School of Infection & Immunity

Professor Lilach Sheiner

  • Professor (Parasitology)

telephone: +44 (0) 141 330 4797
email: Lilach.Sheiner@glasgow.ac.uk

Ri Iii, 120 University Place, Glasgow, G12 8ta

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ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307

Biography

Research interests

Professor Lilach Sheiner is an expert in eukaryotic parasite cell biology and have been researching apicomplexan parasites (causing e.g. Toxoplasmosis and malaria) since 2005. 

Professor Sheiner's research team aims to understand fundamental mechanisms that underpin parasite survival and virulence and that are divergent from any parallel processes in human and animal. The team’s research is mainly focus on the biology, function and biogenesis of the organelles of endosymbiotic origin - the highly divergent parasite mitochondrion, and the unique parasite plastid (apicoplast). The team is mainly using T. gondii (the causative agent of toxoplasmosis) as a model organism, and recently commenced work with the malaria parasites, Plasmodium spp. 

Lilach and her team developed some of the most widely used tools for Toxoplasma cell biology research1,2 and made substantial contribution to the understanding of the apicoplast (read more). The team is one of the pioneers of Toxoplasma mitochondrial research, who developed critical tools for these studies3,4 and who is making exciting discoveries about parasite mitochondrial biology (read more).

Selected publications

  1. Lilach Sheiner, Jessica L. Demerly, Nicole Poulsen, Wandy L. Beatty, Olivier Lucas, Michael S. Behnke, Michael W. White, Boris Striepen. Published: December 1, 2011 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1002392
  2. Damien Jacot, Sebastian Lourido, Markus Meissner, Lilach Sheiner, Dominique Soldati-Favre, Boris Striepen. Available online 13 March 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-815041-2.00020-7
  3. Identification of the Toxoplasma gondii mitochondrial ribosome and characterisation of a protein essential for mitochondrial translation. Lacombe A., Maclean AE., Ovciarikova J., Tottey J., Mühleip A., Fernandes P., Sheiner L. Mol Microbiol. 2019 Oct112(4):1235-1252. doi: 10.1111/mmi.14357.
  4. Complexome profile of Toxoplasma gondii mitochondria identifies divergent subunits of respiratory chain complexes including new subunits of cytochrome bc1 complex.Maclean AE., Bridges HR., Silva MF., Ding S., Ovciarikova J., Hirst J., Sheiner L. PLoS Pathog. 2021 Mar 217(3):e1009301. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1009301

Related Links

Sheiner Lab website: https://lilachsheiner.wixsite.com/sheinerlab-wtcmp

YAS (Young Academy of Scotland): www.youngacademyofscotland.org.uk/members/lilach-sheiner/

meBOP (middle east Biology of Parasitism): www.mebop.org/

NERD (Network for Early career Researchers Development): www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/mvls/nerd/

Publications

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Number of items: 52.

2026

MacLean, Andrew E., Iorillo, Orsola, Faktorová, Drahomíra, Singh, Monika ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-0055-9058, McGill, Suzanne, Lukeš, Julius and Sheiner, Lilach ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307 (2026) Complexome profiling of mitochondria in the myzozoan parasite of oysters, Perkinsus marinus. PLoS Pathogens, 22(9), e1014543. (doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1014543) (PMID:42809533) (PMCID:PMC13623125)

Elati, Hamza A.A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9339-6002, Van Calenbergh, Serge, Sheiner, Lilach ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307 and De Koning, Harry ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9963-1827 (2026) Screening of purine nucleoside analogues against intracellular Toxoplasma gondii. International Journal for Parasitology: Drugs and Drug Resistance, 31, 100641. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijpddr.2026.100641) (PMID:41967434) (PMCID:PMC13092094)

Elati, Hamza A. A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9339-6002, Ferreira Silva, Mariana, Sheiner, Lilach ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307 and de Koning, Harry P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9963-1827 (2026) Identification of TgENT1 as the TgUUT1 uracil/uridine transporter of Toxoplasma gondii. Pathogens, 15(3), 266. (doi: 10.3390/pathogens15030266) (PMID:41901719) (PMCID:PMC13029480)

Elati, Hamza A.A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9339-6002, Van Calenbergh, Serge, Sheiner, Lilach ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307 and de Koning, Harry P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9963-1827 (2026) Screening of purine nucleoside analogues against intracellular Toxoplasma gondii. bioRxiv, (doi: 10.64898/2026.02.11.705309)

