Molecular Cell biology of Leishmania
We study gene function in Leishmania to dissect and understand the cellular mechanisms that enable these unicellular parasites to pass through their life cycle and cause disease in humans and animals.
We are based at the Institute of Cell Biology at the Univerisity of Bern.
News
July 2025 - Welcome to the lab, Tamara!
July 2025 - new preprint on bioRxiv. Identification of transporters essential for survival of Leishmania promastigotes in the digestive tract of sand flies. Read it here.
July 2025 - Paper published: Leishmania mexicana pathogenicity requires flagellar assembly but not motility. Read it here.
June 2025 - Congratulations to Sophia for winning the prize for best conference talk at the UK Cilia Meeting in London!
May 2025 - Congratulations to Sandro for completing his Master’s thesis!
March 2025 - Paper published: Evolutionary adaptations of doublet microtubules in trypanosomatid parasites. Read it here.
January 2025 - Paper published! TransLeish: Identification of membrane transporters essential for survival of intracellular Leishmania parasites in a systematic gene deletion screen. Read it here.