Project Title : "EHMT1-mediated gene silencing in virulent Theileria-infected macrophages."

Project PI : Gordon Langsley  Co-PI : Mohamed-Ali Hakimi

Lab : Comparative cell biology of apicomplexan parasites, UMR 8104-CNRS, U 1016-INSERM, Université Paris Descartes

BACKGROUND

• PhD in parasitology⎪ Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran
• Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) ⎪ Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran

POSTITION AFTER PARAFRAP TRAINING

Postdoctoral Reasearcher at Sorbonne University, Paris, France since 2019

PUBLICATIONS

Tajeri, S., Langsley, G., (2021). Theileria secretes proteins to subvert its host leukocyte. Biol Cell [3.9] . doi: 10.1111/boc.202000096

Dembélé, L., Franetich, J.-F., Soulard, V., Amanzougaghene, N., Tajeri, S., Bousema, T., van Gemert, G.-J., Le Grand, R., Dereuddre-Bosquet, N., Baird, J.K., Mazier, D., Snounou, G., (2020). Chloroquine Potentiates Primaquine Activity against Active and Latent Hepatic Plasmodia Ex Vivo : Potentials and Pitfalls. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 65, e01416-20. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01416-20

Rchiad, Z., Haidar, M., Ansari, H.R., Tajeri, S., Mfarrej, S., Rached, F.B., Kaushik, A., Langsley, G., Pain, A., (2020). Novel tumour suppressor roles for GZMA and RASGRP1 in Theileria annulata-transformed macrophages and human B-lymphoma cells. Cell Microbiol [4.4], e13255. doi: 10.1111/cmi.13255 

Latre De Late, P., M. Haidar, H. Ansari, S. Tajeri, E. Szarka, A. Alexa, K. Woods, A. Remenyi, A. Pain and G. Langsley (2019). "Theileria highjacks JNK2 into a complex with the macroschizont GPI (GlycosylPhosphatidylInositol)-anchored surface protein p104." Cell Microbiol [4.5]: e12973. [Link]

Haidar, M., Z. Rchiad, H. R. Ansari, F. Ben-Rached, S. Tajeri, P. Latre De Late, G. Langsley and A. Pain (2018). "miR-126-5p by direct targeting of JNK-interacting protein-2 (JIP-2) plays a key role in Theileria-infected macrophage virulence." PLoS Pathog [6.6] 14(3): e1006942. [PDF]

Unlu, A. H., S. Tajeri, H. B. Bilgic, H. Eren, T. Karagenc and G. Langsley (2018). "The secreted Theileria annulata Ta9 protein contributes to activation of the AP-1 transcription factor." PLoS One [2.8] 13(5): e0196875. [Link]