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ASTMH @astmh.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Call for Late-Breaker Abstracts. Submission deadline: July 29. We encourage submissions of both traditional content and late-breaking findings, due to uncertainties around research continuity & funding during the early submission deadline in April. tinyurl.com/yc56yemt

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LabEx ParaFrap @parafrap.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

📢 Next Webinar - June 11 Join us for a talk by Jose-Juan LOPEZ-RUBIO on: 🔬 "Subtelomeric Noncoding Elements in Genome Regulation in Plasmodium falciparum" 📅 Date: June 11 🔗 Register here: labex-parafrap.fr/en/conferenc...

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Geoff McFadden @fad1.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Today marks 30 years since we identified the apicoplast, a relict plastid in human and animal parasites (PMID 8632819). Apicoplasts are the target of the widely used antimalarial prophylactic doxycycline, which has saved many thousands of malaria infections.

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Erin Sauve @erinsauve.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Find a doctor who listens, it matters! If I hadn’t found a doctor who listened and ran the right tests to find my diagnosis of pernicious anemia, I’m convinced my quality of life would have never improved.

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MESA - the malaria knowledge hub @mesamalaria.org · 16/03/2026

🚀 Launch of the third edition of the WHO Malaria Terminology 2025 ✨ 🔬 Updated, standardized definitions to support surveillance, elimination, research, and programme implementation 🔗 Explore it and align your work with the latest global standards 👉 shorturl.at/NugVu

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mara lawniczak @marakat.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

new reference genomes for Plasmodium ovale wallikeri and Plasmodium malariae (& Pf too) direct from blood taken from children carrying these parasites -- this was done with as little as 2 ng of DNA. all sorts of craziness going on in the subtelomeric regions ...

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Malariology @ ITM @itmmalaria.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Host genetics affect #plasmodiumfalciparum #gametocytedevelopment. Our new preprint shows that sexual conversion is higher in erythrocytes with #hemoglobin AS and AC.🦠🩸Check it out! @itmantwerp.bsky.social, CRUN (Burkina Faso), @cortesmalaria.bsky.social & Guy Caljon's lab.

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Malariology @ ITM @itmmalaria.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

New preprint out! We made a #Plasmodium knowlesi A1-H.1 #transcriptome time course for asexual blood stages🩸. tinyurl.com/mwd9b8vx 👩‍💻Webtool to compare temporal expression to P. vivax: tinyurl.com/bdz2ndsj @itmantwerp.bsky.social @eknuepfer.bsky.social @cortesmalaria.bsky.social

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Erin Sauve @erinsauve.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

So sad to hear of Sir Nick White’s passing. It was so lovely to meet him at ITM last year and I will cherish our chats about P. vivax.

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Thomas Kesteman🦠🧫🔬🌏 @tomk.eurosky.social · 02/02/2026

😰 Professor Sir Nicholas (aka Nick) White passed away yesterday 🪦 - an amazing @ox.ac.uk @tropicalmedicine.ox.ac.uk scientist, a mentor to many of us, and quite a merrymaker actually... only to cite a few reasons to miss him 💔

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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

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MESA - the malaria knowledge hub @mesamalaria.org · 21/01/2026

📢 Call for Applications: African STARS Fellowships 2026 👉 For young African scientists (≤35 y/o) Fully funded training in genomics, diagnostics, vaccines & biotech 🎓 Hosted by CERI & Center for Africa’s Resilience to Epidemics (CARE) ⏰ Deadline: 31 Jan 2026 🔗 shorturl.at/2AkDL

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MESA - the malaria knowledge hub @mesamalaria.org · 05/01/2026

📢 #GHITFund Call for Applications: Screening Platform 🧪 Support the identification of novel compounds for malaria, tuberculosis, and selected NTDs 🔓 Access Japanese compound libraries and screening technologies ⏰ Submission deadline: Jan 9, 2026 🔗 shorturl.at/aBw3c

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MESA - the malaria knowledge hub @mesamalaria.org · 03/01/2026

🔔 Would you like to easily keep track of upcoming malaria conferences? 📋 We have gathered malaria-related conferences taking place in 2026 📅 Regularly updated as new events are announced 🔗‍️ shorturl.at/IYa8Q 📬 Subscribe to the MESA monthly newsletter (link in bio!)

