MAM 2024: Malaria in a changing world

On 18–22 February this year, the seventh Molecular Approaches to Malaria Conference (MAM) was held in Lorne, Australia. A total of 431 delegates were welcomed to the conference by co-chairs Matthew Dixon [University of Melbourne and Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI)], Denise Doolan (University of Queensland), Michelle Boyle (Burnet Institute), and Chris Tonkin (WEHI), and to the country by the Eastern Maar Aboriginal Corporation. Jean-Luc Bodmer (Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation) commenced the scientific talks with his keynote on new tools and strategies for malaria elimination and was followed by a heartfelt tribute to the late Dominic Kwiatowski by Julian Rayner (University of Cambridge). A breadth of malaria research was covered in two flash talk sessions (21 speakers), two poster sessions (251 presenters), and three workshops (‘Career Paths in Science’, ‘Drug Discovery’, and ‘Molecular Surveillance’). Delegates engaged not only with the cutting-edge science but with all that the conference and Lorne had to offer, including morning runs and a Gala Dinner complete with a late-night dance floor. In this TrendsTalk, we invite early-career researchers to highlight the exciting science presented across nine themed sessions. We hope this entices you to attend the eighth MAM in 2028!