The Malaria Drug Accelerator (MalDA) is a consortium of labs funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to accelerate the development of antimalarial drugs.

Joined November 2019
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Out today in @CellChemBiol: genetic and chemical validation of PfAcAS as a druggable antimalarial target. Congratulations to all MalDA members on this colossal effort advancing #drugdiscovery in #malaria! sciencedirect.com/science/ar…

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MalDA Consortium retweeted
One of the cover stories of our June issue bit.ly/2N9R8Es: #MalDA, Accelerating Malaria Drug Discovery @MalariaTargetID @ElizabethWinze1 @baragana_b @Kelly_Chibale @LlinasLab @fidocklab @UCSDMedSchool @HarvardChanSPH @DDU_Dundee @WUSTL @GSK @MIT cell.com/trends/parasitology…
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MalDA Consortium retweeted
Out now in @TrendsParasitol: Learn all about how the Malaria Drug Accelerator facilitates rapid #drugdiscovery through collaboration. Featuring the work of multiple Winzeler Lab members and all of our wonderful colleagues in @MalariaTargetID! authors.elsevier.com/sd/arti…

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MalDA Consortium retweeted
Malaria Drug Accelerator #MalDA @MalariaTargetID review their achievements & future directions @ElizabethWinze1 @baragana_b @Kelly_Chibale @LlinasLab @fidocklab @UCSDMedSchool @HarvardChanSPH @DDU_Dundee @ColumbiaMed @theGHDDI @sangerinstitute @MITdeptofBE bit.ly/3qa5E2C
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New review out now! Find out who we are and what we do in #malaria drug discovery: sciencedirect.com/science/ar…

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MalDA Consortium retweeted
Looking to recruit a molecular biologist as a postdoc to our lab to work on Plasmodium falciparum drug resistance and drug modes of action. To join a vibrant team at the Columbia university medical center in New York, working closely with @MedsforMalaria and @MalariaTargetID
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Congratulations to MalDA member @fidocklab on this wonderful and well-deserved accomplishment!
Congratulations Dr. David Fidock and team for winning the MMV Project of the Year 2020 Award 👏 Over the past decade, this team has contributed significantly to MMV's portfolio and our efforts against antimalarial resistance. Read more: bit.ly/38bkP4I
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MalDA Consortium retweeted
Looking forward to @ElizabethWinze1 giving the Craig Lecture this morning at the Alan Magill Sumposium today at #TropMed20. Superb scientist leading the @MalariaTargetID consortium funded by @gatesfoundation
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Excited for the start of #MPM2020! Congratulations to all of the presenters, which include multiple Malaria Drug Accelerator members.
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Congratulations to MalDA member Ian Gilbert on this wonderful accomplishment!
Congratulations Prof Ian Gilbert, Head Medicinal Chemistry @DDU_Dundee #BCDD @UoDLifeSciences.Elected Fellow Royal Society Edinburgh @news_RSE for outstanding research #drugdiscovery #beatNTDS #malariamustdie. Read more buff.ly/3awItID @MedsforMalaria @DNDi @wellcometrust
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Need some reading material for the weekend? Check out this recent paper identifying serine hydrolases as druggable targets in #Plasmodium. Great work from MalDA affiliate labs and collaborators!
Excited to share our latest collaboration with @eunayoo and @mbogyo! Check it out: cell.com/cell-chemical-biolo…
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MalDA Consortium retweeted
A new drug target for stopping the spread of malaria has been found after a @CellReports study led by @DrBoddey blocked Plasmodium falciparum from completing the ‘transmission stage’ of its lifecycle. In collaboration with @Griffith_Uni wehi.edu.au/news/new-drug-ta…
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MalDA Consortium retweeted
For the first time, global efforts are preventing almost 100 million cases of #malaria every year. 🙌 This is great news, but @WHO's report shows that the decline in cases & deaths has slowed significantly. We must accelerate progress to #EndMalaria. gates.ly/35pLhVO

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Out now in @CellChemBiol: "Combining Stage Specificity and Metabolomic Profiling to Advance Antimalarial Drug Discovery." Great work by MalDA team members including @LlinasLab & @WinzelerLabUCSD, spearheaded by @fidocklab's @MurithiJamesM! sciencedirect.com/science/ar…

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With our latest MalDA meeting coming to an end, we would like to celebrate all of the hardworking #malaria researchers that make this collaboration so successful. Thanks for the insightful discussions and great #science!
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In vitro selection predicts malaria parasite resistance to dihydroorotate dehydrogenase inhibitors in a mouse infection model stm.sciencemag.org/content/1…

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Check out this study by MALDA member labs!