Don Navod Wickramasinghe

Absolutely delighted to announce that Alexander Kempf has successfully defended his PhD thesis! A very proud moment. Congratulations Dr Kempf! So many thanks to examiners Rebecca Drummond @theRAD_lab and Peter Cook @drpetercook

A special day celebrating my PhD graduation at @KingsCollegeLon. Featuring some lab members!! 🧫🔬

Very excited to share our latest review on candidalysin! 🤩 @mbiojournal Huge thanks to everyone who supported this work! 🙌🧫 journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mb… @thenagliklab @JPRichardsonLab @Claire__M__Lyon @jlspragu @OliviaKAPaulin @DonNavodW

So proud of our PhD student Nav obtaining his PhD today! He's a great person and we wish him all the best in his future endeavours!!

@thenagliklab @JPRichardsonLab @Claire__M__Lyon @emi1ypriest @mpm_hki @c_denfert @derekjdullivan journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.11…

Great to finally have this paper out on #candidalysin variants with @JPRichardsonLab. Great work by @DonNavodW @Claire__M__Lyon @emi1ypriest @mpm_hki @yeastypi @c_denfert @derekjdullivan and more! journals.asm.org/eprint/ARKMBK9…

Excited to share my first, first-author paper on candidalysin variants🚨‼️Out now in @mbiojournal Massive thank you to everyone involved!! journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.11…

Check out our submission to @Nature’s Science in Shorts: ‘Modern Candida’.😁 The goal was to tell the world about our research in a 1-min video, in an engaging & entertaining way. 🧑‍🔬👩‍🔬 Featuring the talented @antzela_tsavou @DonNavodW @emi1ypriest @OliviaKAPaulin & Alex Kempf!

Quick game between experiments 🏀🔬 CHMI vs CCRB

Merry Christmas from the Naglik and @JPRichardsonLab Labs! 🎄

Thrilled to announce our latest exploration of CRISPR! By developing an advanced algorithm, we’ve analyzed 8 terabases of microbial data, leading to the discovery of over 200 novel CRISPR systems. Kudos to @altaetran and @soumya_kannan12 for their exceptional work! Details in the thread below:

Congratulations to @OWMHepworth who passed her PhD viva last Friday! 🎉

It was an honour to receive this Trainee Award‼️ A massive thank you to the @AegeanConf committee and organisers. An incredible conference! See you next year #InnateImmunity

The crappy weather in Crete has rolled out for sunshine at the 18th Innate Immunity meeting @AegeanConf. Last night was a great group dinner at the Mylos Tou Kerata restaurant. @ThiruKanneganti @ZunigaLab

Happy Holidays from @thenagliklab and Richardson lab!!! 🎄🎄🎄

Cider tasting at #BSMM2022! 😃 @thenagliklab @LabMoyes @OWMHepworth @antzela_tsavou @DonNavodW @PudipeddiAkhila @aizepellon @BritSocMedMyc @UniofExeter

Delighted to share our paper led by @nic_ponde together with @slg1717with on how Candida albicans and its toxin candidalysin activate EGFR-MAPK adaptor proteins in oral epithelial cells @LortalLea @antzela_tsavou @OWMHepworth @DonNavodW @JemYHo @LabMoyes pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36037968/

Back Home. Together with @TravenLab and @OKurzai I would like to thank all the partipants of the #HFP2022. Science has been outstanding and the interactions fantastic! Hope to see you all at the #HFP2024!

My first HFP meeting! What a great conference to present my work at! Thanks to all the organisers for giving me this opportunity and everyone else for the discussions and feedback. #HFP2022

Last night at #HFP2022 for the Naglik & Richardson labs 🧪 @emi1ypriest @antzela_tsavou @OliviaKAPaulin @OWMHepworth @LortalLea