Member: Oktober 2018

Research interest
Sphingolipid synthesis in the obligate intracellular parasite Toxoplasma gondii

Title of PhD project
The physiological importance and function of ceramide phosphoethanolamine during the lytic cycle of Toxoplasma gondii

Supervisor
Dr. Nishith Gupta

Cruz-Mirón R, Pandey N, Alexandros Katelas D, Kuchipudi A, Sriram D, Gangopadhyay A, Chakraborti S, Srivastav RK, Gupta N. (2025).
Sarcoendoplasmic reticulum calcium ATPase is an essential and druggable lipid-dependent ion pump in Toxoplasma gondii.
Commun Biol 8:702. doi: 10.1038/s42003-025-08058-z.

Katelas DA, Cruz-Miron R, Arroyo-Olarte RD, Brouwers JF, Srivastav RK, Gupta N. (2024).
Phosphatidylserine Synthase in the Endoplasmic Reticulum of Toxoplasma is Essential for its Lytic Cycle in Human Cells.
J Lipid Res 2024 65:100535. doi: 10.1016/j.jlr.2024.100535.