Scott C. Dawson

This study investigates cytoskeletal arborization in the rhizarian amoeba Filoreta ramosa, revealing multiple evolutionary routes to similar branched cellular architectures.

This study develops a bioluminescent reporter system to track Giardia duodenalis infection in mice, showing strong correlation with direct parasite counts and enabling longitudinal analysis of infection dynamics.

This study shows that arginine metabolism, specifically through the enzyme ADI, is essential for encystation in Giardia duodenalis, with functional differences between human-specific and zoonotic sub-assemblages.

This study investigates Giardia lamblia's ventral disc attachment mechanism, finding dynamic movement in disc regions and a new protein essential for disc formation and attachment.