@article{spira2026molecular,author={Spira, Andrew and Dash, Rachita and Lepori, Irene and Luo, Yuanhang Caroline and Newkirk, Sarah and Bhandari, Sobika and Siegrist, M. Sloan and Pires, Marcos},title={Molecular Determinants Governing the Antitubercular Activity of Griselimycin},journal={bioRxiv},year={2026},publisher={Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory},}
Click-Based Determination of Accumulation of Molecules in Escherichia coli
George M Ongwae, Zichen Liu, Shasha Feng, Mahendra D Chordia, Rachita Dash, Yuchen He, Mohammad Sharifian Gh, and 7 more authors
@article{ongwae2026click,title={Click-Based Determination of Accumulation of Molecules in Escherichia coli},author={Ongwae, George M and Liu, Zichen and Feng, Shasha and Chordia, Mahendra D and Dash, Rachita and He, Yuchen and Sharifian Gh, Mohammad and Dalesandro, Brianna E and Guo, Taijie and Sharpless, Karl Barry and Dong, Jiajia and Siegrist, M Sloan and Im, Wonpil and Pires, Marcos M},journal={Nature Communications},volume={17},number={2008},year={2026},}
A generalizable assay for intracellular accumulation to profile cytosolic drug delivery in mammalian cells
Sobika Bhandari, George M Ongwae, Rachita Dash, Zichen Liu, Mahendra D Chordia, Yuchen He, and Marcos M Pires
@article{bhandari2026profiling,title={A generalizable assay for intracellular accumulation to profile cytosolic drug delivery in mammalian cells},author={Bhandari, Sobika and Ongwae, George M and Dash, Rachita and Liu, Zichen and Chordia, Mahendra D and He, Yuchen and Pires, Marcos M},journal={Communications Chemistry},year={2026},}
Identification of chemical features that influence mycomembrane permeation and antitubercular activity
Irene Lepori, Zichen Liu, Nelson Evbarunegbe, Shasha Feng, Turner P. Brown, Kishor Mane, Rachita Dash, and 13 more authors
@article{leopri2026identification,title={Identification of chemical features that influence mycomembrane permeation and antitubercular activity},author={Lepori, Irene and Liu, Zichen and Evbarunegbe, Nelson and Feng, Shasha and Brown, Turner P. and Mane, Kishor and Dash, Rachita and Shivangi and Wong, Mitchell and Naick, Ananya and George, Amir and Guo, Taijie and Shelke, Anil M. and Sharpless, K. Barry and Dong, Jiajia and Freundlich, Joel S. and Im, Wonpil and Green, Anna G. and Pires, Marcos M. and Siegrist, M. Sloan},journal={Nature Microbiology},year={2026},publisher={Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory},}
2025
Systematic Determination of the Impact of Structural Edits on Peptide Accumulation into Mycobacteria
Rachita Dash, Zichen