Host-Parasite Interactions

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • 'Manipulation' without the parasite: altered feeding behaviour of mosquitoes is not dependent on infection with malaria parasites. 
  • A CRISPR Activation Screen Identifies a Pan-avian Influenza Virus Inhibitory Host Factor. 
  • A two-phase innate host response to alphavirus infection identified by mRNP-tagging in vivo. 
  • Ambient temperature and dietary supplementation interact to shape mosquito vector competence for malaria. 
  • An siRNA Screen Identifies the U2 snRNP Spliceosome as a Host Restriction Factor for Recombinant Adeno-associated Viruses. 
  • Ancient co-speciation of simian foamy viruses and primates. 
  • Biotic interactions. Genomics and coevolution. 
  • CD47 regulates the phagocytic clearance and replication of the Plasmodium yoelii malaria parasite. 
  • Caenorhabditis elegans as a host for the study of host-pathogen interactions. 
  • Characterizing the phylogenetic specialism-generalism spectrum of mammal parasites. 
  • Complex effects of temperature on mosquito immune function. 
  • Cryptococcemia. 
  • Do animals living in larger groups experience greater parasitism? A meta-analysis. 
  • Do malaria parasites manipulate mosquitoes? 
  • Does habitat disturbance increase infectious disease risk for primates? 
  • Ecological dynamics of mutualist/antagonist communities. 
  • Ecological networks and their fragility. 
  • Effects of Escherichia coli physiology on growth of phage T7 in vivo and in silico. 
  • Estimating parasite host range. 
  • Evolution, interactions, and biological networks. 
  • Exploring the Untapped Biosynthetic Potential of Apicomplexan Parasites. 
  • Extracellular Virions: The Advance Guard of Poxvirus Infections. 
  • Frontiers in climate change-disease research. 
  • Genetics of incipient speciation in Drosophila mojavensis. I. Male courtship song, mating success, and genotype x environment interactions. 
  • Global Mammal Parasite Database version 2.0. 
  • Host density drives the postglacial migration of the tree parasite, Epifagus virginiana. 
  • Host-pathogen interactions in a varying environment: temperature, behavioural fever and fitness. 
  • Immune response and insulin signalling alter mosquito feeding behaviour to enhance malaria transmission potential. 
  • Increased resin flow in mature pine trees growing under elevated CO2 and moderate soil fertility. 
  • Inoculating Anopheles gambiae Mosquitoes with Beads to Induce and Measure the Melanization Immune Response. 
  • Interaction of Cryptococcus neoformans Rim101 and protein kinase A regulates capsule. 
  • Interactions between micro- and macroparasites predict microparasite species richness across primates. 
  • Live Imaging of Host-Parasite Interactions in a Zebrafish Infection Model Reveals Cryptococcal Determinants of Virulence and Central Nervous System Invasion. 
  • Malaria parasites and red cell variants: when a house is not a home. 
  • New insights into the role of host cell proteins in antiviral vaccine protection. 
  • Parasite resistance and the adaptive significance of sleep. 
  • Parasites and the evolutionary diversification of primate clades 
  • Parasitism in species of Bathymodiolus (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) mussels from deep-sea seep and hydrothermal vents. 
  • Patterns of host specificity and transmission among parasites of wild primates. 
  • Phylogenetic host specificity and understanding parasite sharing in primates. 
  • Potential parasite transmission in multi-host networks based on parasite sharing. 
  • Protozoal agents: what are the dangers for the public water supply? 
  • RIPK1 and PGAM5 Control Leishmania Replication through Distinct Mechanisms. 
  • Rethinking vector immunology: the role of environmental temperature in shaping resistance. 
  • Rocky Mountain spotted fever in childhood. 
  • Schistosome-induced cholangiocyte proliferation and osteopontin secretion correlate with fibrosis and portal hypertension in human and murine schistosomiasis mansoni. 
  • Targeting Viral Proteostasis Limits Influenza Virus, HIV, and Dengue Virus Infection. 
  • Temperature alters Plasmodium blocking by Wolbachia. 
  • The Arabidopsis epithiospecifier protein promotes the hydrolysis of glucosinolates to nitriles and influences Trichoplusia ni herbivory. 
  • The Cryptococcus neoformans capsule: a sword and a shield. 
  • The effects of host contact network structure on pathogen diversity and strain structure. 
  • The evolution of parasite manipulation of host dispersal. 
  • The sociality-health-fitness nexus: synthesis, conclusions and future directions. 
  • The yin yang of bacterial polysaccharides: lessons learned from B. fragilis PSA. 
  • Thermal behaviour of Anopheles stephensi in response to infection with malaria and fungal entomopathogens. 
  • Three-way coexistence in obligate mutualist-exploiter interactions: the potential role of competition. 
  • Trans-kingdom small RNA transfer during host-pathogen interactions: The case of P. falciparum and erythrocytes. 
  • XRN1 stalling in the 5' UTR of Hepatitis C virus and Bovine Viral Diarrhea virus is associated with dysregulated host mRNA stability. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Aballay, Alejandro, Adjunct Professor in the Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology