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Email

g.mcfadden@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Professorial Fellow
School of BioSciences
Education
PhD
University of Melbourne
Bachelors Degree
University of Melbourne
ORCID

0000-0002-5351-1627

Prof Geoffrey McFadden

Professorial Fellow
School of BioSciences

308 Scholarly works
50 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    GID/CTLH E3 ligase complex control cell fate programs for sexual development of Plasmodium falciparum
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-69183-9
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Potent acridone antimalarial against all three life stages of Plasmodium
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-71708-1
  • 2026

    Journal article

    γδ T cell-derived IL-4 initiates CD8 T cell immunity
    DOI: 10.1038/s41590-025-02397-z
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Targeting the malaria parasite inside the mosquito host
    DOI: 10.1016/bs.apar.2026.05.003
  • 2023

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Tools to Curb Drug Resistance in Malaria Parasites
  • 2017

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Genes, Reproduction and Inheritance in a Microbe
  • 2017

    Internal Research Grant

    Genes, Reproduction and Inheritance in a Microbe
Geoffrey McFadden

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2006
Julian Wells Medal Lorne Genome Society
2006
Federation Fellow ARC
2005
Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
2003
Woodward Medal UOM

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2025

    Journal article

    Identifying antimalarials that disrupt malaria parasite transmission when fed to the mosquito
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2025.05.005
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Novel techniques for disrupting malaria transmission
    DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2025.06.005
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Resistance to apicoplast translational inhibitors in Plasmodium
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpddr.2025.100597
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Potent Acridone Antimalarial against All Three Life Stages of Plasmodium.
    DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-6858328/v1
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Long lived liver-resident memory T cells of biased specificities for abundant sporozoite antigens drive malaria protection by radiation-attenuated sporozoite vaccination
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1012731
  • 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

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2026

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    A Gene Drive to Control Malaria
  • 2025

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    How Is Uniparental Inheritance of Organelles Achieved in a Microbe?

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