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Monica Cal

Swiss Tropical and Public Health InstituteORCID 0009-0007-9959-9891Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:drug response / drug discovery· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Organism:human· 1 Organism:plant (other)· 1 Assay:proteomics· 1

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Marcel KaiseriD· 2 shared Pascal MäseriD· 2 shared Dennis A. Hauser· 1 shared Lore BaertiD· 1 shared Mathias M. MülleriD· 1 shared Sibylle SaxiD· 1 shared Sonja Keller· 1 shared Thierry Doll· 1 shared

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MicrobiologyPLoS neglected tropical diseasesPeer-reviewedOct 24, 2025

Induced pluripotent stem cell-derived human macrophages as an infection model for Trypanosoma cruzi

Lore Baert, Monica Cal, Thierry Doll…·Marcel Kaiser

This paper uses human iPSC-derived macrophages to model T. cruzi infection and test trypanocidal compounds for Chagas disease drug discovery.

DOI 10.1371/journal.pntd.0012987

humanproteomics

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MicrobiologybioRxivPreprintAug 18, 2025

Atovaquone-venturicidin A combination is synergistic against Plasmodium falciparum

Dennis A. Hauser, Sibylle Sax, Sonja Keller…·Pascal Mäser

The paper shows that atovaquone and venturicidin A work together to kill Plasmodium falciparum by blocking two pathways that generate mitochondrial membrane potential.

DOI 10.1101/2025.08.18.670846

plant (other)experimental assay

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