Associate Professor Paul Gilson
Deputy Discipline Head, Life Sciences; Co-Head Malaria Virulence, Drug Discovery and Resistance; Head of Burnet Cell Imaging Facility
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Paul Gilson is a molecular biologist primarily interested in how malaria parasites invade and thrive in human red blood cells and avoid host immunity.
Improving our understanding of these basic cellular processes will greatly accelerate our efforts to develop new drugs and vaccines to combat this devastating disease.
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Drugs are the main weapons used to combat malaria infection. However, parasites are becoming resistant and new medicines and drug targets are needed.
This project aims to understand how novel mutations will affect malaria parasites from West Africa.
Rapid diagnostic tests can analyse a drop of someone's blood to check if they're carrying Plasmodium. The tests use antibodies to capture and detect proteins produced by the parasite.
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.