Richard McCulloch
@rmc9z.bsky.social
Lectures and does research on kinetoplastid genome maintenance and immune evasion at the University of Glasgow
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Coming up: Postdoctoral fellowship mini-workshop as a part of the SPPIRIT Forum series. EMBO, Marie Curie, and Wellcome Early Career fellows will share their advice on fellowship applications.
Join us at 12 noon on Thursday 14th November!
Register at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Join us at 12 noon on Thursday 14th November!
Register at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
November 4, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Coming up: Postdoctoral fellowship mini-workshop as a part of the SPPIRIT Forum series. EMBO, Marie Curie, and Wellcome Early Career fellows will share their advice on fellowship applications.
Join us at 12 noon on Thursday 14th November!
Register at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Join us at 12 noon on Thursday 14th November!
Register at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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We have a PhD position in population genomics of sheep scab mites available from October 2026. The project will investigate Psoroptes populations in the context of eradication programs on Scottish island groups and spreading drug resistance. www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...
University of Glasgow - Postgraduate study - Centres for Doctoral Training - NorthWest Biosciences - Our Projects - Animal Biology in Health & Disease - James Cotton
www.gla.ac.uk
October 7, 2025 at 8:41 AM
We have a PhD position in population genomics of sheep scab mites available from October 2026. The project will investigate Psoroptes populations in the context of eradication programs on Scottish island groups and spreading drug resistance. www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...
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I'm also co-supervising a few other projects:
#1: an inter-disciplinary project on chemical biology of Base-J in kinetoplastids, led by Glenn Burley @Strathclyde. We aim to develop some new chemical approaches and apply them to study kinetoplastid genetics.
www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...
#1: an inter-disciplinary project on chemical biology of Base-J in kinetoplastids, led by Glenn Burley @Strathclyde. We aim to develop some new chemical approaches and apply them to study kinetoplastid genetics.
www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...
University of Glasgow - Postgraduate study - Centres for Doctoral Training - NorthWest Biosciences - Our Projects - Underpinning Bioscience - Glenn A Burley
www.gla.ac.uk
October 7, 2025 at 8:46 AM
I'm also co-supervising a few other projects:
#1: an inter-disciplinary project on chemical biology of Base-J in kinetoplastids, led by Glenn Burley @Strathclyde. We aim to develop some new chemical approaches and apply them to study kinetoplastid genetics.
www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...
#1: an inter-disciplinary project on chemical biology of Base-J in kinetoplastids, led by Glenn Burley @Strathclyde. We aim to develop some new chemical approaches and apply them to study kinetoplastid genetics.
www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...
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#2 - a project taking a comparative approach to DNA replication and plasticity/mutation in kinetoplastids, expanding work form the 'model' parasites to other kinetoplastid lineages, with Richard McCulloch and Sarah Allinson in Lancaster: www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...
University of Glasgow - Postgraduate study - Centres for Doctoral Training - NorthWest Biosciences - Our Projects - Understanding Pathogens, from Molecules to Phenotypes - Richard McCulloch
www.gla.ac.uk
October 7, 2025 at 8:48 AM
#2 - a project taking a comparative approach to DNA replication and plasticity/mutation in kinetoplastids, expanding work form the 'model' parasites to other kinetoplastid lineages, with Richard McCulloch and Sarah Allinson in Lancaster: www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...
Our lab has two funded PhDs to start in 2026 via the NorthWestBio programme
Project details here
www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...
...and here
www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...
Application deadline is Nov 21st 2025; apply here:
www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...
Project details here
www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...
...and here
www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...
Application deadline is Nov 21st 2025; apply here:
www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...
University of Glasgow - Postgraduate study - Centres for Doctoral Training - NorthWest Biosciences - Our Projects - Understanding Pathogens, from Molecules to Phenotypes - Richard McCulloch
www.gla.ac.uk
October 6, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Our lab has two funded PhDs to start in 2026 via the NorthWestBio programme
Project details here
www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...
...and here
www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...
Application deadline is Nov 21st 2025; apply here:
www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...
Project details here
www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...
...and here
www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...
Application deadline is Nov 21st 2025; apply here:
www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...
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🔬Fascinated by the unique mitochondrial biology that keeps deadly parasites alive?
