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Seb Besteiro

@s-besteiro.bsky.social
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Trying to understand how wicked parasites get on with their lives, in order to fight them.

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Melissa Hart @melissa-natalie.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Excited about parasites? Love watching movies? Come join our Wellcome-funded project! Parasitology friends, please do share far and wide.
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Amy K @amyklassen.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
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“Science is hard. It requires testing, repeatable results, and peer review.
Pseudoscience is easy. All it needs is imagination, fear, and the absence of scrutiny.”
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Seb Besteiro @s-besteiro.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
🚨 2-year post-doc position available in my lab. More details below. Please repost! acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:...
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Caro Goujon @carogoujon.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
New job offer in the team! If you're an experienced virologist (with a PhD), join us to work on Horizon Europe-funded APPEAL project in the vibrant city of Montpellier, South of France! euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/359640
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Research assistant (postdoc level) in molecular virology, EU-funded project APPEAL (Montpellier, France)
The research assistant with a PhD in molecular virology (RA, 'ingénieur de recherche' in French) will work on the Horizon Europe-funded APPEAL project involving 13 partners from 6 countries, including...
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veupathdb.org @veupathdb.org · 02/06/2025
Make open access to tools and data part of your annual giving by making a tax deductible donation to @veupathdb.org. 💙This resource simplifies and supercharges global infectious disease research. Need more reasons to support VEuPathDB? Here's a short list: veupathdb.org/veupathdb/ap...
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EMBO @embo.org · 28/05/2025
Explore breakthroughs in #HostParasite interactions, #pathogenesis and more at EMBO Workshop "Host-parasite relationship: From mechanisms to control strategies" in Embiez, France, 5–8 October Deadline: 15 July meetings.embo.org/event/25-hos... #EMBOhostParasite #MolecularBiology #EMBOevents 🧪
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Host-parasite relationship: From mechanisms to control strategies
Parasitic infections remain a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. The vast majority of parasitic infections in humans and domestic animals can be attributed to protozoan pathogens, incl…
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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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Freddy Frischknecht @freddyfrischknecht.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Come join us for an exciting @embo.org meeting in an enchanting location near Marseille
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veupathdb.org @veupathdb.org · 21/04/2025
Keep VEuPathDB open-access to all by subscribing today! veupathdb.org/veupathdb/ap...
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Eva Frickel @frickellab.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
🔥 Open postdoc position in human inflammation-driven control of infection! 🔥 Join me at the University of Geneva, Switzerland this summer as I’m moving my Wellcome-funded research activity to the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine! (1/5) Please share!
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Nonia Pariente @npariente.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Important advice from the great Peter Hotez on how to navigate a bioscience career in the US in the current climate "your biosciences PhD gives you the problem-solving skills to navigate this maelstrom, especially if you maintain flexibility, optimism, and enthusiasm for uncharted paths" 🧪
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Seb Besteiro @s-besteiro.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
I finally found the time to write a short piece on ATG8ylation of the apicoplast. You may want to check it out here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #autophagy #ATG8ylation #apicoplast
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Keeping your endosymbiont under control: the enigmatic plastid membrane ATG8ylation in Apicomplexa parasites
ATG8ylation of membranes has been increasingly reported over the last few years, in various configurations and across different eukaryotic models. While the unconventional conjugation of ATG8 to th...
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Caro Goujon @carogoujon.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
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Emma Marie Briggs @emmamariebriggs.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Funded PhD project with myself, Prof. Paul Denny at Durham University and Dr Kalesh Karunakaran at Teeside University now open for applications! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Uncovering the adaptation mechanism that generate dormant forms of Leishmania microbes with omics approaches at Newcastle University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Uncovering the adaptation mechanism that generate dormant forms of Leishmania microbes with omics approaches at Newcastle University, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Ben Jenkins @benkinsjenkins.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Check out our dispatch on apicomplexans that infect corals! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... These parasite-like partners have lost photosynthesis but retained chlorophyll... are they friend or foe? @currentbiology.bsky.social #protistsonsky #symbiosky #microsky #coralreefs
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ProParaCyto @derrickrrobinson.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Assistant prof / MCF post available in ProParaCyto.
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SheinerLab @sheinerlab.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
🔊 Calling all parasite enthusiasts - come join us to study Toxoplasma and Plasmodium organelle biology 🔬 www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...
