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Greg Matlashewski

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ProfessorDepartment of Microbiology and ImmunologyMcGill University

Greg Matlashewski

Professor

Department of Microbiology and Immunology

Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

McGill University

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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29 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 5 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 1 research grant (1 CFI), most recently in 2005.

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189

Publications

12,491

Citations

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Publications by year

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Roles and appointments

Department of Microbiology and Immunology Fellow, Royal Society of Canada

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Research

Read how they describe their research on their McGill University profile.

Latest papers

An observational study to test the potency of GLP-grade phenol-free lyophilised leishmanin antigen formulation
EBioMedicine · 2026
LmCen−/− based vaccine is protective against canine visceral leishmaniasis following three natural exposures in Tunisia
npj Vaccines · 2025
Leishmania donovani 's protein tyrosine phosphatases interact with DUF 21 and respond to environmental magnesium
FEBS Journal · 2025

All 189 publications

Latest funding

McGill University Life Sciences Complex: Disease to therapy initiative
CFI · 2009 · Co-investigator
$10,632,949
Establishment of a laboratory for the study of retroviral oncogenesis and gene therapy
CFI · 2005 · Principal investigator
$254,000
Montreal Integrated Genomics Group for Research on Infectious Pathogens - (MIGGRIP) Groupe montréalais de recherche sur la génomique intégrée des pathogènes infectieux
CFI · 2002 · Co-investigator
$4,800,000

All 3 grants and awards

From the 150 most recent of 189 publications.

An observational study to test the potency of GLP-grade phenol-free lyophilised leishmanin antigen formulation

Thalia Pacheco‐Fernández, Laura Klenow, Shinichi Inoue, Kamaleshwar P. Singh, Farzaneh Valanezhad, Hannah Markle, Nazli Azodi, Meghan Brino, Shara Bakytbek, Caroline Hobson, Ishaan Jain, Pratik Talgaonkar, Shalu Shukla, Pawan Kardile, Swarnendu Kaviraj, Larissa O Silva, Pedro B. Borba, Marina Santana, Taylla Costa, Greg Matlashewski, Lucas Pedreira Carvalho, Edgar M. Carvalho, Camila I. de Oliveira, Abhay R. Satoskar, Sanjay Kumar Singh, Shinjiro Hamano, Sreenivas Gannavaram, Hira Lal Nakhasi

EBioMedicine2026Open Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2026.106246 PMID: 41997829

LmCen−/− based vaccine is protective against canine visceral leishmaniasis following three natural exposures in Tunisia

Thouraya Boussoffara, Imen Labidi, Malek Trimèche, Ifhem Chelbi, Khalil Dachraoui, Nourhane Msallem, Mohammed Abdo Saghir Abbas, Saifedine Cherni, Kamaleshwar P. Singh, Swarnendu Kaviraj, Ranadhir Dey, Sanjay Varikuti, Sreenivas Gannavaram, Lais da S. Pereira, Wen‐Wei Zhang, Patrick Lypaczewski, Shinjiro Hamano, Hirotomo Kato, Sanjay Pratap Singh, Hechmi Louzir, Hira Lal Nakhasi, Abhay R. Satoskar, Greg Matlashewski, Elyes Zhioua

npj Vaccines20257 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1038/s41541-025-01070-8 PMID: 39952958

Leishmania donovani 's protein tyrosine phosphatases interact with DUF 21 and respond to environmental magnesium

Kayla Paulini, Hira Khursheed, Wen‐Wei Zhang, Isabelle Aubry, Greg Matlashewski, Michel L. Tremblay, Patrick Lypaczewski

FEBS Journal2025Open Access

DOI: 10.1111/febs.70287 PMID: 41105924

Protocol for identifying immune mediators during Leishmania infection in mice using metabolomic analysis

Thalia Pacheco‐Fernández, Laura Klenow, Nazli Azodi, Hannah L. Markle, Matthew C. Bernier, Greta Volpedo, Timur Oljuskin, Parna Bhattacharya, Shinjiro Hamano, Greg Matlashewski, Hira Lal Nakhasi, Abhay R. Satoskar, Sreenivas Gannavaram

