A rising tide of parasite transcriptomics propels pathogen biology

by Manoj T. Duraisingh, Marc-Jan Gubbels, Kourosh Zarringhalam

Twenty years ago, the first transcriptome of the intraerythrocytic developmental cycle of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum was published in PLOS Biology. Since then, transcriptomics studies have transformed the study of parasite biology. Twenty years ago, the first transcriptome of the intraerythrocytic developmental cycle of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum was published in PLOS Biology. This Perspective looks at how transcriptomics studies have transformed the study of parasite biology in the years following its publication.