#MPM2025
MPM2025 conferma: la libertà dei media in Europa è sotto pressione. Crescono precarietà, attacchi digitali e SLAPP contro i giornalisti. Serve un cambio di rotta.

www.articolo21.org/2025/07/mpm2...
MPM2025: cosa dicono gli ultimi dati sull'attività dei giornalisti in Europa. Aspettando l'otto agosto e l'Emfa - Articolo21
Condotto dal Centro per il Pluralismo e la Libertà dei Media (CMPF), il Media Pluralism Monitor (MPM) offre una delle valutazioni più complete sulla situazione dei media in Europa. Pur valutando un’am...
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July 5, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Honoured & grateful to have received an MPM Travel Grant and have the opportunity to present my PhD research at my first MPM 🇺🇸

Amazing science, inspiring discussions & a fantastic community of parasitologists – what a milestone in my journey. @parasitesrule.org
#MPM2025 #Parasitology
September 19, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Did you submit an abstract to #mpm2025? Notifications went out this week. Check you spam folders if you don't see an email in your inbox. @rmc9z.bsky.social @mjgubbels.bsky.social @omarharb.org
August 15, 2025 at 12:39 PM
The @veupathdb.org user comments campaign at #MPM2025 yielded 200 user comments from 66 attendees! Thanks, contributors 💐

For example: a comment on gene cgd5_3570 on CryptoDB pointed out that GGC proteins exhibit male-specific expression according to single-cell RNA seq. Good to know!
September 23, 2025 at 5:34 PM
🗞️📉 #Journalism across Europe is under pressure — again.

The new Media Pluralism Monitor #MPM2025 shows risks in every EU country: media capture, AI, Big Tech power, digital ads chaos, and journalists under attack.

Discover more & access data on an interactive map🔗 cmpf.eui.eu/press-under-...
June 27, 2025 at 1:55 PM
S'ha publicat el nou informe anual del meu projecte preferit: el Media Pluralism Monitor.
Això sí, les notícies són més aviat dolentíssimes.
#MPM2025 @eui-media-freedom.bsky.social #Digilab
🗞️📉 #Journalism across Europe is under pressure — again.

The new Media Pluralism Monitor #MPM2025 shows risks in every EU country: media capture, AI, Big Tech power, digital ads chaos, and journalists under attack.

Discover more & access data on an interactive map🔗 cmpf.eui.eu/press-under-...
June 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
A super useful tool for your #bioinformatics workflow to compile data across databases (among other cool features!)

(Poster still accessible to #mpm2025 attendees for the next 2 weeks!)

Spread the word, & help keep @veupathdb.org up & running! Our #analysis is only as strong as our #data.

#R
Join me on 16 Sept 8-9 AM (Boston time Zone i.e. 3 PM KSA) as I present my R package on how to access VEuPathDB component databases and several other database virtually in MPM XXXVI conference.

rohit-satyam.github.io/plasmoRUtils...

#plasmodium #pathogen
@veupathdb.org @parasitesrule.org
September 19, 2025 at 8:57 PM
🗞️ The Media Pluralism Monitor (MPM) offers one of the most comprehensive assessments of media conditions in Europe.

The 2025 MPM shows growing difficulty, caused by working conditions, employer instability, and an increasingly hostile political climate.

👇 Read bellow for this year's findings.
MPM2025: What the latest data says about being a journalist in Europe
Conducted by the Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom (CMPF), the Media Pluralism Monitor (MPM) offers one of the most comprehensive assessments ...
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July 4, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Highlights from #MPMXXXVI:

#Ticks! (woot!) Work by Isaac A. Hinne et al. identified stage-specific gene expression profiles in developing #tick embryos (Ixodes scapularis).

Targeting embryonic development in ticks offers a unique point of #vector control.

@parasitesrule.org #MPM2025 #Parasitology
September 23, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Highlights from #MPMXXXVI:

A review by Dr. Mohammad Taghi Ahady et al. reveals high accuracy (>97%) of #AI and #MachineLearning tools in identifying #parasites in microscopic images of #medical samples, both blood and stool.

@parasitesrule.org #MPM2025 #Parasitology
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September 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Why do we care? Because very little information is available for proteins found in #parasites, despite parasites causing a third of the total global burden of human #disease (!!!) #MPM2025 @parasitesrule.org
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More about this problem is explained nicely here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Exploiting structural biology in the fight against parasitic diseases
Despite spectacular advances in structural biology over the past half-century, only approximately 2% of the structures in the Protein Data Bank are fr…
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September 27, 2025 at 1:37 AM
The 36th Molecular #Parasitology Meeting was a smashing success! Thanks @parasitesrule.org for bringing together parasitologists from around the world, reminding us why we love this #niche field of absolutely fascinating and #essential research.

