My journey from the south of the world and back while falling in love with parasites and their unique cell division biology

Cell division in Apicomplexan parasites is a fascinating process mechanistically based on divergent regulatory principles. We seek to understand the molecular details of nuclear mitosis. For this, we use molecular genetics and ultrastructure expansion microscopy in Toxoplasma gondii. We seek to understand the mechanisms by which nuclear division is attained, and coordinated with daughter cell assembly, to generate new infective parasites.