2025

MacLean, A. E. et al. (2025) Structure, assembly and inhibition of the Toxoplasma gondii respiratory chain supercomplex. Nature Structural and Molecular Biology, 32(8), pp. 1424-1433. (doi: 10.1038/s41594-025-01531-7) (PMID:40389671) (PMCID:PMC12350165)

Shikha, Shikha ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7878-1463, Tobiasson, Victor, Ferreira Silva, Mariana, Ovciarikova, Jana, Beraldi, Dario, Mühleip, Alexander and Sheiner, Lilach ORCID logoORCID: 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) (PMID:39827269) (PMCID:PMC11742926)

2024

Maclean, Andrew E., Sloan, Megan A. ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: 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, 15(10), e0087224. (doi: 10.1128/mbio.00872-24) (PMID:39207139) (PMCID:PMC11481526)

Sheokand, Pradeep Kumar, Pradhan, Sabyasachi, MacLean, Andrew E., Mühleip, Alexander and Sheiner, Lilach ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307 (2024) Plasmodium falciparum mitochondrial complex III, the target of atovaquone, is essential for progression to the transmissible sexual stages. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 25(17), 9239. (doi: 10.3390/ijms25179239) (PMID:39273187) (PMCID:PMC11394760)

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)

2023

Elati, Hamza A.A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9339-6002, Goerner, Amber L., Martorelli Di Genova, Bruno, Sheiner, Lilach ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307 and De Koning, Harry P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9963-1827 (2023) Pyrimidine salvage in Toxoplasma gondii as a target for new treatment. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 13, 1320160. (doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2023.1320160) (PMID:38162577) (PMCID:PMC10755004)

F. Silva, Mariana, Douglas, Kiera, Sandalli, Sofia, MacLean, Andrew E. and Sheiner, Lilach ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307 (2023) Functional and biochemical characterization of the Toxoplasma gondii succinate dehydrogenase complex. PLoS Pathogens, 19(12), e1011867. (doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1011867) (PMID:38079448) (PMCID:PMC10735183)

2022

MacLean, Andrew E., Hayward, Jenni A., Huet, Diego, van Dooren, Giel G. and Sheiner, Lilach ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307 (2022) The mystery of massive mitochondrial complexes: the apicomplexan respiratory chain. Trends in Parasitology, 38(12), pp. 1041-1052. (doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2022.09.008) (PMID:36302692) (PMCID:PMC10434753)

Walsh, Daniel, Katris, Nicholas J., Sheiner, Lilach ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307 and Botté, Cyrille Y. (2022) Toxoplasma metabolic flexibility in different growth conditions. Trends in Parasitology, 38(9), pp. 775-790. (doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2022.06.001) (PMID:35718642)

Ovciarikova, Jana, Oliveira Souza, Rodolpho Ornitz, Arrizabalaga, Gustavo and Sheiner, Lilach ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7878-1463 and Sheiner, Lilach ORCID logoORCID: 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)

Shikha, Shikha ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7878-1463, Ferreira Silva, Mariana and Sheiner, Lilach ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307 (2022) Identification and validation of Toxoplasma gondii mitoribosomal large subunit components. Microorganisms, 10(5), 863. (doi: 10.3390/microorganisms10050863) (PMID:35630308) (PMCID:PMC9145746)

Campagnaro, Gustavo D., Elati, Hamza Ali Abd ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9339-6002, Balaska, Sofia, Martin Abril, Maria Esther, Natto, Manal J., Hulpia, Fabian, Lee, Kelly, Sheiner, Lilach ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307, Van Calenbergh, Serge and de Koning, Harry P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9963-1827 (2022) A Toxoplasma gondii oxopurine transporter binds nucleobases and nucleosides using different binding modes. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 23(2), 710. (doi: 10.3390/ijms23020710) (PMID:35054895) (PMCID:PMC8776092)

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)

Richtová, Jitka, Sheiner, Lilach ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307, Gruber, Ansgar, Yang, Shun-Min, Kořený, Luděk, Striepen, Boris and Oborník, Miroslav (2021) Using diatom and apicomplexan models to study the heme pathway of Chromera velia. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 22(12), 6495. (doi: 10.3390/ijms22126495) (PMID:34204357) (PMCID:PMC8233740)

Biddau, M. et al. (2021) Plasmodium falciparum LipB mutants display altered redox and carbon metabolism in asexual stages and cannot complete sporogony in Anopheles mosquitoes. International Journal for Parasitology, 51(6), pp. 441-453. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2020.10.011) (PMID:33713652) (PMCID:PMC8126644)

