Welcome to the Hueschen Lab!
Our goal is to understand the physical biology of parasites.
We focus on three key phenomena in the lives of parasitic organisms: motility, penetration of host tissue, and morphogenesis.
Overview
The Hueschen Lab studies how parasitic cells and animals move, penetrate through tissue, and change shape. We use microscopy, experimental approaches from cell and parasite biology, and physical and mathematical thinking. Current topics of interest include the dynamics and patterning of cytoskeletal proteins inside the parasitic cells that cause toxoplasmosis and malaria, mechanisms of cell gliding motility, the mechanics of tissue penetration by parasites, and the mechanics of morphogenesis (shape change) in parasitic worms.
