KateĀ is using a set of Plasmodium falciparum parasites collected from patients in Senegal over the past 17 years and their corresponding sequencing data to evaluate how antimalarial drug resistance trends in Senegal have changed over time. For her project, Kate is adapting these parasites to in vitro culturing conditions and phenotypically assessing them for drug resistance and fitness. These phenotypic assessments will determine if the changes in drug resistance…
Tolla Ndiaye
Tolla Ndiaye is a PhD and postdoc researcher at the Fidock Lab, Columbia University working on Plasmodium falciparum drug resistance.
Connor Payne
Connor Payne is working on (i) Assay & small molecule inhibitor development for aminoacyl tRNA synthetase enzymes, and (ii) development and translation of CoraFluor TR-FRET assay platforms to the characterization of P. falciparum biology.