Daniel Jeffares

Want to predict pandemics, investigate evolving parasites in the Amazon, or revolutionise climate-resilient crops? Check out our fully-funded PhD projects starting 2026. djeffares.github.io/phd.html @UniOfYork @BiologyatYork @NERC @Katherine_Denby

Funded PhD opportunity: investigate how Leishmania parasites and their sand fly vectors are adapting to urbanisation in the Amazon. Combines fieldwork in Brazil with cutting-edge genomics and spatial epidemiology. UK students only. Apply by 7 Jan 2026: djeffares.github.io/phd.html

We found #Leishmania parasites adapting from the #Amazon Rainforest towards the city of Manaus. If you'd like to find out more, check out this #PhD opportunity in genomics, eco-epidemiology, geography & evolution at @UniOfYork @BiologyatYork findaphd.com/phds/project/u…

From @UniOfYork to @institutpasteur today by train, and tomorrow i'll talk about 'Uncovering the secret lives of microbes: examples from #Leishmania parasites' @YBRI_UoY, @BiologyatYork

@NERCscience financiou 3,5 anos de #PhD na @UniOfYork. Inscreva-se até 8 de janeiro de 2025. @YBRI_UoY @BiologyatYork djeffares.github.io/phd-pt.html

Uncovering natural and anthropic factors that affect the eco-epidemiology of Leishmania pathogens transmission in the #Amazon Rainforest. @NERCscience funded 3.5 year #PhD at @UniOfYork. Apply by 8th January 2025. @YBRI_UoY @BiologyatYork djeffares.github.io/phd.html

New analysis method by João Luís Reis-Cunha identfies non-clonal #Leishmania & #Trypanosoma infections post-culture. Result: ≤7% are not clonal, depending on the species bmcgenomics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11… @bmcgenomics @YBRI_UoY @UniOfYork @BiologyatYork github.com/jaumlrc/Comple…

I expect differences in breeding and rate of sex in other Leish populations or species due to eco-epidemiology, and perhaps 'sand fly residence time' @gwaconstable ...

New method by @gwaconstable found that #Leishmania do meiosis around once/10k mitotic generations. And inbreeding varies between L. donovani pops. The tool runs with SNP data for any diploid eukaryote. biorxiv.org/content/10.110… @YBRI_UoY @UniOfYork @BiologyatYork

Dear @supertanskiii - check this out. :-(

The UK @Conservatives party leader @RishiSunak has made headlines - for rolling back their already inadequate net zero pledges. UK citizens: let's vote them out next time, shall we? Some views my own, some from a highly respected scientific journal. nature.com/articles/d4158…

Farewell to Accadius Lunayo (for now). Accadius came from @uonbi to @UniOfYork for 5 months. He learned genome-scale research and with help from João Reis-Cunha produced analysis for a publication (coming soon). Well done Accadius! ❤️@YBRI_UoY @YorkBiolRes @UniOfYork

Cyanotriazole compounds can rapidly cure trypanosome infections in mice, a new study finds. The results bring the possibility of eradication and effective management of many neglected tropical diseases. 📄: scim.ag/3aZ #SciencePerspective: scim.ag/3aY

@Mottram_group @YBRI_UoY @ElmarieEM @BiologyatYork Super work @ElmarieEM, @Mottram_group

Pleased to have assisted with this important study @YBRI_UoY @ElmarieEM @BiologyatYork using animal models of infection to test efficacy of potential new drugs

New preprint by João Reis-Cunha: aneuploidy in Trypanosomatids is ancestral, maintains higher diversity, and has all the genes on the same strand. A frozen accident? @YBRI_UoY #Leishmania @BiologyatYork @ufmg @The_MRC. biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh…

@hostmicrobe @UniOfYork It will @hostmicrobe! (I've been away from twitter)

Great collaboration with #popgen research @danieljeffares at @UniOfYork and our non-twitter colleagues in Brazil, where this patient population seen. We hope this new approach will accelerate discovery of parasite polymorphisms linked to patient clinical outcomes.

Congrats to @CAMBUpenn student, Olivia Pilling, on her first paper from her thesis work, now out in @PLOSPathogens 🎉! She pulls whole leishmania genomes (32Mbp!) directly from patient skin biopsies. From samples ➡️ genomes w/out culture 🧫. doi.org/10.1371/journa…

Excited for the start of #medtrop2022 on Belém, presenting work by @biocoopdegrace, João Cunha, with Carlos HN Costa. #JCPiL @BiologyatYork @UniOfYork

Every penny from the sale of my Ancestor Stone will go to support the welcome & resettlement of #refugees via @SanctuaryYork. £1750 (excluding delivery). Contact me for full details: lucy@lucychurchill.com #RefugeesWelcome #York #britishsculpture #britishsculptor #stonesculpture

New twitter feed on #UK politics, climate, and social justice: @CuriousPukeko. Views my own, but shared by many. #EnoughlsEnough. twitter.com/CuriousPukeko?…