Project: Quorum sensing in malaria
Day group
This project will investigate the ability of malaria parasites to sense their environment by quorum sensing mechanisms which allow regulation of the density of multiple Plasmodium spp infections as well as initiating the production of transmission stages (gametocytes).
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Day group
2 vacancies
The Day group are a multidisciplinary malaria research group studying the role that human variation and parasite diversity play in modulating the dynamics of chronic infection, and in influencing susceptibility to disease and regulation of transmission from human to mosquito. The lab is also interested in the ability of malaria parasites to sense their environment by quorum sensing mechanisms to regulate the density of multiple Plasmodium spp infections as well as to initiate the production of transmission stages.
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Research degrees at the Doherty Institute are administered by the University of Melbourne.