Sebastian Lourido

We’re looking for someone to lead the implementation and advancement of genome technologies at Whitehead. Spread the word! An opportunity to work with an incredible community of scientists!

Whitehead Institute, a leading biomedical research institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is hiring a Genome Technology Core (GTC) Director: wibr.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/WIBR-Car…

Our parasite genome databases are really gone! The lack of communication and scientific vision ⁦@NIH⁩ is hard to follow. Colossal mistake! ⁦@parasitesrule⁩ ⁦@BSPparasitology⁩ ⁦@theNASciences⁩ ⁦@ScienceMagazine⁩ ⁦@Nature⁩ ⁦@NIAIDNews⁩

OUT NOW 👉 CRISPR-based functional profiling of the Toxoplasma gondii genome during acute murine infection🐁 @ChrisJGiuliano @LouridoLab @WhiteheadInst nature.com/articles/s4156…

Researchers in @LouridoLab performed the first genome-wide screen of Toxoplasma gondii in live hosts, revealing genes that are important for infection but previously undetected in cell culture experiments: wi.mit.edu/news/genome-wi…

Read more about the work in this great news article by @gretafriar for @WhiteheadInst wi.mit.edu/news/clamp-com…

Thank you to our collaborators in the @VernCarruthers and Niles lab for your help in this study.

Very excited to see this out in press. An effort led by @saimamaysidik and Dylan Valleau to understand the function of the CLAMP complex in apicomplexan parasites!

@luisamfigueired @Cell2_Cell Wow. A dream of a meeting!

1 week of lively discussions, bringing together scientists interested in gene regulation and chromatin at single cell level. In all sorts of “model” organisms. Also reflecting on impact of diversity & inclusion and AI in research. @Cell2_Cell

@SWButterworth @WhiteheadInst We are so lucky to have you @SWButterworth !

Very excited to share our latest study using cryo-ET to investigate actin filaments in #Apicomplexan parasites. This allowed us to learn where do these filaments originate at the cell tip and how they could be managed down the cell body to power motility! nature.com/articles/s4146…

Like many joys in science, promotions develop slowly making it hard to know when to mark the occasion. Happy to share my promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure @MITBiology. Immense gratitude to all the lab members, colleagues, and mentors who have made this possible!

@goldenpipette @SimonaSeizova @jvn @CuriouswithJVN 😎

@LouridoLab @SimonaSeizova @jvn @CuriouswithJVN OMG could you be any cooler? I can’t wait to listen to this!!!

I had an incredible time talking about parasites and our lab’s work with @jvn for their @CuriouswithJVN podcast! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/get…

@Drennan_Lab @GoyalMudita @ProteinSociety @MITBiology @ChemistryMIT So proud of our UROP!

Science friends, has anyone encountered instability or toxicity from NanoLuc-containing plasmids in E. coli?. The troublesome plasmids are not supposed to express NanoLuc in bacteria, but even if they did, there are no intrinsically toxic sequences associated with its ORF.

@LouridoLab Here is a link to anonymous links which, PIs sign the one(s) as appropriate sites.google.com/view/veupathdb

.@veupathdb is an essential resource for our field. Please join me in expressing your support for their funding renewal! upenn.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8e…