Parasitologist/Electrophysiologist, permanent immigrant, obsessed with equality and inclusion in science.

Joined July 2019
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Driven by curiosity and cutting-edge methods, .@csufcnsm graduate student Julia Teeple has published four research papers this year, advancing understanding of manta ray filter systems and armadillo armor. bit.ly/bio-grad-published-re…
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SAP 1025 anual meeting
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The Lander Lab is a safe space. Apply now to this postdoctoral position to work on cAMP signaling in the most amazing parasite: Trypanosoma cruzi!
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The Lander Lab is now hiring a postdoc to investigate cAMP signaling pathways in T. cruzi. Prospective candidates should be enthusiastic, proactive, and passioned about science! Use this link to apply: jobs.uc.edu/job-invite/99638…
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Issue 15 is complete Explore our ToC: journals.biologists.com/jcs/… On the cover: 3D electron tomogram model of T. cruzi showing the contractile vacuole complex (blue) with an adhesion plaque domain (red) & a membrane fusion pore. See article by Augusto et al. journals.biologists.com/jcs/…
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Ingrid Augusto, Kildare Miranda and colleagues discover that the adhesion plaque mediates fluid discharge and duplication of the contractile vacuole complex in Trypanosoma cruzi. Highlight: journals.biologists.com/jcs/… Article: journals.biologists.com/jcs/…
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Hello biology department! BGSC’s second October event will be held this coming Monday, October 28th. Join us and SACNAS in MH-465 starting at 4pm to paint or carve a pumpkin with your research organism (or favorite spooky critter!) We hope to see you there!
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The opposite of ikigai 😆
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Hello biology grads and faculty! We are excited to announce our first October event, Bowl with BGSC! Join us on Tuesday, October 15th starting at 5pm for a friendly competition between grad students and faculty at the TSU Bowling and Billiards room. Hope to see you there!
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Veronica Jimenez retweeted
It appears #NIAID will shutter the genome data base we all use daily. This strikes me as a significant mistake that may well endanger much of our global progress. @BSPparasitology @AS_Para @ASTMH @TrendsParasitol @AmSocParasit @parasitesrule @PiParasitology
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Veronica Jimenez retweeted
Very concerned about message popping up on TrytrypDB: "We encourage you to download any information you rely upon [...] as soon as possible". We and many others absolutely rely on these data! What will remain after 14 September? tritrypdb.org/tritrypdb/app
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Congratulations to #CSUF student Anesa Mesic for getting a poster award on her poster presentation at the National Institutes of Health SuRE conference. #SuREBiennial
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Replying to @parasitesrule
We're back! Together with #MPM/#KMCB, we are holding a Young Investigators in Parasitology Meeting (YIPs) for junior PIs! We'll have panels & group discussions on all things to do with starting a new lab. Register here!👇👉tinyurl.com/mr22ahrm
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#toxoXVII we need ToxoDB!
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Chagas disease can cause great suffering and death. But it’s also preventable and curable. On World Chagas Disease Day, @WHO is calling on countries to invest in early detection and care, so that people with Chagas disease can live healthy and productive lives.
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We are extending the application due date to next Friday, 22 March!!!
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