Undergraduate Research & Scholarships

Hani Liu

Circadian rhythm of malaria parasites

At the Rijo-Ferreira Lab, we carry out research on malaria parasites, endeavoring to understand how they keep time. One of the hallmarks of the malaria disease is its rhythmic fevers, making our research relevant to the development of circadian medicine, such as methods of time-of-day drug administration. Specifically, this summer, I will investigate how sporozoite-stage (the stage found in the mosquito) malaria parasites’ motility, gene expression, and invasion efficiency into liver cells vary at different times of the day.

 

Message To Sponsor

Thank you so much for your support! It's important to continually support the scientific community within the youth so that we cultivate more passionate scientists for the future.