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Elisabeth Bik @elisabethbik.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

So cute: @flightradar24.com is showing the XMS to XMS flight, the SLE1.

Map of the US with the ‘flight’ of Santa’s sleigh as a red line.

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WHO @who.int · 24/12/2025

✅ 2025: Victories for disease control! The world scored major victories for disease control and elimination. 🥳 Maldives became the first country to achieve “triple elimination” of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B. 🥳 Burundi, Egypt and Fiji eliminated trachoma.

Maldives became the first country to achieve “triple elimination” of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B.
Burundi, Egypt and Fiji eliminated trachoma.
Guinea and Kenya eliminated sleeping sickness.
Niger became the first African country to eliminate river blindness.
Georgia, Suriname and Timor-Leste were certified malaria-free.

🥳 Brazil eliminated mother-to-child transmission of #HIV.

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Teresa Lee @snickclunk.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

📽️Please allow us to present our latest Lee lab production: Holding lab equipment like men hold their fish 🪝🐟 Is it just us, or do y'all also get unreasonably attached to your favorite tools of the trade?? (all credit to @kcs-umasslowell.bsky.social for giving us this idea for a REEL good time🎣)

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Vera Kühne @verakuehne.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Today at the BSPP meeting we @itmmalaria.bsky.social officially launched our call for a BENELUX Malaria Center. Are you a researcher from the BENELUX area working on malaria interested to connect in a yearly meeting ? 📋 sign up forms.cloud.microsoft/e/vZJ5cLGhT2

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Erin Sauve @erinsauve.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Our latest publication is featured! If you’re interested in optimized malaria sample collection and processing protocols for transcriptomics in the field, check it out!

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WHO @who.int · 07/12/2025

Despite growing threats, global #malaria efforts have prevented an estimated 170M cases and 1M deaths in 2024. WHO calls on endemic countries to lead the response and for partners to enable them in their commitment to #EndMalaria 👉 bit.ly/3Y6IcXn

Graphic showing 80 location pin icons representing malaria-endemic countries. Twenty-four of the pins are highlighted in green to show the countries that now report fewer than 10 cases a year. Text reads: “Of the 80 malaria-endemic countries, 24 now report fewer than 10 cases a year."

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Ross Waller @rosswaller.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Excited to release the Herculean efforts of @scottchisholm.bsky.social &Co. defining the subcellular #hyperLOPIT spatial proteome of #Plasmodium schizonts. Proteomes defining 24 subcellular niches, including exported compartments in the blood cell, are identified. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Cats with Jobs ⚒️ @catworkers.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

An important piece of lab equipment (sleeping ginger cat). 📸 daishimae animal hospital

A ginger cat sleeping on a lab table inside an animal hospital next to piece of equipment.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Between the 1910s and 1980s malaria and hookworm went from being rampant to virtually eradicated. Yes, I’m talking about the United States. That’s what concerted, intelligent, public health programmes can do.

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Petra Korlević @petrathepostdoc.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

ANNOYED at the ~news~ so will post this #SciArt again!

poster with 6 white boxes on a purple/grey background.
the test above in white says IN THIS LAB WE BELIEVE
boxes upper left to bottom right:
- text SCIENCE is real, a scientist in a blue labcoar holds a flask with teal liquid with an orange microbe above their head, while a round earth circles around them
- text LOVE is love, two stickfigures are happily write in a pride flag with hearts above them
- text BLACK LIVES matter, three stickfigures hold their fists proudly in the air
- text FEMINISM is for everyone, a stickfigure holds a purple female symbol sign and is wrapped in a purple schal with a trans colors pin
text EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY is cool, a mosquito stands by a series going from single atoms, to blue RNA, to red DNA, to a blue virus, to a red malaria parasite and orange bacteria, to a yellow worm, to a green amoeba, i drew this in a way where the amoeba looks like the mosquito's fart, I'm so sorry amoeba
- text IMMIGRANTS are welcome, a little stickfigure statue of liberty stands tall and proud in between clouds and birds

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knuepferlab.bsky.social @knuepferlab.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

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: lnkd.in/eprgmaE9 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMY962/p...

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 03/05/2025

Story time. Have you ever wondered why the CDC is headquartered in Atlanta? The answer in one word: MALARIA. CDC started to prevent the spread of malaria, so we went where the mosquitoes were. Now, the division that houses our founding mission has an uncertain future. www.cdc.gov/museum/histo...

