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I am currently Professor and Head of the Department of Molecular Parasitology, Proteo-Science Centre, Ehime University, Japan. My research interests primarily involve the genetics and genomics of malaria parasites, in addition to immunology, epidemiology and population genetics. My ultimate aim is to identify novel drug and vaccine targets of malaria parasites.
Education
BSc (hons) Biological Sciences — University of Edinburgh, Scotland 1996-2000
Honours in Zoology, specialising in Parasitology. My honours project involved an investigation into interactions between host immunity and parasite drug resistance, and was supervised by David Walliker and Pedro Cravo. I graduated with a 2:1.
PhD Malaria Parasite Genetics — University of Edinburgh, Scotland 2001 -2004
Supervised by Richard Carter, and funded by a scholarship from the Wellcome Trust, my PhD studies focussed on the development of Linkage Group Selection (LGS) a combination of classical genetic linkage analysis and genomics that can be used to identify the genetic basis of medically important phenotypes in malaria parasites. Published in Genome Research, this system has formed the basis of my main research throughout my career.
Employment History (Scientific)
volunteer taxonomist — National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1998-2000
Whilst at the NMS, I worked with the zoology department, mollusca section, on the taxonomy of marine invertebrates as part of surveys of the marine diversity of the Scottish coast.
Research Assistant - University of Edinburgh - 2000 -2001
I worked in David Walliker’s laboratory at the Institute of Cell, Animal and Population Biology. During this time I attempted to make a cross between two strains of Plasmodium falciparum. This involved the in vitro culture of malaria parasites, as well as extensive mosquito work.
Research Associate - University of Edinburgh - 2004 -2005
A year’s post-doc with Richard Carter following the completion of my PhD. Funded by the Wellcome Trust, my work at this point branched into immunology and population genetics, as I began my studies on strain-specific immunity in malaria parasites and on the wheres, whys and wherefores of African Plasmodium vivax.
JSPS International Research Fellow - Osaka University - 2005 -2008
Working in Kazuyuki Tanabe’s Laboratory of Malariology at Osaka University, and funded by a Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science International Fellowship for Post-Doctoral Researchers, I worked primarily on the population genetics of African P. vivax.
Assistant Professor - Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University - 2008 -2011
I joined the Department of Protozoology on a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Scholarship from the Japanese Government’s Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. during this time I embarked on studies of malaria parasite biology, immunology and genetics using the rodent malaria parasites, and continued my field work on P. falciparum and P. vivax in Africa.
Associate Professor - Malaria unit, ITM, Nagasaki University - 2011-2020
I gained a tenured position in April 2011, and started my own laboratory - the Malaria Unit - to continue my work on malaria parasite genetics. My lab focused on genetic and genomic approaches to identify the underlying genetic causes of phenotypic differences between parasite strains.
Professor - Department of Molecular Parasitology, Proteo-Science Centre, Ehime University
Continuing my malaria research, we use the rodent malaria parasites for studies on the genetics and genomics of malaria, and we are increasingly pursuing investigations involving the human malaria parasites in in vitro culture, and non-human primate malaria parasites such as Plasmodium cynomolgi in monkeys. We also work in malaria endemic countries on epidemiology related projects, including with P. falciparum and P. vivax in Africa, and P. knowlesi and P. cynomolgi in Southeast Asia.
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES (2024): 59-68
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