All Episodes

The Naked Scientists' "Titans of Science" Series: Jane Carlton

EXTENDED: Baby Wraps and Malaria – A New Tool to Protect Young Children (with Ross Boyce)

Insecticide-Treated Baby Wraps Cut Malaria Cases by Two-Thirds in Uganda

EXTENDED: Boosting Mosquito Immunity to Fight Malaria (with Emma Camacho)

The Goldilocks Dose: Modulating Mosquito Diet to Control Malaria

SPECIAL: Hackathons for Malaria Genetic Epidemiology (with Bryan Greenhouse)

EXTENDED: From River Blindness to Malaria Control – The Ivermectin Story (with Carlos Chaccour and Joseph Mwangangi)

Ivermectin's Potential in the Fight Against Malaria

EXTENDED: The Turning Point – What Drives Malaria to Become Severe? (with Mark Travassos, Mahamadou Ali Thera and Rafal Sobota)

What Severe Malaria Cases Have In Common

EXTENDED: Curing the Mosquito – Bed Nets That Target Parasites (with Alexandra Probst)

Bed Nets That Target Parasites, Not Just Mosquitoes

EXTENDED: Why Malaria Vaccines May Work Better in Some Places Than Others (with Lemu Golassa)

Mismatch Between Malaria Vaccines and Local Parasite Strains in Ethiopia

Malaria Advocacy on Capitol Hill: Funding, Research, and Global Impact

EXTENDED: AI-Driven Malaria Control – Neural Networks and the Task-Shifting of Vector Surveillance (with Soumya Acharya and Sunny Patel)

VectorCAM: The AI Tool Improving Mosquito Detection

EXTENDED: Could a Juice Pouch Revolutionize Mosquito Control? (with George Dimopoulos)

Fighting Malaria with Soil Bacteria

EXTENDED: Mapping Social Networks to Strengthen Malaria Prevention (with András Vörös and Elisa Bellotti)

How Conversations Shape Malaria Prevention Practices

EXTENDED: Discovering New Targets for Malaria Vaccines and Monoclonal Antibodies (with Joshua Tan)

Scientists Uncover 'Site of Vulnerability' in Malaria Parasites

EXTENDED: How AI Chatbots Could Help Predict Antimalarial Drug Resistance Before It Strikes (with Robert Opoka and Elizabeth Winzeler)

How to Predict (And Avert) Antimalarial Drug Resistance

'Big Push' Needed to Turn Tide on Malaria – WHO

EXTENDED: Listening to Malaria – How Lasers and Ultrasound Could Revolutionize Diagnosis (with Sunil Parikh, Vladimir Zharov and Yap Boum)

The Skin-Contact Malaria Test That Could Revolutionize Diagnostics

EXTENDED: First Reference Genome Sequence of P. vivax from Ethiopia (with Jane Carlton, Delenasaw Yewhalaw, and Francisco Callejas Hernandez)

How Comparative Genomics Can Help Find the Best Treatments for Malaria

EXTENDED: The Surprising Advantage of Transmission-Blocking Vaccines (with Ilinca Ciubotariu, Qixin He and Giovanna Carpi)

Transmission-Blocking Antigens Show Low Variation, Making Them a Reliable Vaccine Target Across Countries

EXTENDED: World Mosquito Day - Gene Drives and CRISPR Technology

Gene Drives: A Sharper Tool for the Malaria Toolkit?

EXTENDED: CRISPR and Consent (Gene Drives Part I - with Anthony James and John Connolly)

How Can We Tell Gene Drives Work?

EXTENDED: How Climate Change Could Lead To Faster, More Intense Malaria Transmission (with Alex Eapen)

Increase in Temperature Associated With Decrease in Incubation Period

EXTENDED: Investigating PfHDAC1 – The Essential Malaria Protein Behind Human Sickness (with Abhishek Kanyal and Krishanpal Karmodiya)

Blood-Stage Protein Identified as Key Target for Antimalarial Drugs

EXTENDED: What Sickle Cell Disease Reveals About Malaria and Human Evolution

The Malaria Legacy of Sickle Cell Disease

EXTENDED: From Lab to Legislature – Meet the Scientists Taking on Capitol Hill in the Fight Against Malaria

Advocacy on Capitol Hill: Uniting Scientific Research and Policy in the Fight Against Malaria

EXTENDED: Odisha's Innovative Approach to Controlling Malaria in Hard-to-Reach Villages (with Praveen Sahu and Jane Carlton)

