Publications

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  • Dominika Kwecka, Edvardas Eigminas, Lijia Liu, Choel Kim and Nisha Philip. A divergent cyclic nucleotide binding protein promotes Plasmodium ookinete infection of the mosquito. Jan 2025 bioRxiv https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.01.30.635676
  • Cox A, Krishnankutty N, Shave S, Howick VM, Auer M, La Clair JJ, and Nisha Philip. Repositioning brusatol as a transmission blocker of the malaria parasite. ACS Infectious Disease. October 2024 (PMID: 39352879). 
  • Darif ND, Ganter M, Dziekan JM, Kilian N, Brancucci N, Ng C, de Vries LE, Guttery D, Nisha Philip, Boddey JA, Metwally NG, Okumu F, Kooij TWA, Absalon S, Bryant JM. BioMalPar XX: looking back on, and forward from, 20 years of malaria research. Trends Parasitol. 2024 Aug 40(8):651-656. (PMID: 39013661)
  • Dalhuisen T, Plenderleith LJ, Ursani I, Nisha Philip, Hahn BH, Sharp PM. Unusually divergent ubiquitin genes and proteins in Plasmodium species. Genome Biol Evol. 2023 Jul 22 (PMID: 37481258). 
  • Nisha Philip, April 2022. The quest for control. Cell Host and Microbe, Vol 30: 471-74. (PMID: 35421346). 
  • Johnson N and Nisha Philip, Sept 2021. Beyond phosphorylation: putative roles of post-translational modifications in Plasmodium sexual stages? Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology. (PMID: 34324911)
  • Patil H, Hughes KR, Lemgruber L, Nisha Philip, Dickens N, Starnes GL, Waters AP (2020). Zygote morphogenesis but not the establishment of cell polarity in Plasmodium berghei is controlled by the small GTPase, RAB11A. PLOS Pathogens, May 2020 (PMID: 32463831)
  • Kent RS, Modrzynska KM, Cameron R, Nisha Philip, Billker O, Waters AP (2018). Inducible developmental reprogramming redefines commitment to sexual development by malaria parasites. Nature Microbiology, 3(11):1206-1213.
  • Brancucci NMB, Gerdt JP, Wang C, De Niz M, Nisha Philip, Adapa SR et al (2017). Lysophosphatidylcholine Regulates Sexual Stage Differentiation in the Human Malaria Parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Cell, 171(7):1532-1544. 
  • Srivastava A, Nisha Philip, Hughes KR, Georgiou K, MacRae JI, Barrett MP, Creek DJ, McConville MJ, Waters AP. (2016) Stage-specific changes in Plasmodium metabolism required for differentiation and adaptation to different host and vector environments PLOS Pathogens, Dec 27;12(12):e1006094.
  • *Nisha Philip# and Waters AP#. (2015). Conditional degradation of Plasmodium Calcineurin reveals functions in parasite colonization of both host and vector. Cell Host and Microbe, 18(1): 122-131.  # Corresponding author. 
  • Nisha Philip and Waters AP. (2013). Unveiling the Malaria Parasite’s Cloak of Invisibility. Science, 340: 936-37
  • Nisha Philip, Orr R, Waters AP. (2013). Transfection of malaria parasites. Methods in Molecular Biology. 923: 99-125
  • Nisha Philip#, Vaikkinen HJ, Tetley L, Waters AP#. (2012). A unique Kelch domain phosphatase in Plasmodium regulates ookinete morphology, motility and invasion. PLOS One, 9:e44617.             
  • LaMonte G*, Nisha Philip*, Reardon J, Lacsina JR, Majoros W, Thornburg CD, Telen MJ, Ohler U, Nicchitta CV, Haystead T, Chi JT. (2012). Translocation of sickle cell erythrocyte microRNAs into Plasmodium falciparum inhibits parasite translation and contributes to malaria resistance. Cell Host and Microbe, 12(2): 187-99. *Co-first authors.
  • Orr RY, Nisha Philip, Waters AP. (2012). Improved negative selection protocol for Plasmodium berghei in the rodent malarial model. Malar Journal. 11:103
  • Hughes KR*, Nisha Philip*, Starnes GL*, Taylor S*, Waters AP. (2010). From cradle to grave: RNA biology in malaria parasites. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews RNA. 2:287-303. *Co-first authors
  • *Nisha Philip and Haystead TA. (2007) Characterization of a UBC13 kinase in Plasmodium falciparum. PNAS, USA. May 8;104(19):7845-50. The first study in malaria parasites demonstrating cross-talk between phosphorylation and ubiquitination pathways.
  • Nisha Philip and Haystead TA. (2006). Affinity Purification with Natural Immobilized Ligands. Cell Biology: A Laboratory Handbook. Vol. 4: 265-267
  • Gurley SB, Allred A, Le TH, Griffiths R, Mao L, Nisha Philip, Haystead TA, Donoghue M, Breitbart RE, Acton SL, Rockman HA, and Coffman TM. (2006) Altered blood pressure responses and normal cardiac phenotype in ACE2-null mice. Journal of Clinical Investigation. August 1; 116(8): 2218–2225
  • Nisha Philip, Acevedo S, and Skoulakis EM. (2001). Conditional Rescue of Olfactory Learning and Memory Defects in Mutants of the 14-3-3  Gene Leonardo. The Journal of Neuroscience, 21(21):8417-8425

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