Ira J. Blader

This paper identifies TgFBXL2, an F-box protein in Toxoplasma gondii, which represses feline-restricted genes required for sexual commitment by modulating SCF-E3 ubiquitin ligase activity.

This study identifies a hypoxia-responsive coproporphyrinogen dehydrogenase-like protein in Toxoplasma gondii that exhibits enzymatic activity but does not affect intracellular growth under hypoxia.

This study shows that Toxoplasma gondii infection causes complement-dependent loss of inhibitory synapses on excitatory pyramidal neurons in the neocortex.

This study shows that Toxoplasma gondii infection causes loss of perisomatic inhibitory synapses through microglia-mediated synaptic stripping.