ProfessorTania De Koning-Ward

I joined the School of Medicine at Deakin University when it was opening its doors to its first intake of medical students. For
several years I coordinated the Infection, Defence and Repair Unit for 1st year medical students. I developed the School of Medicine's Honours Course as well as the Master of Philosophy Program. I have served as the Course Director for both the Master of Philosophy and Master of Surgical Research programs. Recently I have taken on the role of Course Director for the Higher Degree by Research Program within the School of Medicine.

Supervision:

The lab is now recruiting Honours, Masters and PhD Students to work on the following project areas. Please email expressions of interest to Prof de Koning-Ward but also check out eligibility requirements and scholarships at 'how to apply for a research degree'

Projects:

1) Dissecting how malaria parasites obtain nutrients essential to their survival
2) Defining the proteomes of organelles critical to malaria invasion and host cell remodelling and the functions of these essential respective
proteins.
3) Screening for drugs that block key cellular processes (eg. nuclear import) and delineating their mode of action
4) Defining how extracellular vesicles are generated by malaria-infected red blood cells to facilitate immune-modulation, pathogenesis and parasite
transmission