Member of the RTG 2046 Steering Group until December 2016

Research interest:

• Plasmodium-Host Interaction

Fraser M, Curtis B, Phillips P, Yates PA, Lam KS, Netzel O, van Dooren GG, Ingmundson A, Matuschewski K, McLeod MD, Maier AG. (2024).
Harnessing cholesterol uptake of malaria parasites for therapeutic applications.
EMBO Mol Med 16:1515-1532. doi: 10.1038/s44321-024-00087-1.

Kreutzfeld O, Grützke J, Ingmundson A, Müller K, Matuschewski K. (2021).
Absence of PEXEL-Dependent Protein Export in Plasmodium Liver Stages Cannot Be Restored by Gain of the HSP101 Protein Translocon ATPase.
Front Genet 12:742153. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2021.742153.

Hon C, Friesen J, Ingmundson A, Scheppan D, Hafalla JCR, Müller K, Matuschewski K. (2021).
Conservation of S20 as an Ineffective and Disposable IFNγ-Inducing Determinant of Plasmodium Sporozoites Indicates Diversion of Cellular Immunity.
Front Microbiol 12:703804. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.703804.

Hon C, Matuschewski K. (2020).
Malaria According to GARP: A New Trail towards Anti-disease Vaccination.
Trends Parasitol 17:S1471-4922(20)30143-4. doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2020.05.012.

Aebischer T, Matuschewski K, Hartmann S. (2018).
Editorial: Parasite Infections: From Experimental Models to Natural Systems.
Front Cell Infect Microbiol 8:1–3. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2018.00012.

Kapishnikov S, Leiserowitz L, Yang Y, Cloetens P, Pereiro E, Awamu Ndonglack F, Matuschewski K, Als-Nielsen J. (2017).
Biochemistry of malaria parasite infected red blood cells by X-ray microscopy.
Sci Rep 7:802. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-00921-2.

Kreutzfeld O, Müller K, Matuschewski K. (2017).
Engineering of Genetically Arrested Parasites (GAPs) For a Precision Malaria Vaccine.
Front Cell Infect Microbiol 7: 198. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2017.00198.