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

Rchiad, Z., M. Haidar, H. R. Ansari, S. Tajeri, S. Mfarrej, F. B. Rached, A. Kaushik, G. Langsley and A. Pain (2019). "Novel tumor suppressor roles for GZMA and RASGRP1 in dissemination of both Theileria annulata-transformed macrophages and human B-lymphoma cells" bioRxiv [preprint]. [Link]

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]