🥼We have a fully funded NorthWestBio PhD just for you‼️
🌎 @blslancasteruni.bsky.social
📍Co-supervisor Kostas Tokatlidis @uofglasgow.bsky.social
⏰Deadline 21st Nov
📮Info and to apply👇
www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...
🥼We have a fully funded NorthWestBio PhD just for you‼️
🌎 @blslancasteruni.bsky.social
📍Co-supervisor Kostas Tokatlidis @uofglasgow.bsky.social
⏰Deadline 21st Nov
📮Info and to apply👇
www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...
University of Glasgow - Postgraduate study - Centres for Doctoral Training - NorthWest Biosciences - Our Projects - Underpinning Bioscience - Caroline Dewar
www.gla.ac.uk
October 1, 2025 at 2:57 PM
🔬Fascinated by the unique mitochondrial biology that keeps deadly parasites alive?
🥼We have a fully funded NorthWestBio PhD just for you‼️
🌎 @blslancasteruni.bsky.social
📍Co-supervisor Kostas Tokatlidis @uofglasgow.bsky.social
⏰Deadline 21st Nov
📮Info and to apply👇
www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...
🥼We have a fully funded NorthWestBio PhD just for you‼️
🌎 @blslancasteruni.bsky.social
📍Co-supervisor Kostas Tokatlidis @uofglasgow.bsky.social
⏰Deadline 21st Nov
📮Info and to apply👇
www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...
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Happy to share our latest preprint, where we present a novel high-throughput #single-cell DNA method that resolves genomic heterogeneity in #Leishmania, from #aneuploidy, #CNVs to #drug-resistance mutations.
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Link here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Link here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
September 11, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Happy to share our latest preprint, where we present a novel high-throughput #single-cell DNA method that resolves genomic heterogeneity in #Leishmania, from #aneuploidy, #CNVs to #drug-resistance mutations.
🧵...
Link here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
🧵...
Link here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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📆 | Save the Date!
The @bspparasitology.bsky.social Spring Meeting 2026 is coming to @uofglasgow.bsky.social.
Running from 7-9 April, there will be 15 sessions, 5 workshops, a ceilidh, a dinner - and a welcome reception at Glasgow City Chambers.
🔗 More info soon at bsp.uk.net/Events
The @bspparasitology.bsky.social Spring Meeting 2026 is coming to @uofglasgow.bsky.social.
Running from 7-9 April, there will be 15 sessions, 5 workshops, a ceilidh, a dinner - and a welcome reception at Glasgow City Chambers.
🔗 More info soon at bsp.uk.net/Events
September 15, 2025 at 1:50 PM
📆 | Save the Date!
The @bspparasitology.bsky.social Spring Meeting 2026 is coming to @uofglasgow.bsky.social.
Running from 7-9 April, there will be 15 sessions, 5 workshops, a ceilidh, a dinner - and a welcome reception at Glasgow City Chambers.
🔗 More info soon at bsp.uk.net/Events
The @bspparasitology.bsky.social Spring Meeting 2026 is coming to @uofglasgow.bsky.social.
Running from 7-9 April, there will be 15 sessions, 5 workshops, a ceilidh, a dinner - and a welcome reception at Glasgow City Chambers.
🔗 More info soon at bsp.uk.net/Events
@scotomorph.bsky.social @uofgsii.bsky.social presenting new insights into Trypanosoma congolense at #Eukaryotes25 @microbiologysociety.org
September 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM
@scotomorph.bsky.social @uofgsii.bsky.social presenting new insights into Trypanosoma congolense at #Eukaryotes25 @microbiologysociety.org
@marquescata.bsky.social @uofgsii.bsky.social presenting new findings on stable polyploid Trypanosoma brucei at @microbiologysociety.org #Eukaryotes25
September 12, 2025 at 4:41 PM
@marquescata.bsky.social @uofgsii.bsky.social presenting new findings on stable polyploid Trypanosoma brucei at @microbiologysociety.org #Eukaryotes25
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Reminder that we are recruiting an Assistant Professor Bacterial Genomics @imibirmingham.bsky.social.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOO184/a...
Deadline 24 Sept.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOO184/a...
Deadline 24 Sept.
