TropIQ Health Sciences

TropIQ Health Sciences operates a technology platform for the discovery and development of molecules to combat insect-borne infectious diseases. TropIQ combines world-class parasitological and entomological expertise with state of the art drug discovery technologies. Through this combination, TropIQ is uniquely positioned to accelerate the development of novel medicines, vaccines and vector control measures.

Laboratory Contributions

• Biochemistry and protein expression
• Bulk production of parasite biomass and native proteins
• Molecular biology and transgenesis
• Assay development, automation and miniaturisation
• High throughput screening and drug discovery
• In vitro parasitology – asexual blood stage replication and gametocyte viability assays
• Standard Membrane Feeding Assay
• Sporozoite viability, motility and traversal assays
• Pf liver stage assay in primary hepatocytes