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Abhinay Ramaprasad

@abhinay.bsky.social
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Malaria biologist. Can stitch together some code. MRC Career Development Fellow at School of Infection and Immunity, UofGlasgow @uofgsii.bsky.social. #NewPI. Fuelled by chai. www.parafugelab.com

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Abhinay Ramaprasad @abhinay.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
The caped crusader is here in Glasgow. Traffic cone vandalists, beware! #thebatmanII
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Abhinay Ramaprasad @abhinay.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Dear Grey Place. #glasgow #noB&Wfilter
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Abhinay Ramaprasad @abhinay.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
First scRNAseq data in the lab. I think it's a sign
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EMBO @embo.org · 09/06/2026
Congratulations to Gautam Dey (EMBL) and Omaya Dudin (University of Geneva) for being awarded the EMBO Gold Medal 2026 in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the #LifeSciences in Europe! 🧪 www.embo.org/press-releases/embo-go…
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Abhinay Ramaprasad @abhinay.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
New students in the lab have cute + strong feelings about #malaria
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Paul Sigala @sigalalab.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Happy to announce a new review article by MD/PhD student Kade Loveridge on iron metabolism in #malaria #parasites. @uofubiochem.bsky.social @uuhsresearch.bsky.social @uofutahcihd.bsky.social @parasitesrule.org journals.plos.org/plospathogen...
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Fifty shades of iron: Unorthodox mechanisms of iron acquisition and utilization in blood-stage Plasmodium parasites
Plasmodium falciparum parasites cause severe human malaria and depend on iron for essential metabolic processes during all phases of their complicated lifecycle, including when growing in human red bl...
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University of Glasgow School of Infection & Immunity @uofgsii.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
‪🎥 | WATCH | Dr Kirsty McWilliam (@edinburgh-uni.bsky.social) discusses Genome-wide fitness profiling identifies novel regulators of Trypanosoma brucei life cycle development. The full Centre for Parasitology seminar is available on our YouTube channel now: 📺 youtu.be/vQ8uKc4dACc?...
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knuepferlab.bsky.social @knuepferlab.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
We are hiring! For more information on this 4-year project focussing on the molecular and temporal mechanisms of erythrocyte invasion by Plasmodium knowlesi parasites follow the link below. Exciting work in molecular parasitology and a great team are waiting for you :) jobs.rvc.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
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Job Opportunity at the RVC: Postdoctoral Research Associate
We are looking for an enthusiastic and curiosity-driven Postdoctoral Research Associate to join our friendly, dynamic and growing discovery research group. The postholder will work in Dr Knuepfer’s gr...
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Vikram Bath @vikrambath.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
Y’all might not appreciate it, but it took him 87 moves and 14 hours to get here
King of England on a checkerboard pattern tile floor
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Craig McCormick @craigmccormick.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
Ok, rude.
Email message from the American Society for Microbiology asking whether I’m FINALLY going to publish that manuscript.
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Abhinay Ramaprasad @abhinay.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Season greetings from the ParaFuGe Lab! 🎄❄️
Members of the ParaFuGe lab posing in front of a lighted Xmas tree.Xmas decorations in the lab. Lab member faces doodled on blown up gloves with Santa hats. A small Xmas tree made of pipette tips and eppendorf and PCR tubes painted green.
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University of Glasgow School of Infection & Immunity @uofgsii.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
🎥 | WATCH | Dr Thomas Hollin (@umontpellier.bsky.social) discusses RNA-binding Proteins and Organellar Gene Regulation in Plasmodium falciparum. The full Centre for Parasitology seminar is now available for a limited period on our YouTube channel: 📺 youtu.be/aH9aZAbJaIs?...
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Rory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Is this cheese grater conscious? Many users feel they're talking to a real person. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something.
a cheese grater that, if viewed from the correct angle, appears to have a friendly, stupid face, an example of Pareidolia
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Abhinay Ramaprasad @abhinay.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Coming back from vacation to find that I have been replaced. Lab peeps seemed to have midipreped a new PI.
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
University administration: "We need you to complete 26 hours of lab safety training 🧪 each year so that everyone is safe and responsible." Also university administration:
Stolen from the Internet, a sign that says "If Elevator does not move do a small jump it should move after", and a dirty-white freight elevator wall and aged elevator controls with only floors 1 and 2."

I have no idea where this really is, I just stole it off Wikimedia.
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Dr Joanne Power @hanniepower.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
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! 🦟
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University of Glasgow School of Infection & Immunity @uofgsii.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
🎥 | WATCH | Dr Francesca Florini (@fra-florini.bsky.social | @weillcornell.bsky.social) discusses the immune evasion in malaria using insights from single-cell analysis of Plasmodium falciparum. The full GRiP-ing seminar is now available on our YouTube channel: 📺 youtu.be/bKU2Cfv79K8?...
