Christopher Fernandez-Prada
@pradacf.bsky.social
DVM, PhD. Molecular parasitologist. Associate Professor at U. de Montréal / Adjunct Professor at McGill & ULaval. #firstgen #leishmania #EVs Own views 🇪🇸🇨🇦
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Can I suggest the revival of an old fashioned principle among scholars? You don’t criticise what someone else has written unless you’ve read it?
May 24, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Can I suggest the revival of an old fashioned principle among scholars? You don’t criticise what someone else has written unless you’ve read it?
New hope against antimony-resistant Leishmania!
Our SbV-porphyrin hits 170× harder than standard drugs, targets ERG6 (absent in mammals), and cuts parasite load by 96% in mice.
Proud of this global #TeamScience effort!
Read more: doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...
#DrugDiscovery #Leishmania #GlobalHealth
Our SbV-porphyrin hits 170× harder than standard drugs, targets ERG6 (absent in mammals), and cuts parasite load by 96% in mice.
Proud of this global #TeamScience effort!
Read more: doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...
#DrugDiscovery #Leishmania #GlobalHealth
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April 27, 2025 at 8:21 PM
New hope against antimony-resistant Leishmania!
Our SbV-porphyrin hits 170× harder than standard drugs, targets ERG6 (absent in mammals), and cuts parasite load by 96% in mice.
Proud of this global #TeamScience effort!
Read more: doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...
#DrugDiscovery #Leishmania #GlobalHealth
Our SbV-porphyrin hits 170× harder than standard drugs, targets ERG6 (absent in mammals), and cuts parasite load by 96% in mice.
Proud of this global #TeamScience effort!
Read more: doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...
#DrugDiscovery #Leishmania #GlobalHealth
Thrilled to share our new collaborative work!
Climate change could push L. shannoni — a sand fly linked to VSV and Leishmania — into the NE USA and Atlantic Canada.
Using MaxEnt modeling, we mapped future risks for human and animal health.
Check it out: rdcu.be/ejAGk
#VectorBiology #OneHealth
Climate change could push L. shannoni — a sand fly linked to VSV and Leishmania — into the NE USA and Atlantic Canada.
Using MaxEnt modeling, we mapped future risks for human and animal health.
Check it out: rdcu.be/ejAGk
#VectorBiology #OneHealth
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April 27, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Thrilled to share our new collaborative work!
Climate change could push L. shannoni — a sand fly linked to VSV and Leishmania — into the NE USA and Atlantic Canada.
Using MaxEnt modeling, we mapped future risks for human and animal health.
Check it out: rdcu.be/ejAGk
#VectorBiology #OneHealth
Climate change could push L. shannoni — a sand fly linked to VSV and Leishmania — into the NE USA and Atlantic Canada.
Using MaxEnt modeling, we mapped future risks for human and animal health.
Check it out: rdcu.be/ejAGk
#VectorBiology #OneHealth
J’ai récemment eu le plaisir de participer à l’épisode 42 : « Quand le coq et l’âne tirent les vers du nez d’un expert en parasitologie » linktr.ee/ducoqalane?u...
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April 4, 2025 at 12:34 AM
J’ai récemment eu le plaisir de participer à l’épisode 42 : « Quand le coq et l’âne tirent les vers du nez d’un expert en parasitologie » linktr.ee/ducoqalane?u...
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Yep.
Rampant COVID Poses New Challenges in the Fifth Year of the Pandemic
“We’re still in a pandemic,” says a lead COVID official with the World Health Organization
www.scientificamerican.com/article/ramp...
Rampant COVID Poses New Challenges in the Fifth Year of the Pandemic
“We’re still in a pandemic,” says a lead COVID official with the World Health Organization
www.scientificamerican.com/article/ramp...
Rampant COVID Poses New Challenges in the Fifth Year of the Pandemic
“We’re still in a pandemic,” says a lead COVID official with the World Health Organization
www.scientificamerican.com
March 17, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Yep.
Rampant COVID Poses New Challenges in the Fifth Year of the Pandemic
“We’re still in a pandemic,” says a lead COVID official with the World Health Organization
www.scientificamerican.com/article/ramp...
Rampant COVID Poses New Challenges in the Fifth Year of the Pandemic
“We’re still in a pandemic,” says a lead COVID official with the World Health Organization
www.scientificamerican.com/article/ramp...
