Aditi Mukherjee

Biography

Education and Training

• Ph.D., Host-pathogen interactions in Leishmania major
  CSIR Indian Institute of Chemical Biology
• Postdoctoral Researcher, Drug development against Trypanosoma brucei
  Rutgers University

Awards and Honors

• CSIR NET JRF and SRF, 2013 - 2017
  CSIR
• GATE, 2011
  IIT Bombay

Publications

• Identification of a small-molecule inhibitor that selectively blocks DNA-binding by Trypanosoma brucei replication protein A1.

  Mukherjee A, Hossain Z, Erben E, Ma S, Choi JY, Kim HS. Nat Commun 2023 07 20

• Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase present in extracellular vesicles from Leishmania major suppresses host TNF-alpha expression.

  Das P, Mukherjee A, Adak S. J Biol Chem 2021 10

• Regulation of Leishmania major PAS domain-containing phosphoglycerate kinase by cofactor Mg2+ ion at neutral pH.

  Biswas S, Adhikari A, Mukherjee A, Das S, Adak S. FEBS J 2020 12

• PAS domain-containing phosphoglycerate kinase deficiency in Leishmania major results in increased autophagosome formation and cell death.

  Adhikari A, Biswas S, Mukherjee A, Das S, Adak S. Biochem J 2019 04 30

• Loss of virulence in NAD(P)H cytochrome b5 oxidoreductase deficient Leishmania major.

  Mukherjee A, Adhikari A, Das P, Biswas S, Mukherjee S, Adak S. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2018 09 03