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Our History - Our Story | David J. Sencer CDC Museum | CDCMinusSASstats

CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention David J. Sencer CDC Museum

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Erin Sauve @erinsauve.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

I have only one word: unfathomable

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Erin Sauve @erinsauve.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

8 years ago I chose Europe and it was the best decision I could have made!

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WHO @who.int · 25/04/2025

It’s #WorldMalariaDay The good news: 2.2 billion #malaria cases and 12.7 million deaths have been averted since 2000. The bad news: after years of steady declines, progress has stalled. bit.ly/MalariaDay2025

Since 2000, 2.2 billion malaria cases and 12.7 million deaths have been averted.

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Malariology @ ITM @itmmalaria.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

In light of #WorldMalariaDay, ITM PhD-student Luis Esteban Cabrera Sosa will present on the current state of malaria epidemiology in the Peruvian Amazon and how molecular surveillance can be a useful tool to overcome the challenges of malaria elimination. Register here! itg.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Image showing the Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp is giving a webinar on April 29th at 4pm CEST on malaria epidemiology in the Peruvian Amazon and how molecular surveillance can be a useful tool to overcome the challenges of malaria elimination. Pictured are ITM-PhD student Luis Esteban Cabrera Sosa and moderator Prof. dr. Anna Rosanas-Urgell.

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Erin Sauve @erinsauve.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Dr. Steven Kho gave a captivating presentation in Session 6 on the splenic biomass in acute clinical Pv cases. No spleen leads to more circulating parasites and lower total biomass. And quantified in patients with a spleen around 88% biomass resides in the spleen and only 12% in circulation!

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Erin Sauve @erinsauve.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

#ICPVR2025 Session 5 ended with 3 amazing turbo talks! Sophia DonVito from Moon lab (robmoon.bsky.social) showed insights gained from using Pk transgenes to investigate the role of PvDBP and RBP2b in invasion.

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Malariology @ ITM @itmmalaria.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Day 2 #ICPvR2025: second poster of @erinsauve.bsky.social about Pv CQ susceptibility in PNG.

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Erin Sauve @erinsauve.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Day 2 of #ICPVR2025. Session 5 begins with Dr. Manoj Duraisingh noting we have some good invasion candidates already, but that the genome tells us there are more! The combination of Pk & Pc models to study Pv antigen inhibition and gene essentiality can be used to identify and test new candidates.

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Erin Sauve @erinsauve.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

For #ICPVR2025 Day 1 Session 4, Kamala Thriemer (@kthriemer.bsky.social) presented the EFFORT study and the latest results showing 7 days of high-dose primaquine or tafenoquine have better antirelapse effectiveness than low-dose primaquine for 14 days! (1/4)

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Erin Sauve @erinsauve.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Dr. Jean Popovici kicked off Session 3 on Day 1 of #ICPVR2025 by sharing the data from his detailed patient follow-up study to better understand relapses and the work towards finding biomarkers to predict them. It looks like erythropoiesis could be the answer! (1/4)

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Erin Sauve @erinsauve.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Session 2 on Day 1 of #ICPVR2025 started with Dr. Tanu Jain from India’s National Center for Vector-borne Disease Control sharing the advancements in the IHP platform for country-wide data and India’s plan for elimination by 2030. (1/3)

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Malariology @ ITM @itmmalaria.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Educate a girl, empower the world! Strong girls, strong world 🌏 #WomenInSTEM #WomeninMalaria

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Erin Sauve @erinsauve.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Thanks everyone for some great discussions today at my poster about single-cell sequencing. Come find me tomorrow to talk about P. vivax and CQ resistance in PNG!

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Erin Sauve @erinsauve.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Dr. Manju Rahu the Director of ICMR Vector Control Research Centre kicked off the #ICPVR2025 conference inaugural session by welcoming us and reminding us that it’s going to be a fruitful few days with some of the smartest minds in malaria research in the room. (1/3)

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Erin Sauve @erinsauve.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Getting ready for the ICPvR conference in Puducherry, India. Get ready to follow along if you love P. vivax malaria research!

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Erin Sauve @erinsauve.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

A butterfly shaped shell and a blue sky found on the beach in Puducherry, India. 🐚🦋 Perfect for my first post on Bluesky!

Butterfly shaped shell in a hand on the beach in India

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