Geoff McFadden @fad1.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Grad student Sarah Farrell wrote this review about a novel approach to malaria control that drugs mosquitoes instead of the people. We believe it will be a cheap and useful disease control strategy. She paints her own figures, and they are gorgeous. url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/cyiICWLJMv... 220
Reposted by Geoff McFaddenMelanie Bonhivers @mbonhivers.bsky.social · 12/06/2026The CNRS has opened a Junior Professor Chair (CPJ) call in Parasitology, and the Microbiologie Fondamentale et Pathogénicité (MFP, Bordeaux) laboratory is among the potential host institutions. More information: www.insb.cnrs.fr/fr/cnrsinfo/... #Parasitology #Protozoology #ResearchJobs #CNRSinsb.cnrs.frJunior Professor Chairs (CPJ) 2026 – CNRS BiologyCNRS Biology is recruiting researchers through its Junior Professor Chair (CPJ) program, subject to final approval by the French Ministry of Higher Ed 1813
Geoff McFadden @fad1.bsky.social · 07/06/2026Today 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. 37932
Geoff McFadden @fad1.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Jess Home gave her PhD oration on malaria parasite drug resistance yesterday and nailed it of course. Afterwards we went for drinks. 🍷 140
Geoff McFadden @fad1.bsky.social · 26/05/2026Great skiing and snowboarding and a short drive from the Chartreuse distillery. Sounds like a fun option. 010
Geoff McFadden @fad1.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Meanwhile, its autumn down under. Tupelo tree imported from North America. There are almost no deciduous trees in Australia and most of the ones that lose their leaves do it in the dry season to avoid desiccation not the cold. 040
Geoff McFadden @fad1.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Popped into my local Data Centre. A helpful person there helped me find the data I wanted.They explained that I could take the data home for as long as I wanted but please bring it back so someone else can use it too. Apparently this person is paid by the city to curate the data. Amazing innovation. 0101
Geoff McFadden @fad1.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Passed 2k emails unread. The sky hasn’t fallen. No lightning bolts frizzling me from on high. I still have a job. I have found you get a lot less email if you don’t reply 🙄 120
Geoff McFadden @fad1.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Bit of summer evening malariology at a rooftop bar downtown. 020
Geoff McFadden @fad1.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Cuckoo wasp from SE Australia. Lays her eggs in the larvae of mud daub wasps, which become food for the hatching cuckoo wasp larvae. Remarkably beautiful little insect, and I’m pretty happy with this iPhone shot as she is only 10mm long. 0100
Geoff McFadden @fad1.bsky.social · 18/02/2026My immunology friends use our malaria parasite sporozoites to study the immune system's response to infection. The papers have titles I can barely understand, appearing to be in foreign language. Nice work. "γδ T cell-derived IL-4 initiates CD8+ T cell immunity" www.doherty.edu.au/articles/fro...doherty.edu.auFrom flicker to flame: How gd T cells spark long-lasting immune protection to Malaria - Doherty InstituteDiscover how γδ T cells ignite long‑lasting immune protection against malaria, revealing their unique role at the crossroads of innate and adaptive immunity and opening new avenues for future vaccine ... 050
Geoff McFadden @fad1.bsky.social · 31/01/2026Such a lovely meeting for science, community, and sweet location. 020
Reposted by Geoff McFaddenSheinerLab @sheinerlab.bsky.social · 30/01/2026If you are a committed scientist who wishes to work with Toxoplasma or with organelles (or both!!) - come work with us: www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research... 053
Geoff McFadden @fad1.bsky.social · 16/12/2025“Every AI ever built has an electromagnetic shotgun wired to its forehead”. William Gibson in his multi-award-winning Neuromancer, 1984. Reread it 41 years on & there’s some spooky foresight by a remarkable future gazer. Fun part is he didn’t foresee wifi. People tote cables & dongles to ‘jack in’. 110
