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Vanessa Pillay

Africa Health Research Institute

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:human· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:cell-cell communication· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Research Focus:drug response / drug discovery· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Research Focus:metabolism & bioenergetics· 1

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Decoding & manipulating human intercellular signaling via scalable cell-free protein synthesis

Constantine N. Tzouanas, Feng Shan, Manuel Guzman, Tracy Leidan Chen, James Bole Pan, Adam J. Rubin, Ella G. Sobieszczyk, Keith D. Rivera, Avanyish Toniappa, Dana T. Lamson, Lucía Castelló-Pedrero, Krista L. Dong, Vanessa Pillay, Stuart S. Levine, Steven A. Carr, , Alex K. Shalek

The paper develops scalable cell-free protein synthesis platforms to generate single-cell RNA-sequencing data on immune cell responses to cytokines and other signals, enabling functional discovery and drug target prioritization.

bioRxiv · Oct 26, 2026 · PreprintSystems Biology

Glucose selectively drives a rapid oxidative burst and immunometabolic reprogramming in human neutrophils during Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection

Krishna C. Chinta, Delon Naicker, Sajid Nadeem, Ritesh Rajesh Sevalkar, Vanessa Pillay, Threnesan Naidoo, Gordon Wells, Kapongo D. Lumamba, Kievershen Nargan, Ashendree Govender, Jeff J Jones, Marion Pang, Baiyi Quan, Tingyu Wang, Michael Lee Roukes, , Adrie J. C. Steyn

bioRxiv · May 7, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology