Prof Peter Preiser

Prof Peter Preiser is the Chair of School of Biological Sciences and the Director of NTU Integrated Medical, Biological & Environmental Life Sciences (NIMBELS) at Nanyang Technological University.
His research interest focuses on the molecular mechanisms by which the malaria parasite is able to avoid host immunity and adapt to changes in the host cell environment. He has extensive experience in malaria biology and developing quantitative proteomic approaches along with transcriptional profiling to understand complex biological processes in relation to host parasite interaction.
A key focus area of his lab is to understand the mechanisms on how the malaria merozoite recognizes and penetrates the erythrocyte. To address these questions a particular focus is on the role of the Reticulocyte Binding Protein Homologues (RH) family of proteins which is found in all malaria species and has been implicated on playing a role in immune evasion and parasite virulence.