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Food-induced phenotypic plasticity in echinoid larvae is inducible and reversible throughout development - BMC Biology Background Echinoid larvae are known to display food-induced phenotypic plasticity, where larvae alter their morphology and physiology to reflect available food levels. The aim of this study was to de...

Happy to announce the latest publication from Team Larvae at Cal State Long Beach. Very proud of the the graduate and undergraduate students who made this project happen. Well done!

bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Fantastic job opportunity at the Lander lab. Apply!

Chemical propulsion of hemozoin crystal motion in malaria parasites | PNAS Malaria parasites infect red blood cells where they digest host hemoglobin and release free heme inside a lysosome-like organelle called the food v...

Thrilled our study on heme crystal motion in #malaria @parasitesrule.org is now published @pnas.org, support from NIH, @bwfund.bsky.social, @uofutahcihd.bsky.social, UofU 3i. With Fu and Bidone labs @price.utah.edu, @uofubiochem.bsky.social, @uofuhealth.bsky.social
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

The Kissing Bug Disease Has Permanently Moved Into the U.S. Chagas disease is likely endemic throughout the southern half of the country, researchers argue in a new paper.

Another "gift" from climate change:

The Kissing Bug Disease Has Permanently Moved Into the US: Chagas disease is likely endemic throughout the southern half of the country, researchers argue in a new paper.

gizmodo.com/the-kissing-...

Chagas disease still affects millions of people not just in Latin America👇🏼

And we are in the cover of @jcellsci.bsky.social !! Check it out

Integrated structural biology of the native malarial translation machinery and its inhibition by an antimalarial drug Nature Structural & Molecular Biology - Integrated structural biology approach leveraging in situ cryo-electron tomography reveals molecular details of the native malarial translation...

Our #CryoET story on how a top antimalarial drug candidate perturbs the native malarial translation machinery is out @natsmb.nature.com🥳 rdcu.be/eBbrH

A massive team effort led by @leonieanton.bsky.social Meseret Haile & Wenjing Cheng in collaboration with Jerzy Dziekan & the Alan Cowman! #TeamTomo

Also check on the interview to Ingrid, now a junior PI! 👏🏼🎉

Latest manuscript of our collaboration with Kildare Miranda and the fantastic Ingrid Augusto 👇🏻👇🏻

Dr Noelia Lander reviews the structure of #cAMP compartments in #Trypanosoma #cruzi. #Contractile #Vacuole #Environmental #Sensing #Flagellar #Distal #Metacyclogenesis #Osmoregulation #Signaling #Microdomains

authors.elsevier.com/a/1lRke5Eb1x...

Kissing Bugs Are Creeping Into Florida Homes—and They're Carrying a Dangerous Parasite A third of kissing bugs collected across the state carried Trypanosoma cruzi, new research finds.

Kissing Bugs Are Creeping Into Florida Homes—and They’re Carrying a Dangerous Parasite

A third of kissing bugs collected across the state carried Trypanosoma cruzi, new research finds.

gizmodo.com/kissing-bugs...

Registration and Abstract submission for MPMXXXVI are now open! Abstract submission deadline is June 27th, get yours in quickly. @rmc9z.bsky.social @mjgubbels.bsky.social @omarharb.org
🔗https://www.parasitesrule.com/mpm-xxxvi

Everyone who ever got funding through NIAID should be aware of this bill and start sending messages to their US legislators. The bill intends to dissolve NIAID. This is Project 2025
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...

Protect NIH Research: Advocate for Full Funding As researchers representing universities across the country, the last few weeks have been filled with uncertainty. As you are aware, the Trump administration’s National Institutes of Health (NIH) prop...

Our research community has been under attack. We know how important the research we do is – without it, jobs will be lost, clinical trials will be canceled, and life-saving discoveries will never be made.  Please spread the word and sign the letter docs.google.com/forms/d/1Agz...

Congratulations Ira!!

Sign the Petition Petition to Reverse the NIH Indirect Cost Cap (NOT-OD-25-068)

Petition to Reverse the NIH Indirect Cost Cap initiated by Tom Maniatis. Please amplify
Sign the Petition: chng.it/kK2HMP5pGk
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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
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Observatório Chagas Observatório Chagas

Last month we launched the Chagas Observatory—a new tool developed by @coalicionchagas.bsky.social, @worldheart.org, and DNDi, to monitor #ChagasDisease, one of the world’s most neglected diseases.

👉 Learn more here www.observatoriochagas.com