Zemfira N. Karamysheva, Ph.D.

Personal Information

Dr. Zemfira Karamysheva is an Associate Professor at TTUHSC, Department of Cell Biology and Biochemistry. She holds a PhD degree in Molecular Biology obtained at Moscow State University in Russia. She completed postdoctoral training at University of Tokyo in Japan and Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. She was a research faculty at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas prior coming to Lubbock. Research in her lab is focused on regulation of gene expression, translational control and ribosome specialization in protozoa parasites and mammalian organisms.

For more information on these and other projects, please visit the website:https://www.ttuhsc.edu/medicine/cell-biology-biochemistry/faculty/karamysheva.aspx 

Phone: 806-743-3231
CV

Research Interests

• Fundamental mechanisms of gene expression regulation and its dysregulation in human diseases
• Translation control in protozoa and mammalian organisms
• RNA degradation pathways in protozoa and mammals
• mRNA translation regulation in health and disease
• Protein/mRNA quality control at the ribosome
• Ribosome specialization
• Specialized ribosomes in Leishmania and their role in survival and adaptation of parasites during transmission to mammalian host
• Drug resistance in Leishmania parasites

Publications: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/1ZUlk-i9v8hAh/bibliography/public/

Website: https://www.ttuhsc.edu/medicine/cell-biology-biochemistry/faculty/karamysheva.aspx 

Future Research Collaboration Interests

• Environmental exposures and their impact on molecular pathways
• Environmental stressors and neurodegenerative diseases

Awards & Honors

• 2024 Featured in the Office of Research and Innovation Annual Report. Shared Efforts, Stellar Outcomes. TTUHSC-TTU Research Collaborations Leads to Possible Drug Targets for Leishmaniasis. p. 10.
• 2023 Featured in TTUHSC EurekAlert: https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/993169
• 2023 Featured in Daily Dose by Mark Hendricks: https://dailydose.ttuhsc.edu/2023/june/research-collaboration-Leishmaniasis.aspx
• 2023 Featured in Texas Tech Today on June 1, 2023 Finding Possible Solutions Through Working With Parasites by Doug Hensley: https://today.ttu.edu/posts/2023/06/Stories/Finding-Possible-Solutions-Through-Working-With-Parasites