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Overview

Volker Heussler is affiliated with the University of Bern in Switzerland. Their research primarily focuses on Medicine, with a particular emphasis on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Epidemiology, Molecular Biology, Parasitology, and Virology. Their work covers a range of topics including Mosquito-borne diseases and control, Malaria Research and Control, Autophagy in Disease and Therapy, HIV Research and Treatment, Vibrio bacteria research studies, Parasites and Host Interactions, and Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms.

The scientist has contributed to several recent publications. Notable papers include:

  • Hijacking of the host cell Golgi by Plasmodium berghei liver stage parasites, 2021, Journal of Cell Science
  • Creation and preclinical evaluation of genetically attenuated malaria parasites arresting growth late in the liver, 2022, npj Vaccines
  • Autophagy in protists and their hosts: When, how and why?, 2023, Autophagy Reports
  • Same, same but different: Exploring Plasmodium cell division during liver stage development, 2023, PLoS Pathogens
  • A Plasmodium cysteine protease required for efficient transition from the liver infection stage, 2020, PLoS Pathogens

Frequent coauthors include:

  • Reto Caldelari
  • Magali Roques
  • Annina Bindschedler
  • Jacqueline Schmuckli-Maurer
  • Rahel Wacker

The places where the scientist has most frequently published include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cellular Microbiology
  • Journal of Cell Science
  • npj Vaccines
  • PLoS Pathogens

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz;Sara Abdelfatah;Mahmoud Abdellatif

  • Manipulation of Host Hepatocytes by the Malaria Parasite for Delivery into Liver Sinusoids

    Angelika Sturm;Rogerio Amino;Rogerio Amino;Claudia van de Sand;Tommy Regen

  • The fatty acid biosynthesis enzyme FabI plays a key role in the development of liver-stage malarial parasites.

    Min Yu;T. R.Santha Kumar;T. R.Santha Kumar;Louis J. Nkrumah;Alida Coppi

  • Genetically attenuated, P36p-deficient malarial sporozoites induce protective immunity and apoptosis of infected liver cells

    Melissa R. van Dijk;Bruno Douradinha;Blandine Franke-Fayard;Volker Heussler

  • Inhibition of apoptosis by intracellular protozoan parasites

    Volker T. Heussler;Peter Küenzi;Sven Rottenberg

  • Transformation of Leukocytes by Theileria parva and T. annulata

    Dirk Dobbelaere;Volker Heussler

  • A multistage antimalarial targets the plasmepsins IX and X essential for invasion and egress

    Paco Pino;Reto Caldelari;Budhaditya Mukherjee;Juha Vahokoski

  • The liver stage of Plasmodium berghei inhibits host cell apoptosis

    Claudia Van De Sand;Sebastian Horstmann;Anja Schmidt;Angelika Sturm

  • Hijacking of host cell IKK signalosomes by the transforming parasite Theileria

    Volker T. Heussler;Sven Rottenberg;Rebekka Schwab;Peter Küenzi

  • Behavioural and histopathological alterations in mice with cerebral malaria.

    P Lackner;R Beer;Volker Heussler;G Goebel

  • Expression and biological activities of bovine interleukin 4: effects of recombinant bovine interleukin 4 on T cell proliferation and B cell differentiation and proliferation in vitro.

    D M Estes;A Hirano;Volker Heussler;D A Dobbelaere

  • Genome-Scale Identification of Essential Metabolic Processes for Targeting the Plasmodium Liver Stage

    Rebecca R. Stanway;Ellen Bushell;Ellen Bushell;Anush Chiappino-Pepe;Magali Roques

  • Long-term live imaging reveals cytosolic immune responses of host hepatocytes against Plasmodium infection and parasite escape mechanisms

    Monica Prado;Nina Eickel;Mariana De Niz;Anna Heitmann

  • Evolution and Architecture of the Inner Membrane Complex in Asexual and Sexual Stages of the Malaria Parasite

    Maya Kono;Susann Herrmann;Noeleen B. Loughran;Ana Cabrera

  • Protozoan parasites: programmed cell death as a mechanism of parasitism.

    Iris Bruchhaus;Thomas Roeder;Annika Rennenberg;Volker T. Heussler

  • Hostile Takeover by Plasmodium: Reorganization of Parasite and Host Cell Membranes during Liver Stage Egress

    Stefanie Graewe;Kathleen E. Rankin;Christine Lehmann;Christina Deschermeier

  • The intracellular parasite Theileria parva protects infected T cells from apoptosis

    Volker T. Heussler;Joel Machado;Paula C. Fernandez;Catherine Botteron

  • The proteasome inhibitor MLN-273 blocks exoerythrocytic and erythrocytic development of Plasmodium parasites

    C Lindenthal;N Weich;Y S Chia;Volker Heussler

  • A Plasmodium Phospholipase Is Involved in Disruption of the Liver Stage Parasitophorous Vacuole Membrane

    Paul-Christian Burda;Matthias A. Roelli;Marco Schaffner;Shahid M. Khan

  • Intracellular survival of apicomplexan parasites and host cell modification

    Carsten G.K. Lüder;Rebecca R. Stanway;Marie Chaussepied;Gordon Langsley

Frequent Co-Authors

Chris J. Janse
Chris J. Janse Leiden University Medical Center
Blandine Franke-Fayard
Blandine Franke-Fayard Leiden University Medical Center
Dominique Soldati-Favre
Dominique Soldati-Favre University of Geneva
Hernando A. del Portillo
Hernando A. del Portillo University of Barcelona
Photini Sinnis
Photini Sinnis Johns Hopkins University
Oliver Billker
Oliver Billker Umeå University
Rolf Hilgenfeld
Rolf Hilgenfeld University of Lübeck
Bernhard Fleischer
Bernhard Fleischer Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine
Martin Aepfelbacher
Martin Aepfelbacher Universität Hamburg
Andrew P. Waters
Andrew P. Waters University of Glasgow

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