Donna Huber, Author at Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases

An ancient bacterial protein complex in human malaria parasites is essential for parasite growth

Posted on Nov 14, 2017 in CTEGD Blog, Research Article

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Several species of Plasmodium parasites cause malaria in humans and results in nearly 450,000 deaths annually. The deadliest of these species is Plasmodium falciparum. Unfortunately, it is also drug resistance to many of the currently available treatments. Vasant Muralidharan, assistant professor in the department of...

Assistant professor focuses research on environmental drivers of disease

Posted on Nov 14, 2017 in CTEGD Blog

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Courtney Murdock was well on her way to becoming a veterinarian; as a pre-vet student at the University of Michigan she majored in biology and volunteered at a small animal hospital. But then she spent the summer before her senior year working at the university’s...

Posted on Nov 10, 2017 in publications

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Characterization of a cytoplasmic glucosyltransferase that extends the core trisaccharide of the Toxoplasma Skp1 E3 ubiquitin ligase subunit

Posted on Nov 9, 2017 in publications

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Does evaluation of in vitro microfilarial motility reflect the resistance status of Dirofilaria immitis isolates to macrocyclic lactones?

New UGA Drug Discovery Core lab works to develop treatment of leading diseases

Posted on Nov 8, 2017 in CTEGD Blog

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[caption id="attachment_4405" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Members of the Drug Discovery Core steering committee in the new DDC laboratory (from left to right): Shelley Hooks, interim director of the Center for Drug Discovery and associate professor of pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences; Scott Pegan, chair of the steering...

Posted on Nov 7, 2017 in publications

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Rapid, Selection-Free, High-Efficiency Genome Editing in Protozoan Parasites Using CRISPR-Cas9 Ribonucleoproteins

Patrick Lammie Awarded Donald Mackay Medal

Posted on Nov 6, 2017 in CTEGD Blog

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Patrick Lammie, CTEGD member and adjunct faculty in the Department of Cellular Biology, was awarded the Donald Mackay Medal during the American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene's (ASTMH) annual meeting in Baltimore, MD. The Donald Mackay Medal recognizes outstanding work in tropical health, especially relating...

CTEGD at ASTMH Annual Meeting

Posted on Nov 3, 2017 in CTEGD Blog

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Many of CTEGD researchers and collaborators will be at the American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene's Annual meeting in Baltimore, MD next week. Below is a list of presentations where you can hear about the work we are doing. November 5 Session Parasitology (ACMCIP) Pre-Meeting Course:...

Posted on Nov 2, 2017 in publications

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MicrobiomeDB: a systems biology platform for integrating, mining and analyzing microbiome experiments

Trainee Spotlight: Msano Mandalasi

Posted on Oct 31, 2017 in CTEGD Blog, Trainee Spotlight

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Msano Mandalasi, a post-doctoral trainee in Chris West's laboratory, is originally from Malawi, (located in southeastern Africa) and obtained her bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from the University of Malawi. After graduation, she worked briefly for the University of Malawi and then came to the US to obtain...

Author: Donna Huber

An ancient bacterial protein complex in human malaria parasites is essential for parasite growth

Assistant professor focuses research on environmental drivers of disease

New UGA Drug Discovery Core lab works to develop treatment of leading diseases

Patrick Lammie Awarded Donald Mackay Medal

CTEGD at ASTMH Annual Meeting

Trainee Spotlight: Msano Mandalasi

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