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I am an assistant scientist studying naturally acquired immunity to malaria. I obtained my PhD from CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, India. Outside the lab, I enjoy talking to my family, travelling, listening to music, watching Netflix and keeping up-to-date on science.
I hold a master’s in Plant Genetics and have been in molecular biology since 2013. I came here for the challenge and the cause. My off time is usually spent chasing my toddler and maintaining my house. And in my free time… I have a toddler; I don’t have free time.
I became interested in malaria as a model of chronic infection and B cell activation during my postdoc in Sue Pierce’s lab at the NIH. My current research in the Tran lab aims at understanding how innate immune cell types drive immunity to malaria.
I became interested in malaria after hearing a compelling talk by the late Bob Desowitz during my first year of medical school. I found the disease to be fascinating due to complexity of the malaria parasite’s life cycle and the host response against this potentially deadly infection.
Retired
Current position: Neurology Resident, University of Virginia
Current position: Internal Medicine Resident, Indiana University School of Medicine
Current position: Computational Biologist, Department of Urology, University of Michigan
Research Associate
Medical Technologist
Post-doctoral Fellow, Boston Children’s Hospital
PhD Student, University of Illinois Chicago
Laboratory Technician
Holla P, Bhardwaj J, Tran TM. Biochemical Society Transactions. 2024 Jun 26;52(3):1025-1034.
Johnson AE, Upadhye A, Knight V, Gaskin EL, Turnbull LB, Ayuku D, Nyalumbe M, Abuonji E, John CC, McHenry MS, Tran TM, Ayodo G. Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society. 2024 May 30;13(5):288-296.
Senkpeil L, Bhardwaj J, Little MR, Holla P, Upadhye A, Fusco EM, Swanson PA 2nd, Wiegand RE, Macklin MD, Bi K, Flynn BJ, Yamamoto A, Gaskin EL, Sather DN, Oblak AL, Simpson E, Gao H, Haining WN, Yates KB, Liu X, Murshedkar T, Richie TL, Sim BKL, Otieno K, Kariuki S, Xuei X, Liu Y, Polidoro RB, Hoffman SL, Oneko M, Steinhardt LC, Schmidt NW, Seder RA, Tran TM. JCI Insight. 2024 Apr 30;9(11).
Ambegaonkar AA, Holla P, Sohn H, George R, Tran TM, Pierce SK. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2024 Mar 26;121(13):e2313672121.
Shears MJ, Reynolds RA, Duncombe CJ, Watson FN, Staubus WJ, Chavtur C, Seilie AM, Tran TM, Chakravarty S, Hoffman SL, Murphy SC. Malaria Journal. 2023 Dec 13;22(1):379.
McHenry MS, Roose A, Abuonji E, Nyalumbe M, Ayuku D, Ayodo G, Tran TM, Kaat AJ. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society. 2023 Dec;29(10):933-942.
Nziza N, Tran TM, DeRiso EA, Dolatshahi S, Herman JD, Lacerda LD, Junqueira C, Lieberman J, Ongoiba A, Doumbo S, Kayentao K, Traore B, Crompton PD, Alter G. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2023 Sep 15;228(6):759-768.
Bhardwaj J, Upadhye A, Gaskin EL, Doumbo S, Kayentao K, Ongoiba A, Traore B, Crompton PD, Tran TM. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2023 Jul 14;228(2):202-211.
Brothwell JA, Fortney KR, Gao H, Wilson LS, Andrews CF, Tran TM, Hu X, Batteiger TA, Barnes S, Liu Y, Spinola SM. mBio. 2022 Dec 20;13(6):e0312522
Tashi T, Upadhye A, Kundu P, Wu C, Menant S, Soares RR, Ferreira MU, Longley RJ, Mueller I, Hoang QQ, Tham WH, Rayner JC, Scopel KK, Lima-Junior JC, Tran TM . PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2022 Nov 23; 16(11):e0010773.
Turnbull LB, Ayodo G, Knight V, John CC, McHenry MS, Tran TM. Malaria Journal. 2022 Nov 16;21(1):337.
Conroy AL,Tran TM, Bond C, Opoka RO, Datta D, Liechty EA, Bangirana P, Namazzi R, Idro R, Cusick S, Ssenkusu JM, John CC. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2022 Dec 13;226(12):2215-2225.
Salgado C, Ayodo G, Macklin MD, Gould MP, Nallandhighal S, Odhiambo EO, Obala A, Prudhomme WO, John CC, Tran TM. Malaria Journal. 2021 Sep 17;20(1):371.
Duffey MM, Ayuku D, Ayodo G, Abuonji E, Nyalumbe M, Giella AK, Hook JN, Tran TM, McHenry MS. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society. 2022 Apr;28(4):414-423.
Holla P, Tran TM. Nature Immunology. 2021 May;22(5):537-539.
