top of page
Our laboratory couples molecular parasitology and structural biology to study the malaria parasite (Plasmodium).
Our research focuses upon:
1. Translational Regulation During Parasite Transmission.
Our group seeks to understand how specific protein/RNA complexes are used by Plasmodium to produce and maintain a poised state of infectivity to ensure transmission between mosquitoes and mammals.
We focus our efforts on answering mechanistic questions about this process as it occurs in sexual-stage gametocytes and mosquito-transmissible sporozoites.
2. Parasite Cell Division.
We use Ultrastructure-Expansion Microscopy (U-ExM) and proteomics to investigate how Plasmodium segments itself during cell division.
bottom of page