Kirk Deitsch
@kirkdeitsch.bsky.social
I am a medical school professor and molecular biologist who studies the intricacies of human malaria parasites.
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🚨New paper out 🚨 Excited to see this work from Joe Visone and me published! We dissect the molecular mechanisms behind var2csa transcription and translation. Take a look👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Mechanistic insights into coordinated var transcriptional switching in malaria parasites - The EMBO Journal
The exceptional virulence of the human malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, is attributed to the adhesive properties of infected red blood cells and the parasite’s ability to avoid antibody recogn...
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March 18, 2026 at 3:44 PM
🚨New paper out 🚨 Excited to see this work from Joe Visone and me published! We dissect the molecular mechanisms behind var2csa transcription and translation. Take a look👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Reposted by Kirk Deitsch
Mechanistic insights into coordinated var transcriptional switching in malaria parasites
@kirkdeitsch.bsky.social and coworkers
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
@kirkdeitsch.bsky.social and coworkers
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Mechanistic insights into coordinated var transcriptional switching in malaria parasites - The EMBO Journal
The exceptional virulence of the human malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, is attributed to the adhesive properties of infected red blood cells and the parasite’s ability to avoid antibody recogn...
link.springer.com
March 18, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Mechanistic insights into coordinated var transcriptional switching in malaria parasites
@kirkdeitsch.bsky.social and coworkers
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
@kirkdeitsch.bsky.social and coworkers
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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🌍 Calling parasitologists from LMICs! Apply for the MPM XXXVII LMIC Travel Award to attend the Molecular Parasitology Meeting in Woods Hole, MA (September 13–17, 2026). Awards include full registration, travel, and accommodation.
🗓️ Deadline: March 1, 2026
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February 16, 2026 at 10:01 PM
🌍 Calling parasitologists from LMICs! Apply for the MPM XXXVII LMIC Travel Award to attend the Molecular Parasitology Meeting in Woods Hole, MA (September 13–17, 2026). Awards include full registration, travel, and accommodation.
🗓️ Deadline: March 1, 2026
🔗 www.parasitesrule.com/mpm-xxxvii/t...
🗓️ Deadline: March 1, 2026
🔗 www.parasitesrule.com/mpm-xxxvii/t...
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🎥 | WATCH | Dr Francesca Florini (@fra-florini.bsky.social | @weillcornell.bsky.social) discusses the immune evasion in malaria using insights from single-cell analysis of Plasmodium falciparum.
The full GRiP-ing seminar is now available on our YouTube channel:
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The full GRiP-ing seminar is now available on our YouTube channel:
📺 youtu.be/bKU2Cfv79K8?...
July 28, 2025 at 2:35 PM
🎥 | WATCH | Dr Francesca Florini (@fra-florini.bsky.social | @weillcornell.bsky.social) discusses the immune evasion in malaria using insights from single-cell analysis of Plasmodium falciparum.
The full GRiP-ing seminar is now available on our YouTube channel:
📺 youtu.be/bKU2Cfv79K8?...
The full GRiP-ing seminar is now available on our YouTube channel:
📺 youtu.be/bKU2Cfv79K8?...
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Preprint Alert 🚨 Check out the latest piece of work from the @kirkdeitsch.bsky.social lab, where we characterized the sophisticated molecular layers controlling var2csa expression and antigenic variation in P. falciparum
The molecular basis of coordinated antigen switching enabling chronic infection by human malaria parasites https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.16.665170v1
July 17, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Preprint Alert 🚨 Check out the latest piece of work from the @kirkdeitsch.bsky.social lab, where we characterized the sophisticated molecular layers controlling var2csa expression and antigenic variation in P. falciparum
Very happy to congratulate @fra-florini.bsky.social and Joe Visone for the publication of their recent work on antigenic variation by malaria parasites: rdcu.be/emjbn and an earlier version here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1.... Francesca will present some of this work next week at BioMalPar 2025.
scRNA-seq reveals transcriptional plasticity of var gene expression in Plasmodium falciparum for host immune avoidance
Nature Microbiology - Single-cell transcriptomics revealed that malaria parasites have unexpected flexibility in surface antigen expression, potentially providing parasites with greater adaptive...
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May 16, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Very happy to congratulate @fra-florini.bsky.social and Joe Visone for the publication of their recent work on antigenic variation by malaria parasites: rdcu.be/emjbn and an earlier version here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1.... Francesca will present some of this work next week at BioMalPar 2025.
Congratulations to the Weill Cornell Malaria group on completing a Marathon Relay to support the NYC Amory. Sweating for fun and a good cause is a great distraction from some of the more troubling current events in our world.
April 27, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Congratulations to the Weill Cornell Malaria group on completing a Marathon Relay to support the NYC Amory. Sweating for fun and a good cause is a great distraction from some of the more troubling current events in our world.
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The Roland A. Cooper Award was established in 2024 to support parasitologists from endemic areas to attend international parasitology conferences. Your generous contribution, no matter the size, will have an immediate impact. www.socapar.org/home/donate
April 3, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The Roland A. Cooper Award was established in 2024 to support parasitologists from endemic areas to attend international parasitology conferences. Your generous contribution, no matter the size, will have an immediate impact. www.socapar.org/home/donate
Beaker made it to the Rally in NEw York.
March 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Beaker made it to the Rally in NEw York.
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Join the Biology of Parasitism (BoP) course at MBL Woods Hole for an unforgetttable summer of science and fun, meet wonderful teachers and make friends for life: www.mbl.edu/education/ad...
January 9, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Join the Biology of Parasitism (BoP) course at MBL Woods Hole for an unforgetttable summer of science and fun, meet wonderful teachers and make friends for life: www.mbl.edu/education/ad...