Andrade CM, Fleckenstein H, Thomson-Luque R, Doumbo S, Lima NF, Anderson C, Hibbert J, Hopp CS, Tran TM, Li S, Niangaly M, Cisse H, Doumtabe D, Skinner J, Sturdevant D, Ricklefs S, Virtaneva K, Asghar M, Homann MV, Turner L, Martins J, Allman EL, N’Dri ME, Winkler V, Llinás M, Lavazec C, Martens C, Färnert A, Kayentao K, Ongoiba A, Lavstsen T, Osório NS, Otto TD, Recker M, Traore B, Crompton PD, Portugal S. Nature Medicine. 2020 Dec;26(12):1929-1940.
Obeng-Adjei N, Larremore DB, Turner L, Ongoiba A, Li S, Doumbo S, Yazew TB, Kayentao K, Miller LH, Traore B, Pierce SK, Buckee CO, Lavstsen T, Crompton PD, Tran TM. JCI Insight. 2020 Jun 18;5(12).
Tran TM, Crompton PD. Immunological Reviews. 2020 Jan;293(1):144-162.
Tran TM, Guha R, Portugal S, Skinner J, Ongoiba A, Bhardwaj J, Jones M, Moebius J, Venepally P, Doumbo S, DeRiso EA, Li S, Vijayan K, Anzick SL, Hart GT, O’Connell EM, Doumbo OK, Kaushansky A, Alter G, Felgner PL, Lorenzi H, Kayentao K, Traore B, Kirkness EF, Crompton PD. Immunity. 2019 Oct 15;51(4):750-765.e10.
Griesenauer B, Tran TM, Fortney KR, Janowicz DM, Johnson P, Gao H, Barnes S, Wilson LS, Liu Y, Spinola SM. mBio. 2019 Jun 18;10(3).
Tran TM, Bijker EM, Haks MC, Ottenhoff TMH, Visser L, Schats R, Venepally P, Lorenzi H, Crompton PD, Sauerwein RW. Scientific Reports. 2019 Jun 10;9(1):8386.
Hart GT, Tran TM, Theorell J, Schlums H, Arora G, Rajagopalan S, Sangala J, Welsh KJ, Traore B, Pierce SK, Crompton PD, Bryceson YT, Long EO. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 2019 Jun 3;216(6):1280-1290.
Nallandhighal S, Park GS, Ho YY, Opoka RO, John CC, Tran TM. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2019; 219(1):154-164.
Clemente TM, Mulye M, Justis AV, Nallandhighal S, Tran TM, Gilk SD. Infection and Immunity. 2018 Oct;86(10).
Ouattara A, Tran TM, Doumbo S, Matthew A, Agrawal S, Niangaly A, Nelson-Owens S, Doumtabé D, Tolo Y, Ongoiba A, Takala-Harrison S, Traoré B, Silva JC, Crompton PD, Doumbo OK, Plowe CV. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2018; 99(1):43-50.
Liu EW, Skinner J, Tran TM, Kumar K, Narum DL, Jain A, Ongoiba A, Traoré B, Felgner PL, Crompton PD. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2018; 98(1):57-66.
Bustamante LY, Powell GT, Lin YC, Macklin MD, Cross N, Kemp A, Cawkill P, Sanderson T, Crosnier C, Muller-Sienerth N, Doumbo OK, Traore B, Crompton PD, Cicuta P, Tran TM, Wright GJ, Rayner JC. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2017; 114(45):12045-12050.
Pieper K, Tan J, Piccoli L, Foglierini M, Barbieri S, Chen Y, Silacci-Fregni C, Wolf T, Jarrossay D, Anderle M, Abdi A, Ndungu FM, Doumbo OK, Traore B, Tran TM, Jongo S, Zenklusen I, Crompton PD, Daubenberger C, Bull PC, Sallusto F, Lanzavecchia A. Nature. 2017; 548(7669):597-601.
Portugal S, Tran TM, Ongoiba A, Bathily A, Li S, Doumbo S, Skinner J, Doumtabe D, Kone Y, Sangala J, Jain A, Davies DH, Hung C, Liang L, Ricklefs S, Homann MV, Felgner PL, Porcella SF, Färnert A, Doumbo OK, Kayentao K, Greenwood BM, Traore B, Crompton PD. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2017; 64(5):645-653.
Tran TM, Jones MB, Ongoiba A, Bijker EM, Schats R, Venepally P, Skinner J, Doumbo S, Quinten E, Visser LG, Whalen E, Presnell S, O’Connell EM, Kayentao K, Doumbo OK, Chaussabel D, Lorenzi H, Nutman TB, Ottenhoff TH, Haks MC, Traore B, Kirkness EF, Sauerwein RW, Crompton PD. Scientific Reports. 2016; 6:31291.
The Kaushansky Lab focuses on Cross-Pathogen Studies and Co-Infections.
The John Lab has several malaria studies in Uganda and western Kenya.
The Neafsey lab studies the evolutionary genomics of malaria parasites and mosquito vectors.
The Schmidt Lab is interested in defining the factors that impact the pathogenesis of malaria.
The Crompton Lab investigates the mechanisms underlying naturally acquired immunity to Plasmodium falciparum malaria.
The Seder Lab conducts malaria vaccine trials and investigates the mechanisms of malaria-protective immune responses.