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50
Citations
11317
World Ranking
17511
National Ranking
1210

Research.com Recognitions

  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Elena A. Levashina is affiliated with the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with particular attention to Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Immunology, Molecular Biology, Insect Science, and Epidemiology.

Their main topics of work include Malaria Research and Control, Mosquito-borne diseases and control, Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms, Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences, Trypanosoma species research and implications, HIV Research and Treatment, and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery.

Levashina has contributed to multiple research papers, including:

  • Evolution of protective human antibodies against Plasmodium falciparum circumsporozoite protein repeat motifs, 2020, Nature Medicine
  • Critical Steps of Plasmodium falciparum Ookinete Maturation, 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • A high-affinity antibody against the CSP N-terminal domain lacks Plasmodium falciparum inhibitory activity, 2020, The Journal of Experimental Medicine
  • Glycosylated nanoparticle-based PfCSP vaccine confers long-lasting antibody responses and sterile protection in mouse malaria model, 2023, npj Vaccines
  • High-density binding to Plasmodium falciparum circumsporozoite protein repeats by inhibitory antibody elicited in mouse with human immunoglobulin repertoire, 2022, PLoS Pathogens

The scientist's frequent co-authors include:

  • Giulia Costa (17 co-authored works)
  • Rajagopal Murugan (11 co-authored works)
  • Katherine Prieto (11 co-authored works)
  • Jean-Philippe Julien (11 co-authored works)
  • Hedda Wardemann (11 co-authored works)

Key publication venues where Levashina has published multiple works are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) - 9 publications
  • npj Vaccines - 2 publications
  • PLoS Pathogens - 2 publications
  • EMBO Molecular Medicine - 2 publications
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) - 2 publications

Levashina has been recognized as a Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Best Publications

  • Immunity-Related Genes and Gene Families in Anopheles gambiae

    George K. Christophides;Evgeny Zdobnov;Carolina Barillas-Mury;Ewan Birney

  • Complement-like protein TEP1 is a determinant of vectorial capacity in the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae.

    Stephanie Blandin;Shin-Hong Shiao;Luis F Moita;Chris J Janse

  • Evolutionary Dynamics of Immune-Related Genes and Pathways in Disease-Vector Mosquitoes

    Robert M. Waterhouse;Evgenia V. Kriventseva;Stephan Meister;Zhiyong Xi

  • Conserved Role of a Complement-like Protein in Phagocytosis Revealed by dsRNA Knockout in Cultured Cells of the Mosquito, Anopheles gambiae

    Elena A. Levashina;Luis F. Moita;Stephanie Blandin;Gert Vriend

  • Constitutive Activation of Toll-Mediated Antifungal Defense in Serpin-Deficient Drosophila

    Elena A. Levashina;Emma Langley;Clare Green;David Gubb

  • Midgut microbiota of the malaria mosquito vector Anopheles gambiae and interactions with Plasmodium falciparum infection

    Anne Boissière;Majoline T. Tchioffo;Dipankar Bachar;Luc Abate

  • Reverse genetics in the mosquito Anopheles gambiae: targeted disruption of the Defensin gene

    Stéphanie Blandin;Luis F Moita;Thomas Köcher;Matthias Wilm

  • Constitutive expression of a complement-like protein in Toll and JAK gain-of-function mutants of Drosophila

    Marie Lagueux;Emmanuel Perrodou;Elena A. Levashina;Maria Capovilla

  • Metchnikowin, a Novel Immune‐Inducible Proline‐Rich Peptide from Drosophila with Antibacterial and Antifungal Properties

    Elena A. Levashina;Serge Ohresser;Philippe Bulet;Jean-Marc Reichhart

  • Thioester-containing proteins and insect immunity

    Stéphanie Blandin;Elena A Levashina

  • Boosting NF-κB-Dependent Basal Immunity of Anopheles gambiae Aborts Development of Plasmodium berghei

    Cécile Frolet;Martine Thoma;Stéphanie Blandin;Jules A. Hoffmann

  • Two mosquito LRR proteins function as complement control factors in the TEP1-mediated killing of Plasmodium.

    Malou Fraiture;Richard H.G. Baxter;Stefanie Steinert;Yogarany Chelliah

  • Evidence of natural Wolbachia infections in field populations of Anopheles gambiae

    Francesco Baldini;Nicola Segata;Julien Pompon;Perrine Marcenac

  • Two distinct pathways can control expression of the gene encoding the Drosophila antimicrobial peptide metchnikowin.

    Elena A Levashina;Serge Ohresser;Bruno Lemaitre;Jean-Luc Imler

  • Antimalarial Responses in Anopheles gambiae: From a Complement-like Protein to a Complement-like Pathway

    Stéphanie A. Blandin;Eric Marois;Elena A. Levashina

  • Innate immune defense against malaria infection in the mosquito.

    George Dimopoulos;Hans-Michael Müller;Elena A Levashina;Fotis C Kafatos

  • The major yolk protein vitellogenin interferes with the anti-plasmodium response in the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae.

    Martin K. Rono;Miranda M. A. Whitten;Miranda M. A. Whitten;Miranda M. A. Whitten;Mustapha Oulad-Abdelghani;Elena A. Levashina;Elena A. Levashina;Elena A. Levashina

  • In vivo identification of novel regulators and conserved pathways of phagocytosis in A. gambiae.

    Luís F. Moita;Rui Wang-Sattler;Kristin Michel;Timo Zimmermann

  • Mosquito midguts and malaria: cell biology, compartmentalization and immunology

    M. M. A. Whitten;S. H. Shiao;E. A. Levashina

  • Molecular and cellular components of the mating machinery in Anopheles gambiae females

    David W. Rogers;Miranda M. A. Whitten;Janis Thailayil;Julien Soichot

Frequent Co-Authors

Flaminia Catteruccia
Flaminia Catteruccia Harvard University
Jean-Philippe Julien
Jean-Philippe Julien University of Toronto
Benjamin Mordmüller
Benjamin Mordmüller Radboud University Medical Center
Volker Brinkmann
Volker Brinkmann Max Planck Society
Jules A. Hoffmann
Jules A. Hoffmann University of Strasbourg
Robert W. Sauerwein
Robert W. Sauerwein Radboud University
Fotis C. Kafatos
Fotis C. Kafatos Imperial College London
Jean-Marc Reichhart
Jean-Marc Reichhart University of Strasbourg
Hedda Wardemann
Hedda Wardemann German Cancer Research Center

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