MALARIA: Weekly Update from Malaria Nexus October 27 2013

Posted on 25 October 2013 The Lancet highlights the outcome of the 6th Multilateral Initiative in Malaria (MIM) Pan-African Conference A report published in a recent issue of The Lancet summarizes the highlights of the 6th Multilateral Initiative in Malaria (MIM) Pan-African Conference which was held on October 6-11, in Durban, South Africa.   Posted on 24 October 2013 Abstract registration deadline for the upcoming Keystone Conference on “The Science of Malaria Eradication” is fast approaching! The Keystone Conference on “The Science of Malaria Eradication” will be held in February 2014 in Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico. The deadline for abstract submission is November 5.   Posted on 23 October 2013 Ph.D. and postdoctoral vacancies in regulation of virulence gene expression in the malaria parasite at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem Ph.D. and postdoctoral positions are available to study the regulation of virulence gene expression in Plasmodium falciparum in the lab of Prof. Ron Dzikowski at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel.   Feature Articles   Posted on 24 October 2013 MIM conference focuses on malaria elimination The Lancet , Volume 382, Issue 9901, 19–25 October 2013, Pages 1319-1320 Adele Baleta   Posted on 24 October 2013 Two putative protein export regulators promote Plasmodium blood stage development in vivo Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology, Volume 191, Issue 1, September 2013, Pages 44-52 Joachim M. Matz, Kai Matuschewski, Taco W.A. Kooij   Posted on 24 October 2013 Antigenicity and immunogenicity of a novel chimeric peptide antigen based on the P. vivax circumsporozoite protein Vaccine, Volume 31, Issue 42, 1 October 2013, Pages 4923-4930 Nora Céspedes, Myriam Arévalo-Herrera, Ingrid Felger, Steve Reed, Andrey V. Kajava, Giampietro Corradin, Sócrates Herrera   Posted on 24 October 2013 Plasmodium falciparum: Generation of pure gametocyte culture by heparin treatment Experimental Parasitology, Volume 135, Issue 3, November 2013, Pages 541-545 Jun Miao, Zenglei Wang, Min Liu, Daniel Parker, Xiaolian Li, Xiaoguang Chen, Liwang Cui

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