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Melissa Leger-Abraham is an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School, specializing in Biological Biomedical Sciences. Her research program focuses on studying mRNA translation in parasites that significantly burden global health, including Leishmania, Babesia, and Plasmodium organisms. Her efforts center on characterizing translation initiation factors and understanding the regulation of parasite developmental stages. The primary goal of her work is to identify peculiarities in protein synthesis in this important group of human parasites, guiding the rational design of drugs that specifically target this critical process. Her interdisciplinary approach includes collaborations with international and local researchers, utilizing methods from laboratory, molecular, cellular biology, structural biology, X-ray crystallography, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR), and cryo-electron microscopy.
Administered by the Division of Medical Sciences (DMS). GRE is not required and will not be considered for BBS, Immunology, and Neuroscience.