Dr Ellen Knuepfer

Here is hoping that been given a new opportunity, finally, the courage is there within the directive of the Royal Society to do the right thing.

It is a stain on a world-leading institution. Would the decision to expel a fellow been more forthcoming if the person wasn’t as rich and politically influential (?still)? Sometimes in life you have to show courage because it is the right thing to do. This is one of these situations!

A reminder that Elon Musk is still a Fellow of the Royal Society. Surely THIS is the point at which he is expelled @royalsociety.org

Well done Bishara!

Happy to share that the #KnuepferLab has initiated change in culture at the #RoyalVeterinaryCollege as the first lab to participate in the lab sustainability challenge, LEAF. Onwards and upwards!

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...

Postdoc position open to investigate chronic Toxoplasma infection!

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Congrats Matts!

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Fantastic discovery. Beautiful work! Well done the whole international team. @parasitematt.bsky.social
When are you coming to the RVC to give a talk now @sam-chamberlain.bsky.social ?

GIMM PhD Programme now open. 17 PhD positions and a few more to come.

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Looking for a fully-funded D. Phil. / Ph.D. studentship in structural biology and vaccinology? Come to join our team. Fully and generously funded by a donation from the Kyner-Field family with full fees at overseas level. Join us!
www.bioch.ox.ac.uk/studentships

Nawsad presented our structure-guided design of RH5top, our latest blood stage-malaria vaccine immunogen, in talk and poster at the Malaria Gordon conference. The culmination of many studies from the lab and collaborators and doing well in pre-clinical testing! More soon.

Please consider applying for a post doc in our lab if you have bioinformatics and wet lab skills, and are interested in parasites!

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The KnuepferLab is hiring!

Our team is looking for a highly motivated, experienced molecular parasitologist to expand our group as a postdoctoral researcher at the RVC.

Follow either link below for more information on the project and the job offer:
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www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMY962/p...

Hear, hear.

Fossils of Mesozoic monotremes are VERY rare so this is a big deal. I'm not aware of other Mesozoic monotreme postcrania. Just jaws/?skull bits and teeth.

Researchers uncover how intestinal parasite Cryptosporidium alters host cells Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have shown that the Cryptosporidium parasite exports a protein into infected intestinal cells, altering the gut environment and enabling the parasite to surv...

Crick researchers have uncovered how the intestinal Cryptosporidium parasite uses a protein to alter its host’s gut environment, enabling the parasite to survive and replicate.

www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-04...

Keep VEuPathDB open-access to all by subscribing today! veupathdb.org/veupathdb/ap...

So important trying to save this critical resource especially as infectious disease biology appears under threat. Credit card payment options to contribute trying to keep Veupathdb alive are almost ready, I hear.

🔥 Open postdoc position in human inflammation-driven control of infection! 🔥
Join me at the University of Geneva, Switzerland this summer as I’m moving my Wellcome-funded research activity to the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine! (1/5)

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Public Statement on Supporting Science for the Benefit of All Citizens TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE We all rely on science. Science gave us the smartphones in our pockets, the navigation systems in our cars, and life-saving medical care. We count on engineers when we drive acr...

“If countries like the US neglect the research base, that would be bad for science, bad for the countries who have thrived on scientific progress, both socially and economically, and bad for the world.”

Adrian Smith, President of the Royal Society

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75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll consider leaving More than 1,600 readers answered our poll; many said they were looking for jobs in Europe and Canada.

We polled Nature readers to ask if they were thinking of leaving the US for jobs abroad. Three-quarters of them (who said they were US-based scientists) said yes. 🧪

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

How disappointing! Again a large and prestigious institution crumbles when it needed to step up and honour its values.

On World Pangolin Day 2025, we celebrate the incredible story of hope and freedom as we witness the moment a rescued pangolin returns to the wild. After a long and difficult journey of rehabilitation, this pangolin is finally free to roam its natural habitat once again. The release into the wild is not just the end of a journey—it’s the beginning of a new chapter for this precious creature. It’s a symbol of all the efforts made to protect and preserve species on the brink of extinction. The wild is where this pangolin belongs, and every release like this brings us one step closer to a world where pangolins and other endangered animals can thrive once again. But this moment of freedom is bittersweet—while we’re filled with joy to see the pangolin return home, we know that the fight for its survival continues. Every pangolin released is a reminder of how fragile life is and how much work remains to protect the future of wildlife. Let’s come together to ensure that these magnificent creatures have a safe place to call home. Every small action can make a world of difference. World Pangolin Day 2025

Happy World Pangolin day

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The papers from Jenna Oberstaller and Brendan Elsworth use the piggy-bac transposing system to work out which of P. knowlesi’s 5000 genes are essential for blood stage growth - providing a treasure trove of data for the field to now exploit!