September: Mattie and Beatrice attended the Molecular Parasitology Meeting in Woods Hole, MA and both gave talks! We also got to see old friends in the Striepen and Kai Zhang lab.
Beatrice presents her PhD work at MPM
Striepenite reunion at The Kidd
Got to catch up with my undergrad/PhD advisor, Kai Zhang, at MPM
October: The lab has arrived (welcome to Ross, Beatrice, and Jack!), so we went to Brewdog to celebrate! Dr. Lilach Sheiner from the University of Glasgow came to Dundee and gave a great talk about redox and organelle communication in Toxoplasma.
First lab trip to Brewdog!
Lilach Sheiner gave a great seminar talk at Dundee
November: Mattie gave a talk at ToxoUK, and attended the EMBO Lab Leadership course with Dr. Susan Wyllie and Dr. Mahima Swamy.
Dinner at ToxoUK
Susan Wyllie and Mattie attend EMBO Lab Leadership Course
December: Mattie gave a talk at the “London Molecular Parasitology Club” hosted at the Crick by Mike Blackman and Moritz Treeck. Thanks for the invite and the pizza! Ross performed with the Dundee Symphony and we enjoyed our first lab Christmas lunch!


We also started our first attempt at making transgenic Cryptosporidium in Dundee, so stay tuned for the new year!