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Research Associate
Research Associate COLLEGE OF MEDICAL VETERINARY & LIFE SCIENCES SCHOOL OF INFECTION AND IMMUNITY  Grade 7We are seeking to recruit an experienced Research Associate/postdoctoral researcher to ...
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Nadia Izadi-Pruneyre @nadia-izadi.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
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Call for applications 2025 - Creation of new research groups at the Institut Pasteur - Research
The Institut Pasteur launches an international call to recruit new junior research group leaders in the application of cutting-edge transdisciplinary approaches to the exploration of host-microbe, tis...
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Seb Besteiro @s-besteiro.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Thrilled that staff at Molecular Biology of the Cell chose our picture for their March issue cover, always happy when Toxoplasma gets the spotlight! Thanks to the Editors and check out our paper on methylglyoxal metabolism in the apicoplast here: www.molbiolcell.org/doi/full/10....
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Seb Besteiro @s-besteiro.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Stoked to see the latest research from our lab now out in @plosbiology.org! Check it out to learn more about lineage-specific adaptations in the cytosolic iron-sulfur assembly pathway in Apicomplexa. journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
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The HCF101 protein is an important component of the cytosolic iron–sulfur synthesis pathway in Toxoplasma gondii
Iron-sulfur proteins require specialized assembly pathways and play vital roles in cellular functions. This study shows that the plastid-derived protein HCF101 functions in the cytosolic Fe-S assembly...
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Matt Higgins @parasitematt.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
We have a position available for a research assistant to join the team to test our rationally designed malaria vaccines. A fun job with a lovely team of people and an important project funded by the Gates Foundation. Come and join us! my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
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Faria Tryps Lab @fariatrypslab.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Are you interested in #trypanosomes #biomolecularcondensates and/or #geneexpression? We are looking for a highly motivated postdoc to work with with us in the beautiful city of York! Please share! jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/post...
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SheinerLab @sheinerlab.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
📢#Postdoc opportunities: we are looking for two experienced and motivated researcher to join our WT funded projects on the role of the #Toxoplasma #mitochondria during #infection www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...
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Manlio De Domenico @manlius.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Great piece by @kakape.bsky.social about BlueSky and the growth of its academic community Feat. @lorenzspreen.bsky.social @carlbergstrom.com @jbakcoleman.bsky.social and others, as well as my efforts to monitor and analyze the network out of the equilibrium regime 👇 www.science.org/content/arti...
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As academic Bluesky grows, researchers find strengths—and shortcomings
Platform fosters collegial interactions among scientists, but potentially limits interactions beyond the academic community
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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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Joanna Young @youngtoxolab.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Fancy some CRISPR screening? We are looking for an enthusiastic #posdoc to join us to investigate #Toxoplasma host-path interactions in different hosts. elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
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Postdoctoral Research Associate
We are looking for a talented and enthusiastic Postdoctoral researcher to join the Young lab to investigate host-pathogen interactions during Toxoplasma gondii infection.
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Ben Engel @cellarchlab.com · 06/01/2025
Towards community-driven visual proteomics! Excited to finally share this large-scale curated & annotated dataset of 1829 high-quality #cryoET tomograms of the little green alga that just keeps giving— Chlamydomonas! 🧪🧶🧬🌾🌊🌍 Preprint📜: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... A short thread🧵👇
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SheinerLab @sheinerlab.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
📢Postdoc opportunities - deadline Dec 31st We are seeking two experienced and motivated researchers to join MRC and a WT (below) funded projects on mitochondrial biology in Plasmodium and Toxoplasma shared between Glasgow and Helsinki. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKW033/r...
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Seb Besteiro @s-besteiro.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Xmas lunch with the lab, glad to work with such a nice and talented bunch of scientists. @lebrunlab @martacova
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Seb Besteiro @s-besteiro.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
The #CNRS, like other French public research institutions, provides a good opportunity to obtain a tenured position for relatively young researchers (~5 years post-PhD). If you had a successful PhD, you're finishing an equally successful first post-doc and fancy working in France, consider applying!
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Andrew Maclean @macleanlab.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Interested in doing a PhD in parasitology? Lots of great projects available at the University of Edinburgh through the EastBio DTP (number 5 looks especially interesting…).
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Fabien Burki @fburki.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
I am looking for an ERC-funded postdoc to work on spatial proteomics of microalgae (red algae and glaucophytes). The ideal candidate will have experience with mass spec and data analysis (R), but above all a keen interest in broad eukaryote evolution and protists #protistsonsky (1/2)
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