Day 3 of #BSP2023 begins today with our @SPPIRITnetwork ECR session! SPPIRIT is an excellent ECR organisation for parasitologists working in Scotland, but all ECRs will benefit from the expertise today in publishing & attracting funding! #parasitology Image
Here are the talks for today's @SPPIRITnetwork ECR session at #BSP2023! A big thanks to @CambridgeUP who are here in person as sponsors (so visit their table!). They are publishers of the journal "Parasitology" & an original sponsor of the BSP! cambridge.org/core/journals/… Image
Our 1st talk at the #BSP2023 ECR session with @SPPIRITnetwork is from @StothardRuss, Parasitology Editor-In-Chief with tips on getting your manuscript 'in press'! There is also a webinar available with tips from @CambridgeUP at #parasitology Image
Alison Paskins of @JnlParasitology and @JHelminthology gives the #BSP2023 ECR session information on #openaccess, creative commons licensing, #altmetrics (get blogging & tweeting about your research/publications!), discretionary fee waivers, & Parasitology's ECR award! Image
And now from the #BSP2023 ECRs themselves! John Archer (@LSTMnews PhD student) & Dr Amy Ibrahim (@LSHTM/@LSHTM_malaria Research Fellow) tell the @SPPIRITnetwork session attendees about their own experiences with academic publishing. A big take-away: it takes TIME! #Parasitology ImageImage
Now to the #BSP2023 ECR session talks about funding/writing grants with Dr Ally Hughes, who is the Scottish Universities Life Sciences Alliance (@SULSAtweets) Project Manager (sulsa.ac.uk). Good point: remember that grant reviewers may not be experts in your area! Image
Now @AnnamariaC of Inter-Change Research (inter-changeresearch.com), who will also speak at our Equality & Diversity session later today, discusses "Integration, collaboration, inter-disciplinarity" in science, e.g., do you want to collaborate to develop new technology? #BSP2023 Image
And now Charis Wilson of @EdinburghUni Central Research Office gives some excellent advice on ECR opportunities at our @SPPIRITnetwork #BSP2023 ECR session! Your institutes/universities will almost always have staff that assist with grant applications (incl. costings/budgeting)! Image
And now for our 3rd Plenary session at #BSP2023 which will be given by Prof De'Broski Herbert (@DHerbertLab) of @Penn with "Hookworms dynamically respond to Type 2 immune pressure". #hookworm/#parasitology Image
Prof Herbert is discussing some new #hookworm research (so keep an eye on @DHerbertLab for more to come!) investigating both gastrointestinal immunity/host adaptation to N. brasiliensis & cutaneous host immunity to STH invasion. Fantastic review at annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/an…
Prof Herbert shows novel data which maps immune cell populations during primary and secondary cutaneous infections of mice with a soil transmitted #helminth. This research was led by PhD student Juan Inclan-Rico, so look out for his upcoming publications! drherbertlab.org
Our 4th Plenary session at #BSP2023 now moves to #parasite ecology with Prof Vanessa Ezenwa of @Yale with her talk on "Anthelmintic treatment dampens immunosenescence in a wild mammal with consequences for survival." #parasitology/#ecology Image
Prof Ezenwa introduces us to "immunosenescence", aka "inflammaging", i.e. immunological changes occuring as a result of aging, & discusses the potential effect of inflammaging in responses to infections e.g COVID-19 (frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…) or parasites (elifesciences.org/articles/65180)
Prof Ezenwa now discusses her work in examining immune traits over time in African buffalo infected with gastrointestinal #helminths. Does senescence correlate among immune traits (eosinophils, platelets, monocytes, etc.)? A recent study using this model: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…
Prof Ezenwa investigates covariance between immune traits & their combined or independent effects on survival of the host after #helminth infection with or without anthelmintic treatment. Do helminths affect immunosenescence in chronic infection? Look out for the publication!
The #BSP2023 Public Engagement session with @WCIPGLASGOW & @ReeceLab is up the winding staircase & through the door! Hannah Bialic & Petra Schneider are teaching us all about science writing, science festivals, teacher training, @pintofscience, @STEMAmbassadors, evaluation,& more ImageImageImage
The @WCIPGLASGOW has a great list of resources at gla.ac.uk/research/az/wc…. If you would like the #parasite comics or would like WCIP people at your science event/festival, you can contact Hannah at [email protected]
#BSP2023/#publicengagement/#scicomm/#parasitology
And for the @ReeceLab resources on Public Engagement, you can find the modules & feedback at thereecelab.com/public-engagem… & @pschneiderEDIN mentioned that there is support for people doing outreach & want to EVALUATE the impact at evaluationsupportscotland.org.uk
#scicomm/#BSP2023/#parasites
And now we have our #BSP2023 Equality & Diversity session. Our 1st talk is from Jo O'Leary, Head of EDI at @UKRI_News, a UK funder that invests >£8 billion each year, with "Equality, Diversity and Inclusion at UKRI: research and innovation by everyone, for everyone." Image
