Dr Catarina De Almeida Marques
- Research Associate (Parasitology)
telephone:
01413301912
email:
Catarina.DeAlmeidaMarques@glasgow.ac.uk
Room 626, Level 6, Wellcome Center for Molecular Parasitology, GBRC, 120 University Place, G12 8TA
Publications
2024
Reis-Cunha, J. L., Pimenta-Carvalho, S. A., Almeida, L. V., Coqueiro-Dos-Santos, A., Marques, C. A. , Black, J. A., Damasceno, J. , McCulloch, R. , Bartholomeu, D. C. and Jeffares, D. C. (2024) Ancestral aneuploidy and stable chromosomal duplication resulting in differential genome structure and gene expression control in trypanosomatid parasites. Genome Research, 34(3), pp. 441-453. (doi: 10.1101/gr.278550.123) (PMID:38604731) (PMCID:PMC11067883)
2023
Faria, J. R.C., Tinti, M., Marques, C. A. , Zoltner, M., Yoshikawa, H., Field, M. C. and Horn, D. (2023) An allele-selective inter-chromosomal protein bridge supports monogenic antigen expression in the African trypanosome. Nature Communications, 14, 8200. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-44043-y) (PMID:38081826) (PMCID:PMC10713589)
Girasol, M. J., Briggs, E., Marques, C. A. , Batista, J. M., Beraldi, D., Buchmore, R., Lemgruber, L. and McCulloch, R. (2023) Immunoprecipitation of RNA-DNA hybrid interacting proteins in Trypanosoma brucei reveals conserved and novel activities, including in the control of surface antigen expression needed for immune evasion by antigenic variation. Nucleic Acids Research, 51(20), pp. 11123-11141. (doi: 10.1093/nar/gkad836) (PMID:37843098) (PMCID:PMC10639054)
Briggs, E. M., Marques, C. A. , Oldrieve, G. R., Hu, J., Otto, T. D. and Matthews, K. R. (2023) Profiling the bloodstream form and procyclic form Trypanosoma brucei cell cycle using single cell transcriptomics. eLife, 12, e86325. (doi: 10.7554/eLife.86325) (PMID:37166108) (PMCID:PMC10212563)
2022
Marques, C. A. , Ridgway, M., Tinti, M., Cassidy, A. and Horn, D. (2022) Genome-scale RNA interference profiling of Trypanosoma brucei cell cycle progression defects. Nature Communications, 13, 5326. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-33109-y) (PMID:36088375) (PMCID:PMC9464253)
2020
Damasceno, J. D. , Marques, C. A. , Beraldi, D., Crouch, K. , Lapsley, C., Obonaga, R., Tosi, L. R.O. and McCulloch, R. (2020) Genome duplication in Leishmania major relies on persistent subtelomeric DNA replication. eLife, 9, e58030. (doi: 10.7554/eLife.58030) (PMID:32897188) (PMCID:PMC7511235)
de Araujo, C. B. et al. (2020) Replication origin location might contribute to genetic variability in Trypanosoma cruzi. BMC Genomics, 21, 414. (doi: 10.1186/s12864-020-06803-8) (PMID:32571205) (PMCID:PMC7310030)
2019
Glover, L., Marques, C. A. , Suska, O. and Horn, D. (2019) Persistent DNA damage foci and DNA replication with a broken chromosome in the African trypanosome. mBio, 10(4), e01252-19. (doi: 10.1128/mbio.01252-19) (PMID:31289179) (PMCID:PMC6747728)
2018
Marques, C. A. and McCulloch, R. (2018) Conservation and variation in strategies for DNA replication of kinetoplastid nuclear genomes. Current Genomics, 19(2), pp. 98-109. (doi: 10.2174/1389202918666170815144627) (PMID:29491738) (PMCID:PMC5814967)
2017
da Silva, M. S., Pavani, R. S., Damasceno, J. D. , Marques, C. A. , McCulloch, R. , Tosi, L. R. O. and Elias, M. C. (2017) Nuclear DNA replication in trypanosomatids: there are no easy methods for solving difficult problems. Trends in Parasitology, 33(11), pp. 858-874. (doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2017.08.002) (PMID:28844718) (PMCID:PMC5662062)
Devlin, R., Marques, C. A. and McCulloch, R. (2017) Does DNA replication direct locus-specific recombination during host immune evasion by antigenic variation in the African trypanosome? Current Genetics, 63(3), pp. 441-449. (doi: 10.1007/s00294-016-0662-7) (PMID:27822899) (PMCID:PMC5422504)
2016
Marques, C. A. , Tiengwe, C., Lemgruber Soares, L. , Damasceno, J. D., Scott, A., Paape, D. , Marcello, L. and McCulloch, R. (2016) Diverged composition and regulation of the Trypanosoma brucei origin recognition complex that mediates DNA replication initiation. Nucleic Acids Research, 44(10), pp. 4763-4784. (doi: 10.1093/nar/gkw147) (PMID:26951375) (PMCID:PMC4889932)
