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Love the parasite you're with - the entertaining life of unwelcome guests from flea circuses to Aliens
In fiction and popular culture, parasitic characters appear as a metaphor for the threat and spread of disease.
Joe Brock
My group focuses on understanding the function of integral membrane transporters and receptors from a structural perspective.
Professor Geoff McFadden receives 2019 Ralph Slatyer medal
Professor Geoff McFadden has been awarded the Ralph Slatyer Medal for research in understanding the malaria parasite.Pages
BSB Seminar Series: The Antimalarial Peroxide Artemisinin and Derivatives: Mechanism of Action - The "Heme Activation" Hypothesis vs. Oxidant Properties
1pm 21 Nov 2024
Over 50 years ago, the active principle 青蒿素 qīng hāo sū or artemisinin was isolated in pure crystal-line form from the leaves of the Chinese traditional herb 青蒿 qīng hāo - Artemisia annua - by Chinese groups working under the remarkable Project 523 during the latter stages of the Chinese Cultural Revolution.