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After completing the Bachelor of Biomedicine at The University of Melbourne, Claudia undertook an Honours project at the Burnet Institute in 2021, investigating the effects of sodium-perturbing antimalarials on blood-stage Plasmodium falciparum. Claudia is currently working as a research assistant with the Malaria Virulence and Drug Discovery Group.
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Kirsty McCann, Claudia B. G. Barnes
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Claudia B. G. Barnes, Mikha Gabriela, Dickson Leong, Molly Parkyn Schneider, Brendan S. Crabb, Paul R. Gilson, Dickson Leong, Mikha Gabriela, Claudia B. G. Barnes, Molly Parkyn Schneider
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Claudia B. G. Barnes, Mikha Gabriela, Dickson Leong, Molly Parkyn Schneider, Brendan S. Crabb, Paul R. Gilson, Dickson Leong, Mikha Gabriela, Claudia B. G. Barnes, Molly Parkyn Schneider
Drugs are the main weapons used to combat malaria infection, but parasites are becoming resistant and new medicines and drug targets are needed.
We work with medicinal chemists to develop new antimalarials that are effective against already multi-drug resistant parasites.