Sabrina Absalon, PhD

Sabrina Absalon, PhD, explains how antibiotic disruption of the apicoplast led to the discovery of PfAnchor, a key protein required for parasite division and survival.

Sabrina Absalon, PhD, on how disrupting apicoplast division can stop malaria in its tracks and calls for sustained research funding to combat the disease.

In the first part of our interview, Sabrina Absalon, PhD, explains how depleting a protein linked to apicoplast division leads to rapid death of Plasmodium falciparum.