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Kerstin Meyer, a Principal Staff Scientist at the Wellcome Sanger Institute explains what it is like to work on the Human Cell Atlas Project

The Human Cell Atlas: Understanding health to combat disease

February 11, 2020February 11, 2020 Communications Team aaas, American Association for the Advancement of Science, cells, hca, human body, Human Cell Atlas, kerstin meyer, map, single cell min read

Dr Kerstin Meyer, Principal Staff Scientist at the Sanger Institute, explains what it’s like to work on a such a huge, collaborative endeavour

Malaria Cell Atlas research. Image credit: Petra Korlevic

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Malaria Cell Atlas: mapping a murderous parasite’s life cycle

August 22, 2019August 22, 2019 MarkThomson MarkThomson malaria, malaria cell atlas, mca, parasites and microbes, Plasmodium, single cell min read

Malaria – and the parasite that causes it – is complicated. Not only does the single-celled parasite move between humans and mosquitoes, but it exists in different forms, each with different shapes and functions. Researchers have now mapped out its life cycle in more detail than ever before.