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It was great to celebrate another graduation with our students this year! Dr. Grant MJ Hall came back to Dundee to be awarded his PhD! Here we are outside Caird Hall after the ceremony. So proud! We are also proud of our undergraduate students, Finlay Walker (left) who was our Honours student and Sam FergusonContinue reading “2026 Graduation”

Sunday May 24th – Tuesday May 26th, 2026 we hosted the 2nd Biennial Cryptosporidium Meeting in Edinburgh, Scotland at the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Mattie co-organised with Dr. Adam Sateriale, from the Francis Crick Institute. The weather in Edinburgh was incredible (maybe too good!). It was a great chance to get the field together andContinue reading “2nd Biennial Cryptosporidium Meeting”

This year we welcome some new lab members: Dr. Douglas Escrivani, previously a postdoc with Prof. David Horn (Dundee). Dr. Sophia Hernandez, previously a PhD student and postdoc with Dr. Ellen Bushnell (Umea, Sweden). We also welcome Dr. Sandra Carvalho, a postdoc in the Mode-of-Action team lead by Prof. Susan Wyllie, to continue our collaborationContinue reading “Welcome to new lab members!”

We enjoyed the opportunity to talk about our work several times this year: Sam Ferguson was our summer student, and presented both at the summer student symposia and also at this years SPPIRIT Symposium at the Roslin Institute! Peyton and Mattie enjoyed being hosted by Julie Tottey and the INRAE team to discuss Cryptosporidium biologyContinue reading “2025 Travel”

To celebration publication of Ross and Sarah’s paper in PLoS Pathogens, we spent the day at the Scottish Deer Centre in Fife. They recently received 2 capybaras and we have adopted this adorable animals as a lab favourite! We are on track to visit all the capybaras in Scotland! It was cold day, but weContinue reading “End of Year Lab Celebration”