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“If disruptions continue we could see an additional 15 million cases of malaria and 107,000 deaths this year alone, reversing 15 years of progress,”
The World Health Organization issue a stark warning about the global consequences of the U.S. rolling back public health funding:
The World Health Organization issue a stark warning about the global consequences of the U.S. rolling back public health funding:
WHO issues starkest warning yet on fallout from U.S. withdrawal of aid for global health
Breaking: The WHO issued its starkest warning yet on the consequences of the abrupt cessation of U.S. global health funding, saying it is threatening to reverse years of progress worldwide.
www.statnews.com
March 18, 2025 at 3:46 AM
“If disruptions continue we could see an additional 15 million cases of malaria and 107,000 deaths this year alone, reversing 15 years of progress,”
The World Health Organization issue a stark warning about the global consequences of the U.S. rolling back public health funding:
The World Health Organization issue a stark warning about the global consequences of the U.S. rolling back public health funding:
March 14, 2025 at 1:46 AM
March 14, 2025 at 1:45 AM
December 24, 2024 at 1:29 AM
Very excited for joining the scientific committee of the #OneHealth initiative of @umontreal.ca uneseulesante.umontreal.ca/accueil/
Accueil
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December 20, 2024 at 11:41 AM
Very excited for joining the scientific committee of the #OneHealth initiative of @umontreal.ca uneseulesante.umontreal.ca/accueil/
December 15, 2024 at 1:46 PM
Thrilled to share our latest collaborative research on Leishmania mexicana 🧫🔬🧬🧪Together, we revealed that distinct clones secrete unique extracellular vesicle populations with specific protein profiles and varying infectious capabilities 🐁
www.frontiersin.org/journals/cel...
www.frontiersin.org/journals/cel...
Frontiers | Unique Leishmania mexicana clones secrete populations of extracellular vesicles with unique protein profile and variable infectious capability
www.frontiersin.org
December 5, 2024 at 11:24 AM
Thrilled to share our latest collaborative research on Leishmania mexicana 🧫🔬🧬🧪Together, we revealed that distinct clones secrete unique extracellular vesicle populations with specific protein profiles and varying infectious capabilities 🐁
www.frontiersin.org/journals/cel...
www.frontiersin.org/journals/cel...
Finishing 2024!
December 5, 2024 at 1:14 AM
Finishing 2024!
🐾✨ Projet Laurent : Une collaboration unique pour protéger les patients immunosupprimés face aux maladies zoonotiques.
Une équipe intersectorielle : immunologistes, vétérinaires, cliniciens, sociologues, patients et bien plus. Ensemble, pour une approche « Une seule santé » 🌍
👉 www.projetlaurent.org
Une équipe intersectorielle : immunologistes, vétérinaires, cliniciens, sociologues, patients et bien plus. Ensemble, pour une approche « Une seule santé » 🌍
👉 www.projetlaurent.org
December 4, 2024 at 1:09 PM
🐾✨ Projet Laurent : Une collaboration unique pour protéger les patients immunosupprimés face aux maladies zoonotiques.
Une équipe intersectorielle : immunologistes, vétérinaires, cliniciens, sociologues, patients et bien plus. Ensemble, pour une approche « Une seule santé » 🌍
👉 www.projetlaurent.org
Une équipe intersectorielle : immunologistes, vétérinaires, cliniciens, sociologues, patients et bien plus. Ensemble, pour une approche « Une seule santé » 🌍
👉 www.projetlaurent.org
🎉 A huge success for the 1st #ProjetLaurent Symposium!
🌍 Together, we tackled critical challenges in #OneHealth, uniting science, innovation & compassion to ensure safe coexistence between humans & animals.
👏 Thanks to all partners 🚀 @umontreal.ca
🌍 Together, we tackled critical challenges in #OneHealth, uniting science, innovation & compassion to ensure safe coexistence between humans & animals.
👏 Thanks to all partners 🚀 @umontreal.ca
November 29, 2024 at 6:33 PM
🎉 A huge success for the 1st #ProjetLaurent Symposium!
🌍 Together, we tackled critical challenges in #OneHealth, uniting science, innovation & compassion to ensure safe coexistence between humans & animals.
👏 Thanks to all partners 🚀 @umontreal.ca
🌍 Together, we tackled critical challenges in #OneHealth, uniting science, innovation & compassion to ensure safe coexistence between humans & animals.
👏 Thanks to all partners 🚀 @umontreal.ca
Ready for our first symposium One Health, companion animals and immunosuppressed patients #ProjetLaurent at @umontreal.ca
November 28, 2024 at 4:45 PM
Ready for our first symposium One Health, companion animals and immunosuppressed patients #ProjetLaurent at @umontreal.ca
Reposted by Christopher Fernandez-Prada
Yikes. No surprise. Still, yikes!
Online influencers need ‘urgent’ fact-checking training, warns Unesco theguardian.com/media/2024/n...
"...two-thirds of content creators fail to check the accuracy of their material, making them and their followers vulnerable to misinformation."
#ScienceUpFirst
Online influencers need ‘urgent’ fact-checking training, warns Unesco theguardian.com/media/2024/n...
"...two-thirds of content creators fail to check the accuracy of their material, making them and their followers vulnerable to misinformation."
#ScienceUpFirst
Online influencers need ‘urgent’ fact-checking training, warns Unesco
Research shows six in 10 social media content creators do not verify accuracy of information before posting it
theguardian.com
November 26, 2024 at 4:21 PM
Yikes. No surprise. Still, yikes!
Online influencers need ‘urgent’ fact-checking training, warns Unesco theguardian.com/media/2024/n...