Rama, José-Luis Rodríguez, Mallo, Natalia, Biddau, Marco ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9992-0418, Fernandes, Francisco, de Miguel, Trinidad, Sheiner, Lilach ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307, Choupina, Altino and Lores, Marta (2021) Exploring the powerful phytoarsenal of white grape marc against bacteria and parasites causing significant diseases. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 28(19), pp. 24270-24278. (doi: 10.1007/s11356-019-07472-1) (PMID:31939019)

Maclean, Andrew E., Bridges, Hannah R., F. Silva, Mariana, Ding, Shujing, Ovciarikova, Jana, Hirst, Judy and Sheiner, Lilach ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9992-0418, Ovciarikova, Jana and Sheiner, Lilach ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: 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)

Sheiner, Lilach ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307 and Harb, Omar S. (2019) MeBoP: advanced training in the biology of parasitism for Middle Eastern students. Trends in Parasitology, 35(5), pp. 329-332. (doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2019.03.001) (PMID:30948350)

Melatti, Carmen, Pieperhoff, Manuela, Lemgruber, Leandro ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2832-6806, Pohl, Ehmke, Sheiner, Lilach ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307 and Meissner, Markus ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4816-5221 (2019) A unique dynamin-related protein is essential for mitochondrial fission in Toxoplasma gondii. PLoS Pathogens, 15(4), e1007512. (doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1007512) (PMID:30947298) (PMCID:PMC6448817)

Biddau, Marco ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9992-0418 and Sheiner, Lilach ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307 (2019) Targeting the apicoplast in malaria. Biochemical Society Transactions, 47(4), pp. 973-983. (doi: 10.1042/BST20170563) (PMID:31383817)

2018

Mbekeani, Alison J., Stanley, Will A., Kalel, Vishal C., Dahan, Noa, Zalckvar, Einat, Sheiner, Lilach ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307, Schliebs, Wolfgang, Erdmann, Ralf, Pohl, Ehmke and Denny, Paul W. (2018) Functional analyses of a putative, membrane-bound, peroxisomal protein import mechanism from the apicomplexan protozoan Toxoplasma gondii. Genes, 9(9), 434. (doi: 10.3390/genes9090434) (PMID:30158461) (PMCID:PMC6162456)

Mallo, Natalia, Fellows, Justin, Johnson, Carla and Sheiner, Lilach ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307 (2018) Protein import into the endosymbiotic organelles of apicomplexan parasites. Genes, 9(8), 412. (doi: 10.3390/genes9080412) (PMID:30110980) (PMCID:PMC6115763)

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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2832-6806, Stilger, Krista L., Sullivan, William J. and Sheiner, Lilach ORCID logoORCID: 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)

Williams, Melanie J., Alonso, Hernan, Enciso, Marta, Egarter, Saskia, Sheiner, Lilach ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307, Meissner, Markus ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4816-5221, Striepen, Boris, Smith, Brian J. and Tonkin, Christopher J. (2015) Two essential light chains regulate the MyoA lever arm to promote Toxoplasma gliding motility. mBio, 6(5), e00845-15. (doi: 10.1128/mBio.00845-15) (PMID:26374117) (PMCID:PMC4600101)

2014

Daher, Wassim, Morlon-Guyot, Juliette, Sheiner, Lilach ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307, Lentini, Gaëlle, Berry, Laurence, Tawk, Lina, Dubremetz, Jean-François, Wengelnik, Kai, Striepen, Boris and Lebrun, Maryse (2014) Lipid kinases are essential for apicoplast homeostasis inToxoplasma gondii. Cellular Microbiology, 17(4), pp. 559-578. (doi: 10.1111/cmi.12383)

Jacot, D., Meissner, M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4816-5221, Sheiner, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307, Soldati-Favre, D. and Striepen, B. (2014) Genetic manipulation of toxoplasma gondii. In: Weiss, L.M. and Kim, K. (eds.) Toxoplasma Gondii. Elsevier Academic Press: Burlington, VT, pp. 577-611. ISBN 9780123965363 (doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-396481-6.00017-9)

Sheiner, Lilach ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307 and Striepen, Boris (2014) The apicoplast: a parasite’s symbiont. In: Theg, Steven M. and Wollman, Francis-André (eds.) Plastid Biology. Series: Advances in plant biology (5). Springer New York: New York, pp. 209-238. ISBN 9781493911356 (doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-1136-3_8)

2013

Sheiner, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307, Vaidya, A.B. and McFadden, G.I. (2013) The metabolic roles of the endosymbiotic organelles of Toxoplasma and Plasmodium spp. Current Opinion in Microbiology, 16(4), pp. 452-458. (doi: 10.1016/j.mib.2013.07.003)

