Dr. Georgina Montagna

Profile

Academic position	Lecturer, Assistant Professor, Researcher
Research fields	Medical Microbiology and Mycology, Hygiene, Molecular Infection Biology
Keywords	Malaria, Plasmodium, Liver stages, Host - parasite interaction, Membrane proteins
Honours and awards	2014: Young Research Talent CAPES (BRAZIL) 2008: Georg Foster Post Doctoral Fellowship

Current contact address

Country	Argentina
City	San Martin
Institution	Universidad Nacional de San Martin (UNSAM)
Institute	Instituto de Investigaciones Biotecnologicas (IIB-INTECH-CONICET)
Homepage	http://www.iib.unsam.edu.ar/

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Kai Matuschewski	Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Zentrum für Infektiologie, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg
Prof. Dr. Kai Matuschewski	Abteilung Parasitologie, Max-Planck-Institut für Infektionsbiologie, Berlin
Prof. Dr. Kai Matuschewski	Arbeitsgruppe Molekulare und zelluläre Evolution, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin
Start of initial sponsorship	01/08/2008

Programme(s)

2007	Georg Forster Research Fellowship Programme

Publications (partial selection)

2015	Dr. Georgina Montagna, Aindrila Biswas, Dr. Kai Hildner, Dr. Kai Matuschewski, Dr. Ildiko Dunay Batf3 deficiency proves the pivotal role of CD8α+ dendritic cells in protection induced by vaccination with attenuated Plasmodium sporozoites. In: Parasite Immunol, 2015,
2014	Dr. Georgina Montagna Dr. Macarena Beigier-Bompadre Martina Becker, Dr. Richard Kroczek Dr. Stefan Kaufmann Dr. Matuschewski Antigen export during liver infection of the malaria parasite augments protective immunity.. In: mBio, 2014,
2012	Dr. Georgina Montagna Dr. Carlos Buscaglia Dr. Sylvia Münter Christian Goosmann Dr. Friedrich Frischknecht , Dr. Volker Brinkmann Dr. Kai Matuschewski.: Critical role for heat shock protein 20 (HSP20) in migration of malarial sporozoites. In: Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2012, 2410-2422
2012	Dr. Georgina Montagna Dr. Kai Matuschewski Dr. Carlos Buscaglia: Plasmodium sporozoite motility: an update. In: Front Biosci (Landmark Ed). , 2012, 726-744
2012	Dr. Georgina Montagna Dr. Kai Matuschewski Dr. Carlos Buscaglia: Small heat shock proteins in cellular adhesion and migration: evidence from Plasmodium genetics.. In: Cell Adh Migr., 2012, 78-84
	Dr. Tobias Spielmann, Dr. Georgina Montagna, Dr. Leoni Hecht, Dr. Kai Matuschewski.: Molecular make-up of the Plasmodium parasitophorous vacuolar membrane. In: Int J Med Microbiol., , 179-186