Thursday 23 May 2013

Weekly Update from Malaria Nexus, 17 May 2013

 
Latest News
 
Plasmodium-infected mosquitoes are particularly attracted to human odor
Posted on 
Plasmodium-infected mosquitoes are particularly attracted to human odor
A study recently published in the journal PLOS ONE shows that Plasmodium alters the behavior of anopheline mosquitoes and renders them increasingly attracted to human smell.
 
HRP2 levels predict likelihood of cerebral malaria in African children
Posted on 14 May 2013
HRP2 levels predict likelihood of cerebral malaria in African children
A study recently published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases shows that plasma concentrations of the Plasmodium protein HRP2 can predict the odds of developing cerebral malaria in Malawian children.
 
Postdoctoral vacancy in molecular and cellular biology at the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Posted on 13 May 2013
Postdoctoral vacancy in molecular and cellular biology at the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
A postdoctoral position is available at the NIH to study the molecular and cellular biology of malaria parasites in the lab of Dr Sanjay Desai.
 
PhD studentship available at the University of Edinburgh
Posted on 13 May 2013
PhD studentship available at the University of Edinburgh
The project titled "Understanding host defense and parasite offense: the coevolution of circadian rhythms" will be jointly supervised by Dr Sarah Reece and Dr Nick Savill.
 
Feature Articles
 
Posted on 17 May 2013
Monocytes and macrophages in malaria: protection or pathology?
Trends in Parasitology, Volume 29, Issue 1, January 2013, Pages 26-34
Caroline Lin Lin Chua, Graham Brown, John A. Hamilton, Stephen Rogerson, Philippe Boeuf
 
Posted on 17 May 2013
The roles of serpins in mosquito immunology and physiology
Journal of Insect Physiology, Volume 59, Issue 2, February 2013, Pages 138-147
Melissa M. Gulley, Xin Zhang, Kristin Michel
 
Posted on 17 May 2013
Higher microsatellite diversity in Plasmodium vivax than in sympatric Plasmodium falciparum populations in Pursat, Western Cambodia
Experimental Parasitology, Volume 134, Issue 3, July 2013, Pages 318-326
Pamela Orjuela-Sánchez, Juliana M. Sá, Michelle C.C. Brandi, Priscila T. Rodrigues, Melissa S. Bastos, Chanaki Amaratunga, Socheat Duong, Rick M. Fairhurst, Marcelo U. Ferreira
 
Posted on 17 May 2013
Antimitotic herbicides bind to an unidentified site on malarial parasite tubulin and block development of liver-stage Plasmodium parasites
Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology, Volume 188, Issue 2, April 2013, Pages 116-127
Enda Dempsey, Miguel Prudêncio, Brian J. Fennell, Carina S. Gomes-Santos, James W. Barlow, Angus Bell

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