Geoff McFadden @fad1.bsky.social · 15/12/2025It’s not every day that a Nobel Laureate drops in for an update on your lab’s work. Liz Blackburn co-discovered telomeres and still asks hard questions. 1160
Reposted by Geoff McFaddenTea Tomita @teagondii.bsky.social · 17/09/2025[We are Hiring!] The Weiss Lab at Albert Einstein College of Medicine (NY) is hiring a Postdoc Scientist to explore the Toxoplasma gondii cyst wall using XL-MS, Split TurboID, & U-ExM. This project aims to unlock new strategies for treating toxoplasmosis. DM for more info! 074
Reposted by Geoff McFaddenTrends in Parasitology @cp-trendsparasitol.bsky.social · 07/08/2025Our 2025 August issue bit.ly/2N9R8Es reviews Trypanosoma cruzi cAMP compartments, Plasmodium apicoplast transportome, malaria transmission-blocking solutions, microbe-based mosquito control, miRNA-based cystic echinococcosis management, East Coast fever mRNA vaccines, & more 373
Geoff McFadden @fad1.bsky.social · 03/08/2025My time on Moku O Lo’e is almost at an end. The coral spawning was not very successful. Only three of our 40 colonies spawned. Anyway, had a gorgeous visit and the surf was epic for 2.5 weeks. Biggest waves I’ve ridden in years. And that tsunami evacuation night was one to remember. 020
Reposted by Geoff McFaddenSCNAT @scnat.ch · 23/07/2025🧪 The #RigiWorkshop is back - Apply now for 3 days of cell #biology in the Swiss Alps! Our guest speakers include @dudinlab.bsky.social, @michaelraissig.bsky.social, @annikaguse.bsky.social, @gautamdey.bsky.social & @jandevries.bsky.social. Details here 👉 biol.scnat.ch/rigiworkshop26 1147
Geoff McFadden @fad1.bsky.social · 18/07/2025Touring the Pacific researching my book on the origin & evolution of Life. Last stop was in Palau 🇵🇼 to see this photosynthetic jellyfish in Ongeim'l Tketau seawater lake. They don’t sting and exist entirely through the food from their pink/brown algal symbionts. They swim to stay in the sunlight. 1314
Reposted by Geoff McFaddenTrends in Parasitology @cp-trendsparasitol.bsky.social · 11/07/2025Drs @mlwilde.bsky.social Sarah Farrell, Christopher Goodman & @fad1.bsky.social review novel techniques for disrupting #malaria #transmission. #Plasmodium #Mosquito #GeneDrive #Paratransgenesis authors.elsevier.com/a/1lPdi_XTJP... 033
Reposted by Geoff McFaddenAustralian Academy of Science @science.org.au · 19/06/2025Hi BlueSky! We are looking forward to sharing updates, insights and sparking conversations about science in Australia and beyond. And we are always open to your ideas and feedback. 📸 The Shine Dome, Canberra, beneath a blue sky. 😉 2379
Reposted by Geoff McFaddenBen Liffner @benliffner.bsky.social · 16/06/2025Come and join our team! We currently have two PhD scholarships between Danny Wilson and myself We are a supportive, productive, and inclusive research group studying parasite cell biology @ The University of Adelaide in beautiful South Australia scholarships.adelaide.edu.au/Scholarships... 033
Geoff McFadden @fad1.bsky.social · 11/06/2025Poisonous mushrooms are in the news in Australia right now. This lovely Amanita muscaria is fruiting out front of the Botany building. 150
Reposted by Geoff McFaddenBrian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 10/06/2025You’re probably why it takes so long for your paper to get reviewed and your excuses are bad dynamicecology.wordpress.com/2025/06/10/y... 🧪dynamicecology.wordpress.comYou’re probably why it takes so long for your paper to get reviewed and your excuses are badA weird thing happened in scientific publishing during COVID. And it hasn’t gone away. Publications went up 30-50%. And responses to requests to review went down 30-50%. I know the actual statistic… 75222
Geoff McFadden @fad1.bsky.social · 08/06/2025We are developing a simple, very cheap, low tech way to reduce malaria transmission. Instead of giving the antimalarials to people, we give them to the mosquitoes that spread the parasite. How do we drug a mosquito? Read on. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comIdentifying antimalarials that disrupt malaria parasite transmission when fed to the mosquitoA decade-long decline in malaria cases has plateaued, primarily due to parasite drug resistance and mosquito resistance to insecticides used in bed ne… 1209