Sheiner, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307 and Striepen, B. (2013) Protein sorting in complex plastids. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta: Molecular Cell Research, 1833(2), pp. 352-359. (doi: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2012.05.030)

2012

Francia, M.E., Jordan, C.N., Patel, J.D., Sheiner, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307, Demerly, J.L., Fellows, J.D., de Leon, J.C., Morrissette, N.S., Dubremetz, J.-F. and Striepen, B. (2012) Cell division in apicomplexan parasites is organized by a homolog of the striated rootlet fiber of algal flagella. PLoS Biology, 10(12), e1001444. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001444) (PMID:23239939)

MacRae, J.I., Sheiner, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307, Nahid, A., Tonkin, C., Striepen, B. and McConville, M.J. (2012) Mitochondrial metabolism of glucose and glutamine is required for intracellular growth of Toxoplasma gondii. Cell Host and Microbe, 12(5), pp. 682-692. (doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2012.09.013)

Sampels, V., Hartmann, A., Dietrich, I., Coppens, I., Sheiner, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307, Striepen, B., Herrmann, A., Lucius, R. and Gupta, N. (2012) Conditional mutagenesis of a novel choline kinase demonstrates plasticity of phosphatidylcholine biogenesis and gene expression in Toxoplasma gondii. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 287(20), pp. 16289-16299. (doi: 10.1074/jbc.M112.347138)

2011

Sheiner, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307, Demerly, J.L., Poulsen, N., Beatty, W.L., Lucas, O., Behnke, M.S., White, M.W. and Striepen, B. (2011) A systematic screen to discover and analyze apicoplast proteins identifies a conserved and essential protein import factor. PLoS Pathogens, 7(12), e1002392. (doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002392)

2010

Agrawal, S., Nair, S., Sheiner, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307 and Striepen, B. (2010) The Apicoplast: An ancient algal endosymbiont of Apicomplexa. In: de Souza, W. (ed.) Structures and Organelles in Pathogenic Protists. Series: Microbiology monographs (17). Springer. ISBN 9783642128639

Lorestani, A., Sheiner, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307, Yang, K., Robertson, S.D., Sahoo, N., Brooks, C.F., Ferguson, D.J.P., Striepen, B. and Gubbels, M.-J. (2010) A Toxoplasma MORN1 null mutant undergoes repeated divisions but is defective in basal assembly, apicoplast division and cytokinesis. PLoS ONE, 5(8), e12302. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012302) (PMID:20808817) (PMCID:PMC2924399)

Pino, P., Aeby, E., Foth, B.J., Sheiner, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307, Soldati, T., Schneider, Andreas and Soldati-Favre, D. (2010) Mitochondrial translation in absence of local tRNA aminoacylation and methionyl tRNAMet formylation in Apicomplexa. Molecular Microbiology, 76(3), pp. 706-718. (doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07128.x)

Sheiner, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307, Santos, J.M., Klages, N., Parussini, F., Jemmely, N., Friedrich, N., Ward, G.E. and Soldati-Favre, D. (2010) Toxoplasma gondii transmembrane microneme proteins and their modular design. Molecular Microbiology, 77(4), pp. 912-929. (doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07255.x)

2008

Sheiner, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307, Dowse, T.J. and Soldati-Favre, D. (2008) Identification of trafficking determinants for polytopic rhomboid proteases in toxoplasma gondii. Traffic, 9(5), pp. 665-677. (doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0854.2008.00736.x)

Goldshmidt, H., Sheiner, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307, Butikofer, P., Roditi, I., Uliel, S., Gunzel, M., Engstler, M. and Michaeli, S. (2008) Role of protein translocation pathways across the endoplasmic reticulum in Trypanosoma brucei. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 283(46), pp. 32085-32098. (doi: 10.1074/jbc.M801499200)

Sheiner, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307 and Soldati-Favre, D. (2008) Protein trafficking inside Toxoplasma gondii. Traffic, 9(5), pp. 636-646. (doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0854.2008.00713.x)

2007

Lustig, Y., Sheiner, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307, Vagima, Y., Goldshmidt, H., Das, A., Bellofatto, V. and Michaeli, S. (2007) Spliced-leader RNA silencing: a novel stress-induced mechanism in Trypanosoma brucei. EMBO Reports, 8(4), pp. 408-413. (doi: 10.1038/sj.embor.7400930)

Pino, P., Foth, B.J., Kwok, L.-Y., Sheiner, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307, Schepers, R., Soldati, T. and Soldati-Favre, D. (2007) Dual targeting of antioxidant and metabolic enzymes to the mitochondrion and the apicoplast of Toxoplasma gondii. PLoS Pathogens, 3(8), e115. (doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.0030115)

