Prof. Dr. Addmore Shonhai

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsBiochemistry,Cell Biology
KeywordsMalaria, Hsp70-Hsp90 organizing protein, chaperone, small molecule inhibitors

Current contact address

CountrySouth Africa
CityThohoyandou
InstitutionUniversity of Venda
InstituteFaculty of Science, Engineering and Agriculture

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Klaus LingelbachFachgebiet Spezielle Zoologie und Evolution der Tiere, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg
Prof. Dr. Addmore ShonhaiFaculty of Science, Engineering and Agriculture, University of Venda, Thohoyandou
Prof. Dr. Jude PrzyborskiUniversitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Zentrum für Infektiologie, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg
Start of initial sponsorship01/05/2012

Program(s)

2011Georg Forster Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2012Rekha Dunpall, Adeola Ayodeji Nejo, Viswanadha Srirama Rajasekhar Pullabhotla, Andy R. Opoku, Neerish Revaprasadu and Addmore Shonhai: An In Vitro Assessment of the Interaction of Cadmium Selenide Quantum Dots with DNA, Iron, and Blood Platelets. In: IUBMB Life, 2012, 995-1002
2012Grace W. Gitau & Pradipta Mandal & Gregory L. Blatch & Jude Przyborski & Addmore Shonhai: Characterisation of the Plasmodium falciparum Hsp70–Hsp90 organising protein (PfHop). In: Cell Stress Chaperones, 2012, 191-202
2012M. F. Nethengwe, A. R. Opoku1, P. V. Dludla, K. T. Madida, A. Shonhai, P. Smith and M. Singh: Larvicidal, antipyretic and antiplasmodial activity of some Zulu medicinal plants. In: Journal of Medicinal Plants Research, 2012, 1255-1262
2012GW Gitau, G Murindamombe, & A Shonhai: Role of heat shock proteins in the development and pathogenicity of Plasmodium falciparum. In: Ghislaine Mayer Plasmodium falciparum: Morphology, Life Cycle and Health Impact. 2012. 57-76
2011OJ Pooe, A Shonhai, A., & S Mharakurwa: A PCR screen for malaria carrier infections using human saliva samples. In: African Journal of Microbiology , 2011, 5120-5126
2011Addmore Shonhai, Alexander G. Maier, Jude M. Przyborski and Gregory L. Blatch4: Intracellular Protozoan Parasites of Humans: The Role of Molecular Chaperones in Development and Pathogenesis. In: Protein & Peptide Letters , 2011, 143-157
2011Melissa Botha, Annette N. Chiang, Patrick G. Needham, Linda L. Stephens, Heinrich C. Hoppe, Simone Külzer, Jude M. Przyborski, Klaus Lingelbach, Peter Wipf, Jeffrey L. Brodsky, Addmore Shonhai, Gregory L. Blatch: Plasmodium falciparum encodes a single cytosolic type I Hsp40 that functionally interacts with Hsp70 and is upregulated by heat shock. In: Cell Stress and Chaperones, 2011, 389-401
2011Linda L Stephens, Addmore Shonhai, Gregory L. Blatch: The co-expression of the Plasmodium falciparum molecular chaperone, PfHsp70, increases the heterologous production of the potential drug target GTP cyclohydrolase I, PfGCHI. In: Protein Expression and Purification , 2011, 159-165
2010Addmore Shonhai: Plasmodial heat shock proteins: targets for chemotherapy. In: FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology, 2010, 61-74