📣 Open postdoc position in my lab to investigate how Toxoplasma acquires nutrients. Join me at the University of Edinburgh. Closing date 14th August. More details below ⬇️
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We are looking for a talented and enthusiastic Postdoctoral researcher to join the Maclean lab to investigate the metabolism of the human parasite Toxoplasma gondii.
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Our Spring meeting starts today in Glasgow! All the best to all those presenting @bspparasitology.bsky.social
SULSA were delighted to help support the Hostbusters: SPPIRITed Away to Roslin via our SULSA Network Support. Co-organised by Megan Sloan from the Uni of Glasgow alongside colleagues from Uni of Edinburgh, Uni of Dundee and UWS you can learn a bit more about the network event below! 🤝
Incredibly proud to share that our work on Cryptosporidium Oocyst Wall Proteins is published in
@PLOSPathogens
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Led by previous PhD student
@BacchettiRoss
and carried on by current PhD student, Sarah Stevens.
🆕 | Sii's Dr Mariana Ferreira Silva has been awarded a Young Investigator Grant from FAPESP to establish a research group at the University of São Paulo.
The group will investigate how the ubiquitination system contributes to the Toxoplasma gondii life cycle.
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New preprint alert 🔔🎉 We are so happy to share that our latest work “ZFT is the major iron and zinc transporter in Toxoplasma gondii” is now available online! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Andrew Maclean
www.biorxiv.org
Transition metals, such as iron and zinc, are indispensable trace elements for eukaryotic life, acting as co-factors in essential processes ranging from respiration and metabolism to DNA replication. ...
Author summary Infection with Cryptosporidium causes diarrhoea, which can be fatal for malnourished children or people who are immunocompromised. There is no vaccine or effective medicines available t...
