Akshaya Ganesh | BISI | University of Maryland

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Akshaya Ganesh

Ph.D. Student

aganesh@umd.edu

Inflammatory cell death in response to tuberculosis infection in macrophages.

Advisor(s)

BISI Concentration Areas

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Latest Papers

Characterization of programmed cell death pathways activated in Mycobacterium tuberculosis-infected human macrophages

February 2, 2026
Author(s): Guanchao Ding, Jacques Augenstreich, Anushka Poddar, et. al
UMD Author(s): Akshaya Ganesh, Volker Briken, Guanchao Ding

NLRP11 is required for canonical NLRP3 and non-canonical inflammasome activation during human macrophage infection with mycobacteria

December 16, 2024
UMD Author(s): Akshaya Ganesh, Volker Briken

Mycobacterium tuberculosis Utilizes Serine/Threonine Kinase PknF to Evade NLRP3 Inflammasome-driven Caspase-1 and RIPK3/Caspase-8 Activation in Murine Dendritic Cells

September 1, 2024 | The Journal of Immunology
UMD Author(s): Volker Briken, Akshaya Ganesh

A SARS-CoV-2 spike ferritin nanoparticle vaccine protects against heterologous challenge with B.1.1.7 and B.1.351 virus variants in Syrian golden hamsters

June 16, 2021
Author(s): Kathryn McGuckin Wuertz, Erica K. Barkei, Wei-Hung Chen, et. al
UMD Author(s): Akshaya Ganesh