Publications
Gras Lab Publications :
2026
Ferrari G, Song Y, Hensel M, Psathaki OE, Nguyen DTN, Gras S, Meissner M, Tinnefeld P, Periz J. Localization of Apicomplexa Motor Myosin A with Axial Nanometric Precision Using Graphene Energy Transfer. Nano Lett. 2026 Aug 26;26(33):11002–11008. DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.6c01982
von Knoerzer-Suckow J, Sazegar P, Periz J, Gras S, Meissner M. Tracking maternal proteins uncovers a central role for the residual body in organelle recycling during Toxoplasma gondii replication. eLife. 2025;14:RP108685. Reviewed Preprint, version 2. eLife Reviewed Preprint v2
2025
von Knoerzer-Suckow J, Aden EH, Haase R, Klingl A, Forné I, Gras S. Plasma membrane recycling drives reservoir formation during Toxoplasma gondii intracellular replication. PLoS Biol. 2025 Sep 30;23(9):e3003415. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3003415.
Li W, Koczy O, Qin P, Forné I, Gras S, Gruenert J, Klingl A, Mattei S, Jimenez-Ruiz E, Meissner M. An apical ring protein essential for conoid complex assembly and daughter cell formation in Toxoplasma gondii. Nat Commun. 2025;16:10149. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-65382-y
Grech J, Sinde AP, Periz J, Singer M, Gras S, Forné I, Klingl A, Dacks JB, Jimenez-Ruiz E, Meissner M. Tepsin and AP4 mediate transport from the trans-Golgi to the plant-like vacuole in Toxoplasma. J Cell Biol. 2025 Dec 1;224(12):e202312109. DOI: 10.1083/jcb.202312109
2023
Koreny L, Mercado-Saavedra BN, Klinger CM, Barylyuk K, Butterworth S, Hirst J, Rivera-Cuevas Y, Zaccai NR, Holzer VJC, Klingl A, Dacks JB, Carruthers VB, Robinson MS, Gras S, Waller RF. Stable endocytic structures navigate the complex pellicle of apicomplexan parasites. Nat Commun. 2023 Apr 15;14:2167. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-37431-x
2020
Spielmann T, Gras S, Sabitzki R, Meissner M. Endocytosis in Plasmodium and Toxoplasma parasites. Trends Parasitol. 2020 Jun;36(6):520–532. DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2020.03.010
Previous publications:
2019
Gras S, Jimenez-Ruiz E, Klinger CM, Schneider K, Klingl A, Lemgruber L, Meissner M. An endocytic-secretory cycle participates in Toxoplasma gondii in motility. PLoS Biol. 2019 Jun 24;17(6):e3000060.DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000060
Periz J, Del Rosario M, McStea A, Gras S, Loney C, Wang L, Martin-Fernandez ML, Meissner M. A highly dynamic F-actin network regulates transport and recycling of micronemes in Toxoplasma gondii vacuoles. Nat Commun. 2019 Sep 13;10(1):4183. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-12136-2
2017
Whitelaw JA, Latorre-Barragan F, Gras S, Pall GS, Leung JM, Heaslip A, Egarter S, Andenmatten N, Nelson SR, Warshaw DM, Ward GE, Meissner M. Surface attachment, promoted by the actomyosin system of Toxoplasma gondii is important for efficient gliding motility and invasion. BMC Biol. 2017 Jan 18;15(1):1. DOI: 10.1186/s12915-016-0343-5
Periz J, Whitelaw J, Harding C, Gras S, Del Rosario M, Minina MI, Latorre-Barragan F, Lemgruber L, Reimer MA, Insall R, Heaslip A, Meissner M. Toxoplasma gondii F-actin forms an extensive filamentous network required for material exchange and parasite maturation. eLife. 2017 Mar 21;6:e24119. DOI: 10.7554/eLife.24119
Gras S, Jackson A, Woods S, Pall G, Whitelaw J, Leung JM, Ward GE, Roberts CW, Meissner M. Parasites lacking the micronemal protein MIC2 are deficient in surface attachment and host cell egress, but remain virulent in vivo. Wellcome Open Res. 2017;2:32. DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.11594.2
2014
Gras S, Byzia A, Gilbert FB, McGowan S, Drag M, Silvestre A, Niepceron A, Lecaille F, Lalmanach G, Brossier F. Aminopeptidase N1 (EtAPN1), an M1 metalloprotease of the apicomplexan parasite Eimeria tenella, participates in parasite development. Eukaryot Cell. 2014 Jul;13(7):884–895. DOI: 10.1128/EC.00062-14
2012
Rieux A, Gras S, Lecaille F, Niepceron A, Katrib M, Smith NC, Brossier F. Eimeripain, a cathepsin B-like cysteine protease, expressed throughout sporulation of the apicomplexan parasite Eimeria tenella. PLoS One. 2012;7(3):e31914. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031914