Dr Lev Kats - Researcher Profile

Biography

Lev works in the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences at Monash University as a Research Fellow.

Qualifications

PHD

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 2009

BACHELOR OF LAW

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 2003

HONOURS DEGREE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 2003

Publications

Journal Articles

Gohil, S., Kats, L.M., Sturm, A., Cooke, B.M., 2010, Recent insights into alteration of red blood cells by Babesia bovis: Moovin' forward, Trends in Parasitology [P], vol 26, issue 12, Elsevier Ltd, UK, pp. 591-599.

Proellocks, N.I., Kats, L.M., Sheffield, D.A., Hanssen, E., Black, C.G., Waller, K.L., Coppel, R.L., 2009, Characterisation of PfRON6, a Plasmodium falciparum rhoptry neck protein with a novel cysteine-rich domain, International Journal for Parasitology, vol 39, issue 6, Elsevier Ltd, UK, pp. 683-692.

Glenister, F.K., Fernandez, K.M., Kats, L.M., Hanssen, E., Mohandas, N., Coppel, R.L., Cooke, B.M., 2009, Functional alteration of red blood cells by a megadalton protein of Plasmodium falciparum, Blood, vol 113, issue 4, American Society of Hematology, USA, pp. 919-928.

Richard, D., Kats, L.M., Langer, C., Black, C.G., Mitri, K., Boddey, J.A., Cowman, A.F., Coppel, R.L., 2009, Identification of rhoptry trafficking determinants and evidence for a novel sorting mechanism in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum, PL o S Pathogens, vol 5, issue 3 (e1000328), Public Library of Science, USA, pp. 1-13.

Kats, L., Wang, L., Murhandarwati, E.E.H., Mitri, K., Black, C.G., Coppel, R.L., 2008, Active immunisation with RAMA does not provide protective immunity against Plasmodium yoelii challenge despite its association with protective responses in endemic populations, Vaccine, vol 26, issue 26, Elsevier Ltd., United Kingdom, pp. 3261-3267.

Black, C.G., Proellocks, N.I., Kats, L., Cooke, B.M., Mohandas, N., Coppel, R.L., 2008, In vivo studies support the role of trafficking and cytoskeletal-binding motifs in the interaction of MESA with the membrane skeleton of Plasmodium falciparum-infected red blood cells, Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology, vol 160, issue 2, Elsevier BV, Netherlands, pp. 143-147.

Kats, L., Cooke, B.M., Coppel, R.L., Black, C.G., 2008, Protein trafficking to apical organelles of malaria parasites - building an invasion machine, Traffic, vol 9, Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, England, UK, pp. 176-186.

Proellocks, N.I., Kovacevic, S., Ferguson, D.J., Kats, L., Morahan, B.J., Black, C.G., Waller, K.L., Coppel, R.L., 2007, Plasmodium falciparum Pf34, a novel GPI-anchored rhoptry protein found in detergent-resistant microdomains, International Journal for Parasitology, vol 37, issue 11, Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford England UK, pp. 1233-1241.

Sanders, P.R., Kats, L., Drew, D.R., O'Donnell, R.A., O'Neill, M.T., Maier, A.G., Coppel, R.L., Crabb, B.S., 2006, A set of glycosylphosphatidyl inositol-anchored membrane proteins of Plasmodium falciparum is refractory to genetic deletion, Infection and Immunity, vol 74, issue 7, Amer Soc Microbiology, WASHINGTON DC USA, pp. 4330-4338.

Kats, L., Black, C.G., Proellocks, N.I., Coppel, R.L., 2006, Plasmodium rhoptries: how things went pear-shaped, Trends in Parasitology, vol 22, issue 6, ELSEVIER SCI LTD, OXON ENGLAND UK, pp. 269-276.