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Overview

Kirk W. Deitsch is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States. Their research primarily centers around infectious diseases with a specific focus on malaria parasites and related immunological and microbiological studies.

The scientist's publication record shows substantial contributions in the areas of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology. Their work has spanned various subfields including Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Immunology, Molecular Biology, Virology, and Infectious Diseases.

The main topics explored in their research include:

  • Malaria Research and Control
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms
  • HIV Research and Treatment
  • Complement system in diseases
  • Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering

Deitsch's recent published papers showcase their focus on malaria parasites and their biology. Selected recent papers include:

  • Sexual differentiation in human malaria parasites is regulated by competition between phospholipid metabolism and histone methylation, 2023, Nature Microbiology
  • The human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum can sense environmental changes and respond by antigenic switching, 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • The mystery of persistent, asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum infections, 2022, Current Opinion in Microbiology
  • A coordinated transcriptional switching network mediates antigenic variation of human malaria parasites, 2022, eLife
  • Telomere length dynamics in response to DNA damage in malaria parasites, 2021, iScience

Frequently published venues for Deitsch include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Microbiology
  • Nucleic Acids Research
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Current Opinion in Microbiology

The scientist has collaborated extensively with several coauthors, including:

  • Joseph E. Visone
  • Laura A. Kirkman
  • Björn F.C. Kafsack
  • Francesca Florini
  • Evi Hadjimichael

Best Publications

  • Mutations in the P. falciparum Digestive Vacuole Transmembrane Protein PfCRT and Evidence for Their Role in Chloroquine Resistance

    David A. Fidock;Takashi Nomura;Angela K. Talley;Roland A. Cooper

  • Frequent ectopic recombination of virulence factor genes in telomeric chromosome clusters of P. falciparum

    Lúcio H. Freitas-Junior;Emmanuel Bottius;Lindsay A. Pirrit;Kirk W. Deitsch

  • Common strategies for antigenic variation by bacterial, fungal and protozoan pathogens

    Kirk W. Deitsch;Sheila A. Lukehart;James R. Stringer

  • Transformation of malaria parasites by the spontaneous uptake and expression of DNA from human erythrocytes

    Kirk W. Deitsch;Casey L. Driskill;Thomas E. Wellems

  • Shared themes of antigenic variation and virulence in bacterial, protozoal, and fungal infections.

    K W Deitsch;E R Moxon;T E Wellems

  • Malaria. Cooperative silencing elements in var genes.

    Kirk W. Deitsch;Michael S. Calderwood;Thomas E. Wellems

  • Epigenetic memory at malaria virulence genes

    Thanat Chookajorn;Thanat Chookajorn;Ron Dzikowski;Matthias Frank;Matthias Frank;Felomena Li

  • Plasmodium falciparum var genes are regulated by two regions with separate promoters, one upstream of the coding region and a second within the intron.

    Michael S. Calderwood;Laila Gannoun-Zaki;Thomas E. Wellems;Kirk W. Deitsch

  • Mutually Exclusive Expression of Virulence Genes by Malaria Parasites Is Regulated Independently of Antigen Production

    Ron Dzikowski;Matthias Frank;Kirk Deitsch

  • Membrane modifications in erythrocytes parasitized by Plasmodium falciparum

    Kirk W. Deitsch;Thomas E. Wellems

  • Chromatin associated sense and antisense noncoding RNAs are transcribed from the var gene family of virulence genes of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum

    Christian Epp;Felomena Li;Cali A. Howitt;Thanat Chookajorn

  • Intra-cluster recombination and var transcription switches in the antigenic variation of Plasmodium falciparum.

    Kirk W. Deitsch;Amy del Pinal;Thomas E. Wellems

  • An extraovarian protein accumulated in mosquito oocytes is a carboxypeptidase activated in embryos.

    Wen-Long Cho;Kirk W. Deitsch;Alexander S. Raikhel

  • Mechanisms underlying mutually exclusive expression of virulence genes by malaria parasites.

    Ron Dzikowski;Felomena Li;Borko Amulic;Andrew Eisberg

  • Malaria parasites utilize both homologous recombination and alternative end joining pathways to maintain genome integrity

    Laura A. Kirkman;Elizabeth A. Lawrence;Kirk W. Deitsch

  • Variable switching rates of malaria virulence genes are associated with chromosomal position

    Matthias Frank;Ron Dzikowski;Borko Amulic;Kirk Deitsch

  • Strict pairing of var promoters and introns is required for var gene silencing in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum.

    Matthias Frank;Ron Dzikowski;Daniel Costantini;Borko Amulic

  • Nuclear non-coding RNAs are transcribed from the centromeres of Plasmodium falciparum and are associated with centromeric chromatin.

    Felomena Li;Lakshmi Sonbuchner;Sue A. Kyes;Christian Epp

  • Indirect control of yolk protein genes by 20-hydroxyecdysone in the fat body of the mosquito, Aedes aegypti.

    Kirk W. Deitsch;Jeng-Shong Chen;Alexander S. Raikhel

  • A Multifactorial Role for P. falciparum Malaria in Endemic Burkitt's Lymphoma Pathogenesis

    Charles Torgbor;Peter Awuah;Kirk Deitsch;Parisa Kalantari

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas E. Wellems
Thomas E. Wellems National Institutes of Health
Manuel Llinás
Manuel Llinás Pennsylvania State University
Alexander S. Raikhel
Alexander S. Raikhel University of California, Riverside
Christopher E. Mason
Christopher E. Mason Cornell University
Manoj T. Duraisingh
Manoj T. Duraisingh Harvard University
Joseph D. Smith
Joseph D. Smith University of Washington
David A. Thorley-Lawson
David A. Thorley-Lawson Tufts University
Elizabeth A. Winzeler
Elizabeth A. Winzeler University of California, San Diego
Daniel L. Hartl
Daniel L. Hartl Harvard University
Dyann F. Wirth
Dyann F. Wirth Harvard University

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