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BBC Radio 4 World at One - Interview with Prof Dominic Kwiatkowski. In the media 14 May 2015 Prof D Kwiatkowski: "Understanding what's going on in the mosquito population is crucial" BBC Radio 4 World at One
Screen capture of Pf3k web application News article 24 Apr 2015 Pf3k Consortium releases data on more than 2,500 P. falciparum genomes
Sample locations in the Pf3k web application. Blog 23 Apr 2015 Keeping pace with changing parasite genetics
A welcome tops our first issue of the MalariaGEN quarterly newsletter. News article 24 Mar 2015 First issue of the MalariaGEN newsletter is online
Dr Alfred Amambua Ngwa. Credit: Tom Farnetti. Blog 23 Feb 2015 60 secs with… Dr Alfred Amambua-Ngwa
Watch a video introduction to the Ag1000G web application below. Blog 4 Feb 2015 Wondrous diversity
Figure 2a. Miotto, Amato et al, 2015. Press release 20 Jan 2015 Global collaboration provides key insights into mutations underpinning artemisinin resistance
Figure 2. Claessens, Hamilton et al, 2014. Press release 18 Dec 2014 Parasite creates millions of new ways to evade immune system every 48 hours
Anopheles gambiae. Photo credit: Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute, WikiCommons 2006, CC-BY2.5. News article 11 Dec 2014 Large public data set gives unprecedented view of African mosquito genome variation
Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Test. Photo credit: USAID, WikiCommons. Blog 10 Nov 2014 A genomic revolution in malaria research
Dr Abdoulaye Djimdé presenting the latest PDNA findings at the 2014 ASTMH Annual Meeting. Credit: Rachel Giacomantonio. News article 12 Oct 2014 Large study establishes baseline to track K13 mutations in African malaria parasites
News article 28 Sep 2014 Massive malaria study raises intriguing evolutionary questions
Map of PDNA study sites. Ghansah et al, 2014. Blog 12 Sep 2014 Poised and waiting for malaria’s next move
PDNA meeting, Hinxton Hall, Wellcome Genome Campus Conference Centre, June 2014. Photo courtesy of Dr Vikki Cornelius. News article 12 Sep 2014 African-led network gets a head start on malaria
News article 31 Jul 2014 Drug-resistant malaria has spread to critical border regions of Southeast Asia
GEM 2014 at Hinxton Hall, Wellcome Genome Campus Conference Centre. Photo credit: Thomas Farnetti. Event 8 Jun 2014 GEM 2014 Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, UK
Anopheles gambiae mosquito feeding. Photo credit: James Gathany, CDC, WikiCommons. Press release 25 Jun 2014 Mosquito species swap insecticide-resistance genes
News article 28 Feb 2014 Master switch protein discovered which triggers the sexual form of malaria
Malaria-infected red blood cell. Photo credit: NIAID, Flickr 2013, CC-BY2.0. News article 18 Dec 2013 Researchers discover a molecular marker for artemisinin resistance
Cameroon Fishing Boats. Photo credit: Jake Stimpson, Flickr 2006, CC-BY2.0. News article 29 Nov 2013 Association of Cytokine and Toll-Like Receptor Gene Polymorphisms with Severe Malaria in Cameroon
Photo credit: NAY_8628, Nayyar Photography, Flickr 2014, CC-BY 2.0. Blog 2 Nov 2013 Why is it hard to detect disease association in African populations?
Town meeting. Photo courtesy of Abdoulaye Djimdé. News article 15 Oct 2013 Malaria susceptibility differs between Fulani and Dogon ethnic groups in Mali
News article 12 Sep 2013 Rapid blood test developed to detect artemisinin resistance
News article 27 Aug 2013 New study suggests treatment failures in Western Cambodia due to artemisinin resistance
Malaria sporozoites. Photo credit: NIAID, WikiCommons 2015, CC-BY2.0. News article 9 Aug 2013 Malaria vaccine shows promise in early trials
MalariaGEN animation about malaria drug resistance and genomics. News article 1 Jul 2013 Malaria drug resistance animation online
Figure 1. Miotto, Almagro-Garcia et al, 2013. Press release 30 Apr 2013 Fingerprinting malaria parasite drug resistance
Figure 2. Severe malaria phenotypes. Manjurano et al, 2012. Blog 15 Feb 2013 Resisting Malaria
News article 22 Nov 2012 Common enzyme deficiency may hinder plans to eradicate malaria
Malaria vaccine. Photo credit: Global Panorama, Flickr 2009, CC-BY-SA2.0. News article 13 Nov 2012 Clinical trial in African children yields disappointing results for malaria vaccine
News article 12 Nov 2012 Artemisinin resistance reported in a second Cambodian province
News article 2 Nov 2012 New report focuses on malaria outside Africa
News article 25 Sep 2012 Novel malaria vectors discovered in Western Kenya
DNA Photo credit: Miki Yoshihito, Flickr 2008, CC-BY 2.0. News article 17 Sep 2012 Decoding the human genome
News article 16 Sep 2012 Whole-genome sequencing of P. vivax field isolates
News article 16 Sep 2012 SAO associated with reduced risk of vivax malaria in children
News article 13 Sep 2012 Malaria candidate SNP survey in Mali
News article 12 Sep 2012 Age-acquired malaria immunity detected in Sri Lanka
Navrongo Health Research Centre. Photo credit: Kiran Garimella. Blog 5 Aug 2012 Challenges in recruiting cases of severe malaria in Ghana
Photo courtesy of Tobias Apinjoh. Blog 5 Aug 2012 Obtaining informed consent for family trios in Cameroon