Devlin, R., Marques, C. A. , Paape, D. , Prorocic, M., Zurita-Leal, A. C., Campbell, S. J., Lapsley, C., Dickens, N. and McCulloch, R. (2016) Mapping replication dynamics in Trypanosoma brucei reveals a link with telomere transcription and antigenic variation. eLife, 5, e12765. (doi: 10.7554/eLife.12765) (PMID:27228154) (PMCID:PMC4946898)
2015
Marques, C. A. , Dickens, N. J. , Paape, D. , Campbell, S. J. and McCulloch, R. (2015) Genome-wide mapping reveals single-origin chromosome replication in Leishmania, a eukaryotic microbe. Genome Biology, 16, 230. (doi: 10.1186/s13059-015-0788-9) (PMID:26481451) (PMCID:PMC4612428)
Calderano, S.G., Drosopoulos, W.C., Quaresma, M. M., Marques, C.A. , Kosiyatrakul, S., McCulloch, R. , Schildkraut, C.L. and Elias, M.C. (2015) Single molecule analysis of Trypanosoma brucei DNA replication dynamics. Nucleic Acids Research, 43(5), pp. 2655-2665. (doi: 10.1093/nar/gku1389) (PMID:25690894) (PMCID:PMC4357695)
2014
Machado, C. R. et al. (2014) Nucleotide excision repair in Trypanosoma brucei: specialization of transcription-coupled repair due to multigenic transcription. Molecular Microbiology, 92(4), pp. 756-776. (doi: 10.1111/mmi.12589) (PMID:24661334) (PMCID:PMC4138998)
Tiengwe, C., Marques, C. A. and McCulloch, R. (2014) Nuclear DNA replication initiation in kinetoplastid parasites: new insights into an ancient process. Trends in Parasitology, 30(1), pp. 27-36. (doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2013.10.009)
2009
Vale, N. et al. (2009) Imidazoquines as antimalarial and antipneumocystis agents. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 52(23), pp. 7800-7807. (doi: 10.1021/jm900738c) (PMID:19799426) (PMCID:PMC2788672)
Prudêncio, M., Derbyshire, E. T., Marques, C. A. , Krishna, S., Mota, M. M. and Staines, H. M. (2009) Plasmodium berghei-infection induces volume-regulated anion channel-like activity in human hepatoma cells. Cellular Microbiology, 11(10), pp. 1492-1501. (doi: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2009.01342.x) (PMID:19496788) (PMCID:PMC2774480)
Articles
Reis-Cunha, J. L., Pimenta-Carvalho, S. A., Almeida, L. V., Coqueiro-Dos-Santos, A., Marques, C. A. , Black, J. A., Damasceno, J. , McCulloch, R. , Bartholomeu, D. C. and Jeffares, D. C. (2024) Ancestral aneuploidy and stable chromosomal duplication resulting in differential genome structure and gene expression control in trypanosomatid parasites. Genome Research, 34(3), pp. 441-453. (doi: 10.1101/gr.278550.123) (PMID:38604731) (PMCID:PMC11067883)
Faria, J. R.C., Tinti, M., Marques, C. A. , Zoltner, M., Yoshikawa, H., Field, M. C. and Horn, D. (2023) An allele-selective inter-chromosomal protein bridge supports monogenic antigen expression in the African trypanosome. Nature Communications, 14, 8200. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-44043-y) (PMID:38081826) (PMCID:PMC10713589)
Girasol, M. J., Briggs, E., Marques, C. A. , Batista, J. M., Beraldi, D., Buchmore, R., Lemgruber, L. and McCulloch, R. (2023) Immunoprecipitation of RNA-DNA hybrid interacting proteins in Trypanosoma brucei reveals conserved and novel activities, including in the control of surface antigen expression needed for immune evasion by antigenic variation. Nucleic Acids Research, 51(20), pp. 11123-11141. (doi: 10.1093/nar/gkad836) (PMID:37843098) (PMCID:PMC10639054)
Briggs, E. M., Marques, C. A. , Oldrieve, G. R., Hu, J., Otto, T. D. and Matthews, K. R. (2023) Profiling the bloodstream form and procyclic form Trypanosoma brucei cell cycle using single cell transcriptomics. eLife, 12, e86325. (doi: 10.7554/eLife.86325) (PMID:37166108) (PMCID:PMC10212563)
Marques, C. A. , Ridgway, M., Tinti, M., Cassidy, A. and Horn, D. (2022) Genome-scale RNA interference profiling of Trypanosoma brucei cell cycle progression defects. Nature Communications, 13, 5326. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-33109-y) (PMID:36088375) (PMCID:PMC9464253)
Damasceno, J. D. , Marques, C. A. , Beraldi, D., Crouch, K. , Lapsley, C., Obonaga, R., Tosi, L. R.O. and McCulloch, R. (2020) Genome duplication in Leishmania major relies on persistent subtelomeric DNA replication. eLife, 9, e58030. (doi: 10.7554/eLife.58030) (PMID:32897188) (PMCID:PMC7511235)
