This summer Mattie participated in MeBoP, the Middle Eastern Biology of Parasitism course in Bern, Switzerland. Organised by Dr. Lilach Sheiner and Dr. Omar Harb, MeBoP is a high-caliber scientific course that covers various aspects of parasitology from molecular biology and epidemiology to genomics, targeted for students in the Middle East as well as North andContinue reading “Summer Travels”
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Lab Featured
Check out this interview on Med Chem Net about the challenges of discovery for Cryptosporidium and the journey of developing new tools to study this parasite: CLICK HERE Mattie also contributed a post for the Defeat DD Blog (Defeat Diarrheal Disease, a part of PATH) about the impact of a new meta-data analysis of CryptosporidiumContinue reading “Lab Featured”
Equipment arrives!
Thanks especially to the support staff including the BCDD lab managers for help with ordering and getting the lab space ready!
Science Saturday at Mills Observatory
In February the lab participated in our first public engagement activity, “Science Saturdays” at the Mills Observatory! We had parasites up on the big screen and chatted with over 100 visitors about what does it takes to be a parasite and why is Cryptosporidium an important parasite to know about. Event organised by Ali FloydContinue reading “Science Saturday at Mills Observatory”
Mattie arrives in Scotland
November 2017 Mattie moved from the University of Georgia in the USA to set up her own independent lab in Dundee, Scotland! Check out the School of Life Science’s welcome post for the new lab: http://www.lifesci.dundee.ac.uk/news/2017/dec/18/welcome-new-pi-dr-mattie-christine-pawlowic