Kirk Group - Membrane transport in parasites
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Research themes
About
Kiaran is not currently taking on students. All projects in which he is involved are undertaken in collaboration with the labs of Dr Adele Lehane and/or Dr Giel van Dooren and students are encouraged to contact them in relation to potential research projects.
Awards
- Elected to the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences, 2017
- The ANU 'Last Lecture', 2013
- Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Fellowship and Collins Bursary for travel overseas, 2011
- NHMRC Australian Biomedical Fellowship, 2010
- Australian Awards for University Teaching, for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning, 2009
- Vice Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Education - Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning, 2008
- Bancroft-Mackerras Medal of the Australian Society for Parasitology, 2008
- Vice-Chancellor's Awards for Excellence in Supervision, 2007
- Roche Medal of the Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2002
Projects
Members
Group Leader
Dean
ANU College of Science and Medicine
News
Researchers have discovered how a new class of antimalarial drugs kills the malaria parasite, showing that the drugs block a pump at the parasite surface, causing it to fill with salt.
