Miss Leen Vanheer

Research Student - MPhil/PhD - BBSRC

United Kingdom

Email
Leen

Affiliations

Department of Infection Biology

Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases

Centres

Malaria Centre

Research

Research Area

Genomics

Drug resistance

AMR (Antimicrobial resistance)

Parasitology

Molecular biology

Microbiology

Clinical trials

Disease and Health Conditions

Malaria

Country

Uganda

Mali

Region

Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only)

Selected Publications

Rapid profiling of Plasmodium parasites from genome sequences to assist malaria control.

PHELAN, JE; Turkiewicz, A; Manko, E; THORPE, J; VANHEER, LN; Van de Vegte-Bolmer, M; Ngoc, NT H; Binh, NT H; Thieu, NQ; Gitaka, J; Nolder, D; BESHIR, KB; Dombrowski, JG; Di Santi, SM; Bousema, T; SUTHERLAND, CJ; CAMPINO, S; CLARK, TG;

2023

Genome medicine

High throughput human genotyping for variants associated with malarial disease outcomes using custom targeted amplicon sequencing.

Osborne, A; PHELAN, JE; VANHEER, LN; Manjurano, A; Gitaka, J; DRAKELEY, CJ; Kaneko, A; Kita, K; CAMPINO, S; CLARK, TG;

2023

Scientific reports

Genome-wide genetic variation and molecular surveillance of drug resistance in Plasmodium falciparum isolates from asymptomatic individuals in Ouélessébougou, Mali.

VANHEER, LN; Mahamar, A; Manko, E; Niambele, SM; Sanogo, K; Youssouf, A; Dembele, A; Diallo, M; Maguiraga, SO; PHELAN, J; OSBORNE, A; SPADAR, A; Smit, MJ; Bousema, T; DRAKELEY, C; CLARK, TG; STONE, W; Dicko, A; CAMPINO, S;

2023

Scientific reports

Sexual differentiation in human malaria parasites is regulated by competition between phospholipid metabolism and histone methylation.

Harris, CT; Tong, X; Campelo, R; Marreiros, IM; VANHEER, LN; Nahiyaan, N; Zuzarte-Luís, VA; Deitsch, KW; Mota, MM; Rhee, KY; Kafsack, BF C;

2023

Nature microbiology

Genetic and Structural Variation in the O-Antigen of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Isolates Causing Bloodstream Infections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Van Puyvelde, S; Gasperini, G; Biggel, M; Phoba, M-F; Raso, MM; De Block, T; VANHEER, LN; Deborggraeve, S; Vandenberg, O; Thomson, N; Ravenscroft, N; Maclennan, CA; Bellich, B; Cescutti, P; Dougan, G; Jacobs, J; Lunguya, O; Micoli, F;

2022

mBio

Activity of epigenetic inhibitors againstBabesia divergens

VANHEER, L; Kafsack, BF C;

2022

bioRxiv

Metabolic competition between lipid metabolism and histone methylation regulates sexual differentiation in human malaria parasites.

Harris, C; Tong, X; Campelo Morillo, R; Vanheer, L; VANHEER, L; Marreiros, I; Nahiyaan, N; Zuzarte-Luis, V; Deitsch, K; Mota, M; Rhee, K; Kafsack, B;

2022

bioRxiv

Activity Comparison of Epigenetic Modulators against the Hemoprotozoan Parasites Babesia divergens and Plasmodium falciparum.

VANHEER, LN; Kafsack, BF C;