Fu-Lien Hsieh

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Fu-Lien Hsieh joined us in 2013 for her D. Phil., funded by the Taiwanese government. She completed two important studies, investigating the structural basis for CD36 binding by PfEMP1 proteins and determining the structure of an unusual antibody which incorporates the LAIR1 protein as a means of recognition of RIFIN proteins on malaria infected erythrocytes. 

Fu is now a postdoctoral research fellow, working with Professor Jeremy Nathans in Johns Hopkins University. 

Publications while in the Higgins lab:

Hsieh, F., Turner, L., Bolla, J.L., Robinson, C.V., Lavstsen, T. and Higgins, M.K. (2016) The structural basis for CD36 binding by the malaria parasite. Nature Comm 7 12837

Hsieh, F.-L. and Higgins M.K. (2017) The structure of a LAIR1-containing human antibody reveals a novel mechanism of antigen recognition. eLife 6 e27311