Beejan Asady assists Choate’s life sciences clients by utilizing his background in molecular microbiology and immunology to help with the preparation and prosecution of patent applications, as well as freedom to operate and patentability analyses. Publications and Presentations “The Rab11-Family Interacting Proteins reveal selective interaction of mammalian recycling endosomes with the Toxoplasma parasitophorous vacuole in a Rab11- and Arf6-dependent manner,” co-first author, Molecular Biology of the Cell, April 2022 “Endothelial thrombomodulin downregulation caused by hypoxia contributes to severe infiltration and coagulopathy in COVID-19 patient lungs,” co-author, Ebiomedicine75, January 2022 “The P. falciparum CSP repeat region contains three distinct epitopes required for protection by antibodies in vivo,” co-author, PLoS Pathogens, November 2021 “A plastid two-pore channel essential for inter-organelle communication and growth of Toxoplasma gondii,” co-author, Nature Communications, October 2021 “TbVps41 regulates trafficking of endocytic but not biosynthetic cargo to lysosomes of bloodstream forms of Trypanosoma brucei,” co-author, FASEB Journal, June 2021 “A single Na+-Pi cotransporter in Toxoplasma plays key roles in phosphate import and control of parasite osmoregulation,” first author, PLoS Pathogens, December 2020 “An endoplasmic reticulum CREC family protein regulates the egress proteolytic cascade in malaria parasites,” co-author, MBio, February 2020 “Genetic Indicators for Calcium Signaling Studies in Toxoplasma gondii,” co-first author, Methods in Molecular Biology, January 2020 “The Toxoplasma Vacuolar H+-ATPase Regulates Intracellular pH and Impacts the Maturation of Essential Secretory Proteins,” co-author, Cell Reports, May 2019 “The Vacuolar Zinc Transporter TgZnT Protects Toxoplasma gondii from Zinc Toxicity,” co-author, MSphere, May 2019. “Acidocalcisome-mitochondrion membrane contact sites inv Trypanosoma brucei,” co-author, Pathogens, June 2018 “Glycosylphosphatidylinositol-Anchored Carbonic Anhydrase-Related Protein of Toxoplasma gondii Is Important for Rhoptry Biogenesis and Virulence,” co-author, MSphere, May 2017 Education & Credentials Johns Hopkins University, PhD (2022) Molecular Microbiology and Immunology University of Georgia, BS (2014) Biology Admissions U.S. Patent & Trademark Office