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Fagbami named 2022 Burroughs Wellcome Fund PDEP Fellow

Posted on Jul 13, 2022 in CTEGD Blog

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Activity-based Crosslinking to Identify Substrates of Thioredoxin-domain Proteinsin Malaria Parasites

Posted on Feb 20, 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]Malaria remains a major public health issue, infecting nearly 220 million people every year. The spread of drug-resistant strains of Plasmodium falciparum around the world threatens the progress made against this disease. Therefore, identifying druggable and essential pathways in P....

Vasant Muralidharan interviewed on The Athens Frontline Podcast

Posted on Feb 4, 2022 in CTEGD Blog

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Ph.D. candidate Ale Villegas and advisor Vasant Muralidharan receive Gilliam Graduate Fellowship Award

Posted on Jul 28, 2021 in CTEGD Blog

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Some conditions apply: Systems for studying Plasmodium falciparum protein function

Posted on Apr 22, 2021 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_6441" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Fig 1. Conditional protein knockdown used throughout the Plasmodium falciparum life cycle.[/caption] Malaria, caused by infection with Plasmodium parasites, remains a significant global health concern. For decades, genetic intractability and limited tools hindered our...

A redox-active crosslinker reveals an essential and inhibitable oxidative folding network in the endoplasmic reticulum of malaria parasites

Posted on Feb 3, 2021 in publications

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[caption id="attachment_6294" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Oxidative folding in the P. falciparum ER[/caption] Malaria remains a major global health problem, creating a constant need for research to identify druggable weaknesses in P. falciparum biology. As important components of cellular redox biology, members of the Thioredoxin (Trx) superfamily of...

Metabolomics profiling reveals new aspects of dolichol biosynthesis in Plasmodium falciparum

Posted on Aug 6, 2020 in publications

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UGA researchers discover a new drug target in the plastid of malaria parasites

Posted on Jun 2, 2020 in CTEGD Blog

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The Clp complex, which has an essential role in parasite survival, could be a new drug target....

Plastid Biogenesis in Malaria Parasites Requires the Interactions and Catalytic Activity of the Clp Proteolytic System

Posted on Jun 2, 2020 in publications

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Directing Traffic: Chaperone-mediated protein transport in malaria parasites

Posted on May 9, 2020 in publications

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