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Kirk Deitsch

Microbiology and Immunology

Cornell University

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About Kirk Deitsch at Cornell University (Cornell)

Kirk Deitsch is a professor at Cornell University whose research focuses on the molecular biology of malaria parasites and host immune evasion mechanisms. Their research directions are illustrated by key works including "Sexual differentiation in human malaria parasites is regulated by competition between phospholipid metabolism and histone methylation", and "The human malaria parasite<i>Plasmodium falciparum</i>can sense environmental changes and respond by antigenic switching".

Research Areas

malaria pathogenesisPlasmodium falciparumantigenic variationDNA repair mechanismsmosquito immunitysevere malariavar gene expressionhost-parasite interaction
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Research Output

Total Citations7,891

Emerging researcher

Publications131

Selective publication record

h-index46

Established scholar

i10-index78

Growing portfolio

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