In 2018, approximately 228 million people contracted malaria, and over 405,000 of those individuals died from the infection. The deadliest form of malaria is caused by Plasmodium falciparum, which is a eukaryotic parasite that multiplies rapidly in blood. I am investigating a P. falciparum transcription factor (PF3D7_0420300) that regulates parasite development and may serve as a potential drug target. I will be using verious reverse genetic approaches and other methods of investigation to characterize this protein and its role during the asexual blood stage of the malaria parasite's lifecycle.