Abhinay Ramaprasad

Job Opportunity at the RVC: Postdoctoral Research Associate We are looking for an enthusiastic and curiosity-driven Postdoctoral Research Associate to join our friendly, dynamic and growing discovery research group. The postholder will work in Dr Knuepfer’s gr...

We are hiring! For more information on this 4-year project focussing on the molecular and temporal mechanisms of erythrocyte invasion by Plasmodium knowlesi parasites follow the link below. Exciting work in molecular parasitology and a great team are waiting for you :)
jobs.rvc.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

King of England on a checkerboard pattern tile floor

Y’all might not appreciate it, but it took him 87 moves and 14 hours to get here

Email message from the American Society for Microbiology asking whether I’m FINALLY going to publish that manuscript.

Ok, rude.

Members of the ParaFuGe lab posing in front of a lighted Xmas tree.

Xmas decorations in the lab. Lab member faces doodled on blown up gloves with Santa hats. A small Xmas tree made of pipette tips and eppendorf and PCR tubes painted green.

Season greetings from the ParaFuGe Lab! 🎄❄️

🎥 | WATCH | Dr Thomas Hollin (@umontpellier.bsky.social) discusses RNA-binding Proteins and Organellar Gene Regulation in Plasmodium falciparum.

The full Centre for Parasitology seminar is now available for a limited period on our YouTube channel:

📺 youtu.be/aH9aZAbJaIs?...

Is this cheese grater conscious? Many users feel they're talking to a real person. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something.

Coming back from vacation to find that I have been replaced. Lab peeps seemed to have midipreped a new PI.

Stolen from the Internet, a sign that says "If Elevator does not move do a small jump it should move after", and a dirty-white freight elevator wall and aged elevator controls with only floors 1 and 2." I have no idea where this really is, I just stole it off Wikimedia.

University administration:
"We need you to complete 26 hours of lab safety training 🧪 each year so that everyone is safe and responsible."

Also university administration:

The ones I have used even do it themselves much like that gel lid 😅

That's an eppendorf pipette 💯

Congrats Nisha and team!

Save the dates!! @bspparasitology.bsky.social Spring Meeting 2026 will be in Bonnie Glasgow! 7-9 April 2026, with a drinks reception in Glasgow City Chambers on the 6th of April 2026!
Keep an eye on the BSP website for registration and abstract submission!
Logo by @shannaraeilean.bsky.social! 🦟

Revolt against this dosacracy!!

Congrats Vasant! Much deserved ( despite all the idly hate😛)!

🎥 | WATCH | Dr Francesca Florini (@fra-florini.bsky.social | @weillcornell.bsky.social) discusses the immune evasion in malaria using insights from single-cell analysis of Plasmodium falciparum.

The full GRiP-ing seminar is now available on our YouTube channel:

📺 youtu.be/bKU2Cfv79K8?...

Woohoo! Congrats Bishara et al!

The essential host genome for Cryptosporidium survival exposes metabolic dependencies that can be leveraged for treatment An arrayed microscopy-based CRISPR screen revealed host genes affecting multiple infection phenotypes of the intracellular parasite Cryptosporidium. Hits in the host cholesterol biosynthesis pathway a...

Our paper has finally graduated from pre-print to peer-reviewed, pretty much unscathed, and is out now! www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

Precision-edited histone tails disrupt polycistronic gene expression controls in trypanosomes - Nature Communications Transcription in trypanosomatids, such as Trypanosoma brucei, is predominantly polycistronic and involves unconventional RNA polymerase II promoters. This study uses precision gene editing, site-satur...

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 enjoyed working on this exciting project with @joanarcf.bsky.social, a great mentor.
doi.org/10.1038/s414...

🎥 | WATCH | Dr Mark Carrington (University of Cambridge) discusses the identification of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense genes that enable resistance to the human trypanolytic lytic factor.

The full Parasitology seminar is now available on our YouTube channel.

📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2QE...

What happens when the parasite that causes malaria in humans experiences fever-induced heat stress in its host red blood cell?

Check out David Jones' PhD work now on BioRxiv

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Thanks for visiting us and giving us such an interesting talk! Welcome back anytime! It is not a proper trip to Glasgow if you leave without your coat drenched is it 😛

Omaya Dudin Interview with Omaya Dudin, who uses Ichthyosporea as models to study how and why unicellular organisms evolved multicellularity at the University of Geneva.

90% of you probably don’t need to read this.
But maybe some of you are curious & 10% will feel seen. Or a little less alone. This isn’t about seeking sympathy.
It’s about sharing something hard to say out loud;
partly to heal, partly in case someone needs to hear it too. (1/3)
tinyurl.com/DudinO

🎥 WATCH | Dr Natalia de Miguel (@ndemiguel.bsky.social | @intechchascomus.bsky.social) discusses the role of T. vaginalis extracellular vesicles in cell communication.

A recording of the GRiP-ing seminar can be viewed on our
@uofgsii.bsky.social YouTube channel.

📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGOn...

Huge congratulations to @hbelda.bsky.social and David Bradley for their publication on the extraordinarily interesting FIKK kinase family (I am biased) of the malaria causing parasite Plasmodium falciparum. 1/n

Parasites need mitochondrial respiration to infect and spread. Effective anti-malaria and ani-toxoplasmosis drugs target respiratory complexes (e.g. atovaquone)!

But how do the parasite complexes work and how do drugs inhibit them?

Read Andrew Maclean and Alex Mühleip phenomenal work on this! 👇

🎥 | WATCH | Dr Mattie Pawlowic (@goldenpipette.bsky.social) | @dundeeuni.bsky.social) discusses the use of genetics to investigate the Cryptosporidium oocyst.

A recording of the full Parasitology seminar can now be viewed on our @uofgsii.bsky.social YouTube channel.

📺 youtu.be/2ZNNtC4ZWps?...

Tissue atlas of Cryptosporidium parvum infection reveals contrasts between the natural neonatal calf model and laboratory mouse models Cryptosporidium is an apicomplexan parasite that causes diarrhoeal disease. The species C. parvum is zoonotic and causes significant morbidity and mortality for both humans and farm animals; most comm...

If you have ever wanted to know "Where is the gut is the parasite?" this pre-print is for you. 🐮 Led by Peyton, with thanks to our wonderful collaborators at @moredunfoundation.bsky.social Frank Katzer, @geordieparasit.bsky.social and EMs by @lemgruber.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

In case you missed it!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZNN...

GRiP-ing talk tomorrow from Natalia de Miguel from Instituto Tecnológico de Chascomús (INTECH), Buenos Aires, Argentina. Join us!
2 pm (GMT) | 3 pm (CET) | 9 am (EDT)
Link: uofglasgow.zoom.us/j/8674596707...
Passcode: 262806

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