November 11, 2019
Congratulations to lead investigators Aung Pyae Phyo, Jo-Anne Chan, Benedikt Ley, Shazia Ruybal Pesántez and Leanna Surrao and their teams who were awarded competitive seed grants in the first round of funding for 2019. Their innovative seed projects will address important barriers for the surveillance, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of malaria.
Project title: Field evaluation of a Point-of-Contact device for P. falciparum malaria serosurveillance
Investigator team: Aung Pyae Phyo (lead), Philippe Boeuf, Win Han Oo, Freya Fowkes, Aung Thi, James Beeson, Julie Simpson, Angela Devine
Project title: Functional human antibodies that target P. falciparum gametocytes to reduce malaria transmission
Investigator team: Jo-Anne Chan (lead), Michelle Boyle, Katherine O’Flaherty, James Beeson, Freya Fowkes, James McCarthy
Project title: The impact of a malaria infection on G6PD activity (MAGY)
Investigator team: Benedikt Ley (lead), Daniel Pfeffer, Ric Price, James McCarthy, Kamala Thriemer
Project title: Building capacity for an innovative amplicon deep sequencing tool to genotype Plasmodium infections for improved surveillance
Investigator team: Shazia Ruybal Pesántez (lead), Moses Laman, Dulcie Lautu, Katherine O’Flaherty, Aung Pyae Phyo, Leanne Robinson, Alyssa Barra, Freya Fowkes
Project title: Development of a high-sensitivity reader for improving use of malaria RDTs
Investigator team: Leanna Surrao (lead), Jack Richards, Joseph Manitta, Mohammad Shafiul Alam, Benedikt Ley, Kamala Thriemer, Ric Price, Moses Laman, Leanne Robinson, William Hopper