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Moritz Treeck

@moritztreeck.bsky.social
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Cell Biology of Host-Pathogen interaction @work (www.gimm.pt) in Oeiras/Lisbon ; enjoying sun and sea in Portugal when not @work www.treecklab.org gimm.pt/lab/moritz-treeck-lab

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Marco Fumasoni @marcofumasoni.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
🗞️ New preprint from the lab, led by our postdoc Ana Garoña (not on here) in collab with @andreagiometto.bsky.social: “Experimental evolution of cellular miniaturization reveals a mechanism for cell size evolution”, aka: “honey, we shrank the yeasts!” 🎥 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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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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Moritz Treeck @moritztreeck.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
David Jones PhD manuscript on how mild heat stress (experienced during fever episodes in most malaria infections)changes the cytoadhesion behavior of parasite infected red blood cells is now online and reviewed in eLife. elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...
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Physiological febrile heat stress increases cytoadhesion through increased protein trafficking of Plasmodium falciparum surface proteins into the red blood cell
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Hugo Belda @hbelda.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Better late than never, but I am thrilled to share our newest research from the Treeck lab!!! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The fast-evolving FIKK kinase family of Plasmodium falciparum can be inhibited by a single compound - Nature Microbiology
FIKK effector kinases underwent rapid evolutionary expansion and are a druggable target in Plasmodium falciparum.
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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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Nonia Pariente @npariente.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Excellent and thought-provoking. A highly recommended read
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Moritz Treeck @moritztreeck.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Really cool work! Congrats all!
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Moritz Treeck @moritztreeck.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
GIMM PhD Programme now open. 17 PhD positions and a few more to come. gimm.pt/course/phd-p...
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GIMM PhD Studentships 2025 – GIMMGIMM PhD Studentships 2025 – GIMM
Thank you very much for your generous donation and for sharing your testimony.We hope to more people feel inspired to join this mission of discovery and innovation!
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Moritz Treeck @moritztreeck.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
This is SO important!
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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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Moritz Treeck @moritztreeck.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
A common virulence factor that protects Toxoplasma (and probably related parasites) from clearance in genetically diverse murine hosts. A heroic CRISPR screening effort from @fratorelli.bsky.social with some help from colleagues. Thanks to anonymous reviewers for some good suggestions. 1/2
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Moritz Treeck @moritztreeck.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Open call for 3 Group Leader Positions at the newly formed GIMM in Lisbon! Strong core facilites, Science across many disciplines + Sunshine, Beaches and the Atlantic. Link to call here gimm.pt/jobs/open-ca...
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Karina Xavier Lab @karinaxavierlab.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Symbnet PhD Summer School on Host-Microbe Symbioses - Oeiras Portugal. Students from all over the world are eligible, we sponsor selected students. Please Repost! gimm.idloom.events/phd-summer-s...
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PhD Summer School on Host-Microbe Symbioses 2025
Symbnet PhD Summer School on Host-Microbe Symbioses Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine (GIMM) & Católica Biomedical Research Centre (CBR) July 06...
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Georgia Walton @drgeorgiawalton.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
I am beyond excited to share that you can now apply to observe a @wellcometrust.bsky.social #DiscoveryResearch shortlisting Committee! If you plan to apply to us in the next 2 years, apply to be an Observer now to better understand what happens once you click submit! wellcome.org/grant-fundin...
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Apply to observe a Wellcome funding advisory committee | Prepare to Apply | Wellcome
Find out how to observe a Wellcome funding advisory committee. Researchers who are considering applying for Wellcome funding in the next two years can apply to observe a shortlisting committee.
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Karina Xavier Lab @karinaxavierlab.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Host-Microbe Symbioses- Our favorite summer school is back! Help us spread the word!
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Moritz Treeck @moritztreeck.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Very happy for bluesky-less David Anaguano from the lab for being offered a Marie-Sklodowska-Curie fellowship! Well done!
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Theo Sanderson @theo.io · 22/01/2025
🎺 PhD studentship available at @lshtm.bsky.social and RVC! @influenzal.bsky.social and I are advertising for a project to investigate the unexpected phenomenon that mutagenic antiviral drugs can give rise to viruses with hundreds of mutations which are still viable. 🧵 www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/fees-a...
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2025-26 Bloomsbury Colleges PhD Studentships | LSHTM
The Bloomsbury Colleges group was set up in 2004 and consists of five institutions: Birkbeck, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), the Royal Veterinary College (RVC), the School of Or...
