Lauren Galloway

Thesis title: Plasmodium falciparum binding interactions in the bone marrow.

Research summary

Project Title: Plasmodium falciparum binding interactions in the bone marrow. 

Investigating what receptor-ligand interactions occur between asexual malaria parasites (schizonts) in the bone marrow niche.

Past research interests

Antigenic Variation in Trypanosoma brucei; Asymptomatic malaria, anaemia, neutrophil function and susceptibility to non-typhoidal salmonella; Plasmodium falciparum resistance to piperaquine; Metabolism of persister-type Leishmania.