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Grateful to have spent the week on the lovely little Greek island of Hydra at the brilliant Hydra parasitic helminths 2023 conference, meeting new people, seeing great research, and presenting part of my PhD on the intra & inter-host variation of Schistosoma japonicum antigens!

The government (bizarrely) may not have tracked the number of researchers leaving the UK over the Horizon Europe lockout… but ResearchProfessionalNews did, as Sophie Inge and Robin Bisson report here

Elated to have passed my PhD yesterday 🎉 Huge thank you to Tony Walker, Aidan Emery, Scott Lawton and Webster Research Group - couldn't have asked for a better supervisory team, it's really been a pleasure! And thanks to Mike Rogan and J-C Nebel for a thoroughly enjoyable Viva!

Fancy some light reading during the holidays?🎄🐌🎄Check out my blog featuring our recently published #OneHealth #schistosomiasis The Royal Society paper. Thank you Dan Parsons ! bugbitten Martin Walker Webster Research Group Royal Veterinary College (RVC) LIDo blogs.biomedcentral.com/bugbitten/2023…

PhD ALERT! Interested in #EVs #LiverFLuke #Diagnostics ??? Come work with me at Aberystwyth University DLS/AGB and co from Aber Uni Physics with School of Biological Sciences Wales Vet Sci Centre onezoo.uk/projects/2024-…

Our high throughput molecular xenomonitoring protocol, that can be used to detect Schistosoma mansoni (and other Trematoda) infections in Biomphalaria, is now published in CR in Parasitology & Vector-Borne Diseases ! 🐌🧬 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

65% of Egyptian mummies were positive for schistosomiasis, 3 times more than malaria sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

In 2019, more than 3.3 million years of life were lost to ill-health, disability or early death because of parasitic neglected tropical diseases. While treatments are available, there may be hope for vaccines on the horizon. Read more: bit.ly/3vJ5KXY

One of my main motivations for founding Our World in Data was to overcome the mad reality in academia that much of the most important research and data is locked away behind paywalls. I wanted research and data to be a public good, accessible to *everyone*. If you find our work

Fancy an interesting (if not slightly concerning) weekend read? Check out my recent blog on efforts to forecast zoonotic vector-borne disease risks under a changing climate - blogs.biomedcentral.com/bugbitten/2024…

Meet Adam, Dan, Aidan, and Bonnie from the Schistosome Snail Resource team, they provide live schistosome stages and #Snails as hosts for crucial schistosomiasis #Research. In partnership with London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and funded by Wellcome. Learn more 🔗 nhm.ac.uk/our-science/re…

Integrating ancient DNA evidence, historical records, osteological markers, and archaeological data can be a powerful combination to gain new insights into malaria genomics! Check out my recent BugBitten blog - blogs.biomedcentral.com/bugbitten/2024…

Happy to contribute to this fantastic summer school for A-level students with a workshop on #snails and #schistosomes by Dr. Adam Cieplinski Josephine Ewoma Dan Parsons

The University of Cambridge, in collaboration with Parasitology, is thrilled to inform you that on 8 November we will host an afternoon symposium on "Miniature Worlds: organoid research in Parasitology". More info here: cambridge.org/core/journals/…

I am happy to have had the opportunity to present Schistosome Snail Resource and our results on snail-schistosome compatibility at European Multicolloquium of Parasitology - EMOP last week. Grateful for the insightful discussions that followed and very motivated to continue our work! #schistosomiasis #parasitology

Day1 at the British Society for Parasitology Autumn session highlighs MGS (not yet named as a priority), #FGSchisto (finally growing recognition of importance) & complexities around #epidemiology. All aspects need to be tackled for sustainable elimination & holistic public health. #BeatNTDs

Did you know Culicoides biting midges can transmit Leishmania parasites and may be important vectors of zoonotic leishmaniasis? No? Me either! blogs.biomedcentral.com/bugbitten/2024…

Bugbitten is now part of Springer Nature Research communities (Microbiology) -> Check out my first blog for the site spotlighting a recent paper on P. Vivax population genomics, evolution, admixture and colonisation of the Americas: communities.springernature.com/posts/plasmodi…