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Manoj T. Duraisingh

Manoj T. Duraisingh

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Microbiology

D-Index
70
Citations
16443
World Ranking
1949
National Ranking
824

Overview

Manoj T. Duraisingh is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research primarily engages with the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, contributing extensively to subfields such as Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Parasitology, Immunology, Genetics, and Epidemiology.

The scientist's work covers main topics that include:

  • Malaria Research and Control
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Complement system in diseases
  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
  • Vector-borne infectious diseases
  • Parasites and Host Interactions
  • Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology

Key recent publications by Duraisingh include:

  • The molecular basis of antimalarial drug resistance in Plasmodium vivax, 2021, International Journal for Parasitology Drugs and Drug Resistance
  • Keras R-CNN: library for cell detection in biological images using deep neural networks, 2020, BMC Bioinformatics
  • Fussing About Fission: Defining Variety Among Mainstream and Exotic Apicomplexan Cell Division Modes, 2020, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
  • Co-option of Plasmodium falciparum PP1 for egress from host erythrocytes, 2020, Nature Communications
  • The Modular Circuitry of Apicomplexan Cell Division Plasticity, 2021, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Frequent co-authors working alongside Duraisingh include:

  • Usheer Kanjee
  • Brendan Elsworth
  • Aditya S. Paul
  • Marc-Jan Gubbels
  • Caroline D. Keroack

Their research has appeared most often in these publication venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • American Journal of Hematology
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Best Publications

  • Basigin is a receptor essential for erythrocyte invasion by Plasmodium falciparum

    Cécile Crosnier;Leyla Y. Bustamante;S. Josefin Bartholdson;Amy K. Bei

  • Heterochromatin Silencing and Locus Repositioning Linked to Regulation of Virulence Genes in Plasmodium falciparum

    Manoj T. Duraisingh;Till S. Voss;Allison J. Marty;Allison J. Marty;Michael F. Duffy

  • Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte invasion through glycophorin C and selection for Gerbich negativity in human populations.

    Alexander Gerd. Maier;Manoj T. Duraisingh;John C. Reeder;Sheral S. Patel

  • A genome-wide map of diversity in Plasmodium falciparum.

    Sarah K Volkman;Pardis C Sabeti;David DeCaprio;Daniel E Neafsey

  • Contribution of the pfmdr1 gene to antimalarial drug-resistance.

    Manoj T. Duraisingh;Alan F. Cowman

  • The Molecular Basis of Erythrocyte Invasion by Malaria Parasites

    Alan F. Cowman;Alan F. Cowman;Christopher J. Tonkin;Christopher J. Tonkin;Wai Hong Tham;Wai Hong Tham;Manoj T. Duraisingh

  • The pfmdr1 gene is associated with a multidrug-resistant phenotype in Plasmodium falciparum from the western border of Thailand.

    R. N. Price;C. Cassar;A. Brockman;M. Duraisingh

  • Lysophosphatidylcholine Regulates Sexual Stage Differentiation in the Human Malaria Parasite Plasmodium falciparum

    Nicolas M.B. Brancucci;Joseph P. Gerdt;ChengQi Wang;Mariana De Niz

  • The tyrosine-86 allele of the pfmdr1 gene of Plasmodium falciparum is associated with increased sensitivity to the anti-malarials mefloquine and artemisinin

    Duraisingh;P Jones;I Sambou;L von Seidlein

  • A Plant-Like Kinase in Plasmodium falciparum Regulates Parasite Egress from Erythrocytes

    Jeffrey D. Dvorin;Jeffrey D. Dvorin;Derek C. Martyn;Saurabh D. Patel;Saurabh D. Patel;Joshua S. Grimley

  • Phenotypic variation of Plasmodium falciparum merozoite proteins directs receptor targeting for invasion of human erythrocytes.

    Manoj T. Duraisingh;Tony Triglia;Stuart A. Ralph;Julian C. Rayner

  • Molecular Mechanism for Switching of P. falciparum Invasion Pathways into Human Erythrocytes

    Janine Stubbs;Ken M. Simpson;Tony Triglia;David Plouffe

  • Plasmodium falciparum transmission stages accumulate in the human bone marrow

    Regina Joice;Sandra K. Nilsson;Jacqui Montgomery;Selasi Dankwa

  • Plasmodium falciparum:Detection of Polymorphisms in theDihydrofolate ReductaseandDihydropteroate SynthetaseGenes by PCR and Restriction Digestion

    Manoj T. Duraisingh;Jill Curtis;David C. Warhurst

  • Erythrocyte-binding antigen 175 mediates invasion in Plasmodium falciparum utilizing sialic acid-dependent and -independent pathways

    Manoj T. Duraisingh;Alexander G. Maier;Tony Triglia;Alan F. Cowman

  • Sir2 paralogues cooperate to regulate virulence genes and antigenic variation in Plasmodium falciparum.

    Christopher J Tonkin;Céline K Carret;Céline K Carret;Manoj T Duraisingh;Manoj T Duraisingh;Till S Voss

  • A Plasmodium falciparum Histone Deacetylase Regulates Antigenic Variation and Gametocyte Conversion

    Bradley I. Coleman;Kristen M. Skillman;Rays H.Y. Jiang;Lauren M. Childs

  • Efficacy of artesunate plus pyrimethamine-sulphadoxine for uncomplicated malaria in Gambian children: a double-blind, randomised, controlled trial

    L von Seidlein;P Milligan;M Pinder;K Bojang

  • A Novel Erythrocyte Binding Antigen-175 Paralogue fromPlasmodium falciparum Defines a New Trypsin-resistant Receptor on Human Erythrocytes

    Tim-Wolf Gilberger;Jennifer K. Thompson;Tony Triglia;Robert T. Good

  • Negative selection of Plasmodium falciparum reveals targeted gene deletion by double crossover recombination.

    Manoj T. Duraisingh;Tony Triglia;Alan F. Cowman

  • Increased sensitivity to the antimalarials mefloquine and artemisinin is conferred by mutations in the pfmdr1 gene of Plasmodium falciparum.

    Manoj T. Duraisingh;Cally Roper;David Walliker;David C. Warhurst

Frequent Co-Authors

Dyann F. Wirth
Dyann F. Wirth Harvard University
Alan F. Cowman
Alan F. Cowman Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Matthias Marti
Matthias Marti University of Glasgow
Souleymane Mboup
Souleymane Mboup Institute of Health Research, Epidemiological Surveillance and Training
Sarah K. Volkman
Sarah K. Volkman Harvard University
David C. Warhurst
David C. Warhurst London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Julian C. Rayner
Julian C. Rayner University of Cambridge
Marcelo U. Ferreira
Marcelo U. Ferreira Universidade de São Paulo
Carlo Brugnara
Carlo Brugnara Boston Children's Hospital
David J. Conway
David J. Conway London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

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