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Equity in science is a beautiful lie — and I’m done pretending Science isn’t really moving towards equity; institutions are just perfecting the appearance of equity. We need to build an alternative system.

Apropos as we raise new barriers for people from the global south... I'm supposed to be co-leading a conference with a colleague from Brazil, next year. Forget equity, it likely not safe for them to travel here www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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The Pod Save America plan to debate trans people’s existence

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Spatiotemporal dynamics of signal dependent exocytosis and parasitophorous vacuolar membrane rupture during Plasmodium falciparum egress Malaria, caused by intracellular Plasmodium parasites, remains a major global health concern. These parasites reside and replicate within a vacuole in host red blood cells. Egress of daughter parasite...

These data lay the groundwork to dig deeper into this process because if we can block egress, this kills the parasite! You can read more about this here (we welcome any/all feedback you may have):
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

She observed that exocytosis begins several hours prior to daughter parasite formation. There is a second signal that results in membrane rupture, which only happens at one site (magenta signal, in video). She also identified a calcium-binding protein that is required for vesicle exocytosis.

Dr. Dedkhad decided to focus on a key process, vesicle exocytosis, that was posited to be critical for membrane rupture. She targeted a reporter to specific vesicles in the malaria parasite that are secreted in response to the egress signal (gray signal, in video).

Exiting the host has to be timed perfectly. Leave too soon, you die, leave too late, your daughter cells are exhausted and die. The timing of how the parasite decides to blow up its home to exit is murky.

Really meticulous, exciting work from Dr. Am Dedkhad from our lab ‪(@universityofga.bsky.social). Malaria-causing parasites only grow and divide inside another cell. Once daughter parasites are made, they have exit the host cell to find a new home. Am set out to see this process in live parasites:

What an amazing abstract!

Hi there! Our group at LMU Munich is hiring a postdoc to work on Toxoplasma and Plasmodium.
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Thanks Abhinay! And with the newly vested proFessorial authority, i do hereby proclaim dosas to be superior in all aspects!

So incredibly idiotic and what a waste. These people are so ignorant and incredibly stupid. They simply can’t comprehend non-transactional HUMAN interactions.

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A small personal update.. it is official today.

Cluster hire in ecosystem ecology at UGA! Come join us! 🌎🌱

Don't give them ideas, Rob!! 😅

Duke School of Medicine plans salary cuts for tenured faculty who do not meet grant expectations Set to go in effect in 2026, the proposed policy would apply to the School’s basic sciences units. These units rely heavily on grants from the National Institutes of Health, which have been increasing...

The floggings will continue until morale improves

www.dukechronicle.com/article/2025...

It’s just personal preference my guy. I have never liked idlis. My dislike doesn’t inhibit your enjoyment of idlis 😁

I mean if you like a mouthful of barely cooked batter… vs a crispy delicious crepe with endless variations of fillings!

My ancestors would turn in their graves if they had one.

Idlis. A waste of dosa batter if you ask me. I may get my South Indian card revoked after this.

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

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Come and join our team!

We currently have two PhD scholarships between Danny Wilson and myself

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