Sabrina Absalon, Phd
@sabsalon.bsky.social
Cell biologist | microscopist studying the nuclear and cell division of Malaria parasites | https://www.absalonlab.com/ |Co-founder of Peers in Parasitology | Be who you are 🏳️🌈 |Healthcare is a human right
🎙️ Excited to host Dr. Zhicheng Dou for our next PEERs in Parasitology (PiP) seminar! 🧫 A New Perspective on the “Lysosome” in the Protozoan Pathogen T. gondii #Parasitology #Toxoplasma #PiP #Protozoa #SciTalks #DiversityInSTEM 📅 Fri, July 25 | 🕛 12PM EST🔗 Register: iu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
July 21, 2025 at 5:32 PM
🎙️ Excited to host Dr. Zhicheng Dou for our next PEERs in Parasitology (PiP) seminar! 🧫 A New Perspective on the “Lysosome” in the Protozoan Pathogen T. gondii #Parasitology #Toxoplasma #PiP #Protozoa #SciTalks #DiversityInSTEM 📅 Fri, July 25 | 🕛 12PM EST🔗 Register: iu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
🧬Join us for Parasite Hour with PiP this Friday.🎙️Dr. Riward Campelo will talk about how PfHDP1 coordinates IMC formation and gametocyte maturation in P. falciparum—a dual-function protein critical for parasite transmission. Don’t miss it! #Malaria #CellBiology
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May 28, 2025 at 8:15 AM
🧬Join us for Parasite Hour with PiP this Friday.🎙️Dr. Riward Campelo will talk about how PfHDP1 coordinates IMC formation and gametocyte maturation in P. falciparum—a dual-function protein critical for parasite transmission. Don’t miss it! #Malaria #CellBiology
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🎉 Join Us for Parasite Day with PiP 2025! 🦠
We are thrilled to announce Parasite Day with PEERs in Parasitology (PiP), on June 27, 2025, from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm EDT! This virtual symposium will spotlight groundbreaking work in parasitology by scientists from historically excluded backgrounds.
We are thrilled to announce Parasite Day with PEERs in Parasitology (PiP), on June 27, 2025, from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm EDT! This virtual symposium will spotlight groundbreaking work in parasitology by scientists from historically excluded backgrounds.
May 9, 2025 at 2:30 PM
🎉 Join Us for Parasite Day with PiP 2025! 🦠
We are thrilled to announce Parasite Day with PEERs in Parasitology (PiP), on June 27, 2025, from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm EDT! This virtual symposium will spotlight groundbreaking work in parasitology by scientists from historically excluded backgrounds.
We are thrilled to announce Parasite Day with PEERs in Parasitology (PiP), on June 27, 2025, from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm EDT! This virtual symposium will spotlight groundbreaking work in parasitology by scientists from historically excluded backgrounds.
Join us for a talk by Dr. Selasi Dankwa studies vascular pathology in pediatric cerebral malaria, with broader insights into endothelial barrier function and vascular disease. #Malaria #GlobalHealth #Neurovascular #parasites
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April 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Join us for a talk by Dr. Selasi Dankwa studies vascular pathology in pediatric cerebral malaria, with broader insights into endothelial barrier function and vascular disease. #Malaria #GlobalHealth #Neurovascular #parasites
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Take-home message:
PfAnchor is essential for apicoplast fission and inheritance in malaria parasites. Targeting this process could open up new avenues for antimalarial therapies!
Check out the full story and let us know what you think!
#U_ExM #malaria #cellbiology #apicoplast #parasites #preprint
PfAnchor is essential for apicoplast fission and inheritance in malaria parasites. Targeting this process could open up new avenues for antimalarial therapies!
Check out the full story and let us know what you think!
#U_ExM #malaria #cellbiology #apicoplast #parasites #preprint
April 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Take-home message:
PfAnchor is essential for apicoplast fission and inheritance in malaria parasites. Targeting this process could open up new avenues for antimalarial therapies!
