Weekly Update from Malaria Nexus, 17 May 2013

Latest News   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.   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.   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.   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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