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(2/2) Many thanks to Georgios Pavlou and Isabelle Tardieux for providing such an insightful perspective on our work:

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Chirality helps malaria parasites reach their target - Nature Physics
Malaria parasites rapidly glide through host tissues in right-handed spirals. A tilted architecture and asymmetric forces power this chiral motion and help them to transition between different environ...
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January 23, 2026 at 8:58 AM
I’m really enjoying working with parasitologists Mirko Singer and @freddyfrischknecht.bsky.social on this fascinating system! For a summary on the new story about the origin of chirality in malaria sporozoites, see also @ulrichschwarz.bsky.social ’s thread: bsky.app/profile/ulri...
November 27, 2025 at 9:43 PM