Miss Jana Ovciarikova
- Research Assistant (Parasitology)
email:
Jana.Ovciarikova@glasgow.ac.uk
B615, Ri: Iii, Sir Graeme Davies Building, G12 8TA
Publications
2025
Shikha, Shikha ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7878-1463, Tobiasson, Victor, Ferreira Silva, Mariana, Ovciarikova, Jana, Beraldi, Dario, Mühleip, Alexander and Sheiner, Lilach
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307
(2025)
Numerous rRNA molecules form the apicomplexan mitoribosome via repurposed protein and RNA elements.
Nature Communications, 16,
817.
(doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-56057-9)
2024
Maclean, Andrew E., Sloan, Megan A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7659-4069, Renaud, Eléa A., Argyle, Blythe E., Lewis, William H., Ovciarikova, Jana, Demolombe, Vincent, Waller, Ross F., Besteiro, Sébastien and Sheiner, Lilach
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307
(2024)
The Toxoplasma gondii mitochondrial transporter ABCB7L is essential for the biogenesis of cytosolic and nuclear iron-sulfur cluster proteins and cytosolic translation.
mBio,
(doi: 10.1128/mbio.00872-24)
(PMID:39207139)
(PMCID:PMC11481526)
(Early Online Publication)
Ovciarikova, J. et al. (2024) Two ancient membrane pores mediate mitochondrial-nucleus membrane contact sites. Journal of Cell Biology, 223(4), e202304075. (doi: 10.1083/jcb.202304075) (PMID:38456969)
2022
Ovciarikova, Jana, Oliveira Souza, Rodolpho Ornitz, Arrizabalaga, Gustavo and Sheiner, Lilach ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307
(2022)
Protein control of membrane and organelle dynamics: insights from the divergent eukaryote Toxoplasma gondii.
Current Opinion in Cell Biology, 76,
102085.
(doi: 10.1016/j.ceb.2022.102085)
(PMID:35569259)
(PMCID:PMC9586877)
Ovciarikova, Jana, Shikha, Shikha ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7878-1463 and Sheiner, Lilach
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307
(2022)
Nuclear interactions: a spotlight on nuclear mitochondrial membrane contact sites.
Contact, 5,
p. 25152564221096217.
(doi: 10.1177/25152564221096217)
(PMID:36338149)
(PMCID:PMC9623421)
2021
Mallo, N. et al. (2021) Depletion of a Toxoplasma porin leads to defects in mitochondrial morphology and contacts with the ER. Journal of Cell Science, 134(20), jcs255299. (doi: 10.1242/jcs.255299) (PMID:34523684) (PMCID:PMC8572010)
Maclean, Andrew E., Bridges, Hannah R., F. Silva, Mariana, Ding, Shujing, Ovciarikova, Jana, Hirst, Judy and Sheiner, Lilach ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307
(2021)
Complexome profile of Toxoplasma gondii mitochondria identifies divergent subunits of respiratory chain complexes including new subunits of cytochrome bc1 complex.
PLoS Pathogens, 17(3),
e1009301.
(doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1009301)
(PMID:33651838)
(PMCID:PMC7987180)
Mühleip, Alexander, Kock Flygaard, Rasmus, Ovciarikova, Jana, Lacombe, Alice, Fernandes, Paula, Sheiner, Lilach ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307 and Amunts, Alexey
(2021)
ATP synthase hexamer assemblies shape cristae of Toxoplasma mitochondria.
Nature Communications, 12,
120.
(doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-20381-z)
(PMID:33402698)
(PMCID:PMC7785744)
2020
Biddau, Marco ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9992-0418, Ovciarikova, Jana and Sheiner, Lilach
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307
(2020)
Experimental approaches for examining apicoplast biology.
In: Tonkin, Christopher J. (ed.)
Toxoplasma gondii: Methods and Protocols.
Series: Methods in molecular biology (2071).
Humana Press: New York, NY, pp. 221-243.
ISBN 9781493998562
(doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-9857-9_13)
2019
Lacombe, Alice, Maclean, Andrew E., Ovciarikova, Jana, Tottey, Julie, Mühleip, Alexander, Fernandes, Paula and Sheiner, Lilach ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307
(2019)
Identification of the Toxoplasma gondii mitochondrial ribosome, and characterisation of a protein essential for mitochondrial translation.
Molecular Microbiology, 112(4),
pp. 1235-1252.
(doi: 10.1111/mmi.14357)
(PMID:31339607)
(PMCID:PMC6851545)
2018
Biddau, M. et al. (2018) Two essential Thioredoxins mediate apicoplast biogenesis, protein import, and gene expression in Toxoplasma gondii. PLoS Pathogens, 14(2), e1006836. (doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1006836) (PMID:29470517) (PMCID:PMC5823475)
2017
Ovciarikova, Jana, Lemgruber, Leandro ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2832-6806, Stilger, Krista L., Sullivan, William J. and Sheiner, Lilach
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307
(2017)
Mitochondrial behaviour throughout the lytic cycle of Toxoplasma gondii.
Scientific Reports, 7,
42746.