STAR Protocols2025Open Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.xpro.2025.103817 PMID: 40674219

Emerging Leishmania donovani Lineages Associated with Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, Himachal Pradesh, India, 2023

Patrick Lypaczewski, Yogesh Chauhan, Kayla Paulini, Lovlesh Thakur, Shailja Chauhan, Ezrah Isaac Roy, Greg Matlashewski, Manju Jain

Emerging infectious diseases202410 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.3201/eid3009.231595 PMID: 39174021

Atypical cutaneous leishmaniasis: a new challenge to VL elimination in South-East Asia

Manju Jain, Diya A’gitok Sangma, Lipsalely Parida, Rohit Negi, Ajeet Kumar Negi, Greg Matlashewski, Patrick Lypaczewski

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology20243 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2024.1454002 PMID: 39559700

Evidence for gene essentiality in Leishmania using CRISPR

Wen‐Wei Zhang, Greg Matlashewski

PLoS ONE20243 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0316331 PMID: 39775585

Vaccine value profile for leishmaniasis

Paul Martin Kaye, Greg Matlashewski, Sakshi Mohan, Epke A. Le Rutte, Dinesh Mondal, Ali Khamesipour, Stefano Malvolti

Vaccine202351 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.01.057 PMID: 37951693

Leishmania donovani persistence and circulation causing cutaneous leishmaniasis in unusual-foci of Nepal

Tinmaya Rai, Srijan Lal Shrestha, Sabita Prajapati, Anup Bastola, Niraj Parajuli, Pragya Gautam Ghimire, Parmananda Bhandari, Kishor Pandey, Manju Jain, Greg Matlashewski, Rachel Bras‐Gonçalves, Krishna Das Manandhar

Scientific Reports202312 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-37458-6 PMID: 37516780

Production of leishmanin skin test antigen from Leishmania donovani for future reintroduction in the field

Ranadhir Dey, Jalal Alshaweesh, Kamaleshwar P. Singh, Patrick Lypaczewski, Subir Karmakar, Laura Klenow, Kayla Paulini, Swarnendu Kaviraj, Shaden Kamhawi, Jesus Gilberto Valenzuela, Sanjay Pratap Singh, Shinjiro Hamano, Abhay R. Satoskar, Sreenivas Gannavaram, Hira Lal Nakhasi, Greg Matlashewski

Nature Communications202311 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-42732-2 PMID: 37919280

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Greg Matlashewski

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

An observational study to test the potency of GLP-grade phenol-free lyophilised leishmanin antigen formulation

LmCen−/− based vaccine is protective against canine visceral leishmaniasis following three natural exposures in Tunisia

Leishmania donovani 's protein tyrosine phosphatases interact with DUF 21 and respond to environmental magnesium

Protocol for identifying immune mediators during Leishmania infection in mice using metabolomic analysis

Emerging Leishmania donovani Lineages Associated with Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, Himachal Pradesh, India, 2023

Atypical cutaneous leishmaniasis: a new challenge to VL elimination in South-East Asia

Evidence for gene essentiality in Leishmania using CRISPR

Vaccine value profile for leishmaniasis

Leishmania donovani persistence and circulation causing cutaneous leishmaniasis in unusual-foci of Nepal

Production of leishmanin skin test antigen from Leishmania donovani for future reintroduction in the field

McGill University Life Sciences Complex: Disease to therapy initiative

Establishment of a laboratory for the study of retroviral oncogenesis and gene therapy

Montreal Integrated Genomics Group for Research on Infectious Pathogens - (MIGGRIP) Groupe montréalais de recherche sur la génomique intégrée des pathogènes infectieux

Frequent collaborators

Gregory Matlashewski

Brian Ward

Eduardo Franco

Albert Descoteaux

Martin Olivier

François Coutlée

Roy Dudley

Anita Koushik

Harriet Richardson

Elham Rahme

Roger Prichard

Cedric Yansouni

Matthew Cheng

Jesse Papenburg

Michel Roger

Saeid Ghavami

Benoit Cousineau

Ken Dewar

Robert Sladek

Grant Hatch

Michel Tremblay

Aaron Marshall

Antonis Koromilas