Walzer Lab
@walzerlab.bsky.social
Opening August 2025 at Clemson University! We study the life cycle of the parasite Cryptosporidium, with a particular focus on the regulators of sexual commitment and development.
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Incredibly proud to share that our work on Cryptosporidium Oocyst Wall Proteins is published in
@PLOSPathogens
journals.plos.org/plospathogen...
Led by previous PhD student
@BacchettiRoss
and carried on by current PhD student, Sarah Stevens.
@PLOSPathogens
journals.plos.org/plospathogen...
Led by previous PhD student
@BacchettiRoss
and carried on by current PhD student, Sarah Stevens.
Cryptosporidium oocyst wall proteins are true components of the oocyst wall and COWP8 is not required for parasite transmission
Author summary Infection with Cryptosporidium causes diarrhoea, which can be fatal for malnourished children or people who are immunocompromised. There is no vaccine or effective medicines available t...
journals.plos.org
October 23, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Incredibly proud to share that our work on Cryptosporidium Oocyst Wall Proteins is published in
@PLOSPathogens
journals.plos.org/plospathogen...
Led by previous PhD student
@BacchettiRoss
and carried on by current PhD student, Sarah Stevens.
@PLOSPathogens
journals.plos.org/plospathogen...
Led by previous PhD student
@BacchettiRoss
and carried on by current PhD student, Sarah Stevens.
Can’t wait for all things Cryptosporidium!
October 7, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Can’t wait for all things Cryptosporidium!
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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!
Super user friendly, and easy to visualize the highest expressing cells!
You can explore the full scRNAseq data on the same gene page: cryptodb.org/cryptodb/app...
September 24, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Super user friendly, and easy to visualize the highest expressing cells!
The Walzer Lab is #hiring! We are recruiting a lab technician and graduate students to work on Cryptosporidium development at Clemson University! Join our lab with an EPIC group of colleagues! #parasitesrule
September 9, 2025 at 7:18 PM
The Walzer Lab is #hiring! We are recruiting a lab technician and graduate students to work on Cryptosporidium development at Clemson University! Join our lab with an EPIC group of colleagues! #parasitesrule
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Now available in a polished format! An important step toward accelerated functional genomics for the Cryptosporidium parasite. Brought to you by the incomparable @lucy-watson.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Targeted CRISPR screens reveal genes essential for Cryptosporidium survival in the host intestine - Nature Communications
Cryptosporidium is an important threat to public health, yet it lacks a robust genetic toolkit. Here, Watson et al. introduce a targeted CRISPR-based screening method to identify parasite genes that a...
www.nature.com
August 20, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Now available in a polished format! An important step toward accelerated functional genomics for the Cryptosporidium parasite. Brought to you by the incomparable @lucy-watson.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Come work with Fungal Group at UGA!
🍄 UGA Plant Pathology is hiring TT faculty in Mycology/Fungal Biology/Fungal Ecology at the Asst/Assc level! Please pass along this opportunity to anyone you know who may be interested. I'm on the search committee and happy to answer questions. 🍄 www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/445...
Assistant or Associate Professor - Fungal Biology/Mycology
The Department of Plant Pathology in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES) at the University of Georgia is recruiting for the position of Assistant or Associate Professor in Fu...
www.ugajobsearch.com
August 21, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Come work with Fungal Group at UGA!
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Excited to share our new @science.org paper! Led by postdocs Ruchao Peng and Xin Xu, we used cryo-EM/ET to reveal the influenza ribonucleoprotein complex structure and its strand-sliding mechanism for RNA synthesis, paving the way for new antivirals.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Molecular basis of influenza ribonucleoprotein complex assembly and processive RNA synthesis
Influenza viruses replicate and transcribe their genome in the context of a conserved ribonucleoprotein (RNP) complex. By integrating cryo–electron microscopy single-particle analysis and cryo–electro...
www.science.org
May 15, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Excited to share our new @science.org paper! Led by postdocs Ruchao Peng and Xin Xu, we used cryo-EM/ET to reveal the influenza ribonucleoprotein complex structure and its strand-sliding mechanism for RNA synthesis, paving the way for new antivirals.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Recently, we found out that our R01 funded through PAR-22-241 was withdrawn by NIAID as the NIH no longer prioritizes research programs related to DEI. This has been devastating news for our young research group, and we are now trying to scram together for a path forward 🧵1/12
May 6, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Recently, we found out that our R01 funded through PAR-22-241 was withdrawn by NIAID as the NIH no longer prioritizes research programs related to DEI. This has been devastating news for our young research group, and we are now trying to scram together for a path forward 🧵1/12