Principal Investigator Sebastian Lourido
Changes in cytosolic calcium regulate eukaryotic cellular responses as diverse as membrane repair and muscle contraction. In apicomplexan parasites, calcium regulates motility in part through the regulation of adhesin exocytosis and myosin-motor function. We seek to understand the molecular details of these processes, examining both the events that lead to cytosolic calcium changes and the signaling events that follow them.