HOMEAssistant Professor Minami Baba

Faculty

Assistant Professor Minami Baba

Speciality / Research theme / Keywords
Plasmodium, Malaria, Toxoplasma, Molecular biology
Supervision
Masters Programme

Qualifications

PhD (DVM)

Personal/work Web page addresses

http://www.tm.nagasaki-u.ac.jp/protozoology/index.html

Research gate or Linked-in account links

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Minami-Baba-3

Affiliation

Department of Protozoology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University

Background

2007 − 2013　Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University
2013 − 2017　Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Gifu University
2017 − 2021　Research Fellow, Department of Parasitology, Proteoscience Center, Ehime University
2021 − 　　　 Assistant Professor, Department of Protozoology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University

Research

Elucidation of molecular mechanisms involved in host cell invasion of rodent malaria.

The country/countries where you work currently

Japan

Five MOST IMPORTANT/INTERESTING recent publications

  1. M. Nozaki, M. Baba, M. Tachibana, N. Tokunaga, M. Torii, T. Ishino. “Detection of the rhoptry neck protein complex in Plasmodium sporozoites and its contribution to sporozoite invasion of salivary glands.” mSphere 5(4): e00325-20, 2020. doi:10.1128/mSphere.00325-20.
  2. N. Tokunaga, M. Nozaki, M. Tachibana, M. Baba, K. Matsuoka, T. Tsuboi, M. Torii, and T. Ishino. “Expression and localization profiles of rhoptry proteins in Plasmodium berghei sporozoites” Front. Cell. Infect. Microbiol. 9: 316, 2019. doi:10.3389/fcimb.2019.00316.
  3. S. Bantuchai, M. Nozaki, A. Thongkukiatkul, N. Lorsuwannarat, M. Tachibana, M. Baba, K. Matsuoka, T. Tsuboi, M. Torii, T. Ishino. “Rhoptry neck protein 11 has crucial roles during malaria parasite sporozoite invasion of salivary glands and hepatocytes” Int. J. Parasitol. 49(9), 725-35, 2019. doi:10.1016/j.ijpara.2019.05.001.
  4. Ishino, E. Murata, N. Tokunaga, M. Baba, M. Tachibana, A. Thongkukiatkul T. Tsuboi, M. Torii. “Rhoptry neck protein 2 expressed in Plasmodium sporozoites plays a crucial role during invasion of mosquito salivary glands” Cell. Microbiol. 21(1): e12964, 2018. doi:10.1111/cmi.12964.
  5. Baba†, T. Batanova†, (†: equally contributed) K. Kitoh, Y. Takashima. “Adhesion of Toxoplasma gondii tachyzoite-infected vehicle leukocytes to capillary endothelial cells triggers timely parasite egression” Sci. Rep. 7(1): 5675, 2017. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-05956-z.

Message

I’m trying to reveal how Plasmodium, whose hosts are completely different organisms – mosquitoes and mammals – complete their complex mechanisms. I hope that by learning here, you will encounter what you want to know and acquire the tools and knowledge to know it.

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