#MPMXXXVI #mpm2025

www.parasitesrule.com/mpm-xxxvi
Molecular Parasitology Community - MPM XXXVI
Download the full abstract book v2
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September 19, 2025 at 8:40 PM
L'informe presenta els resultats del Media Pluralism Monitor (MPM2025). El MPM és una eina integral dissenyada per avaluar els riscos del pluralisme dels mitjans de comunicació a la UE.
July 12, 2025 at 3:48 PM
#MPM2025 report is out. Best working conditions for journalists in #Denmark (10% risk) #Estonia (15%) and #Luxembourg (15%). Worst ones in #Greece (74%) #Turkey (71%) and #Serbia (68%).
cmpf.eui.eu/mpm-interact...
July 1, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Highlights from #MPMXXXVI:

Work by Melisa Sayé et al. explores repurposing benztropine - a Parkinson's disease drug - against infection by Trypanosome cruzi, a #parasite causing Chagas disease which affects >7 million people worldwide.

@parasitesrule.org #MPM2025 #Parasitology

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September 23, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Hey, #MPMXXXVI attendees! Just a reminder today is the last day to vote for your favourite talks and posters from this year's meeting. I've highlighted a few in my posts below!

@parasitesrule.org #MPM2025 #Parasitology
September 23, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The final tally of the @veupathdb.org user comments campaign at #MPM2025: Most user comments were entered on AmoebaDB followed by PlasmoDB, and then ToxoDB. 🎉

🏆The real winners: All VEuPathDB users, who benefit from current and reliable gene information!
September 24, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Learn more about some of their work here: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

(Although ginger extract is used in this paper^. If anyone can point me towards publications of their studies using thyme extract please do!)

@parasitesrule.org #MPM2025 #Parasitology #MPM2025 #botany
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Efficacy of green synthesized silver nanoparticles via ginger rhizome extract against Leishmania major in vitro
Leishmaniasis is a major public health problem that causes by parasite of the genus Leishmania. The pentavalent antimonial compounds that used for treatment are not safe or effective enough. The aim o...
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September 23, 2025 at 3:57 PM
More highlights from #MPMXXXVI!

Work by Lindsay Clark et al. predicts protein function based on existing gene sequences of #parasites in @veupathdb.org, annotating otherwise uncharacterized proteins based on their structure & helping inform drug discovery efforts.
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@parasitesrule.org #MPM2025
September 27, 2025 at 1:32 AM
There's mixed consensus whether Blastocystis is virulent - it's one of those microbes sitting on the fence between mutualism and parasitism. In my own work, virulence seemed to correlate with #microbiome composition.

Thanks to Zedan et al., we're now closer to a better understanding.
#MPM2025

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October 2, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Co-author Marcelo Beltrão Molento has done impressive work showing the benefits of plant-based therapies in standard, agroecological, and holistic #farming systems to combat drug resistant #parasite populations: dx.doi.org/10.5380/avs....
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@parasitesrule.org #MPM2025 #Parasitology #AMR
PLANT EXTRACTS USED FOR THE CONTROL OF ENDO AND ECTOPARASITES OF LIVESTOCK: A REVIEW OF THE LAST 13 YEARS OF SCIENCE | Archives of Veterinary Science
dx.doi.org
September 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
How? By inhibiting the uptake of metabolically essential amino acids and disrupting the parasite's lifecycle.

You can learn more about some of their work here: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

#Parasitology #MPMXXXVI #MPM2025
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Computational approaches for drug discovery against trypanosomatid-caused diseases
During three decades, only about 20 new drugs have been developed for malaria, tuberculosis and all neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). This critical situation was reached because NTDs represent only ...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
September 23, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Ha tingut poca repercussió la publicació del Country report: Spain "Monitoring media pluralism in the European Union: results of the MPM2025"
July 12, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Epilogue: More info about Blastocystis virulence, specifically, can be found here in this comprehensive paper:

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

@parasitesrule.org #MPM2025 #MPMXXXVI #Parasitology
Blastocystis, an unrecognized parasite: an overview of pathogenesis and diagnosis
Blastocystis sp. is among the few enteric parasites with a prevalence that often exceeds 5% in the general population of industrialized countries and can reach 30–60% in developing countries. This par...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
October 2, 2025 at 8:23 PM
More general info about the mysterious #parasite Blastocystis and its contested #virulence can be found here:

frontline.thehindu.com/the-nation/p...

(Note that "subtypes" are incredibly genetically diverse!)

@parasitesrule.org #MPM2025 #MPMXXXVI #Parasitology

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Blastocystis Gut Parasite: Healthy or Harmful?
Study shows gut parasite Blastocystis linked to healthy diet, better cardiometabolic health outcomes, and weight loss in 1,124 participants.
frontline.thehindu.com
October 2, 2025 at 8:22 PM