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Kirk Deitsch

@kirkdeitsch.bsky.social
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I am a medical school professor and molecular biologist who studies the intricacies of human malaria parasites.

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fra-florini.bsky.social @fra-florini.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
🚨New paper out 🚨 Excited to see this work from Joe Visone and me published! We dissect the molecular mechanisms behind var2csa transcription and translation. Take a look👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Mechanistic insights into coordinated var transcriptional switching in malaria parasites - The EMBO Journal
The exceptional virulence of the human malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, is attributed to the adhesive properties of infected red blood cells and the parasite’s ability to avoid antibody recogn...
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The EMBO Journal @embojournal.org · 18/03/2026
Mechanistic insights into coordinated var transcriptional switching in malaria parasites @kirkdeitsch.bsky.social and coworkers link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Mechanistic insights into coordinated var transcriptional switching in malaria parasites - The EMBO Journal
The exceptional virulence of the human malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, is attributed to the adhesive properties of infected red blood cells and the parasite’s ability to avoid antibody recogn...
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ParasitesRule @parasitesrule.org · 16/02/2026
🌍 Calling parasitologists from LMICs! Apply for the MPM XXXVII LMIC Travel Award to attend the Molecular Parasitology Meeting in Woods Hole, MA (September 13–17, 2026). Awards include full registration, travel, and accommodation. 🗓️ Deadline: March 1, 2026 🔗 www.parasitesrule.com/mpm-xxxvii/t...
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MPM LMIC award details
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Omar Harb @omarharb.org · 03/10/2025
Help me raise money for mental health care in #Gaza. I will be participating in the #UNRWA #Gaza5k on Oct. 12 in New York. Any amount counts and no amount is too small. Thank you! please repost 🔗https://getinvolved.unrwausa.org/fundraiser/6607956
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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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fra-florini.bsky.social @fra-florini.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Preprint Alert 🚨 Check out the latest piece of work from the @kirkdeitsch.bsky.social lab, where we characterized the sophisticated molecular layers controlling var2csa expression and antigenic variation in P. falciparum
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Kirk Deitsch @kirkdeitsch.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Very happy to congratulate @fra-florini.bsky.social and Joe Visone for the publication of their recent work on antigenic variation by malaria parasites: rdcu.be/emjbn and an earlier version here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1.... Francesca will present some of this work next week at BioMalPar 2025.
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scRNA-seq reveals transcriptional plasticity of var gene expression in Plasmodium falciparum for host immune avoidance
Nature Microbiology - Single-cell transcriptomics revealed that malaria parasites have unexpected flexibility in surface antigen expression, potentially providing parasites with greater adaptive...
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Kirk Deitsch @kirkdeitsch.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Congratulations to the Weill Cornell Malaria group on completing a Marathon Relay to support the NYC Amory. Sweating for fun and a good cause is a great distraction from some of the more troubling current events in our world.
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ParasitesRule @parasitesrule.org · 03/04/2025
The Roland A. Cooper Award was established in 2024 to support parasitologists from endemic areas to attend international parasitology conferences. Your generous contribution, no matter the size, will have an immediate impact. www.socapar.org/home/donate
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Kirk Deitsch @kirkdeitsch.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Beaker made it to the Rally in NEw York.
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Freddy Frischknecht @freddyfrischknecht.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Join the Biology of Parasitism (BoP) course at MBL Woods Hole for an unforgetttable summer of science and fun, meet wonderful teachers and make friends for life: www.mbl.edu/education/ad...
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