🚨New paper out 🚨 Excited to see this work from Joe Visone and me published! We dissect the molecular mechanisms behind var2csa transcription and translation. Take a look👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Mechanistic insights into coordinated var transcriptional switching in malaria parasites - The EMBO Journal

The exceptional virulence of the human malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, is attributed to the adhesive properties of infected red blood cells and the parasite’s ability to avoid antibody recogn...

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Mechanistic insights into coordinated var transcriptional switching in malaria parasites @kirkdeitsch.bsky.social and coworkers link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Mechanistic insights into coordinated var transcriptional switching in malaria parasites - The EMBO Journal

The exceptional virulence of the human malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, is attributed to the adhesive properties of infected red blood cells and the parasite’s ability to avoid antibody recogn...

link.springer.com

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🎥 | WATCH | Dr Francesca Florini (@fra-florini.bsky.social | @weillcornell.bsky.social) discusses the immune evasion in malaria using insights from single-cell analysis of Plasmodium falciparum. The full GRiP-ing seminar is now available on our YouTube channel: 📺 youtu.be/bKU2Cfv79K8?...

Preprint Alert 🚨 Check out the latest piece of work from the @kirkdeitsch.bsky.social lab, where we characterized the sophisticated molecular layers controlling var2csa expression and antigenic variation in P. falciparum

bioRxiv Microbiology@biorxiv-microbiol.bsky.social · last yr.

The molecular basis of coordinated antigen switching enabling chronic infection by human malaria parasites https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.16.665170v1

Very happy to congratulate @fra-florini.bsky.social and Joe Visone for the publication of their recent work on antigenic variation by malaria parasites: rdcu.be/emjbn and an earlier version here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1.... Francesca will present some of this work next week at BioMalPar 2025.

scRNA-seq reveals transcriptional plasticity of var gene expression in Plasmodium falciparum for host immune avoidance

Nature Microbiology - Single-cell transcriptomics revealed that malaria parasites have unexpected flexibility in surface antigen expression, potentially providing parasites with greater adaptive...

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Congratulations to the Weill Cornell Malaria group on completing a Marathon Relay to support the NYC Amory. Sweating for fun and a good cause is a great distraction from some of the more troubling current events in our world.

The Roland A. Cooper Award was established in 2024 to support parasitologists from endemic areas to attend international parasitology conferences. Your generous contribution, no matter the size, will have an immediate impact. www.socapar.org/home/donate

Beaker made it to the Rally in NEw York.

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