Alan Cowman

Development and application of a high-throughput screening assay for identification of small molecule inhibitors of the P. falciparum reticulocyte binding-like homologue 5 protein

Brad E Sleebs, Kate E Jarman, Sonja Frolich, Wilson Wong, Julie Healer, Weiwen Dai, Isabelle S Lucet, Danny W Wilson, Alan F Cowman

Journal article  |  2020  |  International Journal for Parasitology: Drugs and Drug Resistance

The P. falciparum parasite, responsible for the disease in humans known as malaria, must invade erythrocytes to provide an environ..

Pan-active imidazolopiperazine antimalarials target the Plasmodium falciparum intracellular secretory pathway

Gregory M LaMonte, Frances Rocamora, Danushka S Marapana, Nina F Gnadig, Sabine Ottilie, Madeline R Luth, Tilla S Worgall, Gregory M Goldgof, Roxanne Mohunlal, TR Santha Kumar, Jennifer K Thompson, Edgar Vigil, Jennifer Yang, Dylan Hutson, Trevor Johnson, Jianbo Huang, Roy M Williams, Bing Yu Zou, Andrea L Cheung, Prianka Kumar, et al.

Journal article  |  2020  |  Nature Communications

Dual Plasmepsin-Targeting Antimalarial Agents Disrupt Multiple Stages of the Malaria Parasite Life Cycle

Paola Favuzza, Manuel de Lera Ruiz, Jennifer K Thompson, Tony Triglia, Anna Ngo, Ryan WJ Steel, Marissa Vavrek, Janni Christensen, Julie Healer, Christopher Boyce, Zhuyan Guo, Mengwei Hu, Tanweer Khan, Nicholas Murgolo, Lianyun Zhao, Jocelyn Sietsma Penington, Kitsanapong Reaksudsan, Kate Jarman, Melanie H Dietrich, Lachlan Richardson, et al.

Journal article  |  2020  |  Cell Host & Microbe

Artemisin combination therapy (ACT) is the main treatment option for malaria, which is caused by the intracellular parasite Plasmo..

Uncovering the ART of antimalarial resistance

Danushka Marapana, Alan F Cowman

Journal article  |  2020  |  Science

Inhibition of Plasmepsin V Activity Blocks Plasmodium falciparum Gametocytogenesis and Transmission to Mosquitoes

Charlie Jennison, Leonardo Lucantoni, Matthew T O'Neill, Robyn McConville, Sara M Erickson, Alan F Cowman, Brad E Sleebs, Vicky M Avery, Justin A Boddey

Journal article  |  2019  |  Cell Reports

The Metabolite Repair Enzyme Phosphoglycolate Phosphatase Regulates Central Carbon Metabolism and Fosmidomycin Sensitivity in Plasmodium falciparum

Laure Dumont, Mark B Richardson, Phillip van der Peet, Danushka S Marapana, Tony Triglia, Matthew WA Dixon, Alan F Cowman, Spencer J Williams, Leann Tilley, Malcolm J McConville, Simon A Cobbold

Journal article  |  2019  |  MBIO

Members of the haloacid dehalogenase (HAD) family of metabolite phosphatases play an important role in regulating multiple pathway..

Protein Kinase A Is Essential for Invasion of Plasmodium falciparum into Human Erythrocytes

Mary-Louise Wilde, Tony Triglia, Danushka Marapana, Jennifer K Thompson, Alexei A Kouzmitchev, Hayley E Bullen, Paul R Gilson, Alan F Cowman, Christopher J Tonkin

Journal article  |  2019  |  mBio

Understanding the mechanisms behind host cell invasion by Plasmodium falciparum remains a major hurdle to developing antimalarial ..

A 4-cyano-3-methylisoquinoline inhibitor of Plasmodium falciparum growth targets the sodium efflux pump PfATP4

Paul R Gilson, Rasika Kumarasingha, Jennifer Thompson, Xinxin Zhang, Jocelyn Sietsma Penington, Robabeh Kalhor, Hayley E Bullen, Adele M Lehane, Madeline G Dans, Tania F de Koning-Ward, Jessica K Holien, Tatiana P Soares da Costa, Mark D Hulett, Melissa J Buskes, Brendan S Crabb, Kiaran Kirk, Anthony T Papenfuss, Alan F Cowman, Belinda M Abbott

Journal article  |  2019  |  Scientific Reports

Neutralising antibodies block the function of Rh5/Ripr/CyRPA complex during invasion of Plasmodium falciparum into human erythrocytes

Julie Healer, Wilson Wong, Jennifer K Thompson, Wengqiang He, Richard W Birkinshaw, Kazutoyo Miura, Carol A Long, Vladislav Soroka, Teit Max Moscote Sogaard, Thomas Jorgensen, Willem A de Jongh, Christopher Weir, Ella Svahn, Peter E Czabotar, Wai-Hong Tham, Ivo Mueller, Paul N Barlow, Alan F Cowman

Journal article  |  2019  |  Cellular Microbiology

Guided STED nanoscopy enables super-resolution imaging of blood stage malaria parasites

Jan-Gero Schloetel, Joern Heine, Alan F Cowman, Michal Pasternak

Journal article  |  2019  |  Scientific Reports