Find me at @kafsacklab.bsky.social. Working at the intersection of chromatin, metabolism, and differentiation in apicomplexan parasites/
New York, NY
Joined June 2015
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Björn F.C. Kafsack retweeted
Working on some more community love on this gentle Sunday by writing a tutorial on how I use Primer3Plus.com to generate reliable primers for both detection and cloning. Please RT and share with your students! Enjoy! 💚
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Björn F.C. Kafsack retweeted
It appears #NIAID will shutter the genome data base we all use daily. This strikes me as a significant mistake that may well endanger much of our global progress. @BSPparasitology @AS_Para @ASTMH @TrendsParasitol @AmSocParasit @parasitesrule @PiParasitology
Björn F.C. Kafsack retweeted
If you use VEuPathDB resources in your research, acknowledge them with a logo in your oral presentations and posters. Citation is support and keeps the platforms going for YOU! Find logos here: veupathdb.org/veupathdb/app/…
Björn F.C. Kafsack retweeted
Get on your soapbox and communicate your science to the public in a fun and informal setting on Aug. 17 in Central Park. Soapbox Science is looking for 12 NYC-based researchers to present their work. Interested? The application deadline is Feb. 29. bit.ly/3UCgZLO
ALT Soapbox Science event flyer
Björn F.C. Kafsack retweeted
There is still one week left to apply for a PhD position in my group via the excellent Pasteur-Paris University International PhD program!
🚨 It's still time to apply to the Pasteur-Paris University International Doctoral Program
Deadline 📆 oct. 31
Apply now ➡️ ppu.pasteur.fr/ppu_etud_accu…
#PhDProgram #EmergingInfectiousDiseases #AMR
Björn F.C. Kafsack retweeted
So excited to have more people around who study small things of high importance in our world! DM me if you have questions. #parasite #viruses #bacteria #fungi etc...
We are hiring multiple #Microbiology and/or #Infectiousdisease tenure-track Assistant Professors! Come join us in the interdisciplinary Department of Biology at University of Virginia! Questions to search chair at [email protected] or apply at apply.interfolio.com/130419
Björn F.C. Kafsack retweeted
📢Our lab will grow soon! If you are interested to be part of the team, get in touch with us 👇 @ISGLOBALorg
➡️#PhDStudent (wet lab or bioinformatician) ja.cat/W46LD
➡️#Postdoc (wet lab) ja.cat/iUOIp
➡️#Postdoc (bioinformatician) ja.cat/Dqw3k
Björn F.C. Kafsack retweeted
This macrophage tattoo is made of macrophages! Have you ever wondered why tattoos are permanent? In tattooing, ink is injected into the skin. Some of this ink is expelled with the epidermis o, but the rest remains in the dermis for life. 🧵1/10
ALT Black & white tattoo of a macrophage reaching towards a blob of ink.
Björn F.C. Kafsack retweeted
With the new academic year starting, and many people beginning fresh as graduate students, post-docs, or junior faculty, I have been thinking a lot about the core philosophies that govern my own perspectives on science. So I thought I would share.
Welcome to The Tao of Cheese
Björn F.C. Kafsack retweeted
Science colleagues - has anyone successfully used Shld-1 to stabilize ddFKBP tagged proteins in Plasmodium parasites growing on serum (rather than Albumax II)? If so, are the concentrations required different? We cannot seem to get this to work. Thank you!
Björn F.C. Kafsack retweeted
Me giving career advice to post docs
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Björn F.C. Kafsack retweeted
Applications for the 2023 Angelika Amon Young Scientist Awards are closing on May 31.
If you are a graduate student in life sciences or biomedical research at at non-U.S. institution and have a passion for discovery science, we encourage you to apply!
ki.mit.edu/events/prizes-lec…
ALT Angelika Amon, smiling, leaning against a lab bench, and holding up a petri dish.
Björn F.C. Kafsack retweeted
Register now for MPMXXXIV! We look forward to hosting you in beautiful Woods Hole, MA @MBLScience !
Registration & abstract submission is now open for the 34th Molecular Parasitology Meeting #MPM2023 @LlinasLab @Lebrun43782700 @LiBibo2022 @omartheharb @Deepali_Ravel
👉🏼1: Register & get confirmation code
👉🏼2: Submit abstract -confirmation code required
🔗parasitesrule.com/mpm-xxxiv
Björn F.C. Kafsack retweeted
We are looking for a PhD candidate who is enthusiastic about discovering the function of enzymes and metabolites in Mycobacterium tuberculosis using genetic screens and untargeted metabolomics.
Interested? Please apply before May 26th!
ru.nl/en/working-at/job-oppo…
#jebentnodig
Björn F.C. Kafsack retweeted
Maria Elena Bottazzi and Peter Hotez: The 2022 Dallas Morning News Texans of the Year
Many thanks to @dallasnews waking up this New Year’s Day to such wonderful news! @mebottazzi dallasnews.com/opinion/texan…
Björn F.C. Kafsack retweeted
Boston-area wastewater levels are where they were in early Jan and rising fast. MA COVID hospitalizations are at highest since winter Omicron wave, with > 100 COVID deaths last week for the first time in a long time. Little public acknowledgment. We have become comfortably numb.
