Did you miss our latest paper on #praziquantel 💊 and #schistosome 🐛? We reanalyzed our data with the latest genome assembly. The main takeaway:
- #PZQ response is determined by only one QTL rather than 2 independent loci.
- The Sm.TRPM_PZQ gene is still differentially expressed.
- There are now only 3 gene isoforms and isoform 1 mainly explains the difference in expression.

This demonstrates that high-quality genome assembly is critical for correct trait mapping.

📄: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.11.01.565202v1

📢 The #AndersonLab is looking for a #ResearchAssistant to work on #schistosome worms. We have exciting projects on:
- Drug resistance 💊
- Schistosome host specificity & hybridization 🐌 🪱
- #Snail microbiome 🐌

Plus #TxBiomed has excellent #benefits!

➡️ To apply: https://txbiomed.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/1/home/requisition/456?c=txbiomed

People with BSc/MSc degree and interest in #MolecularBiology and/or #AnimalBiology are welcome. Feel free to DM for more information.

#job #jobs #biology #evolution #parasite #animal

Last week, Winka and I had a blast at the XVI International Symposium on Schistosomiasis #xvi_iss in #OuroPreto discussing about #schistosome worms 🇧🇷🪱👥! Huge thanks to the organizers!! Can't wait to be at the #xvii_iss meeting in Salvador (Bahia).

#Parasite #DrugResistance

Hi all,

Time for a proper #introduction!

I'm a Staff Scientist at #TxBiomed (San Antonio) working on #schistosome blood fluke. I focus on #parasite traits like drug resistance, host specificity and chronobiology using #genetics and #genomics. I have also a big interest in #microbiome 🦠 of snails 🐌 which are vectors of schistosomes. I do a lot of #bioinformatics 💻 using #bash, #R and #python (👉 https://github.com/fdchevalier/).

Hope y'all enjoy following me!

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