Ongoing Projects​

1. Physiological and pharmacological significance of formate-nitrite transporters in Toxoplasma gondii: ICMR Research Grant.​

2. Biosensor monitoring in Toxoplasma gondii: Indo-Japan Scholar Mobility Program (co-PI, Takeharu Nagai @Osaka University, Japan).​​

3. Pyruvate homeostasis in Toxoplasma gondii: DST-SERB Core Research Grant.​

4. Lipid and cyclic nucleotide signaling in Toxoplasma gondii: Wellcome Trust – DBT (India Alliance) Senior Fellowship.

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Previous Grants

1. A novel lipid-regulated calcium homeostasis in Toxoplasma gondii, German Research Foundation.

2. Functional and physiological significance of phosphatidylethanolamine biogenesis in Toxoplasma gondii, German Research Foundation.

3. Cyclic nucleotides-mediated ion homeostasis in the malaria parasite: German Research Foundation; co-PI: Alexander Maier (ANU).

4. Metabolic basis of obligate intracellular parasitism: German Research Foundation.

5. Optogenetic dissection of cyclic NMP signaling T. gondii: German Research Foundation, co-PI: Peter Hegemann.

6. Cyclic NMP signaling and metabolic regulation in T. gondii: German Research Foundation.

7. Synthesis vs. import of host-derived phospholipids by T. gondii: German Research Foundation; co-PI: Maik Lehmann.

8. Carbon metabolisms of acute and chronic stages of T. gondii: German Research Foundation.

9. Phosphatidylcholine synthesis as a drug target in T. gondii: Young scientist grant from European Society of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology.

10. Biogenesis of inositol-lipids in T. gondii: German Research Foundation, co-PI: Andreas Herrmann (HU, Berlin).

11. Modeling of lipid biogenesis in Toxoplasma-infected human cell: German Research Foundation, co-PIs: Herrmann Holzhütter (Charité, Berlin) and Richard Lucius (HU, Berlin).

12. High-throughput anti-coccidian drug screening using YFP-parasite, Novartis Animal Healthcare, co-PI: Richard Lucius (HU, Berlin).

13. In vivo parasite-host interactions in the Eimeria-mouse model. Manuela Schmid (doctoral student) & Nishith Gupta (host PI), Helmholtz Foundation.

14. Central carbon metabolism of T. gondii. Martin Blume (doctoral student) & Nishith Gupta (host PI), Helmholtz Foundation.