UCI Malaria Initiative meeting May 17, 10:30-3:00pm, 4248 McGaugh Hall
Anthony A. James, James Lab Staff
Ethan Bier
Gregory Lanzaro
John Marshall
Collaborator meeting UCI. UCSD, UCB
May 17, 2017
Room 4248 McGaugh Hall, UCI
10:30- 4:00
1) Introductions
2) Improvements to Plasmodium falciparum effector molecules
Mosquito promoters
i. An. stephensi
ii. An. gambiae
iii. Midgut
G12
Peritrophic matrix 1
iv. hemolymph
Vitellogenin
Single-chain antibodies
i. Existing
Pfs 25 4B7
CSP 2A10
Chitinase 1C3
ii. Synthetic
Pfs 25
Pfs 47
Pfs 230
CSP
Chitinase
3) P. vivax effector molecules
Catalog of target molecules
i. Conserved surface proteins in midgut stages of parasites
4) Improvements to gene drive machinery
Options for sex-specific drive and screening approaches
i. Males only
Testes promoter searches
B2 tubulin
Phf7
Snail
Tumi
Others
ii. Females only
Female promoter searches
nanos
Genomic target sites
i. Locus with load (khw)
ii. Neutral locus
iii. Positive (additional effector phenotypes [e.g.FREP1])
5) Options for challenge assays
Plasmodium falciparum
i. Existing
UCSD
NIH
ii. To develop
UCSD
UCI
Plasmodium vivax
i. India
6) Modelling priorities
7) Action items
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Project Status: PLANNING
Project Manager
Sentelle Eubanks;
949-824-2606 sentelle@uci.edu
Start Date
04/01/17
Projected End Date
03/30/22
Days Remaining
Project Team Members
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aajames@uci.edu
rhodellv@uci.edu
sentelle@uci.edu
Meeting Schedule:
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