Álvaro Acosta Serrano

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Professor of Vector Biology

University of Notre Dame

United States

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Álvaro Acosta Serrano is a Professor of Vector Biology at the University of Notre Dame in the United States. His research focuses on vector-borne diseases, particularly in relation to leishmaniasis, malaria, and the interactions between parasites and their insect vectors. Recent articles authored by Professor Acosta Serrano emphasize structural biology, infectious disease transmission, and the potential control strategies for malaria and leishmaniasis.

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Exploiting glycosylation against COVID-19

Open Date: 2020-12-01

Close Date: 2022-06-01

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Tyrosine Pathway Inhibitors ATSB

Open Date: 2020-10-01

Close Date: 2022-09-01

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New approaches to a livestock trypanosomiasis vaccine: targeting the bite-site by immunization with novel metacyclic-stage parasite antigens

Open Date: 2018-10-01

Close Date: 2021-09-01

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Sodalis-acquired vector competence

Open Date: 2018-10-01

Close Date: 2019-09-01

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Controlling malaria transmission using environmentally ‘friendly’ sugar baits

Open Date: 2017-08-01

Close Date: 2018-01-01

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Caroline Dewar

University of Lancaster

UNITED KINGDOM

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Mike Barrett

Professor Biochemical Parasitologist

University of Glasgow

UNITED KINGDOM

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Lee Haines

Associate Professor

University of Notre Dame

UNITED STATES

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Achim Schnaufer

University of Edinburgh

UNITED KINGDOM

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Mark John Ingraham Paine

Reader

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

UNITED KINGDOM

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Jan Van Den Abbeele

Full professor; Head of Trypanosoma Unit

Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp

BELGIUM

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Aitor Casas-Sanchez

Lecturer

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

UNITED KINGDOM

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Giancarlo Biagini

Deputy Head of Department (Professor)

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

UNITED KINGDOM

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Nitisinone’s mosquitocidal properties hold promise for malaria control

Structural analysis of RmlD, a dTDP-6-deoxy-L-lyxo-4-hexulose reductase from Trichomonas vaginalis

Insights into the transmission cycle of cutaneous leishmaniasis from an endemic community in rural Guatemala

Design and validation of a low-cost sugar-feeder for resource-poor insectaries

Unveiling the challenges of UTUC biopsies and cytology: insights from a global real-world practice study

Tsetse flies ( Glossina morsitans morsitans ) choose birthing sites guided by substrate cues with no evidence for a role of pheromones

A neglected among the neglected: a review of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Guatemala

The Trypanosoma brucei MISP family of invariant proteins is co-expressed with BARP as triple helical bundle structures on the surface of salivary gland forms, but is dispensable for parasite development within the tsetse vector

Oxidative Phosphorylation Is Required for Powering Motility and Development of the Sleeping Sickness Parasite Trypanosoma brucei in the Tsetse Fly Vector

A Composite Recombinant Salivary Proteins Biomarker for Phlebotomus argentipes Provides a Surveillance Tool Postelimination of Visceral Leishmaniasis in India.

Inhibition of Protein N-Glycosylation Blocks SARS-CoV-2 Infection.

Tsetse salivary glycoproteins are modified with paucimannosidic N-glycans, are recognised by C-type lectins and bind to trypanosomes.

Repurposing the orphan drug nitisinone to control the transmission of African trypanosomiasis

Reversed Immunoglycomics Identifies α-Galactosyl-Bearing Glycotopes Specific for Leishmania major Infection.

Trypanosoma brucei colonizes the tsetse gut via an immature peritrophic matrix in the proventriculus

Insights into the salivary N-glycome of Lutzomyia longipalpis, vector of visceral leishmaniasis

Collaborators (8)

Caroline Dewar

Mike Barrett

Lee Haines

Achim Schnaufer

Mark John Ingraham Paine

Jan Van Den Abbeele

Aitor Casas-Sanchez

Giancarlo Biagini

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