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• The Leiden Malaria Research Group developed and published a novel method (GIMO transfection) for transgene expression and gene complementation in rodent malaria parasites. Read more ...
• The Leiden Malaria Research Group and collaborators showed that CD36-mediated tissue sequestration of malaria parasites is benificial for the multiplication and growth of the parasites. Read more ... 

News 2011

• The Leiden Malaria Research group contributed to a study showing that malaria parasites can survive and develop in dendritic cells. read more
• The Leiden Malaria Research Group and collaborators showed that the RNA binding protein pumilio (puf2) is a key regulator. read more ...
• The Leiden Malaria Research Group developed the piggyBac transposable system for random mutagenesis in the malaria parasite Plasmodium berghei. read more ....
• The Leiden Malaria Research Group published a review on sequestration of malaria infected red blood cells. read more .... 
• The Leiden Malaria Research Group and collaborators developed a method for removal of heterologous sequences from the genome of malaria parasites using FLPe-recombinase. read more ... 

News 2010

• The Leiden Malaria Research group contributed to a study showing that malaria parasites (sporozoites) can develop in the skin. read more ….
• The Leiden Malaria Research group published a paper describing the (use of the) RMgm-database. read more .......
• The Leiden Malaria Research Group and collaborators analysed the enzyme glutathione reductase involved in the glutathione biosynthetic pathway of malaria parasites. read more ......
• The Leiden Malaria Research Group and collaborators identified malaria proteins that play a role in Plasmodium gamete fertility and fertilisation. read more .....
• The Leiden Malaria Research Group and collaborators generated a Plasmodium Artificial Chromosome, which can be stably segregated and maintained in parasites. read more ....
• The Leiden Malaria Research Group and collaborators identified proteins associated with a messenger ribonucleoprotein particle (mRNP) that is involved in translational repression malaria parasites. read more ....
• The Leiden Malaria Research Group and collaborators generated virulence attenuated malaria parasites that induce protective immunity against experimental malaria. read more ....

News 2009 

• The Leiden Malaria Research Group and collaborators developed a method for visualisation and quantitative analysis of malaria liver stages by real time imaging. read more ....
• A Grand Challenges Exploration (GCE) Grant, funded by The Gates Foundation, awarded to the LMRG, read more....
• The Leiden Malaria Group contributed to a study describing a cyclic GMP signalling module that regulates gliding motility of Plasmodium ookinetes, published in PloS Pathogens, read more ....
• Member of Parasitology wins prize for 'outstanding' presentation, read more....
• Links between the malaria database PlasmoDB and the Leiden RMgm database, read more....
• Molecular genetics and comparative genomics reveal RNAi is not functional in malaria parasites, read more....
• Updated and new information on our SharePoint website (containing the LMRG P. berghei protocols and databases), read more....
• The Leiden Malaria Group contributed to a study of the glutathione biosynthetic pathway, published in PloS Pathogens, read more....
• The Leiden Malaria Group contributed to a study of fatty acid synthesis, published in CELL host & microbe, read more....
• The Leiden Malaria Research Group has a new website: read more....
• The Leiden Malaria Research Group has set up a publically accessible database Pberghei.eu. read more....