Just last month, @UKRI_News published it's first Equality, Diversity, & Inclusion (EDI) strategy which can be read in full at: ukri.org/publications/u…
The 2022-'25 action plans for the separate councils (such as @BBSRC) can be found at bit.ly/3MH5FKm
#BSP2023
The @UKRI_News EDI strategy is evidence-based & there are avenues to prevent any harm, harassment, or bullying & report it (ukri.org/what-we-offer/…). @JoOLeary now tells us that still, 57% of PI awards are to white males! Women recieved 28% of PI awards only! #BSP2023
For @UKRI_News awards in funding; all of the data and stats for EDI are available at ukri.org/publications/d…, but here is just one striking chart for the '20-21 year! #BSP2023 Image
And our 2nd talk is from Prof Karen Halliday of @EdinburghUni who is telling us about "Systematic Inclusion", and showing us what she hopes is "provocative" data- the "leaky pipeline" in academia relating to women, black, & ethnic minority scientists. #BSP2023 Image
Just 2 of the slides from Prof Halliday in our #BSP2023 Equality & Diversity session. These data relate to @EdinburghUni but is a reflection of all UK institutions currently: the loss of female students from undergrad to postgrad level, & BME (black/minority ethnic) students. ImageImage
We now have our 3rd #BSP2023 Equality & Diversity talk before a panel session with the speakers: Annamaria Carusi (@AnnamariaC) of Inter-Change Research, doing research with @wellcometrust on "Race and Gender in Science." Image
Dr Carusi starts with an historical perspective: the "father of modern taxonomy", Carl Linnaeus; did you know that he also classified humans? (linnean.org/learning/who-w…). Dr Carusi suggests a number of reads, including Stephen J Gould's "Mismeasure of Man" & tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
Before our panel, we have already had a number of questions & comments, one addressing the data which has so far been divided into "women and men" categories & needs to be expanded to include non-binary people. Another issue is non-disclosure when it comes to disabilty. #BSP2023
There is never enough time to discuss the issues raised during our #BSP2023 Equality & Diversity sessions but if you would like to run a session; our speakers today have been:
@JoOLeary of @UKRI_News
@AnnamariaC of Inter-Change Research
@RunsOnAir of @EdinburghUni
Now for our #BSP2023 President's Medal winner: Dr Maciej Grzybek (@GrzybekMaciej) of the Medical University of Gdańsk, with his talk on "Biomonitoring and long-term studies on sylvatic rodents in Poland – the good, the bad and the effort." #parasitology Image
Dr Grzybek joined the BSP himself in 2011 as an MRes student, and since that time has completed a PhD in Vet. Sciences ('16) & a Doctorate of Science in Medical Sciences ('20) alongside his 40+ publications! Incredible achievements in #parasitology as an ECR! #BSP2023 Image
Dr Grzybek (@GrzybekMaciej) describes his work to us in zoonotic parasites & viruses of European rodents, including 3 vole species & 3 mouse species, even examining whether European rodents could spread COVID-19 (they are not spreaders!): biorxiv.org/content/10.110… #BSP2023
Incredible wealth of data shown by Dr Grzybek stemming from his PolVole study & others, with data on #parasites such as mesocestoides (parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…), toxoplasma (preprints.org/manuscript/202…), toxocara (nature.com/articles/s4159…), trichinella (sciencedirect.com/science/articl…) & more!
Now for our #BSP2023 C.A Wright Memorial Medal talk, awarded to Dr Susan Wyllie of @dundeeuni/@DDU_Dundee with "Supporting NTD drug discovery through comprehensive mechanism of action studies and Tales from the world’s longest postdoc!". #parasitology Image
Dr Susan Wyllie's (@LabWyllie) research at @DDU_Dundee/@WCAIRDundee has led to identification of drug targets for a number of parasitic diseases, including 4 clinical candidates, in addition to identifying the mode of action (MoA) of 40 compound series! modeofactiondundee.org/research/ Image
Dr Wyllie describes the methods used in her lab (@LabWyllie) to identify the mode of action of compounds, including taking advantage of RNAi screens in #trypanosomes (great review at cell.com/trends/parasit…) & the chemical pulldown workflow used (antimalarial method shown). Image
Great descriptions of methodologies at the @LabWyllie website: modeofactiondundee.org/research/ & some great published descriptions such as:
- Identifying antimalarial targets: sciencedirect.com/science/articl… + researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/id/eprint/4668…
- Anti-leishmanial candidate: pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…
And work continues now into identifying anti-cryptosporidial drugs at @DDU_Dundee in collaboration with Dr Mattie Pawlowic (@goldenpipette), alongside continued work into targeting kinetoplastids, with a promising drug just described in 2021 at sciencedirect.com/science/articl…! #BSP2023
And now for a quick #BSP2023 AGM before Poster session B! #parasitology
With special thanks to our outgoing President, Prof Colin Sutherland of @LSHTM_malaria & our outgoing secretary Dr Kevin Tyler (@KevinMTyler) of @uniofeastanglia! Image
And 2 new BSP Honorary Members announced: Prof Mark Carrington of @Cambridge_Uni & Prof Michael Miles of @LSHTM! #BSP2023 Image

• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh
 

Keep Current with British Society for Parasitology

British Society for Parasitology Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

PDF

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video
  1. Follow @ThreadReaderApp to mention us!

  2. From a Twitter thread mention us with a keyword "unroll"
@threadreaderapp unroll

Practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @BSPparasitology

Apr 14
Here at @BSPparasitology, I will be live-tweeting today from the Veterinary Parasitology session at Appleton Hall 2 & from 11:30 am-13:00 PM, from the Protists 5 session: Genomics & Evolution at McEwan Hall! So I will retweet from parallel sessions! Beautiful #BSP2023 final day! Image
Beginning #BSP2023 Day 4 and opening our Veterinary Parasitology session today, is Dr Lynsey Melville (taking over from Fiona Kenyon) of @MoredunComms who is telling us about "Making #roundworm data ewe-niversal for all". #parasitology Image
Dr Melville of @MoredunComms tells us about her research in monitoring the development of anthelmintic resistance in the treatment of gastrointestinal nematodes in sheep, particularly focusing on Nematodirus battus resistance to benzimidazoles: sciencedirect.com/science/articl… #BSP2023
Read 38 tweets
Apr 12
Welcome to Day 2 (first scientific sessions) of #BSP2023 at @EdinburghUni in beautiful McEwan Hall! You can register each morning at McEwan Hall & make sure to pick up your abstract book & lanyard! #parasitology ImageImage
Here on Twitter, I will be tweeting from the first 2 plenary sessions at McEwan Hall, followed by sessions:
Protists 1: Development & Signalling
Protists 2: Parasite Interactions
and
Drugs, Vaccines, & Diagnostics
- I will retweet info from other parallel sessions! #BSP2023
Our first Plenary session of #BSP2023 here at McEwan Hall is "A celebration of Gloria Rudenko within the saga of Antigenic Variation in Trypanosomes", delivered by Prof Keith Gull of @UniofOxford
bsp.uk.net/Gloria-Rudenko Image
Read 51 tweets
Feb 18, 2022
𝟭𝟵𝟴𝟬:Wojciech “Al” Krotoski et al publish a report in the British Medical Journal describing a dormant liver stage of #Plasmodium cynomolgi in Rhesus macaques. These dormant liver stages, called "hypnozoites" are postulated to be the cause of relapses of this #malaria species Image
- Image references: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…; ajtmh.org/view/journals/…
- References: https://t.co/QDyaZSACDa; https://t.co/zzZPG6Ze3M; link.springer.com/article/10.100…
𝟭𝟵𝟴𝟭: In 1981, Dr William C. Campbell of the Merck Institute for Therapeutic Research in the US, published "An Introduction to the Avermectins" which described a new series of compounds with potent antiparasitic properties against nematode & arthropod #parasites. Image
Read 88 tweets
Feb 16, 2022
𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟳: The 52nd volume of the journal “Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde” is released, and in it, a series of articles showing the remarkable effect of a new drug, Praziquantel, in treating cestode & trematode infections, including #Schistosoma mansoni. #schistosomiasis Image
- Image references: link.springer.com/article/10.100…
- References: https://t.co/AqDBqsmgBn; sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟴: In 1978, two back-to-back papers in the Journal of Animal Ecology (Anderson & May and May & Anderson) introduced mathematical models (later validated empiracally) that integrated the processes driving #parasite population dynamics- a pivotal moment in parasite #ecology! Image
Read 7 tweets
Feb 11, 2022
𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟯:In 1973, Thomas A. Miller of the University of Glasgow Vet School, had his canine hookworm (Ancylostoma caninum) vaccine approved for commerical use in the US. Though discontinued in 1975, Miller's work has informed hookworm vaccine research to this day! @BAVet_Parasitol Image
𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟰: In Oct '73, Dr Dan Jones of the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in Miami introduced Acanthamoeba spp. as a human ocular pathogen to a meeting of the Ocular Microbiology & Immunology Group in the USA. Months later, in 1974, Nagington et al. would publish the 1st case studies Image
Read 9 tweets
Feb 8, 2022
𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟬: It was in 1970 that the full life cycle of #Toxoplasma gondii was described for the 1st time by Frenkel et al. Nowadays, the micro- and macro- gametocyte stages in the cat intestine are rarely studied, so the Frenkel et al. (1970) micrographs are still informative. Image
𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟭: A year that would forever change the field of #malaria research. In 1971, Prof Youyou Tu of the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences in Beijing, would use ether to extract "qinghaosu" from Artemisia annua L. leaf extract. In English: Artemisinin. @womeninmalaria Image
Read 7 tweets

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!


This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3/month or $30/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Don't want to be a Premium member but still want to support us?

Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal

Or Donate anonymously using crypto!

Ethereum

0xfe58350B80634f60Fa6Dc149a72b4DFbc17D341E copy

Bitcoin

3ATGMxNzCUFzxpMCHL5sWSt4DVtS8UqXpi copy

Thank you for your support!

Follow Us on Twitter!

:(