Dr. Andrew Maclean

Biography

Andrew Maclean is an MRC Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh. His research focuses on understanding parasite metabolism, primarily using the apicomplexan parasite Toxoplasma gondii as a model. His work employs a variety of biochemical, structural, microscopy, and molecular parasitology approaches to unravel the metabolic functions of these obligate intracellular parasites, which pose a significant burden on human and animal health. He is particularly interested in the differences in nutrient acquisition mechanisms between parasites and their hosts, which is crucial for the development of new therapeutic strategies. Maclean's lab aims to identify and explore novel routes of nutrient acquisition, with a specific focus on the uptake of sulfur-containing nutrients, to address the urgent need for new drugs and therapeutic interventions against infections caused by parasites such as Toxoplasma gondii and the Plasmodium species causing malaria.

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