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Dr John Boothroyd Joins the Department on Sabbatical

Dr John Boothroyd, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at Stanford University School of Medicine has joined the Department of Medical Parasitology for a 3-month sabbatical. He will be giving an Honors lecture on Monday 7th May entitled "The enemy within: how the intracellular parasite Toxoplasma controls host cell functions by injecting polymorphic protein kinases" at 4PM in Schwartz Lecture Hall F. For more information on the lecture please contact Josephine Markiewicz

Dr Jane Carlton Cracks the Trichomonas vaginalis Genome

Dr Jane Carlton, Associate Professor in the Department of Medical Parasitology, has captured the cover of Science and deciphered the genome of the parasite which causes trichomonas. More detail on this story can be found here.

Dr Ana Rodriguez Given Burroughs Wellcome Fund Award

Dr Ana Rodriguez, Assistant Professor in the Department of Medical Parasitology, has been selected for a prestigious BWF Investigator in Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease Award for her project ‘The role of hypoxanthine degradation in malaria-induced pathogenesis’. BWF only grants 12 of these awards each year, all of which provide funding for up to 5 years of research. More information on the Fund and the Awards can be found at: http://www.bwfund.org/

Dr. Jane Carlton, PhD Confirms Appointment to Medical Parasitology Department

Dr Jane Carlton, currently at TIGR (The Institute for Genomic Research), has confirmed that she will be joining the School of Medicine as Associate Professor in the Department of Medical Parasitology on April 1st 2006.

Dr Carlton works on the genome sequencing of parasitic protists, including Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium vivax and Trichomonas vaginalis. Once sequenced, she then conducts comparative analysis of the genomes of closely related species with the aims of constructing a global syntenic map (between species of Plasmodium) and identifying common conserved regions that could serve as drug targets or as markers of the spread of drug-resistant strains.

Refurbishment of the Department

The refurbishment work that has been in progress in the Medical Parasitology building at 341 E 25th street is finally at an end. The work has included the creation of a computer lab for epidemiologic research, transmission insectaries, bioinformatics and genomics laboratories. The Department is currently recruiting new faculty for the rennovated lab spaces.

The Long Road to a Promising Malaria Vaccine Started at NYU School of Medicine

For more information on the role that the Department has played in the development of malaria vaccines, please click here.