Mark Wiser
associate professor
Department(s):
Tropical Medicine
Email:
wiser@tulane.edu
Research Interests:
Molecular and cellular biology of protozoan parasites and their interactions with host cells; host-parasite interactions
Professional Achievements:
1991 Consultant, NIH/NHL&BI Site Visit Team, Membrane skeleton of normal and abnormal red cells, St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Boston
1997 VA/DoD Collaborative Research Subcommittee for Emerging Pathogens
1999 Invited speaker at Novartis Foundation Symposium on transport and trafficking in the malaria-infected erythrocyte
1999 Excellence in Teaching Award, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
Ad hoc grant reviewing: Wellcome Trust (2000); National Health and Medical Research Council, Australia (2000); NIH Ad Hoc Panel (2000, 2001); Medical Research Council, UK (2001)
2002 Tulane University Health Sciences Center Teaching Scholar Award
2004-present Asesor Cientifico, Grupo de Bioquimica y Biologia Celular, Instituto Nacional de Salud, Bogotá, Colombia
Educational Background:
BA, biology, Franklin College, Franklin, IN
PhD, cell biology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Post-doctorate, biochemical parasitology, Max Planck Institute for Cell Biology, Heidelberg, Germany
Publications:
Selected recent publications
Wiser, M.F. 2001. Drug design strategies. Idrugs 4:53-55.
Wiser, M.F. 2003. A Plasmodium homologue of cochaperone p23 and its differential expression during the replicative cycle of the malaria parasite. Parasitol. Res. 90, 166-170.
Cortes, G.T., E. Winograd and M.F. Wiser. 2003. Characterization of proteins localized to a novel subcellular compartment and alternate secretory pathway within the malaria parasite. Mol. Biochem. Parasitol.129: 127-135.
Kwara, A., R. Schiro, L.S. Cowan, N.E. Hyslop, M.F., Wiser, S.R. Harrison, P. Kissinger, L. Diem and J.T. Crawford. 2003. Evaluation of the epidemiologic utility of secondary typing methods for differentiation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates. J. Clin. Microbiol. 41: 2683-2685.
Contact Information:
Associate Professor
Department of Tropical Medicine
Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
1440 Canal Street, Suite 2210
New Orleans, LA 70112
Phone 504.988.2507
Fax 504.988.6686
Level of Instruction:
graduate
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