas disease which affects >7 million people worldwide.
@parasitesrule.org #MPM2025 #Parasitology
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Work by Melisa Sayé et al. explores repurposing benztropine - a Parkinson's disease drug - against infection by Trypanosome cruzi, a #parasite causing Chagas disease which affects >7 million people worldwide.
@parasitesrule.org #MPM2025 #Parasitology
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September 23, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Highlights from #MPMXXXVI:
Work by Melisa Sayé et al. explores repurposing benztropine - a Parkinson's disease drug - against infection by Trypanosome cruzi, a #parasite causing Chagas disease which affects >7 million people worldwide.
@parasitesrule.org #MPM2025 #Parasitology
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Work by Melisa Sayé et al. explores repurposing benztropine - a Parkinson's disease drug - against infection by Trypanosome cruzi, a #parasite causing Chagas disease which affects >7 million people worldwide.
@parasitesrule.org #MPM2025 #Parasitology
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Learn more about some of their work here: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
(Although ginger extract is used in this paper^. If anyone can point me towards publications of their studies using thyme extract please do!)
@parasitesrule.org #MPM2025 #Parasitology #MPM2025 #botany
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(Although ginger extract is used in this paper^. If anyone can point me towards publications of their studies using thyme extract please do!)
@parasitesrule.org #MPM2025 #Parasitology #MPM2025 #botany
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Efficacy of green synthesized silver nanoparticles via ginger rhizome extract against Leishmania major in vitro
Leishmaniasis is a major public health problem that causes by parasite of the genus Leishmania. The pentavalent antimonial compounds that used for treatment are not safe or effective enough. The aim o...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
September 23, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Learn more about some of their work here: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
(Although ginger extract is used in this paper^. If anyone can point me towards publications of their studies using thyme extract please do!)
@parasitesrule.org #MPM2025 #Parasitology #MPM2025 #botany
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(Although ginger extract is used in this paper^. If anyone can point me towards publications of their studies using thyme extract please do!)
@parasitesrule.org #MPM2025 #Parasitology #MPM2025 #botany
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Highlights from #MPMXXXVI:
Work by Atena Hesami et al. shows the efficacy of thyme extract incorporated into silver #nanoparticles for use against Leishmania major - a #parasite causing flesh-eating disease - showing the value of naturally sourced compounds as augmentative antiparasitic agents. 1/2
Work by Atena Hesami et al. shows the efficacy of thyme extract incorporated into silver #nanoparticles for use against Leishmania major - a #parasite causing flesh-eating disease - showing the value of naturally sourced compounds as augmentative antiparasitic agents. 1/2
September 23, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Highlights from #MPMXXXVI:
Work by Atena Hesami et al. shows the efficacy of thyme extract incorporated into silver #nanoparticles for use against Leishmania major - a #parasite causing flesh-eating disease - showing the value of naturally sourced compounds as augmentative antiparasitic agents. 1/2
Work by Atena Hesami et al. shows the efficacy of thyme extract incorporated into silver #nanoparticles for use against Leishmania major - a #parasite causing flesh-eating disease - showing the value of naturally sourced compounds as augmentative antiparasitic agents. 1/2
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Highlights from #MPMXXXVI:
#Ticks! (woot!) Work by Isaac A. Hinne et al. identified stage-specific gene expression profiles in developing #tick embryos (Ixodes scapularis).
Targeting embryonic development in ticks offers a unique point of #vector control.
@parasitesrule.org #MPM2025 #Parasitology
#Ticks! (woot!) Work by Isaac A. Hinne et al. identified stage-specific gene expression profiles in developing #tick embryos (Ixodes scapularis).
Targeting embryonic development in ticks offers a unique point of #vector control.
@parasitesrule.org #MPM2025 #Parasitology
September 23, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Highlights from #MPMXXXVI:
#Ticks! (woot!) Work by Isaac A. Hinne et al. identified stage-specific gene expression profiles in developing #tick embryos (Ixodes scapularis).
Targeting embryonic development in ticks offers a unique point of #vector control.
@parasitesrule.org #MPM2025 #Parasitology
#Ticks! (woot!) Work by Isaac A. Hinne et al. identified stage-specific gene expression profiles in developing #tick embryos (Ixodes scapularis).
Targeting embryonic development in ticks offers a unique point of #vector control.
@parasitesrule.org #MPM2025 #Parasitology
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Hey, #MPMXXXVI attendees! Just a reminder today is the last day to vote for your favourite talks and posters from this year's meeting. I've highlighted a few in my posts below!
@parasitesrule.org #MPM2025 #Parasitology
@parasitesrule.org #MPM2025 #Parasitology
September 23, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Hey, #MPMXXXVI attendees! Just a reminder today is the last day to vote for your favourite talks and posters from this year's meeting. I've highlighted a few in my posts below!
@parasitesrule.org #MPM2025 #Parasitology
@parasitesrule.org #MPM2025 #Parasitology
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Honoured & grateful to have received an MPM Travel Grant and have the opportunity to present my PhD research at my first MPM 🇺🇸
Amazing science, inspiring discussions & a fantastic community of parasitologists – what a milestone in my journey. @parasitesrule.org
#MPM2025 #Parasitology
Amazing science, inspiring discussions & a fantastic community of parasitologists – what a milestone in my journey. @parasitesrule.org
#MPM2025 #Parasitology
September 19, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Honoured & grateful to have received an MPM Travel Grant and have the opportunity to present my PhD research at my first MPM 🇺🇸
Amazing science, inspiring discussions & a fantastic community of parasitologists – what a milestone in my journey. @parasitesrule.org
#MPM2025 #Parasitology
Amazing science, inspiring discussions & a fantastic community of parasitologists – what a milestone in my journey. @parasitesrule.org
#MPM2025 #Parasitology
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Join me on 16 Sept 8-9 AM (Boston time Zone i.e. 3 PM KSA) as I present my R package on how to access VEuPathDB component databases and several other database virtually in MPM XXXVI conference.
rohit-satyam.github.io/plasmoRUtils...
#plasmodium #pathogen
@veupathdb.org @parasitesrule.org
rohit-satyam.github.io/plasmoRUtils...
#plasmodium #pathogen
@veupathdb.org @parasitesrule.org
September 15, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Join me on 16 Sept 8-9 AM (Boston time Zone i.e. 3 PM KSA) as I present my R package on how to access VEuPathDB component databases and several other database virtually in MPM XXXVI conference.
rohit-satyam.github.io/plasmoRUtils...
#plasmodium #pathogen
@veupathdb.org @parasitesrule.org
rohit-satyam.github.io/plasmoRUtils...
#plasmodium #pathogen
@veupathdb.org @parasitesrule.org
Did you submit an abstract to #mpm2025? Notifications went out this week. Check you spam folders if you don't see an email in your inbox. @rmc9z.bsky.social @mjgubbels.bsky.social @omarharb.org
August 15, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Did you submit an abstract to #mpm2025? Notifications went out this week. Check you spam folders if you don't see an email in your inbox. @rmc9z.bsky.social @mjgubbels.bsky.social @omarharb.org