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50
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World Ranking
17475
National Ranking
331

Overview

Pascal Mäser is affiliated with the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute in Switzerland. Their research primarily addresses topics within the field of medicine, with a specific focus on public health, environmental and occupational health, organic chemistry, epidemiology, molecular biology, and plant science. Their scholarly work encompasses a multidisciplinary approach connecting these subfields.

Their research output includes investigation into diseases such as Leishmaniasis and Trypanosoma species, alongside malaria research and control efforts. Their scientific interests extend into the synthesis and biological activity of chemical compounds, biochemical and molecular research, and traditional and medicinal uses of the Annonaceae family.

They have published extensively in several academic journals and venues. Notable publication platforms include:

  • Molecules
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • ACS Infectious Diseases
  • Preprints.org

Among their recent scientific papers are:

  • "New Drugs for Human African Trypanosomiasis: A Twenty First Century Success Story" (2020), published in Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
  • "Fexinidazole for Human African Trypanosomiasis, the Fruit of a Successful Public-Private Partnership" (2022), published in Diseases
  • "Multi-insecticide resistant malaria vectors in the field remain susceptible to malathion, despite the presence of Ace1 point mutations" (2022), published in PLoS Genetics
  • "The 3-phosphoinositide-dependent protein kinase 1 is an essential upstream activator of protein kinase A in malaria parasites" (2021), published in PLoS Biology
  • "Structure of trypanosome coat protein VSGsur and function in suramin resistance" (2021), published in Nature Microbiology

Their collaborations include frequent co-authorship with several researchers, such as:

  • Marcel Kaiser
  • Robert Weis
  • Monica Cal
  • Werner Seebacher
  • Robert Saf

Best Publications

  • Phylogenetic Relationships within Cation Transporter Families of Arabidopsis

    Pascal Mäser;Sébastien Thomine;Julian I. Schroeder;John M. Ward

  • A new class of anthelmintics effective against drug-resistant nematodes

    Ronald Kaminsky;Pierre Ducray;Martin Jung;Ralph Clover

  • The Potassium Transporter AtHAK5 Functions in K+ Deprivation-Induced High-Affinity K+ Uptake and AKT1 K+ Channel Contribution to K+ Uptake Kinetics in Arabidopsis Roots

    Markus Gierth;Pascal Mäser;Julian I. Schroeder

  • Altered shoot/root Na^+ distribution and bifurcating salt sensitivity in Arabidopsis by genetic disruption of the Na^+ transporter AtHKT1

    Pascal Mäser;Brendan Eckelman;Rama Vaidyanathan;Tomoaki Horie

  • Nomenclature for HKT transporters, key determinants of plant salinity tolerance

    J. Damien Platten;Olivier Cotsaftis;Pierre Berthomieu;Hans Bohnert

  • Potassium transporters in plants--involvement in K+ acquisition, redistribution and homeostasis

    Markus Gierth;Pascal Mäser

  • Plant Ion Channels: Gene Families, Physiology, and Functional Genomics Analyses

    John M. Ward;Pascal Mäser;Julian I. Schroeder

  • Genome of the host-cell transforming parasite Theileria annulata compared with T. parva.

    Arnab Pain;Hubert Renauld;Matthew Berriman;Lee Murphy

  • Glycine residues in potassium channel-like selectivity filters determine potassium selectivity in four-loop-per-subunit HKT transporters from plants

    Pascal Mäser;Yoshihiro Hosoo;Shinobu Goshima;Tomoaki Horie

  • Identification of GPI anchor attachment signals by a Kohonen self-organizing map

    Niklaus Fankhauser;Pascal Mäser

  • Phenotyping and genotyping of Haemonchus contortus isolates reveals a new putative candidate mutation for benzimidazole resistance in nematodes.

    Marc Ghisi;Ronald Kaminsky;Pascal Mäser

  • A nucleoside transporter from Trypanosoma brucei involved in drug resistance.

    Pascal Mäser;Christine Sütterlin;Christine Sütterlin;Anastasia Kralli;Ronald Kaminsky

  • Molecular mechanisms of potassium and sodium uptake in plants

    Pascal Mäser;Markus Gierth;Julian I. Schroeder

  • Drug resistance in African trypanosomiasis: the melarsoprol and pentamidine story

    Nicola Baker;Harry P. de Koning;Pascal Mäser;Pascal Mäser;David Horn

  • Mechanisms of arsenical and diamidine uptake and resistance in Trypanosoma brucei.

    Enock Matovu;Mhairi L. Stewart;Federico Geiser;Reto Brun

  • The genome of the heartworm, Dirofilaria immitis, reveals drug and vaccine targets

    Christelle Godel;Sujai Kumar;Georgios Koutsovoulos;Philipp Ludin

  • 100 Years of Suramin.

    Natalie Wiedemar;Dennis A. Hauser;Dennis A. Hauser;Pascal Mäser

  • Trypanosoma brucei aquaglyceroporin 2 is a high-affinity transporter for pentamidine and melaminophenyl arsenic drugs and the main genetic determinant of resistance to these drugs

    Jane C. Munday;Anthonius A. Eze;Anthonius A. Eze;Nicola Baker;Lucy Glover

  • Haemonchus contortus acetylcholine receptors of the DEG-3 subfamily and their role in sensitivity to monepantel.

    Lucien Rufener;Pascal Mäser;Isabel Roditi;Ronald Kaminsky

  • Loss of the High-Affinity Pentamidine Transporter Is Responsible for High Levels of Cross-Resistance between Arsenical and Diamidine Drugs in African Trypanosomes

    Daniel J. Bridges;Matthew K. Gould;Barbara Nerima;Pascal Mäser

Frequent Co-Authors

Marcel Kaiser
Marcel Kaiser Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
Reto Brun
Reto Brun University of Basel
Sergio Wittlin
Sergio Wittlin Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
Harry P. de Koning
Harry P. de Koning University of Glasgow
Julian I. Schroeder
Julian I. Schroeder University of California, San Diego
Michael P. Barrett
Michael P. Barrett University of Glasgow
Matthias Hamburger
Matthias Hamburger University of Basel
Erwin Sigel
Erwin Sigel University of Bern
Nobuyuki Uozumi
Nobuyuki Uozumi Tohoku University
David Horn
David Horn University of Dundee

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