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Awards at Seattle Biomedical Research Institute

Joseph D. Smith, Ph.D.
Seattle Biomedical Research Institute
Genome-wide Binding Analysis of the Plasmodium falciparum Erythrocyte Membrane 1 Family of Cytoadherent Receptors
2001 New Scholar Award in Global Infectious Disease

The ability of Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes to bind endothelium and sequester in microvasculature is a key determinant in malaria pathogenesis. Infected erythrocyte cytoadherence is believed to enhance parasite transmission to mosquitoes, but can cause vital... (more)

Stefan H. I. Kappe, Ph.D.
Seattle Biomedical Research Institute
Gene expression and function in Plasmodium liver stages
2004 New Scholar Award in Global Infectious Disease

Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease that causes more than 300 million clinical cases and more than 1 million death annually and has a severe negative impact on the social and economic progress of developing nations. Transmission of the malaria parasite Plasmodium to the mammalian host occurs when infected mosquitoes blood-feed and... (more)