Bugbitten is now part of Springer Nature Research communities (Microbiology) -> Check out my first blog for the site spotlighting a recent paper on P. Vivax population genomics, evolution, admixture and colonisation of the Americas:

Did you know Culicoides biting midges can transmit Leishmania parasites and may be important vectors of zoonotic leishmaniasis? No? Me either!.

RT @elimin8schisto: Day1 at the @BSPparasitology Autumn session highlighs MGS (not yet named as a priority), #FGSchisto (finally growing r….

RT @Adam_Ciep: I am happy to have had the opportunity to present @SchistoSSR and our results on snail-schistosome compatibility at @EMOP202….

RT @JnlParasitology: The University of Cambridge, in collaboration with Parasitology, is thrilled to inform you that on 8 November we will….

RT @SchistoSSR: Happy to contribute to this fantastic summer school for A-level students with a workshop on #snails and #schistosomes by @A….

Integrating ancient DNA evidence, historical records, osteological markers, and archaeological data can be a powerful combination to gain new insights into malaria genomics! Check out my recent BugBitten blog -

RT @NHM_Science: Meet Adam, Dan, Aidan, and Bonnie from the.@SchistoSSR team, they provide live schistosome stages and #Snails as hosts for….

Fancy an interesting (if not slightly concerning) weekend read? .Check out my recent blog on efforts to forecast zoonotic vector-borne disease risks under a changing climate -

RT @MaxCRoser: One of my main motivations for founding Our World in Data was to overcome the mad reality in academia that much of the most….

RT @ihpe_lab: 65% of Egyptian mummies were positive for schistosomiasis, 3 times more than malaria

RT @TheENDFund: In 2019, more than 3.3 million years of life were lost to ill-health, disability or early death because of parasitic neglec….

RT @johnarcher088: Our high throughput molecular xenomonitoring protocol, that can be used to detect Schistosoma mansoni (and other Tremato….

RT @RussMorphew: PhD ALERT! Interested in #EVs #LiverFLuke #Diagnostics ??? .Come work with me at @AberDLSAGB and co from @AberPhys with @Q….

RT @A_V_Diaz: Fancy some light reading during the holidays?🎄🐌🎄Check out my blog featuring our recently published #OneHealth #schistosomiasi….

Elated to have passed my PhD yesterday 🎉 Huge thank you to @TonyWalker1968, Aidan Emery, Scott Lawton and @JoWebster_Group - couldn't have asked for a better supervisory team, it's really been a pleasure! And thanks to Mike Rogan and J-C Nebel for a thoroughly enjoyable Viva!.

And the soon-to-be published preprint on bioRxiv:

Check out my BugBitten blog highlighting some exciting work by @Sprague_Dan & colleagues on the development of a novel, highly promising compound (BZQ) with broad-spectrum efficacy against parasitic flatworms - definitely one to follow!.

RT @sarahr100: The government (bizarrely) may not have tracked the number of researchers leaving the UK over the Horizon Europe lockout… bu….

Grateful to have spent the week on the lovely little Greek island of Hydra at the brilliant Hydra parasitic helminths 2023 conference, meeting new people, seeing great research, and presenting part of my PhD on the intra & inter-host variation of Schistosoma japonicum antigens!