Haem Biology in Metazoan Parasites – ‘The Bright Side of Haem’ Traditionally, host haem has been recognized as a cytotoxic molecule that parasites need to eliminate or detoxify in order to survive. However, recent evidence indicates that some lineages of parasites have lost genes that encode enzymes involved specifically in endogenous haem biosynthesis. Such lineages...
The latest Paper of the Month from Parasitology is ‘Recent advances in trypanosomatid research: genome organization, expression, metabolism, taxonomy and evolution‘ by Prof. Dmitri A. Maslov If a college graduate with a major in natural sciences is asked: ‘what are eukaryotes?’, the answer would likely be based on what he/she learned in an...
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The publication, Recent advances in trypanosomatid research: genome organization, expression, metabolism, taxonomy and evolution has been selected by the editors of Parasitology as their Paper of the Month . It was chosen because "We were particularly impressed with how thorough the review is and the potential clinical significance of the findings you have synthesized about...
29–31/05/2019, Brno Structural biology supplies data allowing insight into the molecular architecture of a cell at the atomic resolution. iNEXT, a consortium funded by the Horizon2020 program, offers European researchers access to a wide range of advanced structural biology technologies to study the structure and function of biological macromolecules and their assemblies.
1. Kaurov et al. 2018 : MICOS komplex u trypanosom How an evolutionary conserved protein complex works in mitochondria, the powerhouses of eukaryotic cells, was published in the prestigious journal Current Biology. The editorial board selected the study as a featured article that is freely available to readers. In the study, we identified the MICOS complex of trypanosomatids,...
