Francesca Florini — Research Associate in Microbiology and Immunology — Scholars @ Weill Cornell Medicine

ScholarsBetaWeill Cornell Medicine

Publications

8

Funding

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Active

2 grants

MPI
Investigating the role of noncoding RNAs in malaria parasites through targeted Cas13-mediated degradation
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 2026–2028
R21AI198989-01
KP
A structured transcriptional switching network that coordinates antigenic variation by malaria parasites
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 2021–2027
R01AI161299-01A1

Completed grants (1)

KP
Mechanisms of Environmental Sensing and Responses by Malaria Parasites
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 2018–2024
R01AI138499-01

News mentions

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Novel Maneuver Helps Malaria Parasite Dodge the Immune System
May 16, 2025
Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have discovered how a parasite that causes malaria when transmitted through a mosquito bite can hide from the body’s immune system, for years sometimes.