Background

Thorey’s PhD project is looking into protein export by the Plasmodium translocon of exported proteins (PTEX) during the asexual blood-stage of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. PTEX is essential for parasite survival and we need to gain more knowledge on how it operates before we can exploit it as a drug target.

Qualifications

• 2014: BSc University of Iceland
• 2016: BSc (Hons) University of Melbourne

Publications (6)

2021 (3)

• The role of malaria parasite heat shock proteins in protein trafficking and remodelling of red blood cells.
  Jonsdottir TK, Gabriela M, Gilson PR
  Adv Exp Med Biol. 2021 Sep; 1340:141-167
• Defining the Essential Exportome of the Malaria Parasite.
  Jonsdottir TK, Gabriela M, Crabb BS, F de Koning-Ward T, Gilson PR
  Trends Parasitol. 2021 May; 37(7):664-675
• Characterisation of complexes formed by parasite proteins exported into the host cell compartment of Plasmodium falciparum infected red blood cells.
  Jonsdottir TK, Counihan NA, Modak JK, Kouskousis B, Sanders PR, Gabriela M, Bullen HE, Crabb BS, de Koning-Ward TF, Gilson PR
  Cell Microbiol. 2021 Mar; 23(8):e13332

2020 (1)

• Parasitravaganza 2020: Insights into a Virtual Parasitology Conference
  Boulet C, Egan SL, Jones L, Jonsdottir TK, Power ML, Ralph SA, Tran L, White MAF
  Trends Parasitol. 2020 Nov; 36(11):867-875

2018 (1)

• Spatial organisation of protein export in malaria parasite blood stages.
  Charnaud SC, Jonsdottir TK, Sanders PR, Bullen HE, Dickerman BK, Kouskousis B, Palmer CS, Pietrzak HM, Laumaea AE, Erazo AB, McHugh E, Tilley L, Crabb BS, Gilson PR
  Traffic. 2018 Apr; 19(8):605-623

2017 (1)

• Plasmodium falciparum parasites deploy RhopH2 into the host erythrocyte to obtain nutrients, grow and replicate.
  Counihan N, Chisholm SA, Bullen HE, Srivastava A, Sanders PR, Jonsdottir TK, Weiss GE, Ghosh S, Crabb BS, Creek DJ, Gilson PR, de Koning-Ward TF
  eLife. 2017 Mar; 6(pii):e23217

News Articles (1)

2021 (1)

• Scientific discovery centre stage in Medical Research Week 2021