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MacLean, Andrew E., Iorillo, Orsola, Faktorová, Drahomíra, Singh, Monika ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-0055-9058, McGill, Suzanne, Lukeš, Julius and Sheiner, Lilach ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307 (2026) Complexome profiling of mitochondria in the myzozoan parasite of oysters, Perkinsus marinus. PLoS Pathogens, 22(9), e1014543. (doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1014543) (PMID:42809533) (PMCID:PMC13623125)

Elati, Hamza A.A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9339-6002, Van Calenbergh, Serge, Sheiner, Lilach ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307 and De Koning, Harry ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9963-1827 (2026) Screening of purine nucleoside analogues against intracellular Toxoplasma gondii. International Journal for Parasitology: Drugs and Drug Resistance, 31, 100641. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijpddr.2026.100641) (PMID:41967434) (PMCID:PMC13092094)

Elati, Hamza A. A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9339-6002, Ferreira Silva, Mariana, Sheiner, Lilach ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307 and de Koning, Harry P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9963-1827 (2026) Identification of TgENT1 as the TgUUT1 uracil/uridine transporter of Toxoplasma gondii. Pathogens, 15(3), 266. (doi: 10.3390/pathogens15030266) (PMID:41901719) (PMCID:PMC13029480)

Elati, Hamza A.A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9339-6002, Van Calenbergh, Serge, Sheiner, Lilach ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307 and de Koning, Harry P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9963-1827 (2026) Screening of purine nucleoside analogues against intracellular Toxoplasma gondii. bioRxiv, (doi: 10.64898/2026.02.11.705309)

MacLean, A. E. et al. (2025) Structure, assembly and inhibition of the Toxoplasma gondii respiratory chain supercomplex. Nature Structural and Molecular Biology, 32(8), pp. 1424-1433. (doi: 10.1038/s41594-025-01531-7) (PMID:40389671) (PMCID:PMC12350165)

Shikha, Shikha ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7878-1463, Tobiasson, Victor, Ferreira Silva, Mariana, Ovciarikova, Jana, Beraldi, Dario, Mühleip, Alexander and Sheiner, Lilach ORCID logoORCID: 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) (PMID:39827269) (PMCID:PMC11742926)

Maclean, Andrew E., Sloan, Megan A. ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: 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, 15(10), e0087224. (doi: 10.1128/mbio.00872-24) (PMID:39207139) (PMCID:PMC11481526)

Sheokand, Pradeep Kumar, Pradhan, Sabyasachi, MacLean, Andrew E., Mühleip, Alexander and Sheiner, Lilach ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307 (2024) Plasmodium falciparum mitochondrial complex III, the target of atovaquone, is essential for progression to the transmissible sexual stages. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 25(17), 9239. (doi: 10.3390/ijms25179239) (PMID:39273187) (PMCID:PMC11394760)

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)

Elati, Hamza A.A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9339-6002, Goerner, Amber L., Martorelli Di Genova, Bruno, Sheiner, Lilach ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307 and De Koning, Harry P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9963-1827 (2023) Pyrimidine salvage in Toxoplasma gondii as a target for new treatment. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 13, 1320160. (doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2023.1320160) (PMID:38162577) (PMCID:PMC10755004)

F. Silva, Mariana, Douglas, Kiera, Sandalli, Sofia, MacLean, Andrew E. and Sheiner, Lilach ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307 (2023) Functional and biochemical characterization of the Toxoplasma gondii succinate dehydrogenase complex. PLoS Pathogens, 19(12), e1011867. (doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1011867) (PMID:38079448) (PMCID:PMC10735183)

MacLean, Andrew E., Hayward, Jenni A., Huet, Diego, van Dooren, Giel G. and Sheiner, Lilach ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307 (2022) The mystery of massive mitochondrial complexes: the apicomplexan respiratory chain. Trends in Parasitology, 38(12), pp. 1041-1052. (doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2022.09.008) (PMID:36302692) (PMCID:PMC10434753)

Walsh, Daniel, Katris, Nicholas J., Sheiner, Lilach ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307 and Botté, Cyrille Y. (2022) Toxoplasma metabolic flexibility in different growth conditions. Trends in Parasitology, 38(9), pp. 775-790. (doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2022.06.001) (PMID:35718642)

Ovciarikova, Jana, Oliveira Souza, Rodolpho Ornitz, Arrizabalaga, Gustavo and Sheiner, Lilach ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7878-1463 and Sheiner, Lilach ORCID logoORCID: 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)

