Dr Marija Krasilnikova
- Technician (Infection & Immunity Professional Services)
email:
Marija.Krasilnikova@glasgow.ac.uk
pronouns:
She/her/hers
Sir Graeme Davies Building, 120 University Place, G12 8TA
Publications
2026
Krasilnikova, Marija ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9140-9746, Munday, Jane C.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7792-2749, Beraldi, Dario, Larcombe, Stephen, Oldrieve, Guy, Lapsley, Craig, Morrison, Liam J., Matthews, Keith and McCulloch, Richard
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5739-976X
(2026)
De novo assembly of the Trypanosoma congolense genome reveals an organisation influenced by antigenic variation but distinct from Trypanosoma brucei.
Genome Biology and Evolution,
(Accepted for Publication)
2025
Damasceno, Jeziel D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2077-3214, Silva, Gabriel L.A.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-3114-2314, Marques, Catarina A.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1324-5448, Krasilnikova, Marija
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9140-9746, Lapsley, Craig, Beraldi, Dario and McCulloch, Richard
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5739-976X
(2025)
Leishmania major chromosomes are replicated from a single high efficiency locus supplemented by thousands of lower efficiency initiation events.
Cell Reports, 44(8),
116094.
(doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2025.116094)
(PMID:40768333)
(PMCID:PMC12890776)
Damasceno, Jeziel D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2077-3214, Briggs, Emma M., Krasilnikova, Marija
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9140-9746, Marques, Catarina A., Lapsley, Craig and McCulloch, Richard
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5739-976X
(2025)
R-loops acted on by RNase H1 influence DNA replication timing and genome stability in Leishmania.
Nature Communications, 16,
1470.
(doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-56785-y)
(PMID:39922816)
(PMCID:PMC11807225)
Krasilnikova, Marija ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9140-9746, Marques, Catarina A.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1324-5448, Briggs, Emma, Lapsley, Craig, Hamilton, Graham, Beraldi, Dario, Crouch, Kathryn
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9310-4762 and McCulloch, Richard
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5739-976X
(2025)
Nanopore sequencing reveals that DNA replication compartmentalisation dictates genome stability and instability in Trypanosoma brucei.
Nature Communications, 16,
751.
(doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-56087-3)
(PMID:39820334)
(PMCID:PMC11739655)
2024
Damasceno, Jeziel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2077-3214, LA. Silva, Gabriel, Marques, Catarina A.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1324-5448, Krasilnikova, Marija
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9140-9746, Lapsley, Craig, Beraldi, Dario and McCulloch, Richard
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5739-976X
(2024)
Nuclear DNA replication in Leishmania major relies on a single constitutive origin per chromosome supplemented by thousands of stochastic initiation events.
bioRxiv,
(doi: 10.1101/2024.11.14.623610)
Damasceno, Jeziel D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2077-3214, Briggs, Emma M., Krasilnikova, Marija
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9140-9746, Marques, Catarina A.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1324-5448, Lapsley, Craig and McCulloch, Richard
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5739-976X
(2024)
R-loops acted on by RNase H1 are a determinant of chromosome length-associated DNA replication timing and genome stability in Leishmania.
bioRxiv,
(doi: 10.1101/2024.04.29.591643)
2023
Girasol, M. J. et al. (2023) RAD51-mediated R-loop formation acts to repair transcription associated DNA breaks driving antigenic variation in Trypanosoma brucei. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 120(48), e230930612. (doi: 10.1073/pnas.2309306120) (PMID:37988471) (PMCID:PMC10691351)
Articles
Krasilnikova, Marija ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9140-9746, Munday, Jane C.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7792-2749, Beraldi, Dario, Larcombe, Stephen, Oldrieve, Guy, Lapsley, Craig, Morrison, Liam J., Matthews, Keith and McCulloch, Richard
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5739-976X
(2026)
De novo assembly of the Trypanosoma congolense genome reveals an organisation influenced by antigenic variation but distinct from Trypanosoma brucei.
Genome Biology and Evolution,
(Accepted for Publication)
Damasceno, Jeziel D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2077-3214, Silva, Gabriel L.A.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-3114-2314, Marques, Catarina A.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1324-5448, Krasilnikova, Marija
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9140-9746, Lapsley, Craig, Beraldi, Dario and McCulloch, Richard
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5739-976X
(2025)
Leishmania major chromosomes are replicated from a single high efficiency locus supplemented by thousands of lower efficiency initiation events.
Cell Reports, 44(8),
116094.
(doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2025.116094)
(PMID:40768333)
(PMCID:PMC12890776)
Damasceno, Jeziel D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2077-3214, Briggs, Emma M., Krasilnikova, Marija
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9140-9746, Marques, Catarina A., Lapsley, Craig and McCulloch, Richard
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5739-976X
(2025)
R-loops acted on by RNase H1 influence DNA replication timing and genome stability in Leishmania.
Nature Communications, 16,
1470.
(doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-56785-y)
(PMID:39922816)
(PMCID:PMC11807225)
Krasilnikova, Marija ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9140-9746, Marques, Catarina A.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1324-5448, Briggs, Emma, Lapsley, Craig, Hamilton, Graham, Beraldi, Dario, Crouch, Kathryn
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9310-4762 and McCulloch, Richard
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5739-976X
(2025)
Nanopore sequencing reveals that DNA replication compartmentalisation dictates genome stability and instability in Trypanosoma brucei.
Nature Communications, 16,
751.
(doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-56087-3)
(PMID:39820334)
(PMCID:PMC11739655)
Damasceno, Jeziel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2077-3214, LA. Silva, Gabriel, Marques, Catarina A.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1324-5448, Krasilnikova, Marija
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9140-9746, Lapsley, Craig, Beraldi, Dario and McCulloch, Richard
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5739-976X
(2024)
Nuclear DNA replication in Leishmania major relies on a single constitutive origin per chromosome supplemented by thousands of stochastic initiation events.
bioRxiv,
(doi: 10.1101/2024.11.14.623610)
Damasceno, Jeziel D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2077-3214, Briggs, Emma M., Krasilnikova, Marija
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9140-9746, Marques, Catarina A.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1324-5448, Lapsley, Craig and McCulloch, Richard
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5739-976X
(2024)
R-loops acted on by RNase H1 are a determinant of chromosome length-associated DNA replication timing and genome stability in Leishmania.
bioRxiv,
(doi: 10.1101/2024.04.29.591643)
Girasol, M. J. et al. (2023) RAD51-mediated R-loop formation acts to repair transcription associated DNA breaks driving antigenic variation in Trypanosoma brucei. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 120(48), e230930612. (doi: 10.1073/pnas.2309306120) (PMID:37988471) (PMCID:PMC10691351)