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bishara marzook @ghostpathogen.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Our paper has finally graduated from pre-print to peer-reviewed, pretty much unscathed, and is out now! www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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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...
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Marketa Novotna @marketanovotna.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
I used inducible CRISPR/Cas9 to make Trypanosoma brucei cell line that allowed me to edit originally muti-copy histone gene. We uncovered a novel role of H4 histone tail in gene regulation. I enjoyed working on this exciting project with @joanarcf.bsky.social, a great mentor. doi.org/10.1038/s414...
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Precision-edited histone tails disrupt polycistronic gene expression controls in trypanosomes - Nature Communications
Transcription in trypanosomatids, such as Trypanosoma brucei, is predominantly polycistronic and involves unconventional RNA polymerase II promoters. This study uses precision gene editing, site-satur...
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University of Glasgow School of Infection & Immunity @uofgsii.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
🎥 | WATCH | Dr Mark Carrington (University of Cambridge) discusses the identification of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense genes that enable resistance to the human trypanolytic lytic factor. The full Parasitology seminar is now available on our YouTube channel. 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2QE...
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Moritz Treeck @moritztreeck.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
What happens when the parasite that causes malaria in humans experiences fever-induced heat stress in its host red blood cell? Check out David Jones' PhD work now on BioRxiv www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Omaya Dudin 𓂆 ¦🍉¦🦠¦🔬¦ @dudinlab.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
90% of you probably don’t need to read this. But maybe some of you are curious & 10% will feel seen. Or a little less alone. This isn’t about seeking sympathy. It’s about sharing something hard to say out loud; partly to heal, partly in case someone needs to hear it too. (1/3) tinyurl.com/DudinO
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Omaya Dudin
Interview with Omaya Dudin, who uses Ichthyosporea as models to study how and why unicellular organisms evolved multicellularity at the University of Geneva.
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University of Glasgow School of Infection & Immunity @uofgsii.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
🎥 WATCH | Dr Natalia de Miguel (@ndemiguel.bsky.social | @intechchascomus.bsky.social) discusses the role of T. vaginalis extracellular vesicles in cell communication. A recording of the GRiP-ing seminar can be viewed on our @uofgsii.bsky.social YouTube channel. 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGOn...
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Moritz Treeck @moritztreeck.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Huge congratulations to @hbelda.bsky.social and David Bradley for their publication on the extraordinarily interesting FIKK kinase family (I am biased) of the malaria causing parasite Plasmodium falciparum. 1/n
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SheinerLab @sheinerlab.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
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! 👇
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University of Glasgow School of Infection & Immunity @uofgsii.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
🎥 | WATCH | Dr Mattie Pawlowic (@goldenpipette.bsky.social) | @dundeeuni.bsky.social) discusses the use of genetics to investigate the Cryptosporidium oocyst. A recording of the full Parasitology seminar can now be viewed on our @uofgsii.bsky.social YouTube channel. 📺 youtu.be/2ZNNtC4ZWps?...
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Dr. Mattie Christine Pawlowic @goldenpipette.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
If you have ever wanted to know "Where is the gut is the parasite?" this pre-print is for you. 🐮 Led by Peyton, with thanks to our wonderful collaborators at @moredunfoundation.bsky.social Frank Katzer, @geordieparasit.bsky.social and EMs by @lemgruber.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Tissue atlas of Cryptosporidium parvum infection reveals contrasts between the natural neonatal calf model and laboratory mouse models
Cryptosporidium is an apicomplexan parasite that causes diarrhoeal disease. The species C. parvum is zoonotic and causes significant morbidity and mortality for both humans and farm animals; most comm...
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Abhinay Ramaprasad @abhinay.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
In case you missed it! www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZNN...
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Glasgow Research in Parasitology (GRiP-ing) seminar | Dr Mattie Pawlowic (University of Dundee)
YouTube video by UofGSii
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Abhinay Ramaprasad @abhinay.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
GRiP-ing talk tomorrow from Natalia de Miguel from Instituto Tecnológico de Chascomús (INTECH), Buenos Aires, Argentina. Join us! 2 pm (GMT) | 3 pm (CET) | 9 am (EDT) Link: uofglasgow.zoom.us/j/8674596707... Passcode: 262806
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Abhinay Ramaprasad @abhinay.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
GRiP-ing Crypto talk tomorrow from Mattie Pawlowic from the University of Dundee. Join us! 2 pm (GMT) | 3 pm (CET) | 9 am (EDT) Link- uofglasgow.zoom.us/j/8172068584... Passcode: 038661
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Abhinay Ramaprasad @abhinay.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
GRiP-ing Crypto talk tomorrow from Mattie Pawlowic from the University of Dundee. Join us! 2 pm (GMT) | 3 pm (CET) | 9 am (EDT) Link- uofglasgow.zoom.us/j/8172068584... Passcode: 038661
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Abhinay Ramaprasad @abhinay.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
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
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Abhinay Ramaprasad @abhinay.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
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
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Abhinay Ramaprasad @abhinay.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Don't miss @reecelab.bsky.social interesting talk on why malaria parasites are crazy sticklers to routines and schedules.
