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Paul R. Gilson

Paul R. Gilson

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
60
Citations
12731
World Ranking
11971
National Ranking
331

Overview

Paul R. Gilson is affiliated with the Burnet Institute in Australia, with a research focus primarily centered on malaria and other infectious diseases. The majority of their work falls within the field of Medicine, with significant contributions to Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Molecular Biology, Virology, Computational Theory and Mathematics, and Epidemiology.

Their research topics largely cover areas related to malaria and mosquito-borne diseases, including:

  • Malaria Research and Control
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • HIV Research and Treatment
  • Research on Leishmaniasis Studies
  • Computational Drug Discovery Methods
  • Trypanosoma species research and implications
  • Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms

A number of publications by Paul R. Gilson have appeared in prominent venues such as bioRxiv, PLoS Pathogens, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, Trends in Parasitology, and International Journal for Parasitology. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • PLoS Pathogens
  • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
  • Trends in Parasitology
  • International Journal for Parasitology

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Paul R. Gilson illustrate ongoing investigations in malaria parasite biology and drug discovery. Selected recent publications include:

  • "Defining the Essential Exportome of the Malaria Parasite," 2021, published in Trends in Parasitology
  • "Screening the Medicines for Malaria Venture Pathogen Box for invasion and egress inhibitors of the blood stage of Plasmodium falciparum reveals several inhibitory compounds," 2020, International Journal for Parasitology
  • "Histone modifications associated with gene expression and genome accessibility are dynamically enriched at Plasmodium falciparum regulatory sequences," 2020, Epigenetics & Chromatin
  • "A revised mechanism for how Plasmodium falciparum recruits and exports proteins into its erythrocytic host cell," 2022, PLoS Pathogens
  • "Characterisation of complexes formed by parasite proteins exported into the host cell compartment of Plasmodium falciparum infected red blood cells," 2021, Cellular Microbiology

Their frequent collaborators reflect an active network in parasitology and infectious disease research, including:

  • Brendan S. Crabb
  • Madeline G. Dans
  • Brad E. Sleebs
  • Tania F. de Koning-Ward
  • Thorey K. Jonsdottir

Best Publications

  • Comparative genomics of the neglected human malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax

    Jane M. Carlton;Jane M. Carlton;John H. Adams;Joana C. Silva;Shelby L. Bidwell

  • A newly discovered protein export machine in malaria parasites

    Tania F de Koning-Ward;Tania F de Koning-Ward;Paul R. Gilson;Paul R. Gilson;Justin A Boddey;Melanie Rug

  • An aspartyl protease directs malaria effector proteins to the host cell

    Justin A. Boddey;Anthony N. Hodder;Svenja Günther;Paul R. Gilson

  • Revealing the Sequence and Resulting Cellular Morphology of Receptor-Ligand Interactions during Plasmodium falciparum Invasion of Erythrocytes

    Greta E Weiss;Paul R Gilson;Tana Taechalertpaisarn;Wai-Hong Tham

  • Morphology and kinetics of the three distinct phases of red blood cell invasion by Plasmodium falciparum merozoites.

    Paul R. Gilson;Brendan S. Crabb;Brendan S. Crabb

  • Identification and Stoichiometry of Glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored Membrane Proteins of the Human Malaria Parasite Plasmodium falciparum

    Paul R. Gilson;Thomas Nebl;Damjan Vukcevic;Damjan Vukcevic;Robert L. Moritz

  • PTEX is an essential nexus for protein export in malaria parasites

    Brendan Elsworth;Brendan Elsworth;Kathryn Matthews;Catherine Q. Nie;Ming Kalanon

  • Immunoglobulin G Subclass-Specific Responses against Plasmodium falciparum Merozoite Antigens Are Associated with Control of Parasitemia and Protection from Symptomatic Illness

    Danielle I. Stanisic;Jack S. Richards;Jack S. Richards;Fiona J. McCallum;Fiona J. McCallum;Pascal Michon

  • Distinct Protein Classes Including Novel Merozoite Surface Antigens in Raft-like Membranes of Plasmodium falciparum

    Paul R. Sanders;Paul R. Sanders;Paul R. Gilson;Greg T. Cantin;Doron C. Greenbaum

  • Identification and Prioritization of Merozoite Antigens as Targets of Protective Human Immunity to Plasmodium falciparum Malaria for Vaccine and Biomarker Development

    Jack Richards;Thangavelu U Arumugam;Linda Reiling;Julie Healer

  • The Complete Chloroplast Genome of the Chlorarachniophyte Bigelowiella natans: Evidence for Independent Origins of Chlorarachniophyte and Euglenid Secondary Endosymbionts

    Matthew B. Rogers;Paul R. Gilson;Vanessa Su;Geoffrey I. McFadden

  • Complete nucleotide sequence of the chlorarachniophyte nucleomorph: Nature’s smallest nucleus

    Paul R. Gilson;Vanessa Su;Claudio H. Slamovits;Michael E. Reith

  • Interactions with heparin-like molecules during erythrocyte invasion by Plasmodium falciparum merozoites.

    Michelle J. Boyle;Michelle J. Boyle;Jack S. Richards;Jack S. Richards;Paul R. Gilson;Wengang Chai

  • GPI-anchors on arabinogalactan-proteins: implications for signalling in plants

    Carolyn Schultz;Paul Gilson;David Oxley;Joelian Youl

  • Mitochondrial FtsZ in a chromophyte alga.

    P L Beech;Thao Nheu;Thomas Schultz;Shane Herbert

  • Plasmodium species: master renovators of their host cells

    Tania F. de Koning-Ward;Matthew W.A. Dixon;Leann Tilley;Paul R. Gilson;Paul R. Gilson

  • Characterization of the Arabidopsis Lysine-Rich Arabinogalactan-Protein AtAGP17 Mutant (rat1) That Results in a Decreased Efficiency of Agrobacterium Transformation

    Yolanda Maria Gaspar;Jaesung Nam;Carolyn Jane Schultz;Lan-Ying Lee

  • Biosynthesis, Localization, and Macromolecular Arrangement of the Plasmodium falciparum Translocon of Exported Proteins (PTEX)

    Hayley E Bullen;Hayley E Bullen;Sarah C. Charnaud;Sarah C. Charnaud;Ming Kalanon;David T Riglar;David T Riglar

  • Evidence that an amoeba acquired a chloroplast by retaining part of an engulfed eukaryotic alga.

    G. I. Mcfadden;P. R. Gilson;C. J. B. Hofmann;G. J. Adcock

  • Plasmodium falciparum‐encoded exported hsp70/hsp40 chaperone/co‐chaperone complexes within the host erythrocyte

    Simone Kulzer;Sarah Charnaud;Tal Dagan;Jan Riedel

Frequent Co-Authors

Brendan S. Crabb
Brendan S. Crabb Monash University
Alan F. Cowman
Alan F. Cowman Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
James G. Beeson
James G. Beeson Burnet Institute
Geoffrey I. McFadden
Geoffrey I. McFadden University of Melbourne
Jack S. Richards
Jack S. Richards ZiP Diagnostics
Freya J. I. Fowkes
Freya J. I. Fowkes Burnet Institute
Anthony N. Hodder
Anthony N. Hodder Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Leann Tilley
Leann Tilley University of Melbourne
Takafumi Tsuboi
Takafumi Tsuboi Ehime University
Antony Bacic
Antony Bacic La Trobe University

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