Stephen D. Larcombe

This paper presents a telomere-telomere genome assembly of Trypanosoma congolense, revealing distinct VSG organization and expression mechanisms compared to Trypanosoma brucei.

This study shows that Trypanosoma congolense expresses multiple Variant Surface Glycoprotein genes in single cells, unlike Trypanosoma brucei, which uses monoallelic transcription.

The paper analyzes antigenic variation in Trypanosoma brucei during chronic bovine infections, revealing enhanced diversity and a reproducible temporal expression hierarchy of VSGs.

This study identifies cryptic stumpy-like T. brucei forms in cattle with low parasitaemia, challenging rodent-based assumptions about stumpy form differentiation.