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Armin Passecker

Swiss Tropical and Public Health InstituteORCID 0000-0002-5970-3339Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Molecular Biology· 2 Microbiology· 1

Signature Assays, Organisms & Methods

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Approach:experimental assay· 3 Research Focus:drug response / drug discovery· 2 Organism:human· 2 Organism:plant (other)· 2 Assay:imaging· 1 Organism:mouse· 1 Assay:proteomics· 1

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Basil T. ThommeniD· 3 shared Christin GumppiD· 3 shared Matthias RottmanniD· 3 shared Nicolas M. B. BrancucciiD· 3 shared Christof GrüringiD· 2 shared Till Steffen VossiD· 2 shared Alexander SchmidtiD· 1 shared Amr Hamed Mahmoud· 1 shared

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2023-2026 · peak 1/yr

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Molecular BiologybioRxivPreprintSep 13, 2026

A high-throughput compound screen identifies multiple druggable targets in Plasmodium falciparum transmission stages

Leonie Seefeldt, Christin Gumpp, Olivia Carril…·Nicolas M. B. Brancucci

This study identifies three druggable targets in Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes using high-throughput screening and reveals resistance mechanisms for one compound.

DOI 10.64898/2026.09.10.747198

plant (other)experimental assay

MicrobiologyNature CommunicationsPeer-reviewedJul 25, 2025

An all-in-one pipeline for the in vitro discovery and in vivo testing of Plasmodium falciparum malaria transmission blocking drugs

Nicolas M. B. Brancucci, Christin Gumpp, Geert‐Jan van Gemert…·Till Steffen Voss

The paper develops an in vitro and in vivo platform for testing malaria transmission-blocking drugs using engineered Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes and humanized mice.

8 citationstop 3%

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Molecular BiologyeLifePeer-reviewedNov 7, 2023

Genetic validation of PfFKBP35 as an antimalarial drug target

Basil T. Thommen, Jerzy Michal Dziekan, Fiona Achcar…·Nicolas M. B. Brancucci

This study genetically validates PfFKBP35 as a lethal target in Plasmodium falciparum, showing its role in ribosome homeostasis and revealing non-canonical modes of action for FK506.

5 citations

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