Tags: Toxoplasma

Carrie Brooks and Maria Francia
Parasites hang on to their chromosomes at all times

Cellular Biology's Carrie Brooks and Maria Francia describe a highly specialized nuclear architecture in the human parasite Toxoplasma in a new paper in PNAS.
Tags: Striepen, Brooks, Francia, Toxoplasma, Cells in Infection and Immunity


Divide and conquer: UGA scientists discover protein that is crucial to reproduction of parasites involved in disease

A disease called toxoplasmosis is considered to be a leading cause of death attributed to foodborne illness in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Yet scientists have struggled to understand how Apicomplexan parasites that cause toxoplasmosis and numerous other diseases divide and grow.
Tags: Striepen, Toxoplasma, Cells and Disease, Cells in Infection and Immunity

Boris Striepen
Team of researchers discovers potential new mechanisms of drug resistance in Toxoplasma

Research at the University of Georgia provides insight into the question of why drugs are sometimes effective in treating parasitic diseases, while other times they have little or no effect.
Tags: Toxoplasma, Cells and Disease

Swati Agrawal
Dr. Swati Agrawal receives Graduate Student Excellence in Research Award

Swati was honored for her thesis research on protein transport in the parasite Toxoplasma. She recently graduated and is currently conducting postdoctoral research at University of Michigan Medical School.
Tags: Toxoplasma
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