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

Incredibly proud to share that our work on Cryptosporidium Oocyst Wall Proteins is published in @PLOSPathogens https://t.co/khGAl0PRV3 Led by previous PhD student @BacchettiRoss and carried on by current PhD student, Sarah Stevens.

Another piece of the VSG expression control puzzle: Active VSG transcript is required for allelic exclusion, acting as both, non-coding and coding RNA. Elegant study by @EscrivaniD included depletion of active VSG transcript and the use of VSG transgene. https://t.co/QTnvgmRpXC

I don’t know who needs to hear this but your PhD doesn’t need to be perfect. It just needs to be finished.

Save the date and join us on 22nd of August for a parasitology journal club, 1st session of the SPPIRIT Forum series.

Nice to have been involved in this study led by ⁦@MarketaNovotna6⁩. Super elegant application of CRISPR precision editing! Precision-edited histone tails disrupt polycistronic gene expression controls in trypanosomes | Nature Communications

It was great to work on it with @JoanaRCF, who was a great mentor to me during my PhD.

I used inducible CRISPR/Cas9 to make Trypanosoma brucei cell line that allowed me to edit originally muti-copy histone gene. We uncovered a novel role of H4 histone tail in gene regulation. I had a great time working on this exciting project! https://t.co/9Hp0mUqrq2

RA job open in Andrew Maclean's new lab at @edin_EID #parasitology #jobs @SPPIRITnetwork @BSPparasitology https://t.co/AgtiZ9OZPG

I am delighted that the preprint of my PhD work is out! We used Cas9-based method for editing histone H4 gene in T. brucei to see the roles of H4 modification in gene expression control. A big thanks to @JoanaRCF who was a fantastic mentor during my PhD

Applications for awards to attend the 2025 MPMXXXVI meeting are now open - details, deadlines and application information below. Please share with anyone interested.

In our January issue: TrendsTalk highlighting @SPPIRITnetwork, a network connecting #Scottish #ECRs in #parasitology, authored by R.C.S. Edgar, J. Hanna @MarketaNovotna6 @MartaCampillo_ @MukulRawat90 @shikha_tweets @Frank_Venter & M.C. Ridgway. https://t.co/d3dknFMILi

cc to non-bskiers - Job alert! Interested in weird biology of malaria parasites? Inducible genetic screens? single-cell RNAseq? Come postdoc with us - https://t.co/1Bru2b1kpB ! International applicants or just finishing up their PhD, both welcome!!

Have you finished your #PhD and are interested in exploring how #parasites cross the vasculature to colonize tissues? Do you fancy #surfing? Join us in #Lisbon at @GIMM_Institute , where science meets quality of life. @parasitesrule @CaixaResearch @JobsScience @EMBO

If you are looking for a postdoc in tryps, check out this recent vacancy in the Faria lab in York. Great opportunity to work with a supportive mentor using cutting-edge techniques to address exciting questions.

📢Postdoc opportunities: we are seeking two experienced and motivated researcher to join MRC and WT funded projects on mitochondrial biology in Plasmodium and Toxoplasma shared between Glasgow and Helsinki. #postdoc #mitochondria #structure #parasite https://t.co/pXRmzW5M8B

PhD opportunities with many of our Centre members. Come study with us https://t.co/u2Kj2fR6A7 https://t.co/nISNqFTMHH

Available PhD position @DiMeN_DTP @The_MRC How does #SUMOylation shape nuclear organisation? How does that impact #trypanosome immune evasion. If you find this an exciting topic, join us! @BiologyatYork @YBRI_UoY & @UoDLifeSciences For more information, contact me!

Funded PhD available with us, @martllewellyn and James Cotton @UofGSii @UofGSBOHVM @WCIPGLASGOW to study genome replication and (in)stability across diverse kinetoplastids. Applications (via FindaPhD) taken from Nov 1st - Jan 12th. Enquiries welcome. https://t.co/Cow8ywjqD5

Interested in gene expression control in trypansomes? See a new paper from the Horn group that describes cis-regulatory UTR sequence ‘code’ in T. brucei for the fist time, shedidng some light on how expression is regulated in an organism with constitutive trasncription.