Here at @BSPparasitology, I will be live-tweeting today from the Veterinary Parasitology session at Appleton Hall 2 & from 11:30 am-13:00 PM, from the Protists 5 session: Genomics & Evolution at McEwan Hall! So I will retweet from parallel sessions! Beautiful #BSP2023 final day! Beginning #BSP2023 Day 4 and opening our Veterinary Parasitology session today, is Dr Lynsey Melville (taking over from Fiona Kenyon) of @MoredunComms who is telling us about "Making #roundworm data ewe-niversal for all". #parasitology

Day 3 of #BSP2023 begins today with our @SPPIRITnetwork ECR session! SPPIRIT is an excellent ECR organisation for parasitologists working in Scotland, but all ECRs will benefit from the expertise today in publishing & attracting funding! #parasitology Here are the talks for today's @SPPIRITnetwork ECR session at #BSP2023! A big thanks to @CambridgeUP who are here in person as sponsors (so visit their table!). They are publishers of the journal "Parasitology" & an original sponsor of the BSP! cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Welcome to Day 2 (first scientific sessions) of #BSP2023 at @EdinburghUni in beautiful McEwan Hall! You can register each morning at McEwan Hall & make sure to pick up your abstract book & lanyard! #parasitology Here on Twitter, I will be tweeting from the first 2 plenary sessions at McEwan Hall, followed by sessions:
Protists 1: Development & Signalling
Protists 2: Parasite Interactions
and
Drugs, Vaccines, & Diagnostics
- I will retweet info from other parallel sessions! #BSP2023

𝟭𝟵𝟴𝟬:Wojciech “Al” Krotoski et al publish a report in the British Medical Journal describing a dormant liver stage of #Plasmodium cynomolgi in Rhesus macaques. These dormant liver stages, called "hypnozoites" are postulated to be the cause of relapses of this #malaria species - Image references: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…; ajtmh.org/view/journals/…
- References: https://t.co/QDyaZSACDa; https://t.co/zzZPG6Ze3M; link.springer.com/article/10.100…

𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟳: The 52nd volume of the journal “Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde” is released, and in it, a series of articles showing the remarkable effect of a new drug, Praziquantel, in treating cestode & trematode infections, including #Schistosoma mansoni. #schistosomiasis - Image references: link.springer.com/article/10.100…
- References: https://t.co/AqDBqsmgBn; sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟯:In 1973, Thomas A. Miller of the University of Glasgow Vet School, had his canine hookworm (Ancylostoma caninum) vaccine approved for commerical use in the US. Though discontinued in 1975, Miller's work has informed hookworm vaccine research to this day! @BAVet_Parasitol - Image references: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancylosto…; theses.gla.ac.uk/73163/1/106475…;
- References: tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.416…; academic.oup.com/cid/article/46…; https://t.co/FIP0lm4fOy

𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟬: It was in 1970 that the full life cycle of #Toxoplasma gondii was described for the 1st time by Frenkel et al. Nowadays, the micro- and macro- gametocyte stages in the cat intestine are rarely studied, so the Frenkel et al. (1970) micrographs are still informative. - Image reference: science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…
- References: science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…; sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

In 𝟭𝟵𝟲𝟲, the eminent parasitologist P. Cyril C. Garnham published his "magnum opus", the 1132-page encyclopaedia of #malaria parasites, "Malaria Parasites and Other Haemosporidia". After 56 yrs, images from this book are still used as references across the world. #Plasmodium - Image references: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Prof…; personal photo.
- References: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…; royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.109…

It is now 60 days until (& including) the 1st of April, 2022! April '22 marks 𝟲𝟬 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 since the British Socety for Parasitology was formed from the Parasitological Section of the Institute for Biology!
To mark this, we will be releasing a #parasite breakthough/fact (1/1) .. every day for the next 60 days: from 1962 to 2022! We will provide information on both well-studied & unusual parasites such as Angiostrongylus cantonensis, Echinococcus vogeli, Plasmodium falciparum, Mansonella spp., Hirudo medicinalis (leeches) bed bugs, & more! (2/2).

Thank you so much to Professor Maria-Gloria Basanez for all your hard work as President of the BSP. Lots of progress made during very challenging times #ParasitesOnline21 We will have provision of childcare in future @BSPparasitology in situ conferences #ParasitesOnline21

Our 5th and final day of #ParasitesOnline21 will begin shortly with a plenary talk from Prof Santiago Mas-Coma from University of Valencia on: Fascioliasis control in human endemic areas: one health action to complement preventative chemotherapy Prof Maria-Gloria Basanez introduces Prof Santiago Mas-Coma who was awarded Honorary membership of @BSPparasitology in 2020

Day 4 of our #ParasitesOnline21 meeting will begin with a presentation by Dr Emma Briggs who was awarded the BSP President's Medal in 2020 🏅 @emmabriggs6

https://twitter.com/BSPparasitology/status/1255061272569274368

Prof Maria-Gloria Basanez introduces Dr Emma Briggs and congratulates her on the award

So we begin #ParasitesOnline21 today with C.A. Wright Medal 2020 winner, Prof Sarah Reece (@ReeceLab), who is telling us about "The private life of #malaria parasites: Strategies for survival & reproduction." #Parasitology Prof Reece describes how the #malaria parasite regulates gametocyte sex ratio; highest number of offspring depends in female gametocyte number; the highest proportion of matings depends on male gametocyte number: sciencedirect.com/science/articl… #ParasitesOnline21