Education
Doctorate Degree
PhD in Biology
Texas Tech University, 2018
Featured grants
- Mukherjee, Sumit (Principal). Understanding the mechanisms of the host cell rupture during exit of the malaria parasite, Texas State University, $11947. (Funded: January 2026 - May 2027). Grant.
- Mukherjee, Sumit. American Heart Association, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $151473. (Submitted: 2022, Funded: January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2024). Grant.
Featured scholarly/creative works
- Mukherjee, S. (2025). Ablation Leads to Reduced Tolerance to Plasma Membrane Stress and Increased Drug Sensitivity in Leishmania major. International al Journal of Molecular Sciences. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms26178473
- Mukherjee, S. (n.d.). Plasmodial plasmepsins. In . Proteolytic Enzymes and their Inhibitors in Infectious Pathogens. Elsevier.
- Mukherjee, S. (2023). Activation of the Plasmodium egress effector subtilisin-like protease 1 is achieved by plasmepsin X destruction of the propiece. MBIO. https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.00673-23
- Mukherjee, S. (2023). The mature N termini of Plasmodium effector proteins confer specificity of export. MBIO. https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.01215-23
- Mukherjee, S. (2022). Maturation and substrate processing topography of the Plasmodium falciparum invasion/egress protease plasmepsin X. Nature Communications. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32271-7
Featured awards
- Award / Honor Recipient: National Merit Scholarship, Government of India. 2007
- Award / Honor Recipient: Swati Bose Memorial Scholarship, University of Calcutta. 2006
Featured service activities
- Member
PhD dissertation committee
- Member
Biology Colloquium
- Chair
Molecular Parasitology Meeting