Reposted by Geoff McFaddensturalph.bsky.social @sturalph.bsky.social · 22/05/2025Congratulations Sophie Collier on a fantastic presentation on organelle inheritance in malaria parasites at BioMalPar. Lovely lattice light sheet imaging with @niallgeoghegan.bsky.social #EMBLMalaria @events.embl.org @fad1.bsky.social 0112
Geoff McFadden @fad1.bsky.social · 20/05/2025@sturalph.bsky.social giving the laudatio for Dominique who receives the Lifetime Achievement Award for malariology at BioMalPar. #EMBLMalaria 1244
Geoff McFadden @fad1.bsky.social · 16/05/2025Review of apicoplast targeting malaria drugs by PhD student Jess Home. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comResistance to apicoplast translational inhibitors in PlasmodiumThe spread of drug-resistant Plasmodium threatens malaria control efforts. Thus, understanding the mechanisms of resistance is crucial for implementin… 172
Geoff McFadden @fad1.bsky.social · 11/05/2025When you don’t let the sticks dry out enough before making them into a fence, or were they hedging their bets? 150
Geoff McFadden @fad1.bsky.social · 06/05/2025How cool is it that Australia did this? www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...theguardian.com‘World’s largest’ electric ship measuring 130 metres launched by Tasmanian boatbuilderManufacturer Incat built Hull 096 to run between Buenos Aires and Uruguay, dubbing it the ‘most complex’ project it has ever undertaken 001
Geoff McFadden @fad1.bsky.social · 30/04/2025Please consider. An excellent cause to commemorate a great guy. 052
Geoff McFadden @fad1.bsky.social · 29/04/2025So I got a cat, first one ever. Her name is Bob and she’s a rescue. Very affectionate and curious. I get why people like them despite always being a fan of Kipling’s “The cat that walked by himself”. 151
Geoff McFadden @fad1.bsky.social · 29/04/2025Autumn is here and the Otway Coast is gorgeous as always. 120
Geoff McFadden @fad1.bsky.social · 06/04/2025Will journals never wake up to the fact that it is rude to send “review pending” emails on Sunday? Sure, I get that it’s Saturday in the US yet Sunday here because of the dateline, but surely someone could program the system to know that my email ends in .au and delay it till my Monday morning. 171
Reposted by Geoff McFaddenSteven Gawoski @stevengawoski.bsky.social · 04/04/2025Blue Gift 9/2016 13 X 13 inches [33 X 33 cm] Colored Pencil on Paper #sciart #gawoski #plankton 17211
Geoff McFadden @fad1.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Flexed off for the afternoon to celebrate 67 laps around the sun. A warm 32oC autumn day helped. 4180
Reposted by Geoff McFaddenehehenberger.bsky.social @ehehenberger.bsky.social · 12/03/2025PhD position available in Ceske Budejovice (Czechia), funded by ERC KLEPTOS, to study plastid endosymbiosis in kleptoplastidic protists. Are you curious about this process and do you like sampling/cultivation of protists? Join our team by applying here: jobs.bc.cas.cz/en/detail/243 #protistsonsky 04041
Reposted by Geoff McFaddenMike Haydon 🌱 🌾 🧬 ⏰ @hikemaydon.bsky.social · 12/03/2025I'm looking for a postdoc to work for 3 years on the function of #circadian clock proteins in wheat. I also have a full-funded PhD opportunity. #plantscience Postdoc applications close on 2 April. jobs.unimelb.edu.au/en/job/91954...jobs.unimelb.edu.auDetails : Research Fellow in Plant Biochemistry : The University of MelbourneCareers at The University of Melbourne 02330
Geoff McFadden @fad1.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Trust and respect take time to earn. They can be lost quickly and then take a very long time to regain. 020
Geoff McFadden @fad1.bsky.social · 31/01/2025Koalas live in the trees on my block at the Otway coast. This one was enjoying new growth low down in a manna gum by the back door. 0100
Geoff McFadden @fad1.bsky.social · 25/01/2025 Plastids & mitochondria arose from separate endosymbioses of prokaryotes.Their prokaryotic ancestry makes them susceptible to antibiotics. Antibiotics kill pathogenic protists by targeting their plastids or mitochondria. Here we review the lop sided inheritance. journals.plos.org/plospathogen...journals.plos.orgModes and mechanisms for the inheritance of mitochondria and plastids in pathogenic protistsPathogenic protists are responsible for many diseases that significantly impact human and animal health across the globe. Almost all protists possess mitochondria or mitochondrion-related organelles, ... 0175
