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One Health research @RoyalVetCollege & Director @NTDResearch @ImperialMed to aid knowledge, prevention and treatment of neglected tropical/zoonotic diseases.
Joined May 2018
Feeling so honoured and grateful to all.
š„ Professor Joanne P. Webster FMedSci, Professor of Parasitic Diseases at the RVC, has been elected as a Fellow of The Royal Society (FRS) for her considerable contributions to excellence in science. @royalsociety @JoWebster_Group #RSFellows . ā”ļø More:
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RT @TrendsParasitol: Our 2025 July issue reviews Toxoplasma in Arctic, parasite-resistant variants in African genomā¦.
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Toxoplasma gondii can manipulate host behaviour, across animals and humans, although the mechanisms behind which remain elusive. Delighted to share our pre-print providing support for an, at least partial, role of TgTH/parasite-produced dopamine.
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RT @ScienceMagazine: The newly discovered microbe provisionally known as Sukunaarchaeum isnāt a virus. But like viruses, it seemingly has oā¦.
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RT @TrendsParasitol: Our 2025 June issue reviews #antiparasitics discovery, #Leishmania genomic adaptation, #Trypanā¦.
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Very happy to share a summary of my personal journey (so far. ) into the fascinating world of Toxoplasma-altered host behaviour:. Invited as part of this super special edition:.
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RT @angusoferrall: Pleased to share our short article in @CDCgov Emerging Infectious Diseases. We describe cases of mixed urogenital and inā¦.
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Great to share @DanParsons__ new paper illustrating how multi-host transmission impacts the genetic diversity of Schistosoma japonicum - through novel sequencing of the antigen coding gene SjACG within miracidial samples from humans and animals in China.
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RT @stephenrdoyle: Job advert - Please share!. Mark Viney ( and I are seeking a motivated postdoctoral fellow to woā¦.
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Delighted to share our recent paper illustrating, given the global targets towards elimination of schistosomiasis by 2030, that we really must consider the role of wild rodents in persistence, in Asia as well as Africa and beyond.
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RT @StothardRuss: A really important summary of Toxoplasma research in @JnlParasitology by the world expert himself
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How wonderful to have our research included here (number 3 and subsequent papers therein) by Professor Dubey as a āHighlight of Toxoplasma gondii research papers in the last five decadesā.
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RT @angusoferrall: Pleased to share our new preprint. We took a look into freshwater snail faecal metagenomes in four countries and foundā¦.
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RT @hiAdanna: āØI am back to business on Twitter. with a bangāØ. My MSc dissertation on schistosomiasis + periportal fibrosis was publishedā¦.
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RT @SJforKids: Parasites can cause childhood stunting in a variety of ways, from making digestion more difficult to affecting genes. Learnā¦.
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RT @elimin8schisto: Climate change could undo our progress towards the elimination of NTDs. Check out how combined w urbanization, it can dā¦.
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RT @TrendsParasitol: In our January issue: Molecular interactions between male & female #schistosomes ā a role for remote communication? auā¦.
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RT @Nature: In an unprecedented move, research-grant reviews have been suspended indefinitely at the worldās largest public funder of biomeā¦.
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