A guide to the apicomplexan cell cycle: endodyogeny and schizogony. Batra M, Suvorova ES. Trends Parasitology. 2025

Deciphering cell cycle organization of Toxoplasma endodyogeny. Batra M, Marsilia C, Awshah D, Hawkins LM, Wang C, Chaput D, Naumova DA, Suvorova. mBIO. 2025

The Crk4-Cyc4 complex regulates G₂/M transition in Toxoplasma gondii. Lauren M Hawkins, Chengqi Wang, Dale Chaput, Mrinalini Batra, Clem Marsilia, Danya Awshah, and Elena S Suvorova. The EMBO Journal. 2024

Essential role of the conserved oligomeric Golgi complex in Toxoplasma gondii. Marsilia C, Batra M, Pokrovskaya ID, Wang C, Chaput D, Naumova DA, Lupashin VV, Suvorova ES. mBio. 2023

Restriction Checkpoint Controls Bradyzoite Development in Toxoplasma gondii. Microbiol Spectr. Naumov AV, Wang C, Chaput D, Ting LM, Alvarez CA, Keller T, Ramadan A, White MW, Kim K, Suvorova ES.2022 Jun 2:e0070222. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.00702-22. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35652638.

Novel CRK-Cyclin Complex Controls Spindle Assembly Checkpoint in Toxoplasma Endodyogeny.Hawkins LM, Naumov AV, Batra M, Wang C, Chaput D, Suvorova ES mBio. 2022

The RESTRICTION checkpoint: a window of opportunity governing developmental transitions in Toxoplasma gondii. Sinai and Suvorova. Current Opinion in Microbiology. 2020

Apicomplexa Cell Cycles: Something Old, Borrowed, Lost, and New. White and Suvorova. Trends in Parasitology. 2018.

The Toxoplasma Centrocone Houses Cell Cycle Regulatory Factors. Naumov et al. mBio. 2017.

Checkpoints of apicomplexan cell division identified in Toxoplasma gondii. Alvarez and Suvorova. PLoS Pathogens. 2017.

Toxoplasma gondii Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinase Subunit 3 Is Involved in the Switch from Tachyzoite to Bradyzoite Development. Sugi et al. mBio. 2016.

Toxoplasma gondii Arginine Methyltransferase 1 (PRMT1) Is Necessary for Centrosome Dynamics during Tachyzoite Cell Division. El Bissati et al. mBio. 2016.

A novel bipartite centrosome coordinates the apicomplexan cell cycle. Suvorova et al. PLoS Biology. 2015.

Genetic manipulation of the Toxoplasma gondii genome by fosmid recombineering. Vinayak et al. mBio. 2014.

Transcript maturation in apicomplexan parasites. Suvorova ES et al. Current Opinion mBio. 2014.

Forward genetic screening identifies a small molecule that blocks Toxoplasma gondii growth by inhibiting both host- and parasite-encoded kinases. Brown et al. PLoS Pathogens. 2014.

A nucleolar AAA-NTPase is required for parasite division. Suvorova et al. Molecular Microbiology. 2012.

Discovery of a splicing regulator required for cell cycle progression. Suvorova et al. PLoS Genetics. 2013.

Nuclear actin-related protein is required for chromosome segregation in Toxoplasma gondii. Suvorova et al. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology. 2012.

Funding

NIAID RO1: Cyclin-mediated control of Toxoplasma development 2020-2025

NIAID RO3: New reporter system for spatiotemporal visualization of Toxoplasma gondii growth and development 2020 – 2022