Shikha, Shikha ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7878-1463, Ferreira Silva, Mariana and Sheiner, Lilach ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307 (2022) Identification and validation of Toxoplasma gondii mitoribosomal large subunit components. Microorganisms, 10(5), 863. (doi: 10.3390/microorganisms10050863) (PMID:35630308) (PMCID:PMC9145746)

Campagnaro, Gustavo D., Elati, Hamza Ali Abd ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9339-6002, Balaska, Sofia, Martin Abril, Maria Esther, Natto, Manal J., Hulpia, Fabian, Lee, Kelly, Sheiner, Lilach ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307, Van Calenbergh, Serge and de Koning, Harry P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9963-1827 (2022) A Toxoplasma gondii oxopurine transporter binds nucleobases and nucleosides using different binding modes. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 23(2), 710. (doi: 10.3390/ijms23020710) (PMID:35054895) (PMCID:PMC8776092)

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)

Richtová, Jitka, Sheiner, Lilach ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307, Gruber, Ansgar, Yang, Shun-Min, Kořený, Luděk, Striepen, Boris and Oborník, Miroslav (2021) Using diatom and apicomplexan models to study the heme pathway of Chromera velia. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 22(12), 6495. (doi: 10.3390/ijms22126495) (PMID:34204357) (PMCID:PMC8233740)

Biddau, M. et al. (2021) Plasmodium falciparum LipB mutants display altered redox and carbon metabolism in asexual stages and cannot complete sporogony in Anopheles mosquitoes. International Journal for Parasitology, 51(6), pp. 441-453. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2020.10.011) (PMID:33713652) (PMCID:PMC8126644)

Rama, José-Luis Rodríguez, Mallo, Natalia, Biddau, Marco ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9992-0418, Fernandes, Francisco, de Miguel, Trinidad, Sheiner, Lilach ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307, Choupina, Altino and Lores, Marta (2021) Exploring the powerful phytoarsenal of white grape marc against bacteria and parasites causing significant diseases. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 28(19), pp. 24270-24278. (doi: 10.1007/s11356-019-07472-1) (PMID:31939019)

Maclean, Andrew E., Bridges, Hannah R., F. Silva, Mariana, Ding, Shujing, Ovciarikova, Jana, Hirst, Judy and Sheiner, Lilach ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: 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)

Sheiner, Lilach ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307 and Harb, Omar S. (2019) MeBoP: advanced training in the biology of parasitism for Middle Eastern students. Trends in Parasitology, 35(5), pp. 329-332. (doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2019.03.001) (PMID:30948350)

Melatti, Carmen, Pieperhoff, Manuela, Lemgruber, Leandro ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2832-6806, Pohl, Ehmke, Sheiner, Lilach ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307 and Meissner, Markus ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4816-5221 (2019) A unique dynamin-related protein is essential for mitochondrial fission in Toxoplasma gondii. PLoS Pathogens, 15(4), e1007512. (doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1007512) (PMID:30947298) (PMCID:PMC6448817)

Biddau, Marco ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9992-0418 and Sheiner, Lilach ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307 (2019) Targeting the apicoplast in malaria. Biochemical Society Transactions, 47(4), pp. 973-983. (doi: 10.1042/BST20170563) (PMID:31383817)

Mbekeani, Alison J., Stanley, Will A., Kalel, Vishal C., Dahan, Noa, Zalckvar, Einat, Sheiner, Lilach ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307, Schliebs, Wolfgang, Erdmann, Ralf, Pohl, Ehmke and Denny, Paul W. (2018) Functional analyses of a putative, membrane-bound, peroxisomal protein import mechanism from the apicomplexan protozoan Toxoplasma gondii. Genes, 9(9), 434. (doi: 10.3390/genes9090434) (PMID:30158461) (PMCID:PMC6162456)

Mallo, Natalia, Fellows, Justin, Johnson, Carla and Sheiner, Lilach ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307 (2018) Protein import into the endosymbiotic organelles of apicomplexan parasites. Genes, 9(8), 412. (doi: 10.3390/genes9080412) (PMID:30110980) (PMCID:PMC6115763)

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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2832-6806, Stilger, Krista L., Sullivan, William J. and Sheiner, Lilach ORCID logoORCID: 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)

Williams, Melanie J., Alonso, Hernan, Enciso, Marta, Egarter, Saskia, Sheiner, Lilach ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307, Meissner, Markus ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4816-5221, Striepen, Boris, Smith, Brian J. and Tonkin, Christopher J. (2015) Two essential light chains regulate the MyoA lever arm to promote Toxoplasma gliding motility. mBio, 6(5), e00845-15. (doi: 10.1128/mBio.00845-15) (PMID:26374117) (PMCID:PMC4600101)