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Heard Island Government @heardislandgov.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
It’s 9am TFT time here, and citizens are already gathering to protest Tariffs by the United States. Our plain clothes Officer Penguins are attempting to maintain calm, but unfortunately we keep losing them in the crowd.
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Abhinay Ramaprasad @abhinay.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
"I don't care if the analysis shows no differential expression. I have to give a talk tomorrow and I want to show these genes are upregulated. Just divide column D by column C and send me the results" www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/b...
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How Are Trump’s Tariff Rates Calculated?
The answer appears to begin with the total trade deficit America runs with its trading partners.
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Abhinay Ramaprasad @abhinay.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
GRIP-ing seminar this Friday from André Schneider from University of Bern. Don't miss it! Link: uofglasgow.zoom.us/j/8255427338... Passcode: 984619
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Sabrina Absalon, Phd @sabsalon.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Ten years of bigger samples, better views mcgovern.mit.edu/2025/03/03/t... Thank you for including our lab's contribution in your remarkable piece about what I believe is the most revolutionary method for studying tiny, fascinating apicomplexans. @benliffner.bsky.social @jvr-lab.bsky.social
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Ten years of bigger samples, better views - MIT McGovern Institute
Nearly 150 years ago, scientists began to imagine how information might flow through the brain based on the shapes of neurons they had seen under the microscopes of the time. With today’s imaging tech...
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Abhinay Ramaprasad @abhinay.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
GRIP-ing seminar this Friday from André Schneider from University of Bern. Don't miss it! Link: uofglasgow.zoom.us/j/8255427338... Passcode: 984619
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Rubayet Elahi @rubayet.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Amid all these turmoil in our lives, a good news! A paper just came online on @emboreports.org. in this paper we describe an essential apicoplast tRNA modifying enzyme. 🧪
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tRNA lysidinylation is essential for the minimal translation system in the Plasmodium falciparum apicoplast | EMBO reports
imageimageThe tRNA isoleucine lysidine synthetase (TilS) catalyzes lysidine modifications at the wobble position of tRNACAU, enabling precise codon discrimination. This study provides the first charac...
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University of Glasgow School of Infection & Immunity @uofgsii.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
🏅 | @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...
Professor Lilach Sheiner pictured in the lab holding the C.A. Wright medal in an open presentation case.
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Abhinay Ramaprasad @abhinay.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
"It's about time" for another GRiPing talk this Friday! We are delighted to have Sarah Reece @reecelab.bsky.social from @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social Link: uofglasgow.zoom.us/j/8825975465... Passcode: 186275
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Abhinay Ramaprasad @abhinay.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
"It's about time" for another GRiPing talk this Friday! We are delighted to have Sarah Reece @reecelab.bsky.social from @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social Link: uofglasgow.zoom.us/j/8825975465... Passcode: 186275
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Andrew Maclean @macleanlab.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Excited to start my lab at the University of Edinburgh studying sulfur metabolism in apicomplexan parasites. Kindly supported by an MRC Career Development Award. Watch this space for job opportunities!
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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 28/02/2025
Your dignity honors the bravery of the Ukrainian people. Be strong, be brave, be fearless. You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy. We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.
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Donald Tusk @donald-tusk.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Dear Volodymyr Zelenskyy, dear Ukrainian friends, you are not alone.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 28/02/2025
Well done for surviving the Trump test, PM. But our true friends are in Europe | Stella Creasy
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Well done for surviving the Trump test, PM. But our true friends are in Europe | Stella Creasy
Keir Starmer seems to have secured a diplomatic coup, however let’s be clear – the president’s view of us remains hostile, says MP Stella Creasy, chair of the Labour Movement for Europe
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Abhinay Ramaprasad @abhinay.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
I try to keep to science here, but this press conference just makes my blood boil. What a disgusting bully. It's time other leaders grow an effing pair and stand up to this piece of.. diplomacy has its limits and it's better to stand for values and dignity for once. #StandWithUkraine
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Abhinay Ramaprasad @abhinay.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Another banger from the Sateriale's with beautiful microscopy from @elena-l-r.bsky.social!
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Abhinay Ramaprasad @abhinay.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
GRiP-ing seminars tomorrow! Our speaker for the day is Cecile Crosnier from University of York. Come, join us!
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