Rakhee Lohia

Employment

• BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus Research Associate
  2026 - Present
• National Forensic Sciences University Assistant Professor
  2023 - 2026
• Yogoda Satsanga Mahavidyalaya, Ranchi, Jharkhand Assistant Professor
  2022 - 2023
• Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune Research Scientist-III
  2020 - 2021
• Laboratory of Pathogen Host Interactions Post Doc fellow
  2016 - 2019
• National Brain Research Centre Research Associate-I
  2015 - 2015
• Zakir Husain Delhi College Assistant Professor (Guest)
  2015 - 2015
• Kalindi College, University of Delhi Assistant Professor
  2014 - 2014
• Sri Venkateswara College Assitant Professor (Guest)
  2014 - 2014
• Sri Venkateswara College Assitant Professor (Guest)
  2009 - 2009
• Jawaharlal Nehru University Junior Research Fellow
  2006 - 2008

Education

• University of Delhi - South Campus PhD
  2009 - 2014
• University of Delhi M.Phil
  2005 - 2006
• Banaras Hindu University M.Sc
  2003 - 2005
• st. Xavier's College B.Sc
  2000 - 2003

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (12)

• Protection against Babesia infection by red blood cell PIEZO1 activation
  Microbiology Spectrum 2026 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.04114-25
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• Transgenic selection and underlying mechanisms in apicomplexan parasites
  Swaroop Peddiraju, Rakhee Lohia, Nishith Gupta
  The FEBS Journal 2026 DOI: 10.1111/febs.70588
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• PI3-kinase has multiple functions in asexual blood stages of Plasmodium falciparum
  Scientific Reports 2025 DOI: 10.1038/S41598-025-01397-1
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• Pharmacological activation of PIEZO1 in human red blood cells prevents Plasmodium falciparum invasion
  Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences 2023 DOI: 10.1007/S00018-023-04773-0
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• Pharmacological activation of PIEZO1 in human red blood cells prevents Plasmodium falciparum invasion
  2021 DOI: 10.1101/2021.05.28.446171
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• Deletion of Dictyostelium discoideum Sir2A impairs cell proliferation and inhibits autophagy.
  Rakhee Lohia, Punita Jain, Mukul Jain +4 more
  Journal of biosciences 2018 DOI: 10.1007/s12038-018-9753-6
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• Common PIEZO1 Allele in African Populations Causes RBC Dehydration and Attenuates Plasmodium Infection.
  Shang Ma, Stuart M. Cahalan, Gregory LaMonte +20 more
  Cell 2018 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2018.02.047
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• Dictyostelium discoideum Sir2D modulates cell-type specific gene expression and is involved in autophagy.
  Rakhee Lohia, Punita Jain, Mukul Jain +3 more
  The International journal of developmental biology 2017 DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.160038ss
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• Common Piezo1 allele in African populations causes xerocytosis and attenuates Plasmodium infection
  bioRxiv 2017 DOI: 10.1101/159830
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• Overexpression of TOR (target of rapamycin) inhibits cell proliferation in Dictyostelium discoideum.
  Journal of basic microbiology 2015 DOI: 10.1002/jobm.201500313
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• Analysis of rapamycin induced autophagy in Dictyostelium discoideum
  Indian Journal of Experimental Biology 2014
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• Identification and characterization of peptide: N-glycanase from Dictyostelium discoideum.
  BMC biochemistry 2012 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2091-13-9
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