Check out the full story and let us know what you think!
#U_ExM #malaria #cellbiology #apicoplast #parasites #preprint
PfAnchor is essential for apicoplast fission and inheritance in malaria parasites. Targeting this process could open up new avenues for antimalarial therapies!
Check out the full story and let us know what you think!
#U_ExM #malaria #cellbiology #apicoplast #parasites #preprint
🤝PfAnchor’s Partner in Crime
PfAnchor interacts with PfDyn2, a dynamin-like GTPase. This is the first evidence of an apicoplast-specific dynamin adaptor in malaria parasites—think of it as the missing link in organelle fission!
PfAnchor interacts with PfDyn2, a dynamin-like GTPase. This is the first evidence of an apicoplast-specific dynamin adaptor in malaria parasites—think of it as the missing link in organelle fission!
April 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
🤝PfAnchor’s Partner in Crime
PfAnchor interacts with PfDyn2, a dynamin-like GTPase. This is the first evidence of an apicoplast-specific dynamin adaptor in malaria parasites—think of it as the missing link in organelle fission!
PfAnchor interacts with PfDyn2, a dynamin-like GTPase. This is the first evidence of an apicoplast-specific dynamin adaptor in malaria parasites—think of it as the missing link in organelle fission!
💊Rescue Experiment with Azithromycin
Treating parasites with azithromycin (which disrupts apicoplast structure) rescues the division defect caused by PfAnchor loss. This shows that PfAnchor’s role is tightly linked to the apicoplast’s unique shape.
Treating parasites with azithromycin (which disrupts apicoplast structure) rescues the division defect caused by PfAnchor loss. This shows that PfAnchor’s role is tightly linked to the apicoplast’s unique shape.
April 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
💊Rescue Experiment with Azithromycin
Treating parasites with azithromycin (which disrupts apicoplast structure) rescues the division defect caused by PfAnchor loss. This shows that PfAnchor’s role is tightly linked to the apicoplast’s unique shape.
Treating parasites with azithromycin (which disrupts apicoplast structure) rescues the division defect caused by PfAnchor loss. This shows that PfAnchor’s role is tightly linked to the apicoplast’s unique shape.
💥 What Happens When PfAnchor is Gone?
Conditional depletion of PfAnchor doesn’t just mess up apicoplast fission—it causes incomplete cytokinesis and kills the parasite. No PfAnchor, no proper cell division!
Conditional depletion of PfAnchor doesn’t just mess up apicoplast fission—it causes incomplete cytokinesis and kills the parasite. No PfAnchor, no proper cell division!
April 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
💥 What Happens When PfAnchor is Gone?
Conditional depletion of PfAnchor doesn’t just mess up apicoplast fission—it causes incomplete cytokinesis and kills the parasite. No PfAnchor, no proper cell division!
Conditional depletion of PfAnchor doesn’t just mess up apicoplast fission—it causes incomplete cytokinesis and kills the parasite. No PfAnchor, no proper cell division!
🔬Ultrastructure Expansion Microscopy (U-ExM) Magic
Using U-ExM, we could literally expand the parasites and see PfAnchor hugging the apicoplast throughout the blood-stage. It’s like zooming in with a biological magnifying glass!
Using U-ExM, we could literally expand the parasites and see PfAnchor hugging the apicoplast throughout the blood-stage. It’s like zooming in with a biological magnifying glass!
April 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
🔬Ultrastructure Expansion Microscopy (U-ExM) Magic
Using U-ExM, we could literally expand the parasites and see PfAnchor hugging the apicoplast throughout the blood-stage. It’s like zooming in with a biological magnifying glass!
Using U-ExM, we could literally expand the parasites and see PfAnchor hugging the apicoplast throughout the blood-stage. It’s like zooming in with a biological magnifying glass!
🧬 Discovery of PfAnchor
PfAnchor (Pf3D7_0613600) was hiding in plain sight—previously uncharacterized but highly conserved in Plasmodium! We found that it localizes to the apicoplast, a plastid essential for parasite survival.
