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Cryo-EM studies and electrophysiological analysis illuminate proteins that help the malaria-causing parasite to survive. Tania de Koning-Ward discusses the findings in a super N&V go.nature.com/2wn4cki

Great to be a part of the inaugural Lead on Ladies event by @deakinresearch to showcase women in #STEM. Hope to inspire more girls into taking up the challenge in shaping our future.

Congrats to our PhD student Maddy Dans ⁦C-MMR @ Deakin Uni⁩ ⁦Burnet Institute⁩ for winning best student poster at #LorneIandI conference.

Absolute pleasure to co-chair #MAM2020 with Freya Fowkes and @DrBoddey and it’s so awesome to get such positive feedback. Programming is easy when there is such great malaria research out there! C-MMR @ Deakin Uni

I know the majority of Victorians are doing the right thing by staying home – but we're still seeing groups of people meeting up and carrying on as normal. This cannot continue. So from 11.59pm tonight, Victoria will introduce Stage 3 restrictions.

As I’m scoring fellowships I have some suggestions for those writing one, now or in the future: 1- Make it easy for the reader to find the info we need. Use headings, separate types of presentations (oral/poster/presenter/invited) and papers (first author or not)

2-Give the info that was asked in a succinct manner. No need to write hundreds of words just because you are allowed to. If they ask you to list your top 5 papers/awards/presentations but you have 3 don’t make up stuff that is not relevant We can see through that 🤨

3- Under publications, don’t add things that are not publications to increase numbers (eg conference abstract - in my opinion that’s not a paper). For me, this immediately raises a red flag 🚩 and makes me wonder what else might be hidden in the application

4- Avoid the use of jargon and unknown abbreviations. Nobody is across all fields even within their broader field. Spell check. Read Dr Shane Huntington OAM’s blog with great advice on how to improve your writing medium.com/@DrShaneRRR/sc…

5-Start early and get plenty feedback from colleagues, supervisors and mentors. Importantly, ask for what type of feedback you want from each person: spell check, is it a robust study design, does the background make sense, are conclusions appropriate...?

6-There are things that you can’t change such as number of papers or presentations. But the writing can make a huge difference! Applications that are easy to follow, give me the info I’m looking for & don’t waste my time make me feel smart 😆 & are likely to improve your score 😉

Supporting self-management in people with heart failure doi.org/10.6084/m9.fig…

With the British Society for Parasitology (#BSP) turning 60(!!) in April 2022, we were wondering... would you like to design our 60th Anniversary logo? The 50th #BSP logo is shown below! If you would like to submit a design, send it to J La Course at [email protected]

Check out the interview I did for @FrontCellInfect with The Fidock Lab on the #keystone symposium: #malaria: confronting challenges from drug discovery to treatment at youtu.be/z-5j4HZf8-w

A new oration in the honour of Paul Hertzog Paul Hertzog for his vision and contribution of what #lorneiandi conference has been, nothing short of fantastic 👏👏👏

Super-excited for my PhD student Bec to publish her first manuscript on role of #malaria M17 aminopeptidase in hemoglobin digestion in eLife - the journal, an awesome collab between IMPACT, Deakin Uni Medicine, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and CSIRO doi.org/10.7554/eLife.… eLife - the journal

Thankyou EMBO LabEx ParaFrap and organisers for putting on such an excellent conference. Great science. My stomach needs a rest now!

Applications for Deakin Postdoctoral Fellowships will be opening shortly. If you have a competitive CV and would like to join our lab working on host-malaria parasite interactions, see QR code for more info and get in touch!

Congratulations to Professor Jake Baum who was awarded the 2024 Bancroft-Mackerras Medal for Excellence from the Australian Society for Parasitology. #BMM parasite.org.au/blog/congratul…

Congrats to the scabies team for their award #Eureka17