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Nicholas Katris

KATRIS

Project Title : "Plasmodium falciparum: Characterization of novel enzymes responsible for the lipid processing pathway."

Project PI : Cyrille Botté   Co-PI : Dominique Mazier

Lab : Apicolipid : Membrane biogenesis in Malaria and Toxoplasmosis, IAB UMR5309-CNRS-INSERM, Université Grenoble Alpes

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BACKGROUND

  • PhD in the Dr. Ross Waller Lab ⎪ University of Melbourne, Australia / University of Cambridge, UK
  • Bachelor of Science ⎪ University of Melbourne, Australia
 

PUBLICATIONS

Dubois, D., S. Fernandes, S. Amiar, S. Dass, N. J. Katris, C. Y. Botte and Y. Yamaryo-Botte (2018). "Toxoplasma gondii acetyl-CoA synthetase is involved in fatty acid elongation (of long fatty acid chains) during tachyzoite life stages." J Lipid Res [4.8] 59(6): 994-1004. [Link]

Uboldi, A. D., M. L. Wilde, E. A. McRae, R. J. Stewart, L. F. Dagley, L. Yang, N. J. Katris, S. V. Hapuarachchi, M. J. Coffey, A. M. Lehane, C. Y. Botte, R. F. Waller, A. I. Webb, M. J. McConville and C. J. Tonkin (2018). "Protein kinase A negatively regulates Ca2+ signalling in Toxoplasma gondii." PLoS Biol [9.2] 16(9): e2005642. [Link]