Category: News from the group

Field work in Ethiopia

Shashanka was in Jimma, Ethiopia, working with field, medical, and scientific teams from Jimma University this November. The goal of his fieldwork was to collect and prepare malaria samples from patients for single-cell RNA sequencing. These samples will represent the first single-cell RNA sequencing samples collected in Ethiopia.

Molecular Parasitology Meeting 2025

Katie, Jaclyn, Janne and David attended MPM in Woods Hole in mid-September. Jaclyn presented her Trypanosoma research in a talk, Katie had a teaser talk + poster presenting her mdr1 P. vivax project and Janne presented her lncRNA research during the poster session. Also, David presented a poster on Katie’s AP2 project. During the free time the lab enjoyed beautiful Cape Cod.

Lab Orioles Outing

A bunch of us went to the Orioles game in September to say goodbye to Brice and Léa, who visited us for a month from our collaborator at the Institute Pasteur in Cambodia, to learn some Bioinformatics. It was a great time having you in the lab!

Summer BBQ

We had a great time at another lab BBQ at David’s house! It was also a chance to say goodbye to our amazing summer intern, Anushka, who’s been working with Franck over the past two months. Wishing her all the best in her next chapter!

Joint Parasitology Spring Meeting 2025

Janne recently attended the Joint Parasitology Spring Meeting, hosted by the German Society for Parasitology (DGP), the British Society for Parasitology (BSP), and the Swiss Society for Tropical Medicine and Parasitology (SSTMP), held in Würzburg, Germany. There, she presented her research on the role of long non-coding RNAs in Plasmodium falciparum gametocytogenesis.

ASTMH 2024

David, Kieran and Rosita attended the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene in New Orleans in November 2024. Kieran presented a talk with David as one of the sessions chairs on the topic “A subset of Cambodian Plasmodium vivax parasites treated with artesunate display slow clearance and a delayed and unique gene expression response”. Rosita presented her research during the poster session on the topic “Comprehensive characterization of Plasmodium vivax antigens using a high-density peptide array”.

Fall lab BBQ

At the beginning of November, the lab enjoyed a delicious and sunny barbecue at David’s home. He made pizza on the grill for everyone. We also said goodbye to Dynang, a visiting PhD student from Pasteur in Cambodia. We had a great time with her over the last couple of weeks. Dynang and part of the Serre lab are now off to ASTMH next week.