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Michael John Blackman
Michael John Blackman is parasitologist who discovered a new way to slow down malaria infections. He identified the SERA5 protein which key to the malaria parasite's egress from red blood cells.

Biography
Michael John Blackman is commonly known as Mike Blackman. He was born in Stockport, UK.

Education
He obtained his BSc from University of Leeds in 1981, then moved to University of Warwick to work on interferon gamma in Alan Morris' group obtaining his MSc by research in 1985. Between 1985 and 1988 he worked as research officer in the Medical Research Council (MRC)'s unit in The Gambia, West Africa were he started work on malaria.