Yue, who completed an excellent masters thesis in the lab, has returned as a Research technician. We are very pleased to have her!
The return of Yue!
Dana submits her thesis
Dana, seen here demonstrating how many plaque assays = a PhD, submitted her thesis, a major milestone for her and for the lab.
Welcome to Lucia
We are pleased to welcome Lucia to the lab! Lucia will work with Megan as part of her fellowship and has already made great progress working with Toxoplasma. We are happy to have her!
CoccidanDay UK 2023
We are getting ready to host CoccidianDay UK 2023! Links to register and submit abstracts below, its going to be a great meeting, with our keynote seminar by Mohamed–Ali Hakimi (University of Grenoble).
Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/coccidianday-uk-2023-tickets-722682953167?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl
Abstract Submission: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1j5eUH2usy8yMg6D4hONEraNEqjBi8ah7BpfnakumeSk/edit#response=ACYDBNg-ksLuVn2Mygj5kvfoJDNpwVH1KBF8TaxT-dFvUNRwKQaxNYCMZpqvbEsUAn9A5nM
With support from the Microbiology Society and Fisher Scientific.
Welcome to Lucas!
We are so pleased to welcome Lucas Pagura as a new postdoctoral associate to the lab. We have stolen him from Trypansoma cruzi and his work will focus on metal transporters of T. gondii.
XFM at the ESRF!
Dana and I visited the ESRF at Grenoble to look at Toxoplasma with X-ray fluorescence microscopy. Some beautiful scenery and images, and hopefully some nice data!
Welcome!
So last week, Dr Jack Hanna started in the lab as a post doc, and Leandre and Remo, students from Stellenbosch University in South Africa, started their 6 week exchange project investigating novel compounds on Toxoplasma gondii. To celebrate, we went for the traditional Glasgow meal of Thai food. Its going to be a fun few weeks!
New Lab Member
We would like to welcome Elena Hartmann to the lab!
She will be joining us for a year as a technician and we are very excited to have her
Congratulations to Meg!
Massive congratulations to Megan for receiving her Early Career Fellowship from Wellcome! Its going to be a very exciting 5 years understanding the mechanisms of nutrient sensing and regulation.
Celebration with the traditional milkshakes/ice cream.
New lab picture! 
Harding Lab 