Identified the apicoplast in 1996. Coasting ever since.https://bsky.app/profile/fad1.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/fad1.bsky.social/post/3mqwpkxo6oc2pHow your email finds me.18 Jul 2026 16:44 +0000at://did:plc:k24eblej7swjsdk2chnd3wqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqwpkxo6oc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/fad1.bsky.social/post/3mowmoblmmc2vGrad student Sarah Farrell wrote this review about a novel approach to malaria control that drugs mosquitoes instead of the people. We believe it will be a cheap and useful disease control strategy. She paints her own figures, and they are gorgeous. https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/cyiICWLJMvFzQk03AIKiLcoroV9?domain=kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me23 Jun 2026 05:01 +0000at://did:plc:k24eblej7swjsdk2chnd3wqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mowmoblmmc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/fad1.bsky.social/post/3mnnzd3qv5k26Today marks 30 years since we identified the apicoplast, a relict plastid in human and animal parasites (PMID 8632819). Apicoplasts are the target of the widely used antimalarial prophylactic doxycycline, which has saved many thousands of malaria infections.07 Jun 2026 01:29 +0000at://did:plc:k24eblej7swjsdk2chnd3wqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnnzd3qv5k26https://bsky.app/profile/fad1.bsky.social/post/3mngxxqpgqs2mJess Home gave her PhD oration on malaria parasite drug resistance yesterday and nailed it of course. Afterwards we went for drinks. 🍷04 Jun 2026 06:16 +0000at://did:plc:k24eblej7swjsdk2chnd3wqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mngxxqpgqs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/fad1.bsky.social/post/3mmplqq2n422aGreat skiing and snowboarding and a short drive from the Chartreuse distillery. Sounds like a fun option. [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 May 2026 23:06 +0000at://did:plc:k24eblej7swjsdk2chnd3wqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmplqq2n422ahttps://bsky.app/profile/fad1.bsky.social/post/3mm6tipxat22sMeanwhile, its autumn down under. Tupelo tree imported from North America. There are almost no deciduous trees in Australia and most of the ones that lose their leaves do it in the dry season to avoid desiccation not the cold.19 May 2026 07:09 +0000at://did:plc:k24eblej7swjsdk2chnd3wqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm6tipxat22shttps://bsky.app/profile/fad1.bsky.social/post/3mklqt2brvc2qPopped into my local Data Centre. A helpful person there helped me find the data I wanted.They explained that I could take the data home for as long as I wanted but please bring it back so someone else can use it too. Apparently this person is paid by the city to curate the data. Amazing innovation.28 Apr 2026 23:36 +0000at://did:plc:k24eblej7swjsdk2chnd3wqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mklqt2brvc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/fad1.bsky.social/post/3mgyltekoqc2aSmooth-leaved mountain gum from SE Australia.14 Mar 2026 04:30 +0000at://did:plc:k24eblej7swjsdk2chnd3wqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgyltekoqc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/fad1.bsky.social/post/3mgbz5xsuwk2rPassed 2k emails unread. The sky hasn’t fallen. No lightning bolts frizzling me from on high. I still have a job. I have found you get a lot less email if you don’t reply 🙄05 Mar 2026 04:58 +0000at://did:plc:k24eblej7swjsdk2chnd3wqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgbz5xsuwk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/fad1.bsky.social/post/3mfqu6ltaj22sBit of summer evening malariology at a rooftop bar downtown.26 Feb 2026 09:13 +0000at://did:plc:k24eblej7swjsdk2chnd3wqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfqu6ltaj22shttps://bsky.app/profile/fad1.bsky.social/post/3mfqker3os22mCuckoo wasp from SE Australia. Lays her eggs in the larvae of mud daub wasps, which become food for the hatching cuckoo wasp larvae. Remarkably beautiful little insect, and I’m pretty happy with this iPhone shot as she is only 10mm long.26 Feb 