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Breadcrumb Mike Blackman Blackman lab Malaria Biochemistry Laboratory : Publications Lab contentLab contentIn this section Overview Vacancies Areas of interest Publications Members Clusters of malaria parasites growing inside human red blood cells. Toggle to view hero caption PublicationsYear published (-)2017 (8) Facet Year publishedResearch topicsBiochemistry & Proteomics (8)Cell Biology (8)Immunology (8)Infectious Disease (8)Model Organisms (8)Structural Biology & Biophysics (8) Facet Research topicsPublication typeJournal article (8)Primary research (6)Method (2) Facet Publication typeJournaleLife (1)International Journal for Parasitology (1)PLOS Genetics (1)PLOS ONE (1)PLOS Pathogens (1)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (1)Science (1)Scientific Reports (1) Facet Journal Publications Displaying 1 - 8 of 8Last updated : 29 March 2024 03:21 A reference genome and methylome for the Plasmodium knowlesi A1-H.1 line Authors (13) Ernest Diez Benavente Paola Florez de Sessions Robert W MoonMunira GraingerAnthony HolderMichael Blackman[...] Arnab Pain Colin J Sutherland Martin L Hibberd Susana Campino Taane G Clark International Journal for Parasitology Published 1 March 2018 Crick labsTony HolderMike BlackmanFull details A multistage antimalarial targets the plasmepsins IX and X essential for invasion and egress Authors (12) Paco Pino Reto Caldelari Budhaditya Mukherjee Juha Vahokoski Natacha Klages Bohumil Maco[...]Michael Blackman Inari Kursula Volker Heussler Mathieu Brochet Dominique Soldati-Favre Science Published 27 October 2017 Crick labsMike BlackmanFull details Analysis of nuclear and organellar genomes of Plasmodium knowlesi in humans reveals ancient population structure and recent recombination among host-specific subpopulations Authors (12) Ernest Diez Benavente Paola Florez de Sessions Robert W MoonAnthony HolderMichael Blackman Cally Roper[...] Arnab Pain Colin J Sutherland Martin L Hibberd Susana Campino Taane G Clark PLOS Genetics Published 18 September 2017 Crick labsTony HolderMike BlackmanFull details The Plasmodium falciparum pseudoprotease SERA5 regulates the kinetics and efficiency of malaria parasite egress from host erythrocytes Authors (5) Christine R Collins Fiona Hackett Jonathan AtidSer Ying TanMichael Blackman PLOS Pathogens Published 6 July 2017 Crick labsMike BlackmanFull details Generating conditional gene knockouts in Plasmodium - a toolkit to produce stable DiCre recombinase-expressing parasite lines using CRISPR/Cas9 Authors (4)Ellen Knuepfer Marta Napiorkowska Christiaan Van OoijAnthony Holder Scientific Reports Published 20 June 2017 Crick labs/ facilitiesTony HolderMike BlackmanFlow CytometryBioinformatics and BiostatisticsFull details Parasitophorous vacuole poration precedes its rupture and rapid host erythrocyte cytoskeleton collapse in Plasmodium falciparum egress Authors (12) Victoria L Hale Jean M Watermeyer Fiona Hackett Gema Vizcay-Barrena Christiaan Van Ooij James A Thomas[...] Maria Harkiolaki Elizabeth Duke Roland A FleckMichael Blackman Helen R Saibil Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Published 28 March 2017 Crick labsMike BlackmanFull details The Plasmodium falciparum rhoptry protein RhopH3 plays essential roles in host cell invasion and nutrient uptake Authors (6) Emma S SherlingEllen Knuepfer Joseph A Brzostowski Louis H MillerMichael Blackman Christiaan van Ooij eLife Published 2 March 2017 Crick labs/ facilitiesTony HolderMike BlackmanElectron MicroscopyFull details Targeted deletion of a Plasmodium site-2 protease impairs life cycle progression in the mammalian host Authors (7)Konstantinos Kousis Evi Goulielmaki Anna ChalariChrislaine Withers-Martinez Inga Siden-Kiamos Kai Matuschewski Thanasis G Loukeris PLOS ONE Published 20 January 2017 Crick labsMike BlackmanFull details Share the page Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on Email
A reference genome and methylome for the Plasmodium knowlesi A1-H.1 line Authors (13) Ernest Diez Benavente Paola Florez de Sessions Robert W MoonMunira GraingerAnthony HolderMichael Blackman[...] Arnab Pain Colin J Sutherland Martin L Hibberd Susana Campino Taane G Clark International Journal for Parasitology Published 1 March 2018 Crick labsTony HolderMike BlackmanFull details
A multistage antimalarial targets the plasmepsins IX and X essential for invasion and egress Authors (12) Paco Pino Reto Caldelari Budhaditya Mukherjee Juha Vahokoski Natacha Klages Bohumil Maco[...]Michael Blackman Inari Kursula Volker Heussler Mathieu Brochet Dominique Soldati-Favre Science Published 27 October 2017 Crick labsMike BlackmanFull details
Analysis of nuclear and organellar genomes of Plasmodium knowlesi in humans reveals ancient population structure and recent recombination among host-specific subpopulations Authors (12) Ernest Diez Benavente Paola Florez de Sessions Robert W MoonAnthony HolderMichael Blackman Cally Roper[...] Arnab Pain Colin J Sutherland Martin L Hibberd Susana Campino Taane G Clark PLOS Genetics Published 18 September 2017 Crick labsTony HolderMike BlackmanFull details
The Plasmodium falciparum pseudoprotease SERA5 regulates the kinetics and efficiency of malaria parasite egress from host erythrocytes Authors (5) Christine R Collins Fiona Hackett Jonathan AtidSer Ying TanMichael Blackman PLOS Pathogens Published 6 July 2017 Crick labsMike BlackmanFull details
Generating conditional gene knockouts in Plasmodium - a toolkit to produce stable DiCre recombinase-expressing parasite lines using CRISPR/Cas9 Authors (4)Ellen Knuepfer Marta Napiorkowska Christiaan Van OoijAnthony Holder Scientific Reports Published 20 June 2017 Crick labs/ facilitiesTony HolderMike BlackmanFlow CytometryBioinformatics and BiostatisticsFull details
Parasitophorous vacuole poration precedes its rupture and rapid host erythrocyte cytoskeleton collapse in Plasmodium falciparum egress Authors (12) Victoria L Hale Jean M Watermeyer Fiona Hackett Gema Vizcay-Barrena Christiaan Van Ooij James A Thomas[...] Maria Harkiolaki Elizabeth Duke Roland A FleckMichael Blackman Helen R Saibil Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Published 28 March 2017 Crick labsMike BlackmanFull details
The Plasmodium falciparum rhoptry protein RhopH3 plays essential roles in host cell invasion and nutrient uptake Authors (6) Emma S SherlingEllen Knuepfer Joseph A Brzostowski Louis H MillerMichael Blackman Christiaan van Ooij eLife Published 2 March 2017 Crick labs/ facilitiesTony HolderMike BlackmanElectron MicroscopyFull details
Targeted deletion of a Plasmodium site-2 protease impairs life cycle progression in the mammalian host Authors (7)Konstantinos Kousis Evi Goulielmaki Anna ChalariChrislaine Withers-Martinez Inga Siden-Kiamos Kai Matuschewski Thanasis G Loukeris PLOS ONE Published 20 January 2017 Crick labsMike BlackmanFull details