Sentences with phrase «shoklo malaria research»

Until recently he was a founding member and VP of J.P. Morgan Sustainable Finance where he helped develop innovative investment structures such as GHIF (the world's first VC fund for HIV & Malaria Research), Dementia Discovery Fund (a first - of - its kind collaborative effort to accelerate fundamental research in Dementia) and NatureVest, an investment fund focused on nature protection co-developed with The Nature Conservancy.

But Tsiri Agbenyega, head of the Malaria Research Unit at Komfo Anokye Hospital in Kumasi, Ghana and chairman of the RTS, S Clinical Trials Partnership Committee, remains optimistic.

For example, the Malaria Research Training Centre in Mali, which had significant TDR / RCS support in its early years, is now highly competitive in malaria research.

Welcome to feeding time at Mbita Point, a malaria research station on the shores of Lake Victoria, Kenya — one of the most malaria - infested places on Earth.

The findings, described in two related papers published online April 5 in Science and The Lancet, were called «a tour de force» by David Sullivan, an associate professor at Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute, who was not involved in the new research.

That's the «nightmare scenario,» adds François Nosten, who runs the Mahidol group's Shoklo Malaria Research Unit (SMRU) in Mae Sot, Thailand, along the border with Myanmar.

says entomologist Vinod Prakash Sharma, director of the Malaria Research Center in New Delhi.

But the letter — which triggered media stories warning of a «superbug» on the loose — and White's warning irked many in the famously contentious malaria research community, where personal animosities and longstanding grudges run deep.

The researchers agree these discoveries are exciting for the future of malaria research.

Support was provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the Bloomberg Philanthropies, CNRS, Inserm, the University of Strasbourg, Agence Nationale de la Recherche, and the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute.

This is an Anopheles gambiae mosquito being injected with hemolymph for a malaria research study.

For the research, conducted in the insectary at the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute in Baltimore, Dimopoulos and colleagues modified Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes by deleting the gene FREP1, which encodes an immune protein, fibrinogen - related protein 1.

Deleting a single gene from mosquitoes can make them highly resistant to the malaria parasite and thus much less likely to transmit the parasite to humans, according to a new paper from scientists at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's Malaria Research Institute.

During grad school, while at a malaria research conference, I approached the keynote speaker to ask a few questions.

«If you can replace a natural population of dengue - transmitting mosquitoes with genetically modified ones that are resistant to virus, you can stop disease transmission,» says study leader George Dimopoulos, PhD, a professor in the Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology and a member of the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute.

Conducted by Prof Rose McGready and Assoc. Prof Daniel Henry Paris from the Shoklo Malaria Research Unit (SMRU) in Mae Sot, Thailand, and the Mahidol Oxford Research Unit (MORU) in Bangkok, affiliated to Oxford University, UK, in collaboration with Prof John Antony Jude Prakash of the Dept. of Clinical Microbiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India, the study, «Pregnancy outcome in relation to treatment of Murine typhus and Scrub typhus infection: a fever cohort and a case series analysis,» will be published in the November 20th, 2014 issue of PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases.

«This is a very nice study,» says Nirbhay Kumar, a malaria researcher at the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute in Baltimore, Maryland.

According to Neena Valecha of the National Institute of Malaria Research in Delhi, India, who led the trial, arterolane may be available by next year.

See our malaria research group pages for further details.

Delér Shakely, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Centre for Malaria Research, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, and Health Metrics at Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.

And we are very fortunate to have received an ICEMR — I - C - E-M-R — International Center of Excellence for Malaria Research for Zimbabwe and Zambia.

Researcher Teun Bousema (Radboudumc) coordinated the study which was conducted together with the University of California (UCSF) and the Malaria Research and Training Center (MRTC).

«Understanding how and why mosquitoes are genetically different from each other is fundamental to many areas of malaria research» says Dominic Kwiatkowski, one of the project's founders and chair of the Ag1000G data analysis group.

As the research manager I have strategic oversight and delegated responsibility for the operational management of the Malaria research programme.

