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Dr. Sadiya Parveen-Nesson smiling outdoors in front of a forested hillside

Dr. Sadiya Parveen-NessonParveen-Nesson Lab, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, LSU Health Shreveport

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Research focus

Her lab studies tuberculosis, specifically how the bacteria that cause it mess with the host’s metabolism, cell by cell. One big project looks at glutamine metabolism and how it affects TB infection. Another looks at how granulomas, the clumps of immune cells that form around the infection, actually form. They use immunology, metabolomics and single-cell RNA sequencing to figure it out.

Recent publications

Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals that host glutamine metabolism inhibition enhances macrophage phagocytosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (opens in a new tab)bioRxiv (preprint) · 2026
Role of glutamine metabolism in tuberculosis pathogenesis: a mini review (opens in a new tab)Frontiers in Tuberculosis · 2024
Glutamine metabolism inhibition has dual immunomodulatory and antibacterial activities against Mycobacterium tuberculosis (opens in a new tab)Nature Communications · 2023

Learn more

Lab website (opens in a new tab)LSUHS School of Graduate Studies lab page (opens in a new tab)