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Malaria Immunology Lab
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The lab studies the struggle between malaria parasites and the body's immune system, with the aim of developing treatments and vaccines.
AboutAbout the lab
Protecting people from malaria.
The Malaria Immunology Lab studies the immune responses that occur in the body during malaria infection.
Plasmodium, the parasite that causes malaria, infects both mammals and Anopheles mosquitoes as hosts, and it has a variety of strategies for evading the immune system.
The lab uses mouse malaria models, genetically modified mice, imaging, and other approaches to investigate how the parasite and its host interact.
The lab aims to create new ways of protecting people from malaria, such as therapeutic drugs and vaccines.
Key terms
- Malaria parasite
- A tiny parasite that causes malaria. It lives in both Anopheles mosquitoes and mammals as its hosts
- Innate immunity
- The immune mechanism the body has from the start, which responds immediately to invading pathogens
- Adaptive immunity
- The immune mechanism that remembers a pathogen after an initial encounter and responds more strongly the next time it is encountered
NewsLab news
Review article by an Assistant Professor published in Current Opinion in Virology
Review article published in International Immunology
Paper published in mBio
Paper on leishmaniasis published in Frontiers in Medicine
Paper selected as a featured paper in the September issue of International Immunology
ResearchResearch themes
The lab aims to gain a comprehensive understanding of the interactions between malaria parasites and their hosts, as well as the mechanisms of the diseases caused by malaria. Through basic and translational research, it works to develop new strategies such as therapeutic drugs and vaccines.
*Illustrative imageThe struggle between malaria and the immune system
Malaria parasites have evolved strategies to evade the immune system, yet fighting them requires coordination between innate and adaptive immunity. The lab uses mouse malaria models, genetically modified mice, and imaging to investigate how the parasite and its host interact.
*Illustrative imageMalaria complications in the brain and bone
There is still no effective vaccine against malaria. Focusing on how the parasite manipulates immunity in organs such as the brain and bone, the lab aims to develop ways to treat acute and chronic complications and to build strategies for new vaccines.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Malaria Immunology Lab consist of faculty, visiting researchers, postdoctoral researchers, and students of the Faculty of Medicine.As of 2026
- ProfessorCevayir CobanPublications ↗
- Assistant ProfessorMariana Silva AlmeidaPublications ↗
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Anopheles stephensi” Jim Gathany / Public domain (cropped)
- The struggle between malaria and the immune system: “Plasmodium falciparum (malaria) parasite in blood” MichaelZahniser / Public domain (cropped)
- Malaria complications in the brain and bone: “Red blood cells infected with malaria” Rick Fairhurst and Jordan Zuspann, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health / Public domain (cropped)
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