Malaria scientist, amateur bioinformatician, group leader @WCIPGLASGOW

Joined December 2017
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Katarzyna_Modrzynska retweeted
Out today: tinyurl.com/2th6f2a3 | Nature Medicine Work from Kenya - shows protective antibodies against falciparum malaria sporozoites work against sporozoites injected into the skin, not against sporozoites injected into veins. Why does this matter? 1/6
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Applications are open for the 2026 Biology of Parasitism course! 📍 Woods Hole, MA | 🗓 June 12 - July 23, 2026 An immersive 6-week program in modern parasitology for PhD students & postdocs, co-organized by Stéphanie Blandin. 🔗 : shorturl.at/i8GSr
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Katarzyna_Modrzynska retweeted
Very proud of our new @TrendsParasitol review on the complexities of ApiAP2 regulation in Plasmodium falciparum. Building on the legendary reviews by @Painter_Lab (2010) and @M4774R14 (2019)!! cell.com/trends/parasitology…

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Please fill up the survey to support VEuPathDB. Our community is generous, caring and strong and it is your opportunity to show it!
15 Oct 2024
Make your opinion heard! Help us to understand your VEuPathDB usage and impact on your work, and guide our plans for the future. Thank you for completing this brief, anonymous survey today: upenn.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/…
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🆕 | @UofGSii's Professor Lilach Sheiner and Professor @PasqualeMaffia recently attended the Africa-Europe Clusters of Research Excellence Conference in South Africa to prove updates on the CoRE initiatives for which they serve as Directors. 🖱️ Learn more gla.ac.uk/schools/infectioni…
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Katarzyna_Modrzynska retweeted
📢Our team is seeking 2 postdocs to join a @ERC_Research funded project on cell cycle regulation of #malaria parasites! #ParasitologyJobs #Academicjobs #Postdocposition Deadline: 1/11; Start date: 1/1/2025 (Flexible) Details here👇 lphi.umontpellier.fr/researc…

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Katarzyna_Modrzynska retweeted
MicroRNA genes have evolved and expanded within the genomes of multicellular organisms for over 500 million years. Today, we know that there are more than a thousand genes for different microRNAs in humans, and that gene regulation by microRNA – discovered by this year’s medicine laureates – is universal among multicellular organisms. #NobelPrize
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Katarzyna_Modrzynska retweeted
and this is 3 minutes before @odero_joe viva with @drheatherferg 🎶"It's the final countdown" 🎶
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2 Oct 2024
Welcome back! VEuPathDB resources are back online today! We will continue to provide bioinformatics services under a new organizational structure. Read more here: veupathdb.org/veupathdb/app/…
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Full room at the BRC resources discussion #KMCB2024 by NIAID PO Brown & VEuPathDB PI Roos. Extreme dismay over global impact of NIAID decision, but sustained applause at news that VEuPathDB will return, through generosity of Fdn Adv Sci/Med, @open_phil @ChanZuckerberg Penn & UGA
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Katarzyna_Modrzynska retweeted
Please check out this opportunity for young researchers to establish their lab @CIILofficiel on the @PasteurLille campus: incredible colleagues and a supportive environment.
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A rising star student from #Kenya @Nancyythera undertaking an MSc in Global Health, today meeting with @Paulgarside6 #mentoring 🌍
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Preview of some great Global Parasitology Seminars to look forward to this coming semester! @TrendsParasitol @BSPparasitology @AS_Para @parasitesrule @AmSocParasit @ParaFrap @pennbgs @womeninmalaria @pennvet @bloodSparasites @PiParasitology
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This is what I got from Office of Genomics and Advanced technologies about the future of the resources currently in @veupathdb. Has a link to check for updates. Haven’t seen this information shared but I may have missed it. And I will miss @veupathdb
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It is really a shame and a big blow to the parasitology community. Sadly, it will impact mainly junior researchers who don't always have ways to access the data and/or the skills to perform the necessary pre-processing. Feels like going back to the early 2000s ...
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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It’s just a tiny bottle.. It probably doesn’t smell that bad Tiny Bottle:
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Looking for a postdoc position? Isabel Roditi is starting an awesome project in Würzburg, Germany! I quote Isabel: “Just tell people how much easier it is to work with tryps than with Apicomplexa” 😉 @Uni_WUE @parasitesrule #tryptaxis
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Katarzyna_Modrzynska retweeted
Finally out @EmboMolMed: our study exploring a new way of experimental #vaccination for #malaria using attenuated #parasites and featuring antibodies, CD4 CD8 T cells, interferon interleukins. Soon we'll be immunologists; high time to start surfing: embopress.org/doi/full/10.10…
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It looks like the @UofGMaths_Stats building got a little carried away with all its equations! ✍️ Graphics have been added to the building, which were generated by members of staff in the School of Mathematics & Statistics. They were asked to submit handwritten diagrams and equations used in their ongoing and current mathematical and statistical research. Such a creative way to represent the research done in the School and a great 'addition' to campus! 🤩
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