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Email

ltilley@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Honorary (Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor Emeritus)
Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Education
PhD
University of Sydney
Bachelors Degree (Honours)
University of Melbourne
ORCID

0000-0001-9910-0199

Prof Leann Tilley

Honorary (Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor Emeritus)
Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology

284 Scholarly works
40 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2019

    Journal article

    The structure of the PA28–20S proteasome complex from Plasmodium falciparum and implications for proteostasis
    DOI: 10.1038/s41564-019-0524-4
  • 2019

    Research Grant

    Nucleoside Sulphamates as Novel Antimalarials for the Treatment of Plasmodium Falciparum
  • 2017

    Journal article

    Erythrocyte β spectrin can be genetically targeted to protect mice from malaria
    DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2017009274
  • 2017

    Research Grant

    H2017-101 – HTL for Selective Plasmodium Proteasome Inhibitors as New Potent Resistance-Reversing Antimalarials.
  • 2017

    Research Grant

    A Collaborative Electron Microscopy Pipeline for Structural Biology (Non-Arc Cash)
  • 2012

    Journal article

    Soft X-ray microscopy analysis of cell volume and hemoglobin content in erythrocytes infected with asexual and sexual stages of Plasmodium falciparum
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2011.09.003
  • 2012

    Journal article

    Soft X-ray microscopy analysis of cell volume and hemoglobin content in erythrocytes infected with asexual and sexual stages of Plasmodium falciparum
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2011.09.003
Leann Tilley

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2021
University of Melbourne
2018
Fellow of the Australian Society for Parasitology
2017
Australian Society for Biophysics Bob Robertson Award
2017
Australian Society for Biophysics Bob Robertson Award

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Reaction hijacking of enzymes to generate potent therapeutic modulators in situ.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2026.03.003
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Natural product-mediated reaction hijacking mechanism validates Plasmodium aspartyl-tRNA synthetase as an antimalarial drug target
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1013057
  • 2025

    Conference Proceedings

    Understanding the drug resistance in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum through high resolution imaging
    DOI: 10.14293/apmc13-2025-0085
  • 2024

    Journal article

    A potent and selective reaction hijacking inhibitor of Plasmodium falciparum tyrosine tRNA synthetase exhibits single dose oral efficacy in vivo
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1012429
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Reaction hijacking inhibition of Plasmodium falciparum asparagine tRNA synthetase
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-45224-z
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Disruption of Plasmodium falciparum kinetochore proteins destabilises the nexus between the centrosome equivalent and the mitotic apparatus
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-50167-6
  • 2023

    Journal article

    Plasmodium falciparum formins are essential for invasion and sexual stage development
    DOI: 10.1038/s42003-023-05233-y
  • 2023

    Journal article

    Targeting Aminoacyl tRNA Synthetases for Antimalarial Drug Development
    DOI: 10.1146/annurev-micro-032421-121210

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