de Araujo, C. B. et al. (2020) Replication origin location might contribute to genetic variability in Trypanosoma cruzi. BMC Genomics, 21, 414. (doi: 10.1186/s12864-020-06803-8) (PMID:32571205) (PMCID:PMC7310030)
Glover, L., Marques, C. A. , Suska, O. and Horn, D. (2019) Persistent DNA damage foci and DNA replication with a broken chromosome in the African trypanosome. mBio, 10(4), e01252-19. (doi: 10.1128/mbio.01252-19) (PMID:31289179) (PMCID:PMC6747728)
Marques, C. A. and McCulloch, R. (2018) Conservation and variation in strategies for DNA replication of kinetoplastid nuclear genomes. Current Genomics, 19(2), pp. 98-109. (doi: 10.2174/1389202918666170815144627) (PMID:29491738) (PMCID:PMC5814967)
da Silva, M. S., Pavani, R. S., Damasceno, J. D. , Marques, C. A. , McCulloch, R. , Tosi, L. R. O. and Elias, M. C. (2017) Nuclear DNA replication in trypanosomatids: there are no easy methods for solving difficult problems. Trends in Parasitology, 33(11), pp. 858-874. (doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2017.08.002) (PMID:28844718) (PMCID:PMC5662062)
Devlin, R., Marques, C. A. and McCulloch, R. (2017) Does DNA replication direct locus-specific recombination during host immune evasion by antigenic variation in the African trypanosome? Current Genetics, 63(3), pp. 441-449. (doi: 10.1007/s00294-016-0662-7) (PMID:27822899) (PMCID:PMC5422504)
Marques, C. A. , Tiengwe, C., Lemgruber Soares, L. , Damasceno, J. D., Scott, A., Paape, D. , Marcello, L. and McCulloch, R. (2016) Diverged composition and regulation of the Trypanosoma brucei origin recognition complex that mediates DNA replication initiation. Nucleic Acids Research, 44(10), pp. 4763-4784. (doi: 10.1093/nar/gkw147) (PMID:26951375) (PMCID:PMC4889932)
Devlin, R., Marques, C. A. , Paape, D. , Prorocic, M., Zurita-Leal, A. C., Campbell, S. J., Lapsley, C., Dickens, N. and McCulloch, R. (2016) Mapping replication dynamics in Trypanosoma brucei reveals a link with telomere transcription and antigenic variation. eLife, 5, e12765. (doi: 10.7554/eLife.12765) (PMID:27228154) (PMCID:PMC4946898)
Marques, C. A. , Dickens, N. J. , Paape, D. , Campbell, S. J. and McCulloch, R. (2015) Genome-wide mapping reveals single-origin chromosome replication in Leishmania, a eukaryotic microbe. Genome Biology, 16, 230. (doi: 10.1186/s13059-015-0788-9) (PMID:26481451) (PMCID:PMC4612428)
Calderano, S.G., Drosopoulos, W.C., Quaresma, M. M., Marques, C.A. , Kosiyatrakul, S., McCulloch, R. , Schildkraut, C.L. and Elias, M.C. (2015) Single molecule analysis of Trypanosoma brucei DNA replication dynamics. Nucleic Acids Research, 43(5), pp. 2655-2665. (doi: 10.1093/nar/gku1389) (PMID:25690894) (PMCID:PMC4357695)
Machado, C. R. et al. (2014) Nucleotide excision repair in Trypanosoma brucei: specialization of transcription-coupled repair due to multigenic transcription. Molecular Microbiology, 92(4), pp. 756-776. (doi: 10.1111/mmi.12589) (PMID:24661334) (PMCID:PMC4138998)
Tiengwe, C., Marques, C. A. and McCulloch, R. (2014) Nuclear DNA replication initiation in kinetoplastid parasites: new insights into an ancient process. Trends in Parasitology, 30(1), pp. 27-36. (doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2013.10.009)
Vale, N. et al. (2009) Imidazoquines as antimalarial and antipneumocystis agents. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 52(23), pp. 7800-7807. (doi: 10.1021/jm900738c) (PMID:19799426) (PMCID:PMC2788672)
Prudêncio, M., Derbyshire, E. T., Marques, C. A. , Krishna, S., Mota, M. M. and Staines, H. M. (2009) Plasmodium berghei-infection induces volume-regulated anion channel-like activity in human hepatoma cells. Cellular Microbiology, 11(10), pp. 1492-1501. (doi: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2009.01342.x) (PMID:19496788) (PMCID:PMC2774480)
Grants
Grants and Awards listed are those received whilst working with the University of Glasgow.
- A distinct mode of DNA replication initiation in trypanosomes?
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
2021 - 2024