Pushkar Sharma

This study shows that Plasmodium Protein Kinase 2 is essential for the ookinete to oocyst transition and sporozoite development in the mosquito, affecting parasite transmission.

This study identifies ARK1 as a critical regulator of mitosis in Plasmodium, forming a non-canonical chromosomal passenger complex with divergent INCENPs, and highlights its potential as an antimalarial target.

This study identifies PfPPM2 as a signaling pathway regulator that controls asexual division and sexual conversion in Plasmodium falciparum by modulating HP1 and histone H3 phosphorylation.