PfAnchor (Pf3D7_0613600) was hiding in plain sight—previously uncharacterized but highly conserved in Plasmodium! We found that it localizes to the apicoplast, a plastid essential for parasite survival.
April 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
🧬 Discovery of PfAnchor
PfAnchor (Pf3D7_0613600) was hiding in plain sight—previously uncharacterized but highly conserved in Plasmodium! We found that it localizes to the apicoplast, a plastid essential for parasite survival.
PfAnchor (Pf3D7_0613600) was hiding in plain sight—previously uncharacterized but highly conserved in Plasmodium! We found that it localizes to the apicoplast, a plastid essential for parasite survival.
Congratulations @benliffner.bsky.social. #U_ExM #Malaria revolutionized studying the cell biology of Apicomplexan parasites, and I love the work we did together ;-)
March 19, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Congratulations @benliffner.bsky.social. #U_ExM #Malaria revolutionized studying the cell biology of Apicomplexan parasites, and I love the work we did together ;-)
Join us tomorrow at Noon EST for February Parasite Hour with PeersInParasitology. We are delighted to host Dr. Alfonso Javier Rodriguez-Morales.
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February 28, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Join us tomorrow at Noon EST for February Parasite Hour with PeersInParasitology. We are delighted to host Dr. Alfonso Javier Rodriguez-Morales.
If you haven't have already received your Zoom link, just register here: iu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Join us this Friday at noon EST for "Parasite Hours" with Peers in Parasitology To learn about resistance pathways that are crucial for maintaining the efficacy of artemisinin against the devastating Malaria parasites presented by Dr. Imran Ullah.
January 29, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Join us this Friday at noon EST for "Parasite Hours" with Peers in Parasitology To learn about resistance pathways that are crucial for maintaining the efficacy of artemisinin against the devastating Malaria parasites presented by Dr. Imran Ullah.
December 16, 2024 at 8:56 PM
Please join us Friday 12th at noon EST for Dr. @zamanian.bsky.social seminar at Parasite hour with #PeersInParasitology where he will share his recent work on new targets and strategies for helminth control.
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December 9, 2024 at 9:27 PM
Please join us Friday 12th at noon EST for Dr. @zamanian.bsky.social seminar at Parasite hour with #PeersInParasitology where he will share his recent work on new targets and strategies for helminth control.
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Having an amazing time with my dear Friend Mimi Ho at Columbia University and yes I could see her favorite toy up close. That is what I call a Giant microscope lol
December 13, 2023 at 4:13 AM
Having an amazing time with my dear Friend Mimi Ho at Columbia University and yes I could see her favorite toy up close. That is what I call a Giant microscope lol
My favorite rep from Zeiss gave me these cuties today, which put a smile on my face for the rest of the day ;-)
October 23, 2023 at 8:01 PM
My favorite rep from Zeiss gave me these cuties today, which put a smile on my face for the rest of the day ;-)
Celebrating the two Poster awards at #MPM2023 with some delicious cronuts. Congratulations, Ben and James. #ProudPI.
October 6, 2023 at 2:48 PM
Celebrating the two Poster awards at #MPM2023 with some delicious cronuts. Congratulations, Ben and James. #ProudPI.
In the next three months, I need to write & submit 4 NIH GRANTS! But today, I am happy, taking the last data set for a collaborative paper while listening to my favorite tune. #YoungPiLove. #LSM900 #U_ExM
October 6, 2023 at 1:31 PM
In the next three months, I need to write & submit 4 NIH GRANTS! But today, I am happy, taking the last data set for a collaborative paper while listening to my favorite tune. #YoungPiLove. #LSM900 #U_ExM
4 years later, the lab has a Logo. Thanks to my brilliant colleagues with some AI inputs. What do you think?
October 5, 2023 at 5:16 PM
4 years later, the lab has a Logo. Thanks to my brilliant colleagues with some AI inputs. What do you think?