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mpetter@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Honorary (Fellow)
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Education
PhD
University of Hamburg

University of Freiburg
ORCID

0000-0002-1837-2756

Dr Michaela Petter

Honorary (Fellow)
Department of Microbiology and Immunology

37 Scholarly works
4 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2025

    Journal article

    Pink or blue: sex determination in malaria gametocytes
    DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2025.09.011
  • 2025

    Journal article

    A Novel Inhibitor against the Bromodomain Protein 1 of the Malaria Pathogen Plasmodium Falciparum
    DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.202500024
  • 2025

    Journal article

    PfGCN5 is essential for Plasmodium falciparum survival and transmission and regulates Pf H2B.Z acetylation and chromatin structure
    DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaf218
  • 2023

    Journal article

    The P. falciparum alternative histones Pf H2A.Z and Pf H2B.Z are dynamically acetylated and antagonized by PfSir2 histone deacetylases at heterochromatin boundaries
    DOI: 10.1128/mbio.02014-23
  • 2023

    Journal article

    Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes display global chromatin remodelling during sexual differentiation
    DOI: 10.1186/s12915-023-01568-4
  • 2023

    Journal article

    The exception that proves the rule: Virulence gene expression at the onset of Plasmodium falciparum blood stage infections
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1011468
  • 2022

    Journal article

    The Putative Bromodomain Protein PfBDP7 of the Human Malaria Parasite Plasmodium Falciparum Cooperates With PfBDP1 in the Silencing of Variant Surface Antigen Expression
    DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2022.816558
Michaela Petter

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2022

    Journal article

    The Coxiella burnetii T4SS effector protein AnkG hijacks the 7SK small nuclear ribonucleoprotein complex for reprogramming host cell transcription
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1010266
  • 2021

    Conference Proceedings

    Osteopathia Striata with Cranial Sclerosis (OSCS) can occur in males
  • 2021

    Conference Proceedings

    Osteopathia Striata with Cranial Sclerosis (OSCS) can occur in males

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2014

    Research Grant

    Identification of Bromodomain Inhibitors as Novel Anti-Malaria Drugs
  • 2015

    Research Grant

    Chromatin Dynamics During Sexual Differentiation in the Malaria Parasite P. Falciparum
  • 2013

    Research Grant

    Attending the 8th Biomalpar Conference, Biology and Pathology of the Malaria Parasite 2012, Heidelberg, Germany, May 2013
  • 2010

    Internal Research Grant

    Discovering Mechanisms of Epigenetic Gene Regulation in the Malaria Parasite.

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