«This research demonstrates the value of collaborative working to survey the genetic landscape of malaria across the globe,» says Dr Abdoulaye Djimdé from the Malaria Research and Training Centre, University of Science, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako, Mali and the Sanger Institute.

NIBSC produces a range of reference reagents for malaria research.

The members of the genus Aotus constitute one of the few species that are affected by Plasmodium falciparum, making them suitable for non-human primate experimental models in malaria research.

Senior researcher Dr Sarah Dunstan from the University's Nossal Institute for Global Health describes the signifcance of new malaria research for developing future treatments.

On April 25, we'll be co-hosting a Twitter chat to discuss the state of malaria research, recent advancements and what still needs to be done to end it.

Nosten worked out of a bamboo hospital — the first Shoklo Malaria Research Unit.

In his office at Mahidol University, Nick White is surrounded by yellowing monographs of old malaria research and overlooked by a wall - mounted mosaic of drug packets made by his daughter.

A few weeks ago we wrote about the misinformation the Animal Justice Project was spreading about malaria research at the Karolinska Institute.

When Vauterin joined the CGGH, he was new to malaria research but has since built a deep appreciation for the richness of this data — a perspective that's been helped by sharing office space with Dr Roberto Amato and Jacob Almagra - Garcia, who are both deeply involved with the population - level genetic analyses of the P. falciparum Community Project data.

Ruth Nussenzweig has been conducting malaria research since the 1960s.

His current research on Plasmodium genetics provides a strong link between the CGGH and the malaria research programme in The Gambia led by Umberto d'Alessandro.

Tu Youyou has been at the forefront of malaria research for nearly 50 years, and work under her direction has resulted in lifesaving medication for millions.

Currently, the main focus for malaria research is on the species that causes the deadliest form of malaria, Plasmodium falciparum.

«Dr. Cassera has taken a leap forward in malaria research by identifying a unique pathway at an essential step in parasite development and transmission to mosquitoes,» said Vern Schramm, the Ruth Merns Chair and Professor of Biochemistry at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and former postdoctoral mentor to Cassera.

Mahamadou has gained wide experience in positions such as Assistant Professor of Parasitology, Department of Epidemiology of Parasitic Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Dentistry, Bamako, and Associate Professor of Parasitology - Mycology at the same university, where he currently holds two positions: Professor of Parasitology - Mycology, and he is Head of the Mali Malaria Vaccine Development Unit, Malaria Research and Training Center.

For many members of the PDNA, this home - grown initiative marks a step towards leadership of malaria research activities within their communities.

A large proportion of its activities is devoted to malaria research with special emphasis on immune - regulation, immune evasion mechanisms, and genetics.

Wistar will collaborate with Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health on this research effort.

«These findings serve as a critical baseline for tracking the emergence and spread of artemisinin resistance in P. falciparum parasites in sub-Saharan Africa,» says Prof Abdoulaye Djimdé of the Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Science Techniques and Technologies of Bamako, Mali, who is leading the PDNA.

Director, Professor Peter Agre Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, USA

A genomic revolution in malaria research by Olivio Miotto Why would you focus malaria research on regions where there are very few cases of malaria?

Peter Agre, MD, professor and director of the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute, was among the scientists and policymakers attending the March 9 signing of the Stem Cell Executive Order and Presidential Memorandum on Scientific Integrity by President Barack Obama.

These objectives are at the heart of the PDNA, which was founded by a cadre of African malaria research scientists who saw a need to coordinate their research.

A study on funding for malaria research and development (R&D) has identified the tracking of support for research for implementation as a particular challenge.

Harry Boateng, Pediatrician, Presbyterian Hospital / Lead Clinician, Malaria Vaccine Research, Malaria Research Centre, Ghana

In malaria research, for example, it has been shown that, while epidemics in the highlands have been associated with positive anomalies in temperature and rainfall (Githeko and Ndegwa, 2001; as discussed in Section 9.4.3), those in the semi-arid areas are mainly associated with excessive rainfall (Thomson et al., 2006).