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Aparajita Lahree. Completed the Mestrado in Master of Science in 2015/07/13 by Universidade de Coimbra and Bachelor in Bachelor of Technology in 2013/08/31 by VIT University. Attends the Doutoramento in Doctor of Philosophy by Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes since 2016/01/01. Is Researcher in Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes. Published 1 articles in journals. Organized 1 event(s). Has received 1 awards and/or honors. Participates and/or participated as Master Student Fellow in 1 project(s), Other in 1 project(s), PhD Student Fellow in 1 project(s), Research Fellow in 1 project(s) and Technical development in 3 project(s). Works in the area(s) of Natural sciences with emphasis on Biological Sciences with emphasis on Molecular Biology, Natural sciences with emphasis on Biological Sciences with emphasis on Cell Biology, Engineering and Technology, Medical and Health Sciences with emphasis on Health Sciences with emphasis on Parasitology and Natural sciences with emphasis on Biological Sciences with emphasis on Microbiology.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Aparajita Lahree

Citation names

  • Lahree, Aparajita

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
3416-653D-20B9
ORCID iD
0000-0002-2341-7269

Telephones

Mobile phone
  • 915039018 (Personal)

Addresses

  • Av. Prof. Egas Moniz, 1649-028, Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Cell Biology
  • Engineering and Technology
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Parasitology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Microbiology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Hindi (Mother tongue)
Bengali (Mother tongue)
Portuguese Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2)
Education
Degree Classification
2016/01/01 - 2020/12/31
Ongoing
 Doctor of Philosophy (Doutoramento)
Major in Plasmodium Liver stage biology
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2013/09/09 - 2015/07/13
Concluded
 Master of Science (Mestrado)
Major in Cellular and Molecular Biology
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
"Characterizing Iron transporters in Plasmodium species" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 19/20
2009/07/11 - 2013/08/31
Concluded
 Bachelor of Technology (Bachelor)
Major in Biotechnology
VIT University, India
 9.38/10
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2014/06/06 - Current Researcher (Research) Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2017/09/11 - 2017/09/19 Current Methods in Cell Biology
N.A
Technical development
European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Germany
Concluded
2014/06/06 - 2015/12/31 ParasiteNutriSensing – Nutrient sensing by parasites
311502
Master Student Fellow
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal
Concluded
2012/05/01 - 2012/07/31 To study the effect of Vibrio cholerae Outer Membrane protein U on the transcription of the chemokine CCL2 in the murine macrophage cell line RAW 264.7
N.A
Research Fellow
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali, India
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2017/01/01 - Current Role of host early endosomal protein APPL1 in Plasmodium infection and development in hepatocytes
PD/BD/114036/2015
PhD Student Fellow
Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Max-Planck-Institut für molekulare Zellbiologie und Genetik, Germany
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2013/01/06 - 2013/06/01 Characterizing the evolutionary adaptation of proteins to Oxygen rich environments
N.A
Other
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Concluded
2011/05/01 - 2011/06/01 Internship and training at the Clinical Biochemistry and Clinical Molecular Biology laboratories
N.A
Technical development
Armed Forces Medical College, India
Concluded
2010/05/18 - 2010/06/18 Training in clinical Microbiological techniques and practices
N.A
Technical development
Army Hospital Research and Referral, India
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. Lahree, Aparajita; Vanessa Zuzarte-Luis; Varadharajan Sundaramurthy; Marino Zerial; Maria Manuel Mota. "Eve (EEF) and Apple (APPL1) : Impersonating a signalling endosome". Paper presented in 30th Annual Molecular Parasitology Meeting, 2019.
  2. Lahree, Aparajita; Vanessa Zuzarte-Luis; Varadharajan Sundaramurthy; Marino Zerial; Maria Manuel Mota. "Eve (EEF) and Apple (APPL1) : Plucking a forbidden fruit of host endosomal signalling". Paper presented in BioMalPar XV: Biology and Pathology of the Malaria Parasite, 2019.
  3. Lahree, Aparajita; Vanessa Zuzarte-Luis; Marino Zerial; Varadharajan Sundaramurthy; Maria Manuel Mota. "Eve (EEF) and Apple (APPL1) : Plucking a forbidden fruit of host endosomal signalling". Paper presented in MIT-Portugal Annual Conference, 2018.
  4. Lahree, Aparajita; Vanessa Zuzarte-Luis; Marino Zerial; Maria Manuel Mota. "Love for Recyclers: Host Recycling endosomes in liver stage Malaria". Paper presented in The Batsheva de Rothschild seminar on Frontiers in Parasitology, 2018.
Journal article
  1. Setua, Sonali; Enguita, Francisco J.; Chora, Ângelo Ferreira; Ranga-prasad, Harish; Lahree, Aparajita; Marques, Sofia; Sundaramurthy, Varadharajan; Mota, Maria M.. "Disrupting Plasmodium UIS3–host LC3 interaction with a small molecule causes parasite elimination from host cells". Communications Biology 3 1 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s42003-020-01422-1.
    Published • 10.1038/s42003-020-01422-1
  2. Slavic, Ksenija; Krishna, Sanjeev; Lahree, Aparajita; Bouyer, Guillaume; Hanson, Kirsten K.; Vera, Iset; Pittman, Jon K.; Staines, Henry M.; Mota, Maria M.. "A vacuolar iron-transporter homologue acts as a detoxifier in Plasmodium". Nature Communications 7 1 (2016): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10403.
    10.1038/ncomms10403
Activities

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2019/05/15 - 2019/05/17 Organizing member for the XIII CAML PhD students Meeting at Instituto de Medicina Molecular- João Lobo Antunes, Portugal (2019/05/15 - 2019/05/17)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2019 BioMalPar XV: Biology and Pathology of the Malaria Parasite Travel Grant
European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Germany
2018 Best Poster Award
MIT-Portugal Program, Portugal