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Séminaire du Département des Parasites et Insectes Vecteurs
Virginia HOWICK
University of Glasgow
School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine
“Understanding adaptation of P. falciparum to diverse Anopheles vectors”
Jeudi 30 mars 2023, 12h00
Salle Rétrovirus – RDC Bâtiment Lwoff
Contact : lucy.glover@pasteur.fr
Abstract :
The malaria parasite (Plasmodium falciparum) has a complex life cycle in which it must transit through multiple environments in a vertebrate host and mosquito vector. Transmission by one of over 40 potential Anopheles mosquito vectors represents the most extreme population bottleneck in the life cycle. The overarching goal of my group is to understand how this transmission through the mosquito vector drives selection on the parasite. I will present the work we are doing to understand these vector-parasite interactions using genomics, gene-editing and phenotypic assays.
Link to your website: howicklab.org