Sarah Auburn

The paper identifies pfcrt copy number amplification as a new antimalarial resistance mechanism in Plasmodium falciparum and develops a TaqMan assay for its detection.

This study identifies parasite-intrinsic transcriptional programs associated with severe P. knowlesi malaria through integrative GWAS, transcriptomic, and eQTL analyses of clinical isolates.

The paper analyzes whole-genome sequencing data from Plasmodium falciparum isolates in Ethiopia and sub-Saharan Africa to characterize genetic diversity and resistance markers.

This paper develops a cost-effective MinION sequencing assay to detect G6PD deficiency SNPs in malaria-endemic regions, showing high reliability and concordance with Sanger sequencing.

The paper analyzes P. knowlesi genomes from Sabah, Malaysia, to identify genetic subpopulations and introgression events linked to environmental factors and host adaptation.

The paper identifies a cryptotype in Plasmodium falciparum genomes across Africa, characterized by a complex genetic background that is geographically widespread but genetically distinct.

The paper develops a molecular barcode and online tool to identify and map imported Plasmodium vivax infections using SNP analysis and machine learning.

MinSNPs is an R package that derives resolution-optimised SNP sets from microbial genomic data for surveillance and genetic analysis.

This study analyzes whole genome sequences of Plasmodium vivax isolates from Ethiopia to identify sequence and structural polymorphisms in erythrocyte binding genes, revealing positive selection and gene copy number variations associated with host-parasite interactions.

This paper completes the human malaria genome set by presenting reference genomes for Plasmodium malariae and P. ovale, revealing unique genomic features and cryptic species within P. ovale.

This study identifies kelch13 mutations associated with artemisinin resistance in Southeast Asia and finds low frequency of these mutations in Africa, suggesting different evolutionary pressures.