Institute of Parasitology invites you to the seminar "Regulation of nutrient-sensitive growth by the mTOR pathway". The seminar will be held at 13:00 on Monday 24 October 2022 in Faculty of Science, building C, lecture room C2 . David is a co-discoverer of mTOR, a key pathway in mammalian cells. He belongs to the most cited scientists (10,000 refs annually) with permanent...
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Department of Parasitology invites you to the seminar: Anna Šejnohová MSc. student): The intestinal protist Blastocystis sp. in non human primates and their caretakers in Czech zoos [in Czech, slides in English] Hynek Mazanec (PhD. student): Out of host, out of time secretion dynamics of extracellular vesicles in tapeworms [in English] The seminar will be held at 13:00 on Thursday...
The Institute is hiring a new Assistant Professor in parasite immunology. More details on the position and how to apply can be found in the attached documents (English and French versions).
Toxoplasmosis, one of the most prevalent parasitic diseases in the world, produces no obvious symptoms in humans. However, a new study published in the journal Evolutionary Psychology has found the disease “can spur changes in a person’s political beliefs and values” through an inflammatory reaction.
Department of Parasitology invites you to the seminar: Ana Maria Filipe Osório de Barros de Almeida (Ph.D. student) - Functional analysis of Babesia calcium dependent protein kinases. (in English) The seminar will be held at 13:15 on Thursday 6 October 2022 in Faculty of Science, building C, lecture room C2.
Trypanosoma brucei is a complex of five ecotypes, namely, T. brucei f. brucei, T. b. f. gambiense, T. b. f. rhodesiense, T. b. f. equiperdum, and T. b. f. evansi, which are highly evolvable and appear to conquer new hosts and territories relatively easily as a result of just a few simple mutations in their genomes, which can be induced even in laboratory conditions. The subspecies status of T....
We invite you to the seminar "Systems biology studies of malaria drug modes of action and resistance mechanisms". The seminar will be held at 13:00 on Monday 11 July 2022 in seminar room PARU II, Institute of Parasitology.
