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Priority use cases for antibody-detecting assays of recent malaria exposure as tools to achieve and sustain malaria elimination

Posted on Feb 12, 2019 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]Measurement of malaria specific antibody responses represents a practical and informative method for malaria control programs to assess recent exposure to infection. Technical advances in recombinant antigen production, serological screening platforms, and analytical methods have enabled the...

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Trainee Spotlight: Kerri Miazowicz

Posted on Mar 8, 2018 in CTEGD Blog
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Kerri Miazowicz is a 3rd year Ph.D. trainee in Courtney Murdock's laboratory. She grew up in southern Michigan where she received a B.S. in microbiology from Michigan State University in 2012. After graduation, she spent more than two years as a Postbaccalaureate IRTA Fellow at the Rocky...

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Visiting Scholar: Elvis Ofori Ameyaw

Posted on Feb 8, 2018 in CTEGD Blog
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  Elvis Ofori Ameyaw is a Fulbright Scholar visiting M. Belen Cassera's laboratory in the department of molecular biology and biochemistry. He is a senior lecturer, Head of the Department of Biomedical Sciences and the Vice-Dean of the School of Allied Health Sciences in the College of Health...

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UGA Researcher Seeks to Unlock Secrets of Malaria Parasite

Posted on Jan 31, 2018 in CTEGD Blog, Grants
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[caption id="attachment_4511" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Super-resolution microscopy showing malaria parasites infecting human red blood cells. Image credit: Muthugapatti Kandasamy, Biomedical Microscopy Core[/caption] Vasant Muralidharan and his research team at the University of Georgia’s Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases are making great strides in understanding how...

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