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  • 2016 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

John C. Boothroyd is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States and focuses on research primarily in Immunology and Microbiology, with significant work in Medicine. Their scholarly contributions extensively cover the study of parasitic infections, particularly Toxoplasma gondii, as well as herpesvirus infections and related microbial interactions.

Their research spans several subfields, including:

  • Parasitology
  • Epidemiology
  • Ecology
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Molecular Biology

Boothroyd's main research topics include:

  • Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies
  • Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments
  • Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research
  • Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies

Among their recent publications are:

  • "Coimmunoprecipitation with MYR1 Identifies Three Additional Proteins within the Toxoplasma gondii Parasitophorous Vacuole Required for Translocation of Dense Granule Effectors into Host Cells" (2020, mSphere)
  • "A single-parasite transcriptional atlas of Toxoplasma Gondii reveals novel control of antigen expression" (2020, eLife)
  • "Cryo-ET of Toxoplasma parasites gives subnanometer insight into tubulin-based structures" (2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • "Differential Impacts on Host Transcription by ROP and GRA Effectors from the Intracellular Parasite Toxoplasma gondii" (2020, mBio)
  • "Seizing control: How dense granule effector proteins enable Toxoplasma to take charge" (2021, Molecular Microbiology)

Boothroyd has published frequently in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Biophysical Journal
  • mSphere
  • mBio
  • eLife

Their collaborative work involves several frequent co-authors, including:

  • Li-av Segev-Zarko
  • Stella Sun
  • Wah Chiu
  • Michael W. Panas
  • Chi Yong Kim

John C. Boothroyd was recognized as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2016, reflecting a formal acknowledgment within the scientific community.

Best Publications

  • Direct and sensitive detection of a pathogenic protozoan, Toxoplasma gondii, by polymerase chain reaction.

    J L Burg;C M Grover;P Pouletty;J C Boothroyd

  • Virulent strains of Toxoplasma gondii comprise a single clonal lineage

    L. David Sibley;L. David Sibley;John C. Boothroyd

  • Polymorphic Secreted Kinases Are Key Virulence Factors in Toxoplasmosis

    Jeroen Saeij;J. P. Boyle;S. Coller;S. Taylor

  • Lytic Cycle of Toxoplasma gondii

    Michael W. Black;John C. Boothroyd

  • Selective amplification of target polynucleotide sequences

    Lawrence James Burg;Philippe Jacques Pouletty;John Charles Boothroyd

  • Behavioral changes induced by Toxoplasma infection of rodents are highly specific to aversion of cat odors

    Ajai Vyas;Seon-Kyeong Kim;Nicholas Giacomini;John C. Boothroyd

  • Toxoplasma co-opts host gene expression by injection of a polymorphic kinase homologue

    Jeroen Saeij;S. Coller;J. P. Boyle;M. E. Jerome

  • Molecular analysis of the gene encoding the major surface antigen of Toxoplasma gondii.

    J L Burg;D Perelman;L H Kasper;P L Ware

  • Evidence for Trans splicing in trypanosomes

    Richard E. Sutton;John C. Boothroyd

  • Identification of the moving junction complex of Toxoplasma gondii: a collaboration between distinct secretory organelles.

    David L Alexander;Jeffrey Mital;Gary E Ward;Peter Bradley;Peter Bradley

  • Unusual abundance of atypical strains associated with human ocular toxoplasmosis.

    Michael E. Grigg;Jyotsom Ganatra;John C. Boothroyd;Todd P. Margolis

  • Kiss and spit: the dual roles of Toxoplasma rhoptries

    John C Boothroyd;Jean-Francois Dubremetz

  • Proteomic analysis of rhoptry organelles reveals many novel constituents for host-parasite interactions in Toxoplasma gondii

    Peter J. Bradley;Peter J. Bradley;Chris Ward;Stephen J. Cheng;David L. Alexander

  • The Phosphoproteomes of Plasmodium falciparum and Toxoplasma gondii Reveal Unusual Adaptations Within and Beyond the Parasites' Boundaries

    Moritz Treeck;John L. Sanders;Joshua E. Elias;John C. Boothroyd

  • Population biology of Toxoplasma gondii and its relevance to human infection: do different strains cause different disease?

    John C Boothroyd;Michael E Grigg

  • Transient transfection and expression in the obligate intracellular parasite Toxoplasma gondii

    Dominique Soldati;John C. Boothroyd

  • Success and virulence in Toxoplasma as the result of sexual recombination between two distinct ancestries.

    Michael E. Grigg;Serge Bonnefoy;Adrian B. Hehl;Yasuhiro Suzuki;Yasuhiro Suzuki

  • Differences among the three major strains of Toxoplasma gondii and their specific interactions with the infected host.

    Jeroen P.J. Saeij;Jon P. Boyle;John C. Boothroyd

  • Toxoplasma gondii Sequesters Lysosomes from Mammalian Hosts in the Vacuolar Space

    Isabelle Coppens;Joe Dan Dunn;Julia D. Romano;Marc Pypaert

  • Molecular cloning and cellular localization of a BiP homologue in Trypanosoma brucei. Divergent ER retention signals in a lower eukaryote

    J.D. Bangs;L. Uyetake;M.J. Brickman;A.E. Balber

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeroen P. J. Saeij
Jeroen P. J. Saeij University of California, Davis
Michael E. Grigg
Michael E. Grigg National Institutes of Health
L. David Sibley
L. David Sibley Washington University in St. Louis
David J. Rowlands
David J. Rowlands University of Leeds
Adrian B. Hehl
Adrian B. Hehl University of Zurich
Fred Brown
Fred Brown United States Department of Agriculture
Kami Kim
Kami Kim University of South Florida
George A. M. Cross
George A. M. Cross Rockefeller University
David J. P. Ferguson
David J. P. Ferguson University of Oxford
Stephen R. Quake
Stephen R. Quake Stanford University

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