| Grants Awarded: | Characterisation of mitochondrial remnants in the amitochondrial parasite Entamoeba histolytica | Wellcome Trust, 1996 165,191 pounds sterling |
| Entamoeba histolytica Whole Genome Shotgun (in collaboration with the Sanger Institute) | Wellcome Trust, 2001 474,800 pounds sterling | |
| Evolution of a unique gene arrangement in the genus Entamoeba | BBSRC, 2002 146,220 pounds sterling | |
| Detection and significance of intraspecific genetic diversity in Entamoeba histolytica | Wellcome Trust, 2002 47,409 pounds sterling | |
| Evolution and function of the anaerobic mitochondrion of an enigmatic human parasite, Blastocystis hominis | Wellcome Trust, 2006 170,962 pounds sterling | |
| Recipient: | Seymour H. Hutner Young Investigator Prize | Society of Protozoologists, 1995 |
| Member: | American Type Culture Collection, Protistology Advisory Group | 1991-1995 (Chair 1994) |
| Conference Co-Organizer: | Host-Parasite Interactions in Amebiasis, Fogarty International Center, NIH | September 1993 |
| XIII Seminar on Amebiasis, Mexico City | January 1997 | |
| XIV Seminar on Amebiasis, Mexico City | November 2000 | |
| Rapporteur: | WHO/PAHO/UNESCO Expert Consultation on Amoebiasis | January 1997 |
| Steering Committee: | Entamoeba histolytica Genome Project | 1998-2004 |
| Chair: | Nominating Committee, Society of Protozoologists | 1998-1999 |
| Vice-President: | Society of Protozoologists | 2003-2004 |
| President: | International Society of Protistologists | 2013-2014 |
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Chair, Constitution & By-Laws Committee: | International Society of Protistologists | 2016-present |
| Presenter: | Bernardo Sepúlveda Memorial Lecture | XIV Seminar on Amebiasis, 2000 |
| Invited Platform Speaker: | 5th International Conference on the Biology and Pathogenicity of Free-living Amoebae Brussels, Belgium | August 1989 |
| Symposium on Amoebiasis, New Delhi, India | December 1990 | |
| XII Seminar on Amebiasis, Mexico City, Mexico | November 1992 | |
| Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Halifax, NS, Canada | August 1994 | |
| American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Cincinnati, OH, USA | November 1994 | |
| Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA, USA | June 1996 | |
| XIII Seminar on Amebiasis, Mexico City, Mexico | January 1997 | |
| Evolution: A molecular point of view Woods Hole, MA, USA | October 1997 | |
| Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, London, England | February 1998 | |
| Brazilian Society of Protozoology, Caxambu, Brazil | November 1998 | |
| FEMS Annual Meeting, Athens, Greece | October 2000 | |
| American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Atlanta, GA, USA | November 2001 | |
| EMBO Workshop on Pathogenesis of Amoebiasis, Paris, France | May 2003 | |
| British Society of Protistologists annual meeting, Coventry, England | April 2007 | |
| 5th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health, Amsterdam, The Netherlands | May 2007 | |
| 10th European Multicolloquium of Parasitology, Paris, France | August 2008 | |
| XVI Seminar on Amebiasis, Guanajuato, Mexico | February 2009 | |
| 60th annual meeting of the International Society of Protistologists, Canterbury, England | July 2010 | |
| EMBO Workshop and Amebiasis 2012 Conference, New Delhi and Khajuraho, India | February 2012 | |
| Wellcome Trust Conference 'The Evolution of Parasite Genomes and Origins of Parasitism', Hinxton, England | April 2013 | |
| 1st International Blastocystis Symposium, Ankara, Turkey | May 2015 |
Editorial and Reviewer Activities:
| Associate Editor: | Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology | 1998-2005 |
| Monitoring Editor: | Protist | 2004-present |
| Board of Reviewers: | Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology | 1993-1998 |
| Editorial Board: | Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology | 1993-2020 |
| International Editorial Committee: | Archives of Medical Research | 1997-2016 |
| Special Issue Guest Editor: | Parasitology International | 2015-2016 |
| Faculty Member (Parasitology Section): | Faculty of 1000 Biology | 2001-present |
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