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Can we reconstruct ancient pathogen genomes from animal remains? Can paleopathology help prioritize promising specimens? Our new paper demonstrates this by screening more than 300 specimens from across Eurasia over the past 6,000 years. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
📢 Voices in Infection Biology
Join us next week for a talk by @kimingeneva.bsky.social on the pathogenesis of Enterococcus faecalis biofilm-associated infection, kindly hosted by @iatsenkolab.bsky.social.
🗓️ June 17
🕓 4 pm
📍 on-site (Berlin)
Talk info: www.mpiib-berlin.mpg.de/events/45939...
Authors investigate ancient DNA from animal remains and identify multiple signatures of ancient zoonotic pathogens. They find ancient pathogen genomics from archaeological animal remains may inform zo...
On April 24 and 25, World Day for Laboratory Animals and World Malaria Day are happening back to back. That's why we want to share four short stories with you about how the Levashina Lab at @mpiib-berlin.mpg.de is reducing and replacing animal testing in malaria research. (1/6)
(4/6) How we breed malaria parasites 🩸
The malaria parasite multiplies inside red blood cells. To obtain parasites for research, we cultivate them in blood cultures using human donor blood.
Du suchst praktische Erfahrung vor dem Berufseinstieg? Dann mach dein #FreiwilligesSozialesJahr in der Wissenschaft am Max-Planck-Institut für Infektionsbiologie #Berlin.
💡 Alle Informationen zu den Rahmenbedingungen und zur Bewerbung findest du hier 👉 www.ijgd.de/inland/fjn
What a great Long Night of Science in #Berlin! Together with the @drfzberlin.bsky.social and numerous volunteers, we presented our research to the public through a diverse program of lab tours, hands-on activities, information booths, lectures, and science slams.
(3/6) How we infect mosquitoes with malaria parasites 🦠
The mosquito takes up malaria parasites while feeding on blood. The parasite multiplies in the mosquito and after two weeks, the mosquito carries several thousand parasites infectious to humans and can transmit malaria through the next bite.
(5/6) How we test the efficacy of malaria vaccine candidates 💉
The efficacy of a vaccine can only be determined through clinical trials in humans. Our test can assess whether a vaccine candidate triggers an immune response that inhibits the function of the malaria parasites to infect human cells.
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(6/6) Read the detailed story on our website: www.mpiib-berlin.mpg.de/2204868/tier...
(2/6) How we feed mosquitoes with blood 🦟
Female mosquitoes need blood to produce their eggs. With our blood-feeding system, we can provide them with blood from human donors instead of animal donors.
