Pegine Walrad

Pegine Walrad is a Senior Lecturer in Molecular Parasitology at the University of York's York Biomedical Research Institute. Her MRC-funded research program investigates gene regulation mechanisms in kinetoplastid parasites causing neglected tropical diseases.

Her lab combines molecular genetics, microfluidics, and proteomics to study RNA binding protein functions in Leishmania differentiation and virulence. She discovered the first epigenetic regulation of virulence via RNA binding protein methylation.

Walrad leads EDI initiatives as Athena Swan chair and serves as Protozoan Subject Editor for Parasites and Vectors.