Research Fellows

Basil Thommen

Postdoctoral Fellow

Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Departments

Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases

Other Positions

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Biography

A heterologous marker-free selection approach for CRISPR/Cas9-based gene editing in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum.

Carrington E, Ballmer D, Niederwieser I, Thommen BT, Brancucci NMB, Voss TS. mSphere 2026 Apr 28

PMID: 41885428
An all-in-one pipeline for the in vitro discovery and in vivo testing of Plasmodium falciparum malaria transmission blocking drugs.

Brancucci NMB, Gumpp C, van Gemert GJ, Yu X, Passecker A, Nardella F, Thommen BT, Chambon M, Turcatti G, Halby L, Blasco B, Duffey M, Arimondo PB, Bousema T, Scherf A, Leroy D, Kooij TWA, Rottmann M, Voss TS. Nat Commun 2025 Jul 25

PMID: 40715087
The essential genome of Plasmodium knowlesi reveals determinants of antimalarial susceptibility.

Elsworth B, Ye S, Dass S, Tennessen JA, Sultana Q, Thommen BT, Paul AS, Kanjee U, Grüring C, Ferreira MU, Gubbels MJ, Zarringhalam K, Duraisingh MT. Science 2025 02 07

PMID: 39913579
The three Plasmodium falciparum Aurora-related kinases display distinct temporal and spatial associations with mitotic structures in asexual blood stage parasites and gametocytes.

Wyss M, Thommen BT, Kofler J, Carrington E, Brancucci NMB, Voss TS. mSphere 2024 Sep 25

PMID: 39235260
Next Generation Chemiluminescent Probes for Antimalarial Drug Discovery.

Hellingman A, Sifoniou K, Buser T, Thommen BT, Walz A, Passecker A, Collins J, Hupfeld M, Wittlin S, Witmer K, Brancucci NMB. ACS Infect Dis 2024 04 12

PMID: 38556981

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