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Dr. Mattie Christine Pawlowic

@goldenpipette.bsky.social

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Principal Investigator, Sir Henry Dale Fellow, new mom. My lab studies #Cryptosporidium biochemistry and drug discovery at the University of Dundee. She/Her

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Dr. Mattie Christine Pawlowic @goldenpipette.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Incredibly proud to share that our work on Cryptosporidium Oocyst Wall Proteins is published in @PLOSPathogens journals.plos.org/plospathogen... Led by previous PhD student @BacchettiRoss and carried on by current PhD student, Sarah Stevens.

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Cryptosporidium oocyst wall proteins are true components of the oocyst wall and COWP8 is not required for parasite transmission

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...

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...

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...