Microbiology nerd 🤓. Future Making Fellow @ The University of Adelaide🦠. Studying parasite cell biology using microscopy🔬🦟🧫.https://bsky.app/profile/benliffner.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/benliffner.bsky.social/post/3lrov7vkt7k2mCome and join our team! We currently have two PhD scholarships between Danny Wilson and myself We are a supportive, productive, and inclusive research group studying parasite cell biology @ The University of Adelaide in beautiful South Australia https://scholarships.adelaide.edu.au/Scholarships/postgraduate-research/faculty-of-sciences-engineering-and-technology-set/arc-grant-1416 Jun 2025 02:03 +0000at://did:plc:5hhhhkxourboo2ryat2jcm4a/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrov7vkt7k2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/benliffner.bsky.social/post/3lrbyfmdhrc2aA dynamic barrier: remodeling of the nuclear envelope during closed mitosis in malaria parasites | mSphere https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/msphere.00999-2410 Jun 2025 22:55 +0000at://did:plc:5hhhhkxourboo2ryat2jcm4a/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrbyfmdhrc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/benliffner.bsky.social/post/3lq7q5axiu22qThanks very much to the wonderful folks in the new Flinders Health & Medical Research Building for hosting me on Tuesday! Cheers to Nick Eyre and @evahesping.bsky.social for the invitation to speak and for showing me around the beautiful new facility! [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 May 2025 07:56 +0000at://did:plc:5hhhhkxourboo2ryat2jcm4a/app.bsky.feed.post/3lq7q5axiu22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/benliffner.bsky.social/post/3lmmghdah3226Our study looking at sporozoite development and salivary gland invasion using expansion microscopy is now up as a pre-print! A little thread below about this interesting study that was born out of a seminar 🧵 @sabsalon.bsky.social @jvr-lab.bsky.social https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.09.648058v112 Apr 2025 11:27 +0000at://did:plc:5hhhhkxourboo2ryat2jcm4a/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmmghdah3226https://bsky.app/profile/benliffner.bsky.social/post/3llue73lzps2bCome and work with us! We have a 3yr Research Assistant role working on parasites with fascinating biology If you have experience working with mouse models, parasites, or are excited by the challenge of working on a new organism, I'd encourage you to apply! https://careers.adelaide.edu.au/cw/en/job/516386/technical-officerresearch-assistant-molecular-microbiology02 Apr 2025 21:43 +0000at://did:plc:5hhhhkxourboo2ryat2jcm4a/app.bsky.feed.post/3llue73lzps2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/benliffner.bsky.social/post/3ljlholnp522dA massive thanks to @bladerlab.bsky.social for the opportunity to put this mSphere of influence article together! Also @dvorinlab.bsky.social, @ebertiaux.bsky.social, Brochet Lab, & @centriolelab.bsky.social for doing science that shows off why parasites are cool! https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/msphere.00043-2504 Mar 2025 22:01 +0000at://did:plc:5hhhhkxourboo2ryat2jcm4a/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljlholnp522dhttps://bsky.app/profile/benliffner.bsky.social/post/3lipibmr32s2iWould have loved to be able to be there in person, but excited and proud to see a great colleague and a great friend in James Blauwkamp deliver a fantastic PhD Defence! Been a wonderful experience to see you grow as a scientist over the years and excited to see what's next 🎉 @sabsalon.bsky.social21 Feb 2025 18:57 +0000at://did:plc:5hhhhkxourboo2ryat2jcm4a/app.bsky.feed.post/3lipibmr32s2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/benliffner.bsky.social/post/3linmbg2ick2nGreat to get the opportunity to present our work on expansion microscopy of mosquito-stage malaria parasites at Lorne I&I this morning! Cheers to @theviin.bsky.social for the ECR award that allowed me to attend this meeting #LorneIandI21 Feb 2025 01:03 +0000at://did:plc:5hhhhkxourboo2ryat2jcm4a/app.bsky.feed.post/3linmbg2ick2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/benliffner.bsky.social/post/3lhszbvcpl22gA real honour to receive the inaugural Kat Gaus Award at APMC13 last week @australianmms.bsky.social supported by Zeiss Microscopy Australia & New Zealand. Cheers to everybody for supporting me doing weird and wonderful light microscopy experiments on parasites over the years!10 Feb 2025 11:14 +0000at://did:plc:5hhhhkxourboo2ryat2jcm4a/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhszbvcpl22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/benliffner.bsky.social/post/3lhkcjyasqk2lA massive thanks to @sturalph.bsky.social @ijayas.bsky.social, Donna Whelan, Ashley Rozario, and Dawson Ling for a fantastic session and discussion on expansion microscopy yesterday at #APMC1307 Feb 2025 00:06 +0000at://did:plc:5hhhhkxourboo2ryat2jcm4a/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhkcjyasqk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/benliffner.bsky.social/post/3lfeadfc3pc2kIs there anybody heading to the Asia-Pacific Microscopy Congress in Brisbane this coming February who has done/is doing expansion microscopy? If so, please DM me10 Jan 2025 03:20 +0000at://did:plc:5hhhhkxourboo2ryat2jcm4a/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfeadfc3pc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/benliffner.bsky.social/post/3lf4caj35dc2vhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-55413-5#Ack106 Jan 2025 23:33 +0000at://did:plc:5hhhhkxourboo2ryat2jcm4a/app.bsky.feed.post/3lf4caj35dc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/benliffner.bsky.social/post/3lf2rw3bdj22dStarting the new year from a different office 🐑06 Jan 2025 09:08 +0000at://did:plc:5hhhhkxourboo2ryat2jcm4a/app.bsky.feed.post/3lf2rw3bdj22d