Research on Trypanosomatids
Trypanosomatids are protozoa responsible for a variety of human diseases, including Chagas' disease (caused by Trypanosoma cruzi), leishmaniasis (caused by several species of the genus Leishmania), and African sleeping sickness (caused by Trypanosoma brucei).
Three PMBU labs are focusing on this parasite:
Laboratory of Professor Michael Miles:
Molecular genetics of Trypanosoma cruzi, and the epidemiology and control of Chagas disease
Molecular genetics of Leishmania, and the epidemiology and control of leishmaniasis
Ecology, population genetics and control of triatomine bugs
Ecology and control of tsetse flies (Glossina)
Laboratory of Dr. John Kelly:
Professor John Kelly Website - Research
Laboratory of Dr. David Horn:
Histone modification in Trypanosoma brucei
Telomere biology in Trypanosoma brucei