Daher, Wassim, Morlon-Guyot, Juliette, Sheiner, Lilach ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307, Lentini, Gaëlle, Berry, Laurence, Tawk, Lina, Dubremetz, Jean-François, Wengelnik, Kai, Striepen, Boris and Lebrun, Maryse (2014) Lipid kinases are essential for apicoplast homeostasis inToxoplasma gondii. Cellular Microbiology, 17(4), pp. 559-578. (doi: 10.1111/cmi.12383)

Sheiner, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307, Vaidya, A.B. and McFadden, G.I. (2013) The metabolic roles of the endosymbiotic organelles of Toxoplasma and Plasmodium spp. Current Opinion in Microbiology, 16(4), pp. 452-458. (doi: 10.1016/j.mib.2013.07.003)

Sheiner, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307 and Striepen, B. (2013) Protein sorting in complex plastids. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta: Molecular Cell Research, 1833(2), pp. 352-359. (doi: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2012.05.030)

Francia, M.E., Jordan, C.N., Patel, J.D., Sheiner, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307, Demerly, J.L., Fellows, J.D., de Leon, J.C., Morrissette, N.S., Dubremetz, J.-F. and Striepen, B. (2012) Cell division in apicomplexan parasites is organized by a homolog of the striated rootlet fiber of algal flagella. PLoS Biology, 10(12), e1001444. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001444) (PMID:23239939)

MacRae, J.I., Sheiner, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307, Nahid, A., Tonkin, C., Striepen, B. and McConville, M.J. (2012) Mitochondrial metabolism of glucose and glutamine is required for intracellular growth of Toxoplasma gondii. Cell Host and Microbe, 12(5), pp. 682-692. (doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2012.09.013)

Sampels, V., Hartmann, A., Dietrich, I., Coppens, I., Sheiner, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307, Striepen, B., Herrmann, A., Lucius, R. and Gupta, N. (2012) Conditional mutagenesis of a novel choline kinase demonstrates plasticity of phosphatidylcholine biogenesis and gene expression in Toxoplasma gondii. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 287(20), pp. 16289-16299. (doi: 10.1074/jbc.M112.347138)

Sheiner, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307, Demerly, J.L., Poulsen, N., Beatty, W.L., Lucas, O., Behnke, M.S., White, M.W. and Striepen, B. (2011) A systematic screen to discover and analyze apicoplast proteins identifies a conserved and essential protein import factor. PLoS Pathogens, 7(12), e1002392. (doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002392)

Lorestani, A., Sheiner, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307, Yang, K., Robertson, S.D., Sahoo, N., Brooks, C.F., Ferguson, D.J.P., Striepen, B. and Gubbels, M.-J. (2010) A Toxoplasma MORN1 null mutant undergoes repeated divisions but is defective in basal assembly, apicoplast division and cytokinesis. PLoS ONE, 5(8), e12302. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012302) (PMID:20808817) (PMCID:PMC2924399)

Pino, P., Aeby, E., Foth, B.J., Sheiner, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307, Soldati, T., Schneider, Andreas and Soldati-Favre, D. (2010) Mitochondrial translation in absence of local tRNA aminoacylation and methionyl tRNAMet formylation in Apicomplexa. Molecular Microbiology, 76(3), pp. 706-718. (doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07128.x)

Sheiner, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307, Santos, J.M., Klages, N., Parussini, F., Jemmely, N., Friedrich, N., Ward, G.E. and Soldati-Favre, D. (2010) Toxoplasma gondii transmembrane microneme proteins and their modular design. Molecular Microbiology, 77(4), pp. 912-929. (doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07255.x)

Sheiner, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307, Dowse, T.J. and Soldati-Favre, D. (2008) Identification of trafficking determinants for polytopic rhomboid proteases in toxoplasma gondii. Traffic, 9(5), pp. 665-677. (doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0854.2008.00736.x)

Goldshmidt, H., Sheiner, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307, Butikofer, P., Roditi, I., Uliel, S., Gunzel, M., Engstler, M. and Michaeli, S. (2008) Role of protein translocation pathways across the endoplasmic reticulum in Trypanosoma brucei. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 283(46), pp. 32085-32098. (doi: 10.1074/jbc.M801499200)

Sheiner, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307 and Soldati-Favre, D. (2008) Protein trafficking inside Toxoplasma gondii. Traffic, 9(5), pp. 636-646. (doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0854.2008.00713.x)

