COVENTRY UNIVERSITY,

PRIORY STREET , COVENTRY, CV1 5FB, United Kingdom

Represented by Dr John Heptinstall (BYX013@coventry.ac.uk), Dr Martin Cox (APX226@coventry.ac.uk) and Dr James Beddow (j.beddow@hotmail.com).

Partner information

Dr John Heptinstall (Senior Lecturer in Biochemistry) and Dr Martin Cox (Senior Lecturer in Cell and Molecular Biosciences) at the University of Coventry will be involved in WP4 (Correlation with Certified Samples ) and are able to provide the experimental team at Exeter with samples of in vitro cultured parasites with certified levels of plasmodium rendered in a sterile or benign form. This is a major requirement of the project.

Dr Heptinstall has a research background in blood biochemistry and the associated physical changes brought about by malarial infection. This experience will deliver the required correlation of test results with those produced by traditional biochemistry based techniques of extraction, separation and spectrophotometry. UNCOV will also be able to supply protein and haem samples easily at the outset -soluble haemoglobin and the two Fe³ soluble derivatives - methaemoglobin and purified haemFe ³ (also known as haemin) to show the difference in signal - and then compare them all with insoluble haemozoin. The supply of haemozoin will follow later in WP4.

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