Shikha

UZH: Postdoc The newly founded Cryptosporidium lab at the Institute of Parasitology focuses on the genetic and transcriptomic basis of parasite virulence and persistence in Cryptosporidium and is committed to incl...

🚨 Postdoc position 🚨
I’m moving back to Switzerland this summer to launch my lab at the University of Zurich and am recruiting a Postdoctoral Fellow (start: late 2026).
Details & application:
jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie....

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How many mechanistically different protein insertases are there? Maybe fewer than you think! Check out our tale of pATOM36, MIM, MTCH1/2 and YidC in the preprint by Stephan Berger of the Schneider and the Ballmoos Labs. www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...

A metal transporter in the plasma membrane of the pathogen Toxoplasma gondii.

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We are actively recruiting a Post doc to work on the regulation of Toxoplasma différenciation. Please send a CV and cover letter if interested.
ciil.fr/teams/apicompl…

Beautiful study by @macleanlab.bsky.social and co 👏👏 Perfect addition to holiday reading list! 🎉🎁

Exploiting structural biology in the fight against parasitic diseases Despite spectacular advances in structural biology over the past half-century, only approximately 2% of the structures in the Protein Data Bank are fr…

Why do we care? Because very little information is available for proteins found in #parasites, despite parasites causing a third of the total global burden of human #disease (!!!) #MPM2025 @parasitesrule.org
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More about this problem is explained nicely here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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! 🦟

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! 👇

Happy to have contributed to this wonderful study about #Toxoplasma #supercomplex led by @macleanlab.bsky.social, @sheinerlab.bsky.social and Alex Mühleip. Parasite mitochondria never cease to amaze! Please go checkout 👇

A GRIP-ing and Tryp-ing seminar tomorrow - Joana Faria from the University of York!
2 pm (GMT) | 3 pm (CET) | 9 am (EDT)
Link - uofglasgow.zoom.us/j/8897218018...
Passcode: 987702

It was fun! Hope to meet you again in another conference :)

As Sheinerlab is joining the trend, Chat seem to have known that @macleanlab.bsky.social started his own lab recently and took the executive decision to remove him from the photo 😲😆

It was a pleasure! Thanks for visiting and the wonderful talk.

GRIP-ing seminar this Friday from André Schneider from University of Bern. Don't miss it!
Link: uofglasgow.zoom.us/j/8255427338...
Passcode: 984619

Professor Lilach Sheiner pictured in the lab holding the C.A. Wright medal in an open presentation case.

🏅 | @uofgsii.bsky.social's Professor Lilach Sheiner (@sheinerlab.bsky.social) was recently awarded the prestigious C.A. Wright Medal by the @bspparasitology.bsky.social for outstanding contributions to the discipline.

Congratulations, Professor Sheiner!

🔗 Full story: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infe...

Thanks to the organisers for #EMBLRBP meeting! Can’t wait for day 3 to begin! Come to poster #148 to hear about how the most successful parasite might use RBPs to steal from you! The perfect poster to get you in the mood for @shikhas.bsky.social to dazzle you with some funky mitoribosomes @6:30PM!

Woohoo 🥳 So excited for you Andrew! Congratulations 🥂🎉

Our Jan issue highlights @sppirit-network.bsky.social connecting #Scottish #parasitology #ECRs, written by R. Edgar @jackhanna.bsky.social @marketanovotna.bsky.social @martacampillo.bsky.social @mukul1190.bsky.social @shikhas.bsky.social @vfrank.bsky.social & M.Ridgway
www.cell.com/trends/paras...

Lovely work from @shikhas.bsky.social et al. 😍

Thrilled to have this out now! Go checkout our paper about the crazy #Toxoplasma #mitoribosome. Huge thanks to co-authors, collaborators and everyone involved 🙌

Welcoming place, exciting project, wonderful mentor! What are you waiting for?

Megan opening champagne!

Excellent start to the year with @sloanmegan.bsky.social paper being accepted! Watch this space......

A friend and I used to do that right before our German classes… helped shake off the nerves of speaking (bad) German 🫣

It gets better… and wine definitely helps 🍷

Interested in doing a PhD in parasitology? Lots of great projects available at the University of Edinburgh through the EastBio DTP (number 5 looks especially interesting…).

Research Culture: Actionable recommendations from trainees to improve science training Early-career researchers propose seven actions that can be taken by research institutions and departments to improve science training.

8/ Trainees at different career stages proposed 7 actions that academic institutions and departments can take to improve their science training.
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