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Roberto Docampo, a leading researcher in the study of acidocalcisomes in trypanosomatids

MICU1 and MICU2 potentiation of Ca2+ uptake by the mitochondrial Ca2+ uniporter of Trypanosoma cruzi and its inhibition by Mg2

Posted on Sep 21, 2022 in publications
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Silvia Moreno

The Heptaprenyl Diphosphate Synthase (Coq1) Is the Target of a Lipophilic Bisphosphonate That Protects Mice against Toxoplasma gondii Infection

Posted on Sep 21, 2022 in publications
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Streamlining sporozoite isolation from mosquitoes by leveraging the dynamics of migration to the salivary glands

Posted on Sep 13, 2022 in publications
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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Background: Sporozoites isolated from the salivary glands of Plasmodium-infected mosquitoes are a prerequisite for several basic and pre-clinical applications. Although salivary glands are pooled to maximize sporozoite recovery, insufficient yields pose logistical and analytical hurdles; thus, predicting yields...

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University of Georgia Distinguished Research Professor, Department of Cellular Biology, and UGA Athletic Association Distinguished Professor in Biological Sciences

Discovery of an orally active benzoxaborole prodrug effective in the treatment of Chagas disease in non-human primates

Posted on Sep 5, 2022 in publications
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Strand and Brown

Multiple endocrine factors regulate nutrient mobilization and storage in Aedes aegypti during a gonadotrophic cycle

Posted on Sep 2, 2022 in publications
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Chet Joyner and Dennis Kyle

Single-cell RNA profiling of Plasmodium vivax-infected hepatocytes reveals parasite- and host- specific transcriptomic signatures and therapeutic targets

Posted on Aug 25, 2022 in publications
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Silvia Moreno

Temporal and thermal profiling of the Toxoplasma proteome implicates parasite Protein Phosphatase 1 in the regulation of Ca 2+-responsive pathways

Posted on Aug 17, 2022 in publications
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Parasite reliance on its host gut microbiota for nutrition and survival

Posted on Aug 8, 2022 in publications
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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] [caption id="attachment_7417" align="aligncenter" width="600"] The proposed model of how host gut microbiota promotes parasite survival. (Figure 6)[/caption] Studying the microbial symbionts of eukaryotic hosts has revealed a range of interactions that benefit host biology. Most eukaryotes are also...

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Onchocerciasis: Target product profiles of in vitro diagnostics to support onchocerciasis elimination mapping and mass drug administration stopping decisions

Posted on Aug 3, 2022 in publications
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Oxygen-dependent regulation of E3(SCF)ubiquitin ligases and a Skp1-associated JmjD6 homolog in development of the social amoeba Dictyostelium

Posted on Aug 3, 2022 in publications
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