Assistant Professor (Research and Education) in Bacterial Genomics at University of Birmingham
Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Assistant Professor (Research and Education) in Bacterial Genomics on jobs.ac.uk!
www.jobs.ac.uk
September 6, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Reminder that we are recruiting an Assistant Professor Bacterial Genomics @imibirmingham.bsky.social.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOO184/a...
Deadline 24 Sept.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOO184/a...
Deadline 24 Sept.
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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
We’re pleased to share our new study, led by @jezieldamasceno.bsky.social, that used long-read, single molecule sequencing to reveal the full (?) picture of Leishmania DNA replication. Thanks, Mike Boemo and helpful reviewers @uofgsii.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Leishmania major chromosomes are replicated from a single high-efficiency locus supplemented by thousands of lower efficiency initiation events
DNA replication initiates at genome sites termed origins. Previous origin mapping approaches in the populations of the protozoan parasite Leishmania m…
www.sciencedirect.com
August 15, 2025 at 7:32 AM
We’re pleased to share our new study, led by @jezieldamasceno.bsky.social, that used long-read, single molecule sequencing to reveal the full (?) picture of Leishmania DNA replication. Thanks, Mike Boemo and helpful reviewers @uofgsii.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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@gabriel93dasilva.bsky.social @marquescata.bsky.social @scotomorph.bsky.social @rmc9z.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social
Big thanks to Mike Boemo
Big thanks to Mike Boemo
August 6, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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Pleased 2 share our new article: single-molecule replication mapping in Leishmania using DNAscent.
We show widespread stochastic origin firing and insights into genome variability.
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
We show widespread stochastic origin firing and insights into genome variability.
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
August 6, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Pleased 2 share our new article: single-molecule replication mapping in Leishmania using DNAscent.
We show widespread stochastic origin firing and insights into genome variability.
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
We show widespread stochastic origin firing and insights into genome variability.
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
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The anticipation is over, the MPM registration and abstract submission is open!!
Registration and Abstract submission for MPMXXXVI are now open! Abstract submission deadline is June 27th, get yours in quickly. @rmc9z.bsky.social @mjgubbels.bsky.social @omarharb.org
🔗https://www.parasitesrule.com/mpm-xxxvi
🔗https://www.parasitesrule.com/mpm-xxxvi
June 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The anticipation is over, the MPM registration and abstract submission is open!!
We hope to see you at MPM in Woods Hole this year (again, or for the first time): registration and abstract submission is now open!
Registration and Abstract submission for MPMXXXVI are now open! Abstract submission deadline is June 27th, get yours in quickly. @rmc9z.bsky.social @mjgubbels.bsky.social @omarharb.org
🔗https://www.parasitesrule.com/mpm-xxxvi
🔗https://www.parasitesrule.com/mpm-xxxvi
June 5, 2025 at 4:04 PM
We hope to see you at MPM in Woods Hole this year (again, or for the first time): registration and abstract submission is now open!
Reposted by Richard McCulloch
Registration and Abstract submission for MPMXXXVI are now open! Abstract submission deadline is June 27th, get yours in quickly. @rmc9z.bsky.social @mjgubbels.bsky.social @omarharb.org
🔗https://www.parasitesrule.com/mpm-xxxvi
🔗https://www.parasitesrule.com/mpm-xxxvi
June 5, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Registration and Abstract submission for MPMXXXVI are now open! Abstract submission deadline is June 27th, get yours in quickly. @rmc9z.bsky.social @mjgubbels.bsky.social @omarharb.org
🔗https://www.parasitesrule.com/mpm-xxxvi
🔗https://www.parasitesrule.com/mpm-xxxvi
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The Gulbenkian Institute of Molecular Medicine (GIMM) is one of the best research institutes in Portugal. It's currently recruiting for three Group Leaders (junior or senior) across different areas, including systems biology and bioinformatics.
gimm.pt/jobs/open-ca...
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May 1, 2025 at 8:06 AM
The Gulbenkian Institute of Molecular Medicine (GIMM) is one of the best research institutes in Portugal. It's currently recruiting for three Group Leaders (junior or senior) across different areas, including systems biology and bioinformatics.
gimm.pt/jobs/open-ca...
gimm.pt/jobs/open-ca...
