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Berg Family Foundation Seminar Room, Level 6, Wallace Wurth Building, Kensington Campus
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Rata Joseph, +61 (2) 9385 0900 or recpt@kirby.unsw.edu.au
Kirby Institute Seminar Series presents
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Post-doctoral Research Scientist, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute I have always been interested in investigating novel tools or approaches to fight antimalarial drug resistance. During my PhD, I developed a novel drug assay based on the flow cytometric detection of haemozoin to assess antimalarial drug effects. Currently, I am investigating the parasite response to novel antimalarial drug candidates in malaria volunteer infection studies. |
Abstract
We developed a novel approach to investigate the viability of malaria parasites in humans after drug treatment. We found that parasite viability may play a critical role in the context of antimalarial drug development, by improving the prediction of drug efficacy and resistance. Thus, assessment of parasite viability after drug treatment should be included as a standard component in antimalarial drug testing clinical trials.