@robmoon.bsky.social
Scientist researching Malaria at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Views my own.
For those interested in Masters in lab and field based research in infectious disease we have 3 fantastic programmes to choose from MSc Immunology, medical parasitology and entomology and medical microbiology. They benefit from very flexible module choices and summer projects in UK and abroad!
July 19, 2025 at 7:38 AM
For those interested in Masters in lab and field based research in infectious disease we have 3 fantastic programmes to choose from MSc Immunology, medical parasitology and entomology and medical microbiology. They benefit from very flexible module choices and summer projects in UK and abroad!
We mostly use P.knowlesi which is a zoonotic malaria parasite that naturally infects macaques and people in SE Asia - growing this in the lab in human red blood cells. We use genome editing and microscopy to study cool processes like this - which ~shows Pk using a portal gun to invade a red cell!
October 3, 2024 at 9:02 AM
We mostly use P.knowlesi which is a zoonotic malaria parasite that naturally infects macaques and people in SE Asia - growing this in the lab in human red blood cells. We use genome editing and microscopy to study cool processes like this - which ~shows Pk using a portal gun to invade a red cell!
I guess it’s about time I introduced myself here! I am Rob Moon, a molecular parasitologist working at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in the UK. I work on lots of aspects of malaria parasite biology but particularly how the parasites get inside red blood cells (invasion).
October 3, 2024 at 8:56 AM
I guess it’s about time I introduced myself here! I am Rob Moon, a molecular parasitologist working at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in the UK. I work on lots of aspects of malaria parasite biology but particularly how the parasites get inside red blood cells (invasion).