Utpal Pal

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Utpal Pal

Veterinary Medicine Professor

MPower Professor, University of Maryland Strategic Partnership: MPowering the State

My laboratory investigates vector biology and arthropod-borne zoonoses, with a focus on the mechanisms of pathogen transmission and persistence in tick-borne infections, particularly Lyme borreliosis transmitted by Ixodes scapularis.

BISI Concentration Areas

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Latest Papers

The lp17 regulatory elements in Borrelia burgdorferi : a novel small RNA impacts gene expression and mammalian infection

| mBio
Author(s): Chrysoula Kitsou, Faith Kung, Kamoltip Promnares, et. al
UMD Author(s): Utpal Pal


EPR spectroscopy reveals antioxidant manganese defenses in the Lyme disease pathogen Borrelia burgdorferi

| mBio
Author(s): Andrés F. Londoño, Ajay Sharma, Venkatesan Kathiresan, et. al
UMD Author(s): Utpal Pal


Duplex PCR assay to determine sex and mating status of Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae), vector of the Lyme disease pathogen

| Journal of medical entomology
Author(s): Isobel Ronai, Julia C Frederick, Alec T Thompson, et. al
UMD Author(s): Utpal Pal


Duplex PCR assay to determine sex and mating status ofIxodes scapularis(Acari: Ixodidae), vector of the Lyme disease pathogen


Author(s): Isobel Ronai, Julia C. Frederick, Alec T. Thompson, et. al
UMD Author(s): Utpal Pal


A systemic approach to identify non-abundant immunogenic proteins in Lyme disease pathogens

| mSystems
Author(s): Ozlem Buyuktanir Yaş, Adam S. Coleman, Rachel M. Lipman, et. al
UMD Author(s): Utpal Pal


Characterization of spatial lipidomic signatures in tick-bitten guinea pig skin as a model for host-vector-pathogen interaction profiling

| mSystems
Author(s): Alison J. Scott, Alexis A. Smith, Ron M. A. Heeren, et. al
UMD Author(s): Utpal Pal


A ticking time bomb hidden in plain sight

| Science Translational Medicine
Author(s): Sukanya Narasimhan, Durland Fish, Joao H. F. Pedra, et. al
UMD Author(s): Utpal Pal


Function and evolution of the aquaporin IsAQP1 in the Lyme disease vector Ixodes scapularis

| Insect Molecular Biology
Author(s): Hitoshi Tsujimoto, Hillery C. Metz, Alexis A. Smith, et. al
UMD Author(s): Utpal Pal


Immune evasion strategies of major tick-transmitted bacterial pathogens

| Trends in Microbiology
Author(s): Vipin Singh Rana, Chrysoula Kitsou, J. Stephen Dumler, et. al
UMD Author(s): Utpal Pal


Application of biophysical methods for improved protein production and characterization: A case study on an high‐temperature requirement A‐family bacterial protease

| Protein Science
Author(s): Michael Ronzetti, Bolormaa Baljinnyam, Ishrat Jalal, et. al
UMD Author(s): Utpal Pal