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The major approaches to Guinea worm prevention and eradication include: 1. Filtering drinking water through finely-woven cloth to mechanically remove copepods or drinking water through filter straws. 2. Treating contaminated water with a larvicide known as temephos (ABATE®). 3. Health education to prevent infected individuals from entering drinking water sources when Guinea worms are emerging. 4. Providing clean water from wells. 📸 Life Straw

The leishmaniases are a group of diseases caused by protozoan parasites from more than 20 Leishmania species. An estimated 700,000 to 1 million new cases occur annually. Learn more and explore our free resources at parasiteswithoutborders.com

Last couple of days for abstracts for BSP spring meeting in Glasgow. Do submit!! myeventflo.com/event.aspx?m=4…

📆 Register for our webinar to discover how to make the most of SULSA in 2026 - including how we can support your research & career development, plus details on upcoming funding, networking opps, & training designed to help you thrive 🙌 👉 forms.office.com/e/HwqXwZqkjH

A great way to learn the capability of Omics to enhance your research

🚨 Final call – register by midnight TONIGHT for IndAc25 🚨 Don’t miss our two-day conference at the TIC, Glasgow 28th–29th October 25! 🔹 Day 1: Industry-Academia Collab & Commercialisation 🔹 Day 2: Employability & Skills Dev Secure your ticket now 👉 sulsa.ac.uk/indac

Parasitic Diseases Lectures #3: Introduction to Protozoan Parasites 🪱 Dickson and Daniel introduce the protozoan parasites that will be discussed in this course. 📺 bit.ly/42luUsP

📆 | Save the Date! The @BSPparasitology Spring Meeting 2026 is coming to @UofGlasgow. Running from 7-9 April, there will be 15 sessions, 5 workshops, a ceilidh, a dinner - and a welcome reception at Glasgow City Chambers. 🔗 More info soon at bsp.uk.net/Events

🔬 Check out the Scottish Life Sciences Networks supported by SULSA in 2024–25! Through our SULSA Network Support, we fund new & existing networks to run events across human health, animals, plants & microbes🌱🧬 👉 Learn more: sulsa.ac.uk/sulsa-network-…

Carlos Justiniano Ribeiro Chagas, M.D. (1879–1934) 🔬Working as a physician in rural Brazil, Chagas determined that the most recent seasonal mortality rate was not due entirely to malaria, as many had died with no malarial parasites demonstrable in their bloodstream. Instead, he observed that the vinchuca bug (reduviid) had trypanosomes in their gut tract and made the association between the bugs and the infection in people by finding trypanosomes in the blood of a young infected girl. He went on to describe many of the clinical features of what was to become known as American trypanosomiasis. He named it Trypanosoma cruzi, after his friend and mentor, Oswaldo Cruz. Chagas went on to discover Pneumocystis carinii, (renamed Pneumocystis jirovecii) an opportunistic fungal infection, a particular risk for HIV/AIDS patients. Page 170 📕 Parasitic Diseases, Eighth Edition Download a copy for free! parasiteswithoutborders.com/books

‼️There are only very few places left for the Edinburgh & Glasgow CV & Careers Workshops! Make sure you register in time using the link below 👇

Great opportunity to explore a great idea

Just under 3 weeks left to send in your application for the Innovation Seed Funding we are running in collaboration with @DataLabScotland! 👀 Details below 👇

We are delighted to announce that Professor Emma Thomson @emcat1 has been appointed as the new Director of the MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research @CVRinfo! 🔬🦠 @UKRI_News @The_MRC Read more➡️ gla.ac/455EjH0

Please repost: We have a postdoc position in Antifungal Immunity Research available to study T cell responses and fungal sensitization in atopic dermatitis. ⁦@eurconfmedmycol⁩ For more details, visit: jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecrui…; ⁦@ISHAM_Mycology⁩ ⁦@MRCcmm⁩

Well worth attending this if wondering about the diversity of opportunity available to life science workers

Looking for a fully-funded D. Phil. / Ph.D. studentship in structural biology and vaccinology? Come to join our team. Fully and generously funded by a donation from the Kyner-Field family with full fees at overseas level. Join us?? bioch.ox.ac.uk/studentships

We are holding the An Introduction to Omics Online Workshop! 📅 9 - 11 June 2025 🌐 Zoom and Moodle 🎟️ #anintroductiontoomics" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">gla.ac.uk/colleges/mvls/…

Our #microbiology/#parasitology primary school workshops are in full flow this week with ~200 visitors from @GarnetbankPS @ThornwoodPri @NotreDamePri @HyndlandPS Many thanks to wonderful volunteers who made them happen! @UofGMVLS @UofGSii @hunterian

🚀Are you looking to level up your leadership skills? RESILIENCE Leadership Accelerator Programme is aims to nurture the next generation of leaders in both academia and industry. ℹ️Info session: 5 June | 10 AM | Online buff.ly/wtKdQme Learn more: buff.ly/Kegx2sg