McCulloch Lab Group
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We study genome maintenance, replication and immune evasion in parasites at the Centre for Parasitology, School of Infection and Immunity, University of Glasgow
Glasgow, Scotland
Joined June 2016
We have two funded PhDs to start in 2026 @NorthWestBio1 Project details here https://t.co/TYrJUB3bSS ...and here https://t.co/Z3332Ov83R Application deadline is Nov 21st 2025; apply here: https://t.co/lj7XhJrQQv
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Pleased 2 share our new article: single-molecule replication mapping in Leishmania using DNAscent. We show widespread stochastic origin firing and insights into genome variability. https://t.co/CNKlADxFBn Big thanks to Mike Boemo
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Watch this space for the application procedure for #AFRIBOP2026 it will be the 10th anniversary of the course & will be held in #Stellenbosch South Africa
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Next years #AFRIBOP2026 will be hosted by @StellenboschUni in Cape Town. Deadline for applications 31st October 2025
Call for Applications! PhD students and early postdocs are invited to apply for the African Immunobiology of Parasites, Pathogens, and Pathogenesis Course 2026. Venue: Stellenbosch, Cape Town Dates: 16–20 March 2026 Apply now: https://t.co/y1LtNn2Qgx Deadline: October 31, 2025
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New paper to assist all looking at VSG expression diversity-another excellent effort from @GuyOldrieve vsgseq2: an updated pipeline for analysis of the diversity and abundance of population-wide Trypanosoma brucei VSG expression
biorxiv.org
Trypanosoma brucei is an extracellular eukaryotic parasite that causes sleeping sickness in humans and Nagana, Surra and Dourine in livestock, game animals and horses. The parasite displays an...
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📆 | Save the Date! The @BSPparasitology Spring Meeting 2026 is coming to @UofGlasgow. Running from 7-9 April, there will be 15 sessions, 5 workshops, a ceilidh, a dinner - and a welcome reception at Glasgow City Chambers. 🔗 More info soon at https://t.co/6eRMuOSd8d
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We hope you will join us in Woods Hole for MPMXXXVI! Registration now open 👇
Registration and Abstract submission for MPMXXXVI are now open! Abstract submission deadline is June 27th, get yours in quickly. @rmc9z @Deepali_Ravel @omartheharb 🔗 https://t.co/aUvNO9lkvt
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Registration and Abstract submission for MPMXXXVI are now open! Abstract submission deadline is June 27th, get yours in quickly. @rmc9z @Deepali_Ravel @omartheharb 🔗 https://t.co/aUvNO9lkvt
parasitesrule.com
Download the final archived version of the abstract book
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🎉 Glasgow Science Festival 2025 kicks off tomorrow! 🎉 This year we’re celebrating Glasgow’s 850th birthday with 10 days of science, stories, and surprises across the city. The theme? "Glasgow Celebrates" – inspired by the iconic city coat of arms 🐟🔔🌳🐦
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Please repost: We have a postdoc position in Fungal Cell Wall Research to study the Malassezia-host interaction interface in the context of atopic dermatitis. @MRCcmm; @eurconfmedmycol; @ISHAM_Mycology For more details, visit: https://t.co/FazRIhYmAN
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Save the Date for #ICOPA2026 WFP are thrilled to invite you to the 16th International Congress of Parasitology (ICOPA XVI), taking place in the vibrant city of Montréal, Canada, from August 16 to August 21, 2026. https://t.co/0dQsdQWOAw
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We're very please to share a new paper led by @jezielbqi that reveals how R-loops and their homeostatsis through RNase H1 modulate Leishmania DNA replication timing @UofGSii @WCIPGLASGOW @MarquesCata @scotomorph
https://t.co/oJtKcxm3tV
nature.com
Nature Communications - All genomes are replicated in a temporal order, though the determinants of such timing are poorly characterized. Here, the authors show that the unusual chromosome...
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More recent work from the McCulloch lab! Check out Jeziel's @jezielbqi recent paper on R-loops, DNA replication and genomic stability in Leishmania major https://t.co/8ROyEJ4zEM in @NatureComms @McCulloch_Group @MarquesCata @rmc9z @emmabriggs6
nature.com
Nature Communications - All genomes are replicated in a temporal order, though the determinants of such timing are poorly characterized. Here, the authors show that the unusual chromosome...
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Professor Martin Olivier, renowned immunoparasitologist and professor at McGill University in Canada invites you to PARASITO 2025 which will take place in Salvador - Bahia! Don't miss it!
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Applications for awards to attend the 2025 MPMXXXVI meeting are now open - details, deadlines and application information below. Please share with anyone interested.
Do you work on parasites and reside in an LMIC? Consider applying for a 2025 MPM LMIC award. The deadline is March 3rd, 2025—details on the website. https://t.co/fsZx5aOho8
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Link to Growing up In Malawi documentary, first episode is here :
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Postdoc opening: 5Y Postdoc post available to work on Neddylation and Cell differentiation in Trypanosomes at Lancaster, UK. Deadline is 2 February 2025. https://t.co/Fu4KEmxsAF
hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk
Overview of the Project Lancaster University’s Division of Biomedical and Life Sciences seeks to appoint a Post-Doctoral Research Associate to join the laboratory of Dr Federico Rojas for a period...
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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!!
jobs.gla.ac.uk
Job Purpose We are seeking to recruit a motivated and creative Research Assistant/Associate (postdoctoral researcher) to work within an MRC-funded research programme https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?...
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🚨 Retirement Symposium for Prof Mark Carrington of the University of Cambridge 🚨 Our #Trypanosoma colleagues may want to attend this symposium in Cambridge on the 𝟐𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡, 2025 (register by the 15th!) - Details at QR code & https://t.co/yTA4kY19K8
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GRiP-ing seminars, 2025 edition starts next Friday, live from Glasgow! Come, join us! Our first speaker is Emma Wilson @Toxobrains from @UCRiverside. Please RT. DM to get mail alerts about these excellent talks. Link: https://t.co/Q38h4g9dwK Passcode: 410932
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