Anna Kildemoes

New guidance to accelerate elimination of schistosomiasis and intestinal helminthiasis The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a critical new guide to empower national programme managers and health teams in their efforts to eliminate schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted…

For #WorldFieldEpidemiologyDay we’re spotlighting a key WHO resource from 2024 that helps shaping the fight against schistosomiasis + STH.
It gives health teams the tools to:
🔹 Track progress
🔹 Adapt strategies
🔹 Use resources wisely
#BeatNTDs #Schistosomiasis #STH
www.who.int/news/item/31...

While cleaning up some files I found this screenshot of a David Sipress cartoon. Even more apt 3 years later.

My battle with waterborne disease misdiagnosed as STI Timina had Female Genital Schistosomiasis, a neglected tropical disease caused by worms living in freshwater.

Great article about the impact of this waterborne parasitic infection on #WomensHealth in #Kenya- Female Genital #Schistosomiasis #FGSchisto

"My battle with waterborne disease misdiagnosed as STI"
nation.africa/kenya/health...

Organ-specific microbiomes of Biomphalaria snails - Animal Microbiome Background The microbiome is increasingly recognized to shape many aspects of its host biology and is a key determinant of health and disease. The microbiome may influence transmission of pathogens by...

📣 New paper: Organ-specific microbiomes of Biomphalaria snails

📋 Snails, vector of blood flukes, have specific microbe communities associated with their organs. Whole snail microbiome is not the true composite of these microbiomes. 🧵👇

Go get it: doi.org/10.1186/s425...

A late #NationalSnailDay 🧪

Detection of human IgG antibodies against Mycoplasma genitalium using a recombinant MG075 antigen | Journal of Clinical Microbiology Mycoplasma genitalium is the second most common sexually transmitted bacterial infection after chlamydia. The long-term consequences of the infection are still under investigation, but reliable tools for monitoring exposure by detection of antibodies have ...

Into #diagnostics & #STDs? Check out our new paper on human IgG specific for a recombinant protein, MG075, as an accurate marker for Mycoplasma genitalium infection(s). #IDsky 🧪 🩸@JCM
doi.org/10.1128/jcm....

Case of the Week 773 A parasite case of the week blog, specializing in human parasites.

The #Parasite case 773 is now up, donated by Dr. Rasool Jafari. These objects were grown in TYI-S-33 medium. parasitewonders.blogspot.com/2025/04/case... (check out the video here!) What is seen here? Ans. later this week!

‘The Interview’: Ed Yong Wants to Show You the Hidden Reality of the World (Gift Article) The Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer talks about burnout from covering the pandemic and how bird-watching gave him a new sense of hope.

Sharing this article about @edyong209.bsky.social in the NY Times "Ed Yong Wants to Show You the Hidden Reality of the World"

Ed Yong in my opinion is the best science journalist of our times - and there are many great ones

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/m...

Seals, sharks and spiny squat lobsters: Underwater Photographer of the Year 2025 – in pictures The annual competition draws thousands of entries from across the world and brings together images from below the water’s surface that show the diversity and challenges of subaquatic life

Timeline cleanse of stunning award winning marine photography 🧪

YouTube video by Schistosomiasis Resource Center at BRI Schistosomiasis Resource Center Video SOP | Collecting S. mansoni (NMRI) miracidia

www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdQL...

The Parasitologists Unite starter pack is full (150 parasitologists!). Time to open a new one! Keep the suggestions coming and spread the word!
go.bsky.app/KdBboF2

A flyer for the MBL's 2025 Biology of Parasitism course

A flyer for the MBL's 2025 Workshop on Molecular Evolution course

✍️Warning: application deadlines are closer than they appear!✍️

January 29 is the last day to apply for two of the MBL's 2025 courses: Biology of Parasitism and Workshop on Molecular Evolution. Don't miss your chance!

Read more: bit.ly/4acDH2V
#ScienceStartsHere

Schistosoma mansoni-induced host immunopathology is gut microbiota dependent https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.24.634684v1

… IN MICE …

Schistosoma mansoni-induced host immunopathology is gut microbiota dependent Despite progress in schistosomiasis control during recent decades in endemic areas, this parasitic blood-fluke infection continues to pose a substantial public health burden. In depth understanding of...

Preprint drop 🧪🪱🐭🦠
Very happy to share our work on Schistosoma mansoni-gut microbiome-host immune response interactions ➡️ main finding: alteration of gut microbiome can affect degree of liver granuloma formation!! Super interesting, right? #BeatNTDs Have a read here www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Molecular Parasitology Community The MPM XXXVI website is now online

The MPM XXXVI page is now live. Sept 14th to Sept 18th. More updates will be coming soon. Check it out on the parasitesrule.com website. Organized this year by Richarch McCulloch @rmc9z.bsky.social, Photini Sinnis, Marc-Jan Gubbels, Deepali Ravel & Omar Harb @omarharb.bsky.social

If in Edinburgh…

Want to pursue a career in #GlobalHealth nursing?

This online short course equips nurses, midwives & health professionals with insights into clinical practice, interventions & skills to work in low-resource settings.🌍
#PublicHealth

Running 23 April - 28 May 2025.

bit.ly/4fofyrf

Are you interested in #trypanosomes #biomolecularcondensates and/or #geneexpression? We are looking for a highly motivated postdoc to work with with us in the beautiful city of York!

Please share!

jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/post...

Exactly - but 1st step in the pipeline is target discovery. Then comes making & validating actual tests for specific use cases. Fx, different requirement for surveillance in risk zones (eg climate change) versus 1st line screening in combination with 2nd line current infection tool for elimination

We need tool development for surveillance and intelligent resource-use. Antibody detection will fill a gap in travel medicine, near- and post elimination settings and (re-)emerging transmission zones in ONE and GLOBAL health contexts 🧪🪱 #BeatNTDs. 🙌 to all the amazing collaborators on this project

Identification of a circulating carbohydrate antigen as a highly specific and sensitive target for schistosomiasis serology | Journal of Clinical Microbiology The WHO 2030 roadmap deems diagnostics developments for schistosomiasis critically needed. Here we present identification of an antibody target with superior performance compared to traditionally used...

FINALLY! Our discovery of a very specific and sensitive serological target for schistosomiasis diagnostics is UP. Please, enjoy our shout-out for glycans and the importance of anticipating diagnostics needs 🧪🩸🪱 journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

SCIENCE IRL: Community SciComm mini-grant Skype a Scientist is offering $300-1,000 mini-grants to support boots-on-the-ground science communication. The Science IRL mini-grants will support projects that put either 1) important science messa...

I am extremely excited to announce that for the first time ever, Skype a Scientist is offering mini-grants to support IRL science communication!!

Communicating science out in our communities is critical. We want to enable others to get their projects off the ground!

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

First meeting of 2025 this Wednesday!

Last #Parasite case for 2024! Tissue from peritoneal cavity in a pt. with volvulus and pulse granulomas. parasitewonders.blogspot.com/2024/12/para... What are the objects seen here? Answer later this week.

A thread of 9(!!) #Parasitology-based, funded PhD opportunities from the EastBio doctoral training programme at Edinburgh Uni listed below! The projects include #malaria/#Plasmodium, #trypanosoma, #leishmania, #toxoplasma, and #helminths! All deadlines are the 17th January 2025!

This is happening around the world. Ministers, who very often have a limited or no research background, make critical decisions that will weaken the research ecosystem in their country because they too often treat research as a business.

Hi Anouk, I’d love to join the #BeatNTDs network here too 🪱🪱

Fantastic, thank you - am looking forward to all the beautiful 🪱miness and reconnecting here 🦋🧪

Thank you!!!