Sarah J. Vermont

TL;DR: The ecological niches occupied by these species are influenced by a relatively small number of gene products which operate at the host-parasite interface and that the dominance of vertical transmission in N. caninum may be associated with the evolution of reduced virulence in this species.

TL;DR: A manual evaluation of these genomes based on strand-specific RNA sequencing and shotgun proteomics from the invasive tachyzoite stages of these two parasites is described and significantly improved the annotation quality in these genomes that would serve as a manually curated dataset for Toxoplasma and Neospora research communities.

TL;DR: This organellar monoclonal antibody approach not only greatly enhances the tools available for Neospora cell biology, but also identifies novel components of the unique biological characteristics of this important veterinary pathogen.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that lectin affinity chromatography is an efficient method of identifying new glycosylated parasite-specific proteins that are present in these organelles.

TL;DR: A large‐scale proteogenomics study of two important apicomplexan pathogens: Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum is presented and several examples where the RNA‐Seq evidence can help in correction of the current gene model and in discovery of potential new genes are presented.