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Luisa Figueiredo @luisamfigueiredo.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Have you finished your #PhD and are interested in exploring how #parasites cross the vasculature to colonize tissues? Do you fancy catching some #waves in the Atlantic? Or eating grilled fish by the beach? Join us in #Lisbon at GIMM, where science meets quality of life. @parasitesrule.bsky.social
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EMBL Events @events.embl.org · 16/12/2024
🦟🌍 Join us for the 21st edition of #EMBLMalaria as we strengthen partnerships, share insights, and drive innovations to combat malaria's toll and advance global health. 📅 20 – 22 May 2025 📍 EMBL Heidelberg and Virtual 📝 Submit abstract by 25 Feb 👉🏻 s.embl.org/bmp25-01-bl #malaria #epidemiology
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Moritz Treeck @moritztreeck.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Credit goes to the fabolous current and past lab members @fratorelli.bsky.social, Diogo da Fonseca, @simon-butterworth.bsky.social and @youngtoxolab.bsky.social
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Moritz Treeck @moritztreeck.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
The hypothesis for this work was formed when we expectedly observed some Toxoplasma mutants with known fitness defects not showing defects in in vivo CRISPR screens. The results indicate that CRISPR screens can miss important virulence factors through paracine effects that function in the host.
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Moritz Treeck @moritztreeck.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Congrats to Catarina Rosa in the lab for securing an EMBO fellowship! Perfect timing for the xmas party with my amazing, creative team! We are looking forward to a new year full of exciting host-pathogen biology discoveries (whilst enjoying life)!
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Moritz Treeck @moritztreeck.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
See you next year, and don't forget your mug folks!
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Moritz Treeck @moritztreeck.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Congrats Bishara and team @saterialelab.bsky.social to this wonderful piece of work! Essential read for all those that have not heard about it yet and are interested in host-pathogen interaction.
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Wellcome Trust @wellcometrust.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Are you looking for fungi funding? 🍄 We’re offering up to £3 million per award to research how fungi adapt to their environment. Understanding this could have powerful benefits for human life and health. Apply by 28 January ⤵️ wellcome.org/grant-fundin...
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Fungal adaptation | Grant Funding | Wellcome
This award will fund research on the mechanisms and triggers for fungal adaptation. Find out eligibility, what's in scope and how to apply.
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Moritz Treeck @moritztreeck.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Join us!
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Sateriale Lab @saterialelab.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Cryptosporidium is an important public health threat, and it deserves better genetic tools to study it! Here we’ve developed a targeted in vivo CRISPR genetic screen to identify parasite genes required for survival and virulence… www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Moritz Treeck @moritztreeck.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
About 1 week to go!
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Mohamed-Ali HAKIMI @hakimi.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
go.bsky.app/7Zt4maR welcome to @omarharb.bsky.social @atheaslip.bsky.social @apicolipid.bsky.social @garrizabalaga.bsky.social To all colleagues I may have overlooked, feel free to ask to be added.
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Theo Sanderson @theo.io · 12/11/2024
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Abhinay Ramaprasad @abhinay.bsky.social · 09/11/2024
Trying to find my way around here. Have created a starter pack for parasitologists. Join, connect and spread the word! go.bsky.app/5UiPsYr
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Moritz Treeck @moritztreeck.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
@ERC funded postdoc position in our lab! We are looking for an enthusiastic recent, or soon to be, PhD holder to join our team to study atypical parasite kinases and how they contribute to severe human Malaria. long-term funding gimm.pt/jobs/postdoc... www.treecklab.org
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Postdoctoral Researcher – GimmPostdoctoral Researcher – Gimm
Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine (GIMM) opens a call for one research fellowship under the project “VirulenceControl — ERC-2021-COG” with the funding support from “Horizon 2020 – European Commission”.
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Moritz Treeck @moritztreeck.bsky.social · 13/12/2023
Very elegant study from Ali Hakimi's lab on the in vitro generation of the cat infecting stage of Toxoplasma. Outstanding pairing of genetics and biochemistry and super cool new datasets for the field to dive into to unravel the biology of this hidden parasite stage. 👏
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Moritz Treeck @moritztreeck.bsky.social · 28/11/2023
We now officially have two essential ingredients going for success in our new home in Lisbon: cell culture and viva parties.
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Moritz Treeck @moritztreeck.bsky.social · 02/11/2023
Great programme for African scientist! Keep your eyes peeled for more opportunities @thecrick.bsky.social Crick African Network. We believe the structure is a great opportunity for the fellows and mentors to learn and work together. It's been a huge pleasure to be involved vimeo.com/874847975/39...
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