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Project: Malaria and the human genome / Identifying regions of the human genome selected by Plasmodium spp

Day Group

Malaria has been a major selective force on human evolution. Here we wish to examine the coevolution of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum and HLA.

Project site: Bio21 Institute

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Project Supervisor

Professor Karen Day

Project availability
PhD/MPhil
Master of Biomedical Science
Honours

Day Group

karen.day@unimelb.edu.au

8 vacancies

Themes
Bacterial and Parasitic Infections
Cross Cutting Disciplines
Computational Science and Genomics
Global Health
Public Health

Professor Karen Day runs a multidisciplinary malaria research group that utilises molecular epidemiology to study the role that variation in human, parasite, and vector genomes plays in modulating transmission dynamics of Plasmodium spp. She is also interested in cell-to-cell communication in malaria parasites to alter population behaviour. She has a strong track record in interdisciplinary training of the next generation of infectious disease epidemiologists.