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@shikhas.bsky.social
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Postdoctoral Researcher | Centre for Parasitology, Glasgow | Mitochondrial biogenesis in Protists 🧫🔬

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Dr Joanne Power @hanniepower.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Thank you so much to everyone who made it to #BSP2026 in beautiful, sunny Glasgow!!! (We asked the weather to behave while everyone was around)! The @bspparasitology.bsky.social 2027 meeting will be in Cardiff! I hope everyone enjoyed themselves! Like Glasgow, People Make #Parasitology! 🥳🧬🧫🔬
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André Schneider, University of Bern @schneian.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
🆕T. brucei Kozak sequences are unusual, hard to detect, but important for translation regulation - Check out the work conceived💡, carried out🔬and written up ✍️ by Philip Stettler, with only a minor contributions from me and the Polacek group - CONGRATULATIONS🎉👏 academic.oup.com/nar/article-...
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Kozak sequences regulate gene expression in Trypanosoma brucei
Abstract. The Kozak consensus sequence around the AUG start codon of mRNAs allows efficient cytosolic translation initiation in eukaryotes. It has not yet
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Sebastian Shaw @millseba.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
🚨 Postdoc position 🚨 I’m moving back to Switzerland this summer to launch my lab at the University of Zurich and am recruiting a Postdoctoral Fellow (start: late 2026). Details & application: jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie.... Please share! 😊
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UZH: Postdoc
The newly founded Cryptosporidium lab at the Institute of Parasitology focuses on the genetic and transcriptomic basis of parasite virulence and persistence in Cryptosporidium and is committed to incl...
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André Schneider, University of Bern @schneian.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
How many mechanistically different protein insertases are there? Maybe fewer than you think! Check out our tale of pATOM36, MIM, MTCH1/2 and YidC in the preprint by Stephan Berger of the Schneider and the Ballmoos Labs. www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
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eLife @elife.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
A metal transporter in the plasma membrane of the pathogen Toxoplasma gondii. 🔗 buff.ly/wWqd5IR
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Mathieu Gissot @gissotlab.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
We are actively recruiting a Post doc to work on the regulation of Toxoplasma différenciation. Please send a CV and cover letter if interested. ciil.fr/teams/apicompl…
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Accueil - Université de LilleAccueil - Université de Lille
L’Université de Lille a obtenu la labellisation DD&RS – Développement durable et Responsabilité sociétale pour une durée de quatre ans.
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Shikha @shikhas.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Beautiful study by @macleanlab.bsky.social and co 👏👏 Perfect addition to holiday reading list! 🎉🎁
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U. Nomi @uniofnomi.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Why do we care? Because very little information is available for proteins found in #parasites, despite parasites causing a third of the total global burden of human #disease (!!!) #MPM2025 @parasitesrule.org 2/2 More about this problem is explained nicely here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Exploiting structural biology in the fight against parasitic diseases
Despite spectacular advances in structural biology over the past half-century, only approximately 2% of the structures in the Protein Data Bank are fr…
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Dr Joanne Power @hanniepower.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Save the dates!! @bspparasitology.bsky.social Spring Meeting 2026 will be in Bonnie Glasgow! 7-9 April 2026, with a drinks reception in Glasgow City Chambers on the 6th of April 2026! Keep an eye on the BSP website for registration and abstract submission! Logo by @shannaraeilean.bsky.social! 🦟
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SheinerLab @sheinerlab.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Parasites need mitochondrial respiration to infect and spread. Effective anti-malaria and ani-toxoplasmosis drugs target respiratory complexes (e.g. atovaquone)! But how do the parasite complexes work and how do drugs inhibit them? Read Andrew Maclean and Alex Mühleip phenomenal work on this! 👇
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Shikha @shikhas.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Happy to have contributed to this wonderful study about #Toxoplasma #supercomplex led by @macleanlab.bsky.social, @sheinerlab.bsky.social and Alex Mühleip. Parasite mitochondria never cease to amaze! Please go checkout 👇
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Abhinay Ramaprasad @abhinay.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
A GRIP-ing and Tryp-ing seminar tomorrow - Joana Faria from the University of York! 2 pm (GMT) | 3 pm (CET) | 9 am (EDT) Link - uofglasgow.zoom.us/j/8897218018... Passcode: 987702
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SheinerLab @sheinerlab.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
As Sheinerlab is joining the trend, Chat seem to have known that @macleanlab.bsky.social started his own lab recently and took the executive decision to remove him from the photo 😲😆
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Shikha @shikhas.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
It was a pleasure! Thanks for visiting and the wonderful talk.
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Abhinay Ramaprasad @abhinay.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
GRIP-ing seminar this Friday from André Schneider from University of Bern. Don't miss it! Link: uofglasgow.zoom.us/j/8255427338... Passcode: 984619
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University of Glasgow School of Infection & Immunity @uofgsii.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
🏅 | @uofgsii.bsky.social's Professor Lilach Sheiner (@sheinerlab.bsky.social) was recently awarded the prestigious C.A. Wright Medal by the @bspparasitology.bsky.social for outstanding contributions to the discipline. Congratulations, Professor Sheiner! 🔗 Full story: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infe...
Professor Lilach Sheiner pictured in the lab holding the C.A. Wright medal in an open presentation case.
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Megan Sloan @sloanmegan.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Thanks to the organisers for #EMBLRBP meeting! Can’t wait for day 3 to begin! Come to poster #148 to hear about how the most successful parasite might use RBPs to steal from you! The perfect poster to get you in the mood for @shikhas.bsky.social to dazzle you with some funky mitoribosomes @6:30PM!
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Shikha @shikhas.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Woohoo 🥳 So excited for you Andrew! Congratulations 🥂🎉
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Trends in Parasitology @cp-trendsparasitol.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Our Jan issue highlights @sppirit-network.bsky.social connecting #Scottish #parasitology #ECRs, written by R. Edgar @jackhanna.bsky.social @marketanovotna.bsky.social @martacampillo.bsky.social @mukul1190.bsky.social @shikhas.bsky.social @vfrank.bsky.social & M.Ridgway www.cell.com/trends/paras...
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Megan Sloan @sloanmegan.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Lovely work from @shikhas.bsky.social et al. 😍
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Shikha @shikhas.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Thrilled to have this out now! Go checkout our paper about the crazy #Toxoplasma #mitoribosome. Huge thanks to co-authors, collaborators and everyone involved 🙌
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Shikha @shikhas.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Welcoming place, exciting project, wonderful mentor! What are you waiting for?
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Clare Harding @clarehardinglab.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Excellent start to the year with @sloanmegan.bsky.social paper being accepted! Watch this space......
Megan opening champagne!
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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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eLife @elife.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
8/ Trainees at different career stages proposed 7 actions that academic institutions and departments can take to improve their science training. buff.ly/3VbDo1X
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Research Culture: Actionable recommendations from trainees to improve science training
Early-career researchers propose seven actions that can be taken by research institutions and departments to improve science training.
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