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Joanna Young
@youngtoxolab.bsky.social
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Molecular parasitologist at the University of Edinburgh. Toxoplasma. Chronic infection. Host-pathogen interactions. MRC Fellow. Mum of 3 little ones.

Lab website: https://www.youngtoxolab.com/
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📢 7 weeks to go until our SPPIRIT symposium

A fantastic opportunity for ECR parasitologists across Scotland to network and showcase their research.

🗓️ 31 October 2025 | 📍 Roslin Institute, Edinburgh
🎟️ Free to attend → tinyurl.com/3yzjnm5h

Secure your spot today!
Hostbusters: SPPIRITed to Roslin
Bringing together ECR parasitologists from across Scotland to network and showcase their science.
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September 12, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Postdoc position open to investigate chronic Toxoplasma infection!

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Postdoctoral Research Associate
We are looking for a talented and enthusiastic Postdoctoral researcher to join the Young lab to investigate secreted proteins during chronic Toxoplasma gondii infection.
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July 8, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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🔥 Open postdoc position in human inflammation-driven control of infection! 🔥
Join me at the University of Geneva, Switzerland this summer as I’m moving my Wellcome-funded research activity to the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine! (1/5)

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April 13, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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A parasitology postdoc what you’re looking for in 2025? Still time to apply! Closes 15th Jan
January 7, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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Fancy some CRISPR screening? We are looking for an enthusiastic #posdoc to join us to investigate #Toxoplasma host-path interactions in different hosts.
elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Postdoctoral Research Associate
We are looking for a talented and enthusiastic Postdoctoral researcher to join the Young lab to investigate host-pathogen interactions during Toxoplasma gondii infection.
elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com
December 20, 2024 at 10:42 AM
youngtoxolab.bsky.social
Fancy some CRISPR screening? We are looking for an enthusiastic #posdoc to join us to investigate #Toxoplasma host-path interactions in different hosts.
elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Postdoctoral Research Associate
We are looking for a talented and enthusiastic Postdoctoral researcher to join the Young lab to investigate host-pathogen interactions during Toxoplasma gondii infection.
elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com
December 20, 2024 at 10:42 AM
youngtoxolab.bsky.social
Well done @fratorelli.bsky.social @simon-butterworth.bsky.social and Diogo! Great to have this out - the complication of paracrine rescue in pooled CRISPR screens
moritztreeck.bsky.social Moritz Treeck @moritztreeck.bsky.social · Dec 16
The hypothesis for this work was formed when we expectedly observed some Toxoplasma mutants with known fitness defects not showing defects in in vivo CRISPR screens. The results indicate that CRISPR screens can miss important virulence factors through paracine effects that function in the host.
elife.bsky.social eLife @elife.bsky.social · Dec 15
In Toxoplasma gondii, a parasite infamous for manipulating the behaviour of its hosts that infects an estimated ⅓ of humans, genetic defects are rescued if co-infected with normal parasites, thanks to supportive secreted proteins.
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December 16, 2024 at 2:33 PM
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At the home of Scottish football for the 50th annual Scottish Microscopy Symposium! Highlight so far is exceptional work by K Bondarenko from the Young lab in Edinburgh on ExM of Toxoplasma gondii cysts, more details at pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39189782/
November 26, 2024 at 12:10 PM
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Lucky to have @toxobrains.bsky.social in town this year to join our lab Christmas fun. A good start to my return from maternity leave!
December 12, 2024 at 9:19 PM