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B. Liffner

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Approach:experimental assay· 4 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 3 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 3 Organism:human· 3 Assay:imaging· 3 Organism:plant (other)· 3 Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 2 Approach:microscopy & imaging analysis· 2

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D. W. Wilson· 4 shared S. Absalon· 3 shared G. K. Heinemann· 2 shared J. Strauss· 2 shared M. W. A. Dixon· 2 shared S. Frolich· 2 shared T. W. Gilberger· 2 shared A. Alder· 1 shared

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Mosquito Tissue Ultrastructure-Expansion Microscopy (MoTissU-ExM) enables ultrastructural and anatomical analysis of malaria parasites and their mosquito.

B. Liffner, T. L. Alves e Silva, J. Vega-Rodriguez, S. Absalon

The paper introduces MoTissU-ExM, a method to expand mosquito tissues for visualizing malaria parasites, enabling ultrastructural analysis of both host and parasite structures.

bioRxiv · Apr 17, 2024Cell Biology

Atlas of Plasmodium falciparum intraerythrocytic development using expansion microscopy

B. Liffner, A. K. Cepeda Diaz, J. Blauwkamp, D. Anaguano, S. Frolich, V. Muralidharan, D. W. Wilson, J. Dvorin, S. Absalon

This study uses ultrastructural expansion microscopy to analyze the 3D organization of Plasmodium falciparum during intraerythrocytic development, revealing new insights into organelle biogenesis and cell biology.

bioRxiv · Mar 22, 2023 · PreprintCell Biology

Pfcerli2, a duplicated gene in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum essential for invasion of erythrocytes as revealed by phylogenetic and cell biological analysis.

B. Liffner, J. M. Balbin, G. J. Shami, J. Strauss, S. Frolich, G. K. Heinemann, A. Alder, J. S. Wichers, L. Tilley, M. W. A. Dixon, T. W. Gilberger, D. W. Wilson

This study identifies PfCERLI2 as an essential protein for merozoite invasion in Plasmodium falciparum through phylogenetic and cell biological analysis.

Communications Biology · Feb 9, 2022Peer-reviewedMicrobiology

Expansion microsopy reveals Plasmodium falciparum blood-stage parasites undergo anaphase with a chromatin bridge in the absence of mini-chromosome maintenance complex binding protein.

B. Liffner, S. Absalon

This study uses expansion microscopy to examine mitosis in Plasmodium falciparum, revealing chromatin bridges and microtubule abnormalities in MCMBP-deficient parasites.

bioRxiv · Sep 25, 2021 · PreprintMicrobiology

Structure-based identification and functional characterization of an essential lipocalin in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum

P.-C. Burda, T. Crosskey, K. Lauk, A. Zurborg, C. Söhnchen, B. Liffner, L. Wilcke, J. Strauss, C. Jeffries, D. I. Svergun, D. W. Wilson, M. Wilmanns, T.-W. Gilberger

This study identifies and characterizes PfLCN, a lipocalin in Plasmodium falciparum, showing its role in oxidative stress response and parasite survival.

bioRxiv · Feb 13, 2020Cell Biology

PfCERLI1, a conserved rhoptry associated protein essential for invasion by Plasmodium falciparum merozoites.

B. Liffner, S. Frölich, G. K. Heinemann, B. Liu, M. W. A. Dixon, T. W. Gilberger, D. W. Wilson

This study identifies PfCERLI1 as an essential rhoptry protein required for merozoite invasion of human erythrocytes by preventing secretion of key rhoptry antigens.

bioRxiv · May 24, 2019 · PreprintMicrobiology