Laboratory of Malaria Immunology and Vaccinology

Current Collaborations

Research Teams and Collaborators

• Malaria Research and Training Center, Medical School, University of Bamako, Mali, Africa (French)
  Clinical trials of malaria vaccines and studies of immunology and epidemiology  in Mali
• Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand
  Determine transmission blocking activity against P. falciparum
• National Institute for Medical Research, UK
  Investigation of the role of surface antigens of the malaria parasite and the nature and regulation of the host response in pregnancy-associated malaria 
• The Jenner Institute, Oxford University
  Trial of a multi-component malaria vaccine for P. falciparum 
• Statens Serum Institut
  Adjuvants for enhancing immunogenicity and improving protective efficacy of malaria antigens
• Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
  Preclinical immunogenicity studies of liver stage candidate vaccines
• Naval Medical Research Center
  Identification of antigens for pre-erythrocytic vaccines
• Infectious Diseases Research Institute
  Adjuvants for enhancing immunogenicity and improving protective efficacy of malaria antigens
• Johns Hopkins University Center for Immunization Research
  Conduct clinical trials on malaria vaccines
• Fraunhofer USA, Center for Molecular Biotechnology
  Support for development of transmission blocking vaccines
• Seattle Biomedical Research Institute (in conjunction with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation)
  Supporting research of pregnancy malaria
• Merck Research Laboratories
  Conjugation to enhance protein vaccine immunogenicity 
• Novartis
  Conjugation to enhance protein vaccine immunogenicity 
• Sanaria
  Studies of whole organism vaccines
• NIAID Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research
  Studies of malaria transmission and malaria pathogenesis in Mali 
• NIAID Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases
  Epidemiological studies of severe malaria in Tanzania 

Funders

• PATH/Malaria Vaccine Initiative
  Support of transmission blocking vaccine clinical
• Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
  Studies of pregnancy malaria vaccines, identification of pre-erythrocytic antigens, and transmission blocking vaccine development