Lustig, Y., Sheiner, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307, Vagima, Y., Goldshmidt, H., Das, A., Bellofatto, V. and Michaeli, S. (2007) Spliced-leader RNA silencing: a novel stress-induced mechanism in Trypanosoma brucei. EMBO Reports, 8(4), pp. 408-413. (doi: 10.1038/sj.embor.7400930)

Pino, P., Foth, B.J., Kwok, L.-Y., Sheiner, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307, Schepers, R., Soldati, T. and Soldati-Favre, D. (2007) Dual targeting of antioxidant and metabolic enzymes to the mitochondrion and the apicoplast of Toxoplasma gondii. PLoS Pathogens, 3(8), e115. (doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.0030115)

Book Sections

Biddau, Marco ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9992-0418, Ovciarikova, Jana and Sheiner, Lilach ORCID logoORCID: 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)

Jacot, D., Meissner, M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4816-5221, Sheiner, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307, Soldati-Favre, D. and Striepen, B. (2014) Genetic manipulation of toxoplasma gondii. In: Weiss, L.M. and Kim, K. (eds.) Toxoplasma Gondii. Elsevier Academic Press: Burlington, VT, pp. 577-611. ISBN 9780123965363 (doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-396481-6.00017-9)

Sheiner, Lilach ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307 and Striepen, Boris (2014) The apicoplast: a parasite’s symbiont. In: Theg, Steven M. and Wollman, Francis-André (eds.) Plastid Biology. Series: Advances in plant biology (5). Springer New York: New York, pp. 209-238. ISBN 9781493911356 (doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-1136-3_8)

Agrawal, S., Nair, S., Sheiner, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-2307 and Striepen, B. (2010) The Apicoplast: An ancient algal endosymbiont of Apicomplexa. In: de Souza, W. (ed.) Structures and Organelles in Pathogenic Protists. Series: Microbiology monographs (17). Springer. ISBN 9783642128639

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Professional activities & recognition

Prizes, awards & distinctions

  • 2021: member (Young Academy of Scotland)
  • 2015: Personal Research Fellowship (Royal Society of Edinburgh)
  • 2013: Lord Kelvin Adam Smith Leadership Fellowship (University of Glasgow)
  • 2013: K99, pathways to independence (National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA)

Grant committees & research advisory boards

  • 2019: Wellcome Trust, Expert Review Group 5
  • 2020: Academy of Finland, Life12_20 (Cell 1) panel

Professional & learned societies

  • member, Microbiology Society

Selected international presentations

  • 2021: EMBO/FEBS Advanced Course on “Mitochondria in life death and disease” (Budva Montenegro)
  • 2019: EMBO conference: ‘Protein translocation across membranes’ (Costa Brava, Spain)
  • 2019: OrbiMed - Presentation for discussion of plan for commercialization (Herzliya, Israel)
  • 2018: Weizmann Institute of Science. Frontiers in Parasitology (Rehovot, Israel)
  • 2017: Brazilian Protozoology Society Annual meeting. Invited Speaker and Panel Member for Round Table about Genome Editing in Parasitic Protozoa. (Caxambu, Brazil)
  • 2017: University of Strathclyde. Invited seminar speaker. (Glasgow, Scotland)
  • 2017: Ben Gurion University. Invited seminar speaker. (Beer-Sheva, Israel)
  • 2016: University of Kent, School of Biosciences seminar series. Invited seminar speaker. (Canterbury, UK)
  • 2016: Université de Montpellier. Invited international speaker (Montpellier, France)
  • 2016: Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology and Friedrich Miescher Laboratory International PhD Program annual retreat. Invited Keynote speaker. (Tuebingen, Germany)
  • 2016: Cambridge Parasitology Club seminar series. Invited seminar speaker. (Cambridge, UK)
  • 2015: The University of Edinburgh, Institute of Immunology and Infection Seminar series. Invited seminar speaker. (Edinburgh,UK)
  • 2015: The Francis Crick Institute (NIMR). Invited seminar speaker. (London, UK)
  • 2015: Fiocruz, Instituto Oswaldo Cruiz. Invited seminar speaker. (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
  • 2015: Fiocruz Institututo Carlos Chagas. Invited seminar. (Curitiba, Brazil.)
  • 2015: SGM Annual Conference 2015, “Mitochondria and related organelles in microbial eukaryotes” session. Invited speaker. (Birmingham, UK)
  • 2015: University of South Bohemia, Institute of parasitology. Invited seminar speaker. (Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic.)

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