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Email

acowman@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Honorary (Professorial Fellow)
Department of Medical Biology (WEHI)
Education
PhD
University of Melbourne
ORCID

0000-0001-5145-9004

Prof Alan Cowman

Honorary (Professorial Fellow)
Department of Medical Biology (WEHI)

442 Scholarly works
0 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    CD44 cross-linking promotes Plasmodium falciparum invasion
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-67030-x
  • 2026

    Journal article

    PTRAMP, CSS and Ripr form a conserved complex required for merozoite invasion of Plasmodium species into erythrocytes
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-68486-1
  • 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

    First-in-human safety and pharmacokinetics of MK-7602, the antimalarial inhibitor of plasmepsins IX/X, in single- and multiple-ascending-dose studies
    DOI: 10.1128/aac.01261-25
  • 2026

    Journal article

    MK-7602: a potent multi-stage dual-targeting antimalarial
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2025.106061
  • 2017

    Journal article

    Mefloquine targets the Plasmodium falciparum 80S ribosome to inhibit protein synthesis
    DOI: 10.1038/nmicrobiol.2017.31
  • 2013

    Journal article

    Electron tomography of Plasmodium falciparum merozoites reveals core cellular events that underpin erythrocyte invasion
    DOI: 10.1111/cmi.12132
Alan Cowman

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2013
Mahathir Science Award, Mahathir Science Foundation, Malaysia
2013
Victoria Prize for Science and Innovation Victorian Government and veski
2011
Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)
2001
Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Exploration and Characterization of the Antimalarial Activity of Pyrimidine-2,4-Diamines for which Resistance is Mediated by the ABCI3 Transporter
    DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.202500739
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Deconvolution of the On-Target Activity of Plasmepsin V Peptidomimetics in Plasmodium falciparum Parasites
    DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.5c00742
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Functional characterisation of components in two Plasmodium falciparum Cullin-RING-Ligase complexes
    DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-05342-0
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Integrated structural biology of the native malarial translation machinery and its inhibition by an antimalarial drug
    DOI: 10.1038/s41594-025-01632-3
  • 2025

    Journal article

    CD44 cross-linking promotes Plasmodium falciparum invasion.
    DOI: 10.1101/2025.07.30.667750

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