Springtime in Scotland with the British Society for Parasitology
For the first time ever, the BSP held its 3-day annual spring meeting in the city of Dundee.
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- Springtime in Scotland with the British Society for Parasitology - 9th May 2017
- Understanding the genetic bases of human preferences in mosquitoes - 2nd January 2015
- Venus or Mars? Partitioned proteomes for male and female Plasmodium gametocytes - 28th November 2014
Understanding the genetic bases of human preferences in mosquitoes
This is a guest blog by Dr. Julien Pelletier, School of Life Sciences, Keele University Mosquitoes are notorious for their remarkable ability to find suitable… Read more »
Venus or Mars? Partitioned proteomes for male and female Plasmodium gametocytes
Guest post by James Edwards-Smallbone, Keele University, UK The malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, is responsible for about 200 million infections per… Read more »
Vector-Borne Diseases in the UK – Biennial Conference 2014
Victor Brugman (The Pirbright Institute) and Stacey Leech (Public Health England) This month saw a swarm of parasitologists, entomologists, virologists and… Read more »
Dengue Fever: a tropical disease coming to Europe. Well-founded concern and the need for concerted action
Guest Post by Maha Bouzid at the University of East Anglia Dengue is a viral disease endemic in tropical and subtropical regions, transmitted by the bite of… Read more »
Implementing nature’s solution to dirty bacteria with the bioinspired Sharklet™ micropattern
A guest blog from Dr. Ethan Mann, a research scientist at Sharklet Technologies, Inc, in which he discusses how different materials can prevent the spread of… Read more »
Parasite genomics for poultry: one less reason for the chicken to cross the road
Guest post by Damer Blake and Fiona Tomley of the Royal Veterinary College, London. Chickens, like us, are vulnerable to a wide range of pests and pathogens.… Read more »
The malarial parasite PTEX – a nexus for protein export into the erythrocyte host cell.
Guest post by Sue Kyes (Oxford University) and Paul Horrocks (Keele University) Development of robust genetic research systems to explore the biology of… Read more »
Taking Turns: how Plasmodium changes its spots
A guest post from James Edwards-Smallbone and Catherine Merrick, Keele University, UK. Plasmodium falciparum is familiar to many as the parasite that causes the… Read more »
Clash of the pathogens – human pathogen protects its sand fly host from an insect pathogen
Guest post by Dr Rod J Dillon (@sandflyman) Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Health and Medicine, Lancaster University, UK. As part of collaborative study between… Read more »