2026 06:18 +0000at://did:plc:k24eblej7swjsdk2chnd3wqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfqker3os22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/fad1.bsky.social/post/3mf3vjn3tic2sMy immunology friends use our malaria parasite sporozoites to study the immune system's response to infection. The papers have titles I can barely understand, appearing to be in foreign language. Nice work. "γδ T cell-derived IL-4 initiates CD8+ T cell immunity" https://www.doherty.edu.au/articles/from-flicker-to-flame-how-gd-t-cells-spark-long-lasting-immune-protection-to-malaria/18 Feb 2026 01:11 +0000at://did:plc:k24eblej7swjsdk2chnd3wqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf3vjn3tic2shttps://bsky.app/profile/fad1.bsky.social/post/3mdp5jpfdyk2lSuch a lovely meeting for science, community, and sweet location. [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Jan 2026 06:05 +0000at://did:plc:k24eblej7swjsdk2chnd3wqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdp5jpfdyk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/fad1.bsky.social/post/3ma2xflolks2s“Every AI ever built has an electromagnetic shotgun wired to its forehead”. William Gibson in his multi-award-winning Neuromancer, 1984. Reread it 41 years on & there’s some spooky foresight by a remarkable future gazer. Fun part is he didn’t foresee wifi. People tote cables & dongles to ‘jack in’.16 Dec 2025 01:06 +0000at://did:plc:k24eblej7swjsdk2chnd3wqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma2xflolks2shttps://bsky.app/profile/fad1.bsky.social/post/3m7yzw7pbos2aIt’s not every day that a Nobel Laureate drops in for an update on your lab’s work. Liz Blackburn co-discovered telomeres and still asks hard questions.15 Dec 2025 06:46 +0000at://did:plc:k24eblej7swjsdk2chnd3wqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7yzw7pbos2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/fad1.bsky.social/post/3m72rjzlfwk2nGreat opportunity [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Dec 2025 05:56 +0000at://did:plc:k24eblej7swjsdk2chnd3wqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3m72rjzlfwk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/fad1.bsky.social/post/3m5v4ginvzc2tCool lab to work in [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Nov 2025 06:30 +0000at://did:plc:k24eblej7swjsdk2chnd3wqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5v4ginvzc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/fad1.bsky.social/post/3m2ghesnde22cFibonacci would have loved Australian wildflowers.05 Oct 2025 06:20 +0000at://did:plc:k24eblej7swjsdk2chnd3wqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2ghesnde22chttps://bsky.app/profile/fad1.bsky.social/post/3lwrdrgxha22jWell met sir.19 Aug 2025 16:34 +0000at://did:plc:k24eblej7swjsdk2chnd3wqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwrdrgxha22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/fad1.bsky.social/post/3lvjoirevok25My time on Moku O Lo’e is almost at an end. The coral spawning was not very successful. Only three of our 40 colonies spawned. Anyway, had a gorgeous visit and the surf was epic for 2.5 weeks. Biggest waves I’ve ridden in years. And that tsunami evacuation night was one to remember.03 Aug 2025 22:00 +0000at://did:plc:k24eblej7swjsdk2chnd3wqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvjoirevok25https://bsky.app/profile/fad1.bsky.social/post/3lu7vejfvwk2dTouring the Pacific researching my book on the origin & evolution of Life. Last stop was in Palau 🇵🇼 to see this photosynthetic jellyfish in Ongeim'l Tketau seawater lake. They don’t sting and exist entirely through the food from their pink/brown algal symbionts. They swim to stay in the sunlight.18 Jul 2025 07:11 +0000at://did:plc:k24eblej7swjsdk2chnd3wqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lu7vejfvwk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/fad1.bsky.social/post/3lrcfdmie6222Poisonous mushrooms are in the news in Australia right now. This lovely Amanita muscaria is fruiting out front of the Botany building.11 Jun 2025 02:46 +0000at://did:plc:k24eblej7swjsdk2chnd3wqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrcfdmie6222