Co-authored publications with mentees

PhD mentee

• Mechanistic insights into coordinated var transcriptional switching in malaria parasites.

  The EMBO journal · 2026

  KWKirk W DeitschEHEvi Hadjimichael

  PMID: 41851501·PMCID: PMC13083940·DOI·1 citations·Abstract

  With Evi Hadjimichael · Molecular Biology (PhD)

• Shifting metabolism alters rRNA expression in malaria parasites.

  Trends in parasitology · 2026

  KWKirk W DeitschEHEvi Hadjimichael

  PMID: 41741251·DOI·Abstract

  With Evi Hadjimichael · Molecular Biology (PhD)

• Plasmodium falciparum DNA repair dynamics reveal unique roles for TLS polymerases and PfRad51 in genome diversification.

  Nucleic acids research · 2025

  KWKirk W DeitschJVJoseph VisoneAVAkshay VishwanathaYJYi Jing Liu+2 more →LKLaura Kirkman

  PMID: 41277688·PMCID: PMC12641262·DOI·1 citations·Abstract

  With Joseph Visone · Molecular Biology (PhD) · Class of 2025

• The molecular basis of coordinated antigen switching enabling chronic infection by human malaria parasites.

  bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025

  KWKirk W DeitschJEJoseph E VisoneEHEvi Hadjimichael

  PMID: 40791317·PMCID: PMC12338616·DOI·Abstract

  With Joseph Visone · Molecular Biology (PhD) · Class of 2025

• The molecular basis of coordinated antigen switching enabling chronic infection by human malaria parasites.

  bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025

  KWKirk W DeitschEHEvi HadjimichaelJEJoseph E Visone

  PMID: 40791317·PMCID: PMC12338616·DOI·Abstract

  With Evi Hadjimichael · Molecular Biology (PhD)

• scRNA-seq reveals transcriptional plasticity of var gene expression in Plasmodium falciparum for host immune avoidance.

  Nature microbiology · 2025

  KWKirk W DeitschJEJoseph E VisoneEHEvi HadjimichaelBFBjorn Felix Caesar Kafsack

  PMID: 40379932·PMCID: PMC13321130·DOI·6 citations·Abstract

  With Joseph Visone · Molecular Biology (PhD) · Class of 2025

• scRNA-seq reveals transcriptional plasticity of var gene expression in Plasmodium falciparum for host immune avoidance.

  Nature microbiology · 2025

  KWKirk W DeitschEHEvi HadjimichaelJEJoseph E VisoneBFBjorn Felix Caesar Kafsack

  PMID: 40379932·PMCID: PMC13321130·DOI·6 citations·Abstract

  With Evi Hadjimichael · Molecular Biology (PhD)

• Variable surface antigen expression, virulence, and persistent infection by Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasites.

  Microbiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR · 2025

  KWKirk W DeitschEHEvi Hadjimichael

  PMID: 39807932·PMCID: PMC11948492·DOI·13 citations·Abstract

  With Evi Hadjimichael · Molecular Biology (PhD)

• Transcriptional plasticity of virulence genes provides malaria parasites with greater adaptive capacity for avoiding host immunity.

  bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024

  KWKirk W DeitschJEJoseph E VisoneFFFrancesca FloriniEHEvi HadjimichaelBFBjorn Felix Caesar Kafsack

  PMID: 38496509·PMCID: PMC10942408·DOI·Abstract

  With Joseph Visone · Molecular Biology (PhD) · Class of 2025

• Transcriptional plasticity of virulence genes provides malaria parasites with greater adaptive capacity for avoiding host immunity.

  bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024

  KWKirk W DeitschEHEvi HadjimichaelFFFrancesca FloriniJEJoseph E VisoneBFBjorn Felix Caesar Kafsack

  PMID: 38496509·PMCID: PMC10942408·DOI·Abstract

  With Evi Hadjimichael · Molecular Biology (PhD)

• The human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum can sense environmental changes and respond by antigenic switching.

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023

  KWKirk W DeitschJEJoseph E VisoneFFFrancesca FloriniEHEvi HadjimichaelKYKyu Y. Rhee+1 more →

  PMID: 37068249·PMCID: PMC10151525·DOI·29 citations·Abstract

  With Joseph Visone · Molecular Biology (PhD) · Class of 2025

• The human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum can sense environmental changes and respond by antigenic switching.

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023

  KWKirk W DeitschEHEvi HadjimichaelJEJoseph E VisoneFFFrancesca FloriniKYKyu Y. Rhee+1 more →

  PMID: 37068249·PMCID: PMC10151525·DOI·29 citations·Abstract

  With Evi Hadjimichael · Molecular Biology (PhD)

• A coordinated transcriptional switching network mediates antigenic variation of human malaria parasites.

  eLife · 2022

  KWKirk W DeitschJEJoseph E VisoneFFFrancesca Florini

  PMID: 36515978·PMCID: PMC9833823·DOI·18 citations·Abstract

  With Joseph Visone · Molecular Biology (PhD) · Class of 2025

• Shared Mechanisms for Mutually Exclusive Expression and Antigenic Variation by Protozoan Parasites.

  Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2022

  KWKirk W DeitschJEJoseph E VisoneFFFrancesca Florini

  PMID: 35350381·PMCID: PMC8957917·DOI·20 citations·Abstract

  With Joseph Visone · Molecular Biology (PhD) · Class of 2025