Publications

2022

Hirst et al. (2022). Purification of functional Plasmodium falciparum tubulin allows for the identification of parasite-specific microtubule inhibitors.
Current Biology February 28;32(1-8): 10.1016/j.cub.2021.12.049

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2021

Henkel et al. (2021) Toxoplasma gondii apicoplast-resident ferredoxin is an essential electron transfer protein for the MEP isoprenoid biosynthetic pathway 
J Biol Chem December 8;(12): /10.1016/j.jbc.2021.101468

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van Loon et al. (2021) Changing pattern of Plasmodium falciparum multi-drug resistance-1 gene polymorphisms in southern Rwanda
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. Aug 17;65(9):e0090121. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00901-21

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Mukherjee et al. (2021) Dual RNA sequencing meta-analysis in Plasmodium infection identifies host-parasite interactions. 
mSystems. 2021 Apr 20;6(2):e00182-21. doi: 10.1128/mSystems.00182-21.

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Fraser et al. (2021) Of membranes and malaria: Phospholipid asymmetry in Plasmodium falciparum-infected red blood cells
Cell Mol Life Sci. 2021 Mar 13. doi: 10.1007/s00018-021-03799-6. [Review]

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Diemer et al. Sperm migration in the genital tract - in silico experiments identify key factors for reproductive success
PLoS Computational Biology, 2021 Jul 15;17(7):e1009109. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009109. 

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Bergmann et al. (2021) Increase in Kelch 13 Polymorphisms in Plasmodium falciparum, Southern Rwanda.

Emerg Infect Dis 2021 Jan;27(1):294-296. doi: 10.3201/eid2701.203527.

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Fraser et al‘Breakdown in Membrane Asymmetry Regulation Leads to Monocyte Recognition of P. falciparum-infected Red Blood Cells’,
PLoS Pathogens, 2021, Feb 18;17(2)
: e1009259.

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Chatterjee et al. 2021 The challenge of a circumsporozoite protein-based malaria vaccine. 

Expert Rev Vaccines. 2021 Feb 7:1-13. 

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Chatterjee et al. Avid binding by B cells to the Plasmodium circumsporozoite protein repeat suppresses responses to protective subdominant epitopes.

Cell Reports 2021, Apr 13;35(2):108996. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.108996.

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2020

Korbmacher et al., 2020. An apicoplast‐resident folate transporter is essential for sporogony of malaria parasites. 

Cellular Microbiology, 2021;23 doi.org/10.1111/cmi.13266

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Hirst et al. 2020. In vitro Reconstitution and Imaging of Microtubule Dynamics by Fluorescence and Label-free Microscopy. 

STAR Protoc. 2020 Dec 18; 1(3): 100177.

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McNamara et al., 2020. Antibody Feedback Limits the Expansion of B Cell Responses to Malaria Vaccination but Drives Diversification of the Humoral Response. 
Cell Host Microbe, 2020 Oct;7:
572-585.e7:doi:10.1016

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Reusch et al., Affinity Purification of Label-free Tubulins from Xenopus Egg Extracts. 

STAR Protoc. 2020 Dec 18; 1(3): 100151.

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Matz et al., 2020. A lipocalin mediates unidirectional heme biomineralization in malaria parasites.

PNAS July 14, 2020 117 (28) 16546-16556; 10.1073/pnas.2001153117

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Kenthirapalan et al., 2020. Distinct adaptations of a gametocyte ABC transporter to murine and human Plasmodium parasites and its incompatibility in cross-species complementation.

International Journal for Parasitology. 2020 June( 6–7):511-522; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2020.03.009
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Hirst et al., 2020. Differences in intrinsic Tubulin Dynamics Properties Contribute to Spindle Length Control in Xenopus Species.

Current Biology. 2020; 30(8), 2184–2190; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.03.067
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Seeber et al. 2020. The apicoplast and mitochondrion of Toxoplasma gondii.

Book chapter. Academic Press2020, Toxoplasma gondii (Third Edition), Pages 499-545, ISBN 9780128150412

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2019

Kapoor et al., 2019. MTrack: Automated Detection, Tracking, and Analysis of Dynamic Microtubules.

Sci Rep. 2019; 9(3794) https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-37767-1

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Urdaneta et al., 2019. Purification of Cross-Linked RNA-Protein Complexes by Phenol-Tuluol Extraction. 

Nat Commun. 2019; 10(990). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08942-1

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Ortega, Falk, Johansson et al., 2019 The Centrosome Protein AKNA Regulates Neurogenesis via Microtubule Organization.

Nature. 2019; 567(113–117). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-0962-4

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Matz et al., 2019. Plasmodium Para-Aminobenzoate Sythesis and Salvage Resolve Avoidance of Folate Competetion and Adaption to Host Diet. 

Cell Reports. 2019; 28(356-363.e4) . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2018.12.062

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2018

Maier et al., 2018. Plasmodium falciparum.

Trends in Parasitology2018 Jun;35(481-482). doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2018.11.010 

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Matz & Matuschewski, 2018. An in silico down-scaling approach uncovers novel constituents of the Plasmodium-containing vacuole.

Scientific Reports. 2018; 8(14055) doi:10.1038/s41598-018-32471-6 

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Hillebrand et al., 2018. Identification of clustered organellar short (cos) RNAs and of a conserved family of organellar RNA-binding proteins, the heptatriocopeptide repeat proteins, in the malaria parasite.

Nucleic Acids Research. 2018. 46(10417-10431).

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Matz et al., 2018. An unusual prohibitin regulates malaria parasite mitochondrial membrane potential.

Cell Reports. 2018. 23(756-767). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2018.03.088

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