Ankur Midha
Project B4 (associated doctoral researcher)

Freie Universität Berlin
Department of Veterinary Medicine
Institute of Immunology
Member since: September 2015
Coordination: Berlin Parasitology Seminars
Research interest
parasitic nematodes, antimicrobials, innate immunity
Title of PhD project
Antimicrobial strategies of parasitic nematodes
Supervisor
Prof. Dr. Susanne Hartmann
Midha, A.; Ebner, F.; Schlosser-Brandenburg, J.; Rausch, S.; Hartmann, S. (2020)
Trilateral relationship: Ascaris, microbiota, and host cells.
Trends in parasitology, S. 2049
doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2020.09.002
Ebner, F.; Morrison, E.; Bertazzon, M.; Midha, A.; Hartmann, S.; Freund, C.; Álvaro-Benito, M. (2020)
CD4+ Th immunogenicity of the Ascaris spp. secreted products.
npj Vaccines; 5:25
doi: 10.1038/s41541-020-0171-z
Rausch S, Midha A, Kuhring M, Affinass N, Radonic A, Kühl AA, Bleich A, Renard BY, Hartmann S (2018)
Parasitic nematodes exert antimicrobial activity and benefit from microbiota-driven support for host immune regulation.
Front Immunol 9:2282
doi: 10.1002/eji.201847639
Ebner F, Kuhring M, RadonićA, Midha A, Renard B, Hartmann S. (2018)
Silent witness: Dual-species transcriptomics reveals epithelial immunological quiescence to helminth larval encounter and fostered larval development.
Frontiers Immunol 9:1968
doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2018.01868
Midha A, Janek K, Niewienda A, Henklein P, Guenther S, Serra DO, Schlosser J, Hengge R, Hartmann S. (2018)
The intestinal roundworm Ascaris suum releases antimicrobial factors which interfere with bacterial growth and biofilm formation.
Front Cell Infect Microbiol 8:271
doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2018.00271
Midha, A.; Schlosser, J.; Hartmann, S. (2017)
Reciprocal Interactions between nematodes and their microbial environments.
Front Cell Infect Microbiol 7:144
doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2017.00144