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Benjamin Liffner

Medicine · Indiana University

Publications

44

Citations

727

Est. group size

~2

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

8

Publishing since 2019

Research summary
AI-generated

Benjamin Liffner studies the cell biology of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum, focusing on how the parasite invades and develops inside human red blood cells. Much of the work identifies and characterizes specific parasite proteins—such as those in the rhoptry organelles, membrane transporters, and microtubule-associated proteins—that are essential for the parasite's life cycle and could serve as targets for antimalarial drugs.

Malaria parasite cell biologyRed blood cell (erythrocyte) invasionParasite protein characterizationAntimalarial drug targetsParasite membrane and organelle structures

Publication activity has been steady since 2019, averaging around six papers per year, with a notable peak in 2023.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 11, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 5.8/year recently
17182019: 3 publications192020: 7 publications202021: 5 publications212022: 4 publications222023: 14 publications14232024: 4 publications242025: 6 publications252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×9
  • mBio×3
  • Nature Communications×3
  • eLife×2
  • Trends in Parasitology×2

This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 11, 2026.

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