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Abstract submission is open for the @microbiologysociety.org Early Career Summer Conference in Newcastle (23rd and 24th June). This is always a fantastic event, with a mix of talks, posters and professional development sessions. Abstract deadline 4th May.
microbiologysociety.org/event/societ...
microbiologysociety.org/event/societ...
Early Career Summer Conference 2025
microbiologysociety.org
April 28, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Abstract submission is open for the @microbiologysociety.org Early Career Summer Conference in Newcastle (23rd and 24th June). This is always a fantastic event, with a mix of talks, posters and professional development sessions. Abstract deadline 4th May.
microbiologysociety.org/event/societ...
microbiologysociety.org/event/societ...
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GRiP-ing Crypto talk tomorrow from Mattie Pawlowic from the University of Dundee. Join us!
2 pm (GMT) | 3 pm (CET) | 9 am (EDT)
Link- uofglasgow.zoom.us/j/8172068584...
Passcode: 038661
2 pm (GMT) | 3 pm (CET) | 9 am (EDT)
Link- uofglasgow.zoom.us/j/8172068584...
Passcode: 038661
April 24, 2025 at 1:40 PM
GRiP-ing Crypto talk tomorrow from Mattie Pawlowic from the University of Dundee. Join us!
2 pm (GMT) | 3 pm (CET) | 9 am (EDT)
Link- uofglasgow.zoom.us/j/8172068584...
Passcode: 038661
2 pm (GMT) | 3 pm (CET) | 9 am (EDT)
Link- uofglasgow.zoom.us/j/8172068584...
Passcode: 038661
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3rd edition of the fantastic UK DNA replication meeting is happening next September in Edinburgh. Don't miss out 🧬🏴
www.biochemistry.org/events-and-t...
www.biochemistry.org/events-and-t...
UK DNA Replication Meeting 2026
Research in the DNA replication field is progressing at a remarkable rate. Technological innovations in biochemical reconstitution, structural biology, proteomics and DNA sequencing are helping to rap...
www.biochemistry.org
April 15, 2025 at 10:30 AM
3rd edition of the fantastic UK DNA replication meeting is happening next September in Edinburgh. Don't miss out 🧬🏴
www.biochemistry.org/events-and-t...
www.biochemistry.org/events-and-t...
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🏅 | @uofgsii.bsky.social's Professor Lilach Sheiner (@sheinerlab.bsky.social) was recently awarded the prestigious C.A. Wright Medal by the @bspparasitology.bsky.social for outstanding contributions to the discipline.
Congratulations, Professor Sheiner!
🔗 Full story: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infe...
Congratulations, Professor Sheiner!
🔗 Full story: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infe...
March 18, 2025 at 1:09 PM
🏅 | @uofgsii.bsky.social's Professor Lilach Sheiner (@sheinerlab.bsky.social) was recently awarded the prestigious C.A. Wright Medal by the @bspparasitology.bsky.social for outstanding contributions to the discipline.
Congratulations, Professor Sheiner!
🔗 Full story: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infe...
Congratulations, Professor Sheiner!
🔗 Full story: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infe...
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Funded PhD project with myself, Prof. Paul Denny at Durham University and Dr Kalesh Karunakaran at Teeside University now open for applications!
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Uncovering the adaptation mechanism that generate dormant forms of Leishmania microbes with omics approaches at Newcastle University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Uncovering the adaptation mechanism that generate dormant forms of Leishmania microbes with omics approaches at Newcastle University, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
March 17, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Funded PhD project with myself, Prof. Paul Denny at Durham University and Dr Kalesh Karunakaran at Teeside University now open for applications!
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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"It's about time" for another GRiPing talk this Friday! We are delighted to have Sarah Reece @reecelab.bsky.social
from @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social
Link: uofglasgow.zoom.us/j/8825975465...
Passcode: 186275
from @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social
Link: uofglasgow.zoom.us/j/8825975465...
Passcode: 186275
March 12, 2025 at 5:54 PM
"It's about time" for another GRiPing talk this Friday! We are delighted to have Sarah Reece @reecelab.bsky.social
from @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social
Link: uofglasgow.zoom.us/j/8825975465...
Passcode: 186275
from @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social
Link: uofglasgow.zoom.us/j/8825975465...
Passcode: 186275