"...two-thirds of content creators fail to check the accuracy of their material, making them and their followers vulnerable to misinformation."
#ScienceUpFirst
Online influencers need ‘urgent’ fact-checking training, warns Unesco theguardian.com/media/2024/n...
"...two-thirds of content creators fail to check the accuracy of their material, making them and their followers vulnerable to misinformation."
#ScienceUpFirst
Excited to share our latest work in metabolomics and AMR 🌟 We uncovered unique lipid compositions in EVs from drug-resistant Leishmania, shedding light on their role in survival and pathogenicity. Read more: www.mdpi.com/2218-1989/14... #Leishmania #DrugResistance #ExtracellularVesicles
Global Lipidomics Reveals the Lipid Composition Heterogeneity of Extracellular Vesicles from Drug-Resistant Leishmania
Background: The rise of drug-resistant Leishmania strains presents a significant challenge in the treatment of Leishmaniasis, a neglected tropical disease. Extracellular vesicles (EVs) produced by the...
www.mdpi.com
November 26, 2024 at 4:14 PM
Excited to share our latest work in metabolomics and AMR 🌟 We uncovered unique lipid compositions in EVs from drug-resistant Leishmania, shedding light on their role in survival and pathogenicity. Read more: www.mdpi.com/2218-1989/14... #Leishmania #DrugResistance #ExtracellularVesicles
🌟 Three of our lab students attended #CSPC2024! 🌟Thanks to #OHAP–Create and #NSERC for their continuous support!
November 22, 2024 at 9:53 PM
🌟 Three of our lab students attended #CSPC2024! 🌟Thanks to #OHAP–Create and #NSERC for their continuous support!
Reposted by Christopher Fernandez-Prada
Research funded by NIH generated $2.46 in economic activity for every $1 of funding in 2023 [a total of $92.9 billion]
www.fiercebiotech.com/research/rep...
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Report: Every dollar of NIH research funding doubles in economic returns
Research funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) generated $2.46 in economic activity for every $1 of funding in 2023, a total of $92.9 billion, according to an
www.fiercebiotech.com
November 17, 2024 at 11:56 PM
Research funded by NIH generated $2.46 in economic activity for every $1 of funding in 2023 [a total of $92.9 billion]
www.fiercebiotech.com/research/rep...
www.fiercebiotech.com/research/rep...
Reposted by Christopher Fernandez-Prada
Symposium Projet Laurent
Une #seulesanté pour protéger la #relation #humain-animal chez les personnes immunosupprimées
www.projetlaurent.org
Une #seulesanté pour protéger la #relation #humain-animal chez les personnes immunosupprimées
www.projetlaurent.org
Accueil | Projetlaurent
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November 19, 2024 at 11:42 AM
Symposium Projet Laurent
Une #seulesanté pour protéger la #relation #humain-animal chez les personnes immunosupprimées
www.projetlaurent.org
Une #seulesanté pour protéger la #relation #humain-animal chez les personnes immunosupprimées
www.projetlaurent.org
Reposted by Christopher Fernandez-Prada
Fanstastic opportunity for undergraduates in low and middle income countries. A fully funded 3 month internship at Sanger. Get in touch if interested! www.sanger.ac.uk/about/the-sa...
The Sanger Prize Competition 2025
Sanger Prize competiton 2025 for undergraduates interested in genomics, who are from low- and middle-income countries
www.sanger.ac.uk
November 19, 2024 at 9:36 PM
Fanstastic opportunity for undergraduates in low and middle income countries. A fully funded 3 month internship at Sanger. Get in touch if interested! www.sanger.ac.uk/about/the-sa...
Reposted by Christopher Fernandez-Prada
Setting limits can also concern what you don't say or do. For example, not replying to an e-mail at the weekend means you don't work at the weekend. On the contrary, replying to e-mails during this period opens the door to people wanting to contact you during this time.
More often than not, I hear countless stories about the toxic culture that exists within academia.
Setting boundaries IS self-care.
#AcademicSky #MentalHealthSky, how are you setting boundaries in your work and environment?
Setting boundaries IS self-care.
#AcademicSky #MentalHealthSky, how are you setting boundaries in your work and environment?
November 19, 2024 at 9:30 PM
Setting limits can also concern what you don't say or do. For example, not replying to an e-mail at the weekend means you don't work at the weekend. On the contrary, replying to e-mails during this period opens the door to people wanting to contact you during this time.
🌍🦠 It’s #AMRAwarenessWeek! Our lab is tackling antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Leishmania parasites, uncovering how they evade treatments. Using multi-omics and collaborative research, we aim to fight drug resistance and protect leishmaniasis patients worldwide. #AMR #OneHealth
November 19, 2024 at 1:15 PM
🌍🦠 It’s #AMRAwarenessWeek! Our lab is tackling antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Leishmania parasites, uncovering how they evade treatments. Using multi-omics and collaborative research, we aim to fight drug resistance and protect leishmaniasis patients worldwide. #AMR #OneHealth