'Malaria Camps' to Control Malaria in Remote Parts of India

EXTENDED: Behind the Scenes with a Documentary Crew Following the Malaria Vaccine from Trial to Approval (with Catherine Gale and Bill Moss)

Documentary Reveals Story of Malaria Vaccine's Creation

EXTENDED: Rising Temperatures and Extreme Weather Events - The Impact of Climate Change on Malaria (With Martin Edlund and Courtney Murdock)

Climate Change Threatens Malaria Progress – WHO Report

EXTENDED: The 'Chemical Vaccine' for Long-Lasting Malaria Prevention (with Theresa Shapiro)

Turning Drugs Into Vaccines to Offer Longer-Term Protection Against Malaria

EXTENDED: How Blood Spots are Mapping Artemisinin Resistance (with Didier Ménard)

Is Artemisinin Drug Resistance in Africa on the Rise?

EXTENDED: What Genomics Can Reveal about Malaria's Recent US Appearance (with Jane Carlton)

Malaria Is Making a Comeback to the US. Why?

EXTENDED: How Scientific Collaboration Across Three Continents Turned a Problem Into a Solution

A Naturally Occurring Bacterium Inhibits Malaria Parasites in the Mosquito

EXTENDED: Will the Malaria Vaccine Mean a World Free From the Disease? (With Pauline Formaglio and William Moss)

How the Malaria Parasite Searches for Blood Vessels to Invade

EXTENDED: Beyond Biology: The Head, Heart and Social Dimensions of Malaria Control (With Doug Storey and Mike Toso)

How Can Behavioral Science Improve Bed Net Use?

EXTENDED: Meet the Americans Passionate About Ending Malaria For Good

Malaria Champions Meet in Washington D.C.

EXTENDED: The Invasive Mosquito Threatening to Worsen Malaria in Africa (with Eric Ochomo and Seth Irish)

Anopheles stephensi Found in Marsabit, Kenya

EXTENDED: The Genetics of Drug Resistance (and Design) with Caroline Simmons

KIC5: A New Piece in the Puzzle of Artemisinin Resistance

EXTENDED: African Leadership in the Push for Malaria Eradication

Humidity from Trees Helps Sustain Malaria in Dry Season

EXTENDED: How Does Epigenetics Give Plasmodium the Upper Hand?

Histone Lactylation: A New Epigenetic Marker for Plasmodium

EXTENDED: How Can You Get Rid of Malaria in Low-Transmission Settings?

Science and Policy: Marking the Global Impact of the ICEMRs

EXTENDED: How Do We Know Malaria Control Programmes Are Actually Working?

The Vector Control Measures That Won't Last Forever

EXTENDED: Are Monoclonal Antibodies a Slam Dunk for Malaria?

Monoclonal Antibodies for Malaria Prevention

James Watson: Improving the Diagnosis of Severe Malaria

Differentiating Severe Malaria From Severe Illness

Marcelo and Joel: Disarming Malaria's 'Machete'

Gene Edited Mosquitoes Can Block Malaria Infection

Freddy Frischknecht and Ulrich Schwarz: The Power of Physics in Malaria Research

Understanding the Role of Mechanics in Sporozoite Migration

Matt Ippolito: School Books and Head Scratches

Platelet Count Might Predict Patient Response to Blood Transfusion for Severe Malaria Anemia

Janet Hemingway: The Professor-President Who Defies and Exceeds Expectations

Mosquito Nets With PBO Help Overcome Pyrethroid Resistance

Abdoulaye Diabate: The Entomologist Bringing Gene Drives to Africa

How Genetically Modified Mosquitoes Behave in the Wild

Angela Minassian: The Malaria Researcher Leading COVID Vaccine Trials

Scientists Overcome Major Hurdle in P. vivax Vaccine Development

George Dimopoulos: The Mosquito Explorer

Mosquito Transgenesis for Malaria Control

Wolbachia Can Control Anopheles Malaria Mosquito via 'Cytoplasmic Incompatibility'

Rising Malaria Cases and Deaths in 2020 Attributed to Pandemic Disruptions

DNA Sequencing Reveals Evolution of P. Vivax Malaria Parasites

The Future of Malaria Research: An Interview With Peter Agre and Etienne Bilgo

Large Cages Bridge the Divide Between Testing in the Lab and in the Wild

New Research on the Apicoplast, a Plant-Like Structure Within the Malaria Parasite