Image: David Anaguano is first author on ‘ Time-resolved proximity biotinylation implicates a porin protein in export of transmembrane malaria parasite effectors’, published in JCS. As a Graduate Research Assistant in the lab of Vasant Muralidharan at Center for Tropical Emerging Diseases, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA, David has been investigating the mechanisms protozoan parasites utilize to maintain a successful infection within their hosts. Interview with David, originally appeared at: https://journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/136/20/jcs261711/333535/First-person-David-Anaguano Type of News/Audience: Graduate students Research article