(doi: 10.1038/srep42746)
(PMID:28202940)
(PMCID:PMC5311943)
2015
Sheiner, L. et al. (2015) Toxoplasma gondii Toc75 functions in import of stromal but not peripheral apicoplast proteins. Traffic, 16(12), pp. 1254-1269. (doi: 10.1111/tra.12333) (PMID:26381927)
Articles
Shikha, Shikha ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7878-1463, Tobiasson, Victor, Ferreira Silva, Mariana, Ovciarikova, Jana, Beraldi, Dario, Mühleip, Alexander and Sheiner, Lilach
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307
(2025)
Numerous rRNA molecules form the apicomplexan mitoribosome via repurposed protein and RNA elements.
Nature Communications, 16,
817.
(doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-56057-9)
Maclean, Andrew E., Sloan, Megan A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7659-4069, Renaud, Eléa A., Argyle, Blythe E., Lewis, William H., Ovciarikova, Jana, Demolombe, Vincent, Waller, Ross F., Besteiro, Sébastien and Sheiner, Lilach
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307
(2024)
The Toxoplasma gondii mitochondrial transporter ABCB7L is essential for the biogenesis of cytosolic and nuclear iron-sulfur cluster proteins and cytosolic translation.
mBio,
(doi: 10.1128/mbio.00872-24)
(PMID:39207139)
(PMCID:PMC11481526)
(Early Online Publication)
Ovciarikova, J. et al. (2024) Two ancient membrane pores mediate mitochondrial-nucleus membrane contact sites. Journal of Cell Biology, 223(4), e202304075. (doi: 10.1083/jcb.202304075) (PMID:38456969)
Ovciarikova, Jana, Oliveira Souza, Rodolpho Ornitz, Arrizabalaga, Gustavo and Sheiner, Lilach ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307
(2022)
Protein control of membrane and organelle dynamics: insights from the divergent eukaryote Toxoplasma gondii.
Current Opinion in Cell Biology, 76,
102085.
(doi: 10.1016/j.ceb.2022.102085)
(PMID:35569259)
(PMCID:PMC9586877)
Ovciarikova, Jana, Shikha, Shikha ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7878-1463 and Sheiner, Lilach
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307
(2022)
Nuclear interactions: a spotlight on nuclear mitochondrial membrane contact sites.
Contact, 5,
p. 25152564221096217.
(doi: 10.1177/25152564221096217)
(PMID:36338149)
(PMCID:PMC9623421)
Mallo, N. et al. (2021) Depletion of a Toxoplasma porin leads to defects in mitochondrial morphology and contacts with the ER. Journal of Cell Science, 134(20), jcs255299. (doi: 10.1242/jcs.255299) (PMID:34523684) (PMCID:PMC8572010)
Maclean, Andrew E., Bridges, Hannah R., F. Silva, Mariana, Ding, Shujing, Ovciarikova, Jana, Hirst, Judy and Sheiner, Lilach ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307
(2021)
Complexome profile of Toxoplasma gondii mitochondria identifies divergent subunits of respiratory chain complexes including new subunits of cytochrome bc1 complex.
PLoS Pathogens, 17(3),
e1009301.
(doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1009301)
(PMID:33651838)
(PMCID:PMC7987180)
Mühleip, Alexander, Kock Flygaard, Rasmus, Ovciarikova, Jana, Lacombe, Alice, Fernandes, Paula, Sheiner, Lilach ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307 and Amunts, Alexey
(2021)
ATP synthase hexamer assemblies shape cristae of Toxoplasma mitochondria.
Nature Communications, 12,
120.
(doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-20381-z)
(PMID:33402698)
(PMCID:PMC7785744)
Lacombe, Alice, Maclean, Andrew E., Ovciarikova, Jana, Tottey, Julie, Mühleip, Alexander, Fernandes, Paula and Sheiner, Lilach ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307
(2019)
Identification of the Toxoplasma gondii mitochondrial ribosome, and characterisation of a protein essential for mitochondrial translation.
Molecular Microbiology, 112(4),
pp. 1235-1252.
(doi: 10.1111/mmi.14357)
(PMID:31339607)
(PMCID:PMC6851545)
Biddau, M. et al. (2018) Two essential Thioredoxins mediate apicoplast biogenesis, protein import, and gene expression in Toxoplasma gondii. PLoS Pathogens, 14(2), e1006836. (doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1006836) (PMID:29470517) (PMCID:PMC5823475)
Ovciarikova, Jana, Lemgruber, Leandro ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2832-6806, Stilger, Krista L., Sullivan, William J. and Sheiner, Lilach
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307
(2017)
Mitochondrial behaviour throughout the lytic cycle of Toxoplasma gondii.
Scientific Reports, 7,
42746.
(doi: 10.1038/srep42746)
(PMID:28202940)
(PMCID:PMC5311943)
Sheiner, L. et al. (2015) Toxoplasma gondii Toc75 functions in import of stromal but not peripheral apicoplast proteins. Traffic, 16(12), pp. 1254-1269. (doi: 10.1111/tra.12333) (PMID:26381927)
Book Sections
Biddau, Marco ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9992-0418, Ovciarikova, Jana and Sheiner, Lilach
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307
(2020)
Experimental approaches for examining apicoplast biology.
In: Tonkin, Christopher J. (ed.)
Toxoplasma gondii: Methods and Protocols.
Series: Methods in molecular biology (2071).
Humana Press: New York, NY, pp. 221-243.
ISBN 9781493998562
(doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-9857-9_13)