Zarna Rajeshkumar Pala, Ph.D.

Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow

Languages Spoken: Hindi, Gujarati

Zarna Pala, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow in the Molecular Parasitology and Entomology Unit of the Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Biology

Biography

I am a trained molecular biologist with specific interest in metabolic pathways functional in the apicoplast of Plasmodium. In the Vega-Rodriguez lab, I am interested in the biochemical/functional characterization of mosquito salivary proteins and their role in Plasmodium infection and transmission.