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Dr Maria Gancheva

• Centre Postdoctoral Fellow
• University of Adelaide

Maria is an early career post-doctoral researcher in Dr. Danny Wilson’s research lab at the University of Adelaide where she leads the drug development studies for treatment of parasitic diseases relevant to human and livestock health. Maria’s research is focused on developing therapeutics with novel mechanisms of action against Plasmodium and Toxoplasma parasites. Malaria, caused by mosquito-transmitted Plasmodium spp. parasites, results in over 200 million cases and over 500,000 deaths each year, with children under the age of five years most at risk. The related food and water-borne zoonotic parasite Toxoplasma gondii, estimated to chronically infect a third of the world’s population, poses serious health risks during pregnancy and has a large economic impact on the livestock industry. Parasite resistance to antimalarial drugs is spreading and the limited efficacy of toxoplasma drugs highlight the urgent need to develop new safe and effective drugs.

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