Publications
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Breaking the cycle: Attacking the malaria parasite in the liver
(2015)
Despite significant progress in the global fight against malaria, this parasitic infection is still responsible for nearly 300 million clinical cases and more than half a million deaths each year, predominantly in African ...
The Coming of Age of Insulin-Signalling in Insects
(2015)
The new millennium has seen a major paradigm shift in insect endocrinology. Great advancements are being made which establish that nutrition and growth play a central role in diverse cellular and physiological phenomena ...
A comparative survey of the RF-amide peptide superfamily
(2015)
The discovery, twelve years ago, that the RF-amide peptide kisspeptin, acting via GPR54, is essential for the onset of puberty and reproduction, has been a major breakthrough in reproductive physiology. It has also put in ...
Comparative studies between HTLV-1 and HTLV-2 function and pathobiology
(2015)
Human T-cell leukemia viruses type 1 and 2 (HTLV-1 and HTLV-2) share a common genetic organization, expression strategy and ability to infect and immortalize T-cells in vitro; however, HTLV-1 and HTLV-2 are strikingly ...
Comparative Studies of Energy Homeostasis in Vertebrates
(2018)
A brief glimpse into new insight driving the comparative biology of energy homeostasis in vertebrates with a focus on non-mammalian vertebrates. What are the key conserved mechanisms and what aspects of feeding behavior ...