Dr. Paras Anand

Profile

Academic positionAssociate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Reader
Research fieldsImmunology,Medical Microbiology and Mycology, Hygiene, Molecular Infection Biology
KeywordsInflammasome, NLR, Host-pathogen interaction, Infectious diseases, Pro-inflammatory response
Honours and awards

2018: MRC New Investigator Grant

2015: Royal Society Research Grant

2015: Wellcome Trust Research Grant

2007: Marie-Curie 'International' Research Fellow

2006: Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow

Current contact address

CountryUnited Kingdom
CityLondon
InstitutionImperial College London
InstituteFaculty of Medicine

Host during sponsorship

Dr. Gareth GriffithsEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) Heidelberg, Europäisches Laboratorium für Molekularbiologie (EMBL), Heidelberg
Start of initial sponsorship01/10/2006

Programme(s)

2006Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme

Publications (partial selection)

2010Anand PK, Anand E, Bleck CK, Anes E, Griffiths G: Exosomal Hsp70 induces a pro-inflammatory response to foreign particles including mycobacteria. In: PLoS One, 2010, 1-15
2010Paras K Anand: Exosomal Membrane Molecules are Potent Immune Response Modulators. In: Communicative & Integrative Biology, 2010, 405-408
2010Eik Hoffmanna, Sabrina Marionb, Bibhuti Bhusan Mishrac, Mathias John, Ramona Kratzke, Syed Furquan Ahmad, Daniela Holzer, Paras Kumar Anand, Dieter G. Weiss, Gareth Griffiths, and Sergei A. Kuznetsov.: Initial receptor-ligand interactions modulate gene expression and phagosomal properties during both early and late stages of phagocytosis.. In: European Journal of Cell Biology, 2010, 693-704
2009Kuehnel MP, Rybin V, Anand PK, Anes E, Griffiths G.: Lipids regulate P2X7-receptor-dependent actin assembly by phagosomes via ADP translocation and ATP synthesis in the phagosome lumen.. In: J Cell Sci, 2009, 499-504
2009Kuehnel MP, Reiss M, Anand PK, Treede I, Holzer D, Hoffmann E, Klapperstueck M, Steinberg TH, Markwardt F, Griffiths G: Sphingosine-1-phosphate receptors stimulate macrophage plasma-membrane actin assembly via ADP release, ATP synthesis and P2X7R activation.. In: J Cell Sci. , 2009, 505-512