Boris Striepen
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Boris is a professor @PennVet who studies parasites, in particular Cryptosporidium, he also is a white water canoeist, runner, and a first rate space cadet.
Philadelphia, PA
Joined August 2016
Happening today at 12pm EST - watch via zoom.
We at @PennBiology love to hear research from fellow researchers here at @pennvet, such as this week's speaker Dr Dan Beiting. This Thur, 12PM EST, watch for free via zoom in the link. https://t.co/lAqQWVKytn
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How famous can a scientist be? Well, a Nobel Laureate steps on the #40 bus in Philadelphia - and not a single person on the bus knows who they are. BTW the laureat looks like could not care less about fame. I find humble nerdiness an endearing and crucial trait in scientists
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Global Parasitology Seminar by Mark Siracusa on helminth infection & inflammation: Mon 11/10 12 pm EST. @JHelminthology @parasitesrule @TrendsParasitol @ParaFrap @SFParasitologie @pennvet @Helm_Soc @PennBiology @MBLBoP @KingOfPathogens @CadwellLab
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So proud of my colleague Sebastian Shaw, a terrific scientist who will build an undoubtedly fantastic team as a professor in Zürich!
Exciting news!! I’ve been awarded an #SNSFStartingGrant and will join the Institute of Parasitology, @UZH_en as an Assistant Professor in summer 2026. A dream come true! 🥺
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Thrilled that our study on heme crystal motion in #malaria @parasitesrule is now published @PNASNews, @UofUBiochem @UofUtahCIHD @UofUHealth. Fantastic collaboration! https://t.co/KEKKxwewUa
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Malaria parasites infect red blood cells where they digest host hemoglobin and release free heme inside a lysosome-like organelle called the food v...
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Cryptosporidium genetics really works! Latest cross explains why tb drug failed in crypto clinical trial. Widespread genomic heterogeneity at the type II NAD(P)H dehydrogenase locus predisposes Cryptosporidium to clofazimine resistance @millseba
https://t.co/3g7zSjBYpP
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@CryptoUK26 @SaterialeLab Looking forward to welcoming the Cryptosporidium community to Edinburgh next year. Please share widely! @parasitesrule @striepenlab @SPPIRITnetwork
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On my way to give a seminar at the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology … quite obviously in Berlin.
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Global Parasitology seminar by Manuel Llinas @LlinasLab on malaria sex. 10/20/2025 12 pm ET @TrendsParasitol @BSPparasitology @parasitesrule @womeninmalaria @AmSocParasit @AS_Para @PennBiology @UPennCGH
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Read our new paper on mapping virulence in Cryptosporidium by genetic cross. Terrific work by Sebastian Shaw @millseba that started in the depth of the pandemic. https://t.co/jS6S5kMvm4
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The @veupathdb team is excited to be at 🌟MPM 2025🌟 this week! #mpm2025 Stop by our booth to connect with us! Participate in our User Comments campaign- share your knowledge on gene pages and pick up your free "Got Parasites?" mug at the booth: https://t.co/LSBMnTHsop
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Sixty Baby! Not as bad as I thought it would be when I was twenty. I never had plans for this long. Super grateful for my awesome family, friends and lab! All in all a pretty good ride for a kid from Duisburg-Ruhrort.
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Oh the joyful consequences of Pennsylvania politics on My Philadelphia commute. Crushing public transportation when you most need it is such a infuriatingly stupid move.
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30 years of marriage! Verliebt wie am ersten Tag, obviously.
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BTW despite evidence to the contrary Boris feels better about the world - largely for paddling 80 m of whitewater on the Salmon River in Idaho where he slept on the beach, made friends, thought about himself, and only worried about rocks and big rapids with bit waves and holes.
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Clearly the @SaterialeLab is on a nice roll with another terrific screening paper in Cryptosporidium: Targeted CRISPR screens reveal genes essential for Cryptosporidium survival in the host intestine | Nature Communications
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Nature Communications - Cryptosporidium is an important threat to public health, yet it lacks a robust genetic toolkit. Here, Watson et al. introduce a targeted CRISPR-based screening method to...
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