Boris Striepen
@striepenlab
Boris is a professor @PennVet who studies parasites, in particular Cryptosporidium, he also is a white water canoeist, runner, and a first rate space cadet.
Four in five UK dairy farms battling cryptosporidiosis, study finds ift.tt/HaRVpN4
Dr Honorine Ward highlights Adam Sateriale & colleagues’ recent @cellhostmicrobe article on a #virulence factor, #Cryptosporidium #MVP1, modulating #intestinal #microvilli by interacting with host #EBP50 & #CDC42. @TuftsMedicalCtr @TheCrick authors.elsevier.com/a/1lH505Eb1xN6…
Just a Wednesday at the Burroughs Wellcome Fund Spring has sprung and there are -so- many flowers. Plant something new and grow it with a BWF PATH award. Letters of Intent are due July 17. If your lab is shifting into a higher gear, don’t talk yourself out of applying!
Federal science cuts aren’t just halting medical research or disrupting clinical trials. They are already costing us $8.1 billion and 35,000 jobs. The projected loss is $16 billion and 68,000 jobs every year. This reaches every corner of America.
Microbial Pathogenesis Peeps - New Investigators - this one is for you! Easy first round one pager. Break out your imagination and think of those high risk-reward projects and risks you want to take.... bwfund.org/funding-opport…
For the immunologists still on X science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…
Registration now open for the 2025 edition of MPM in Woods Hole. We hope you can attend! 👇
Registration and Abstract submission for MPMXXXVI are now open! Abstract submission deadline is June 27th, get yours in quickly. @rmc9z @Deepali_Ravel @omartheharb 🔗parasitesrule.com/mpm-xxxvi
So there are some clear ups of working for a vet school - for one the library offers the stuff you really want to read this summer! Hedgehogs, miniature pigs and musteloids - I already feel happier! @pennvet
Congratulations, Sam Kurup, on receiving the 2025 Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease (PATH) award from The Burroughs Wellcome Fund bwfund.org/news/announcin…
One of my new fascinations following #EESInfection talks - Rhoptry-mediated secretion - seems almost like a eukaryotic version of TTSS? An apical membrane complex for triggering rhoptry exocytosis and invasion in Toxoplasma | The EMBO Journal embopress.org/doi/full/10.15…
Just looking at this in West Philadelphia used book store. Quick reminder that Philadelphia Canoe Club has a few spots left for its 2025 kayak or canoe whitewater novice training. Starts this Friday! Go to philcanoe.org
Parasite of the Month: #Cryptosporidium #hominis, the most common cause of #cryptosporidiosis in humans, authored by Wanyi Huang, Yaoyu Feng & Lihua Xiao. authors.elsevier.com/a/1l04j5Eb1xN6…
My lab uses a highly sophisticated AI system to manage access to PCR machines that appears to hinge on an army of continuously recycled pieces of tape with your name on it.
It's summer and time for our swimming pool associated outbreaks of Cryptosporidium! Here, Maria Merolle @IGGPenn @striepenlab lays out the challenges to making a vaccine for this enteric pathogen. doi.org/10.1016/j.muci…
Sebastian Shaw @millseba organizes a cheese bracket for the lab. Who will win?
Parasites need mitochondrial respiration to cause disease. Indeed, common anti-malaria drugs target respiratory enzymes (e.g. atovaquone). But how do the parasite enzymes work and how do drugs inhibit them? Read @AndrewEMaclean and Alex Mühleip phenomenal work to find out! 👇
🎉 Join Us for Parasite Day with PiP 2025! We are thrilled to announce Parasite Day with @PiParasitology on June 27, 2025, from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm EDT! This virtual symposium will spotlight groundbreaking work in parasitology by scientists from historically excluded backgrounds.
For those of you voting in Philadelphia: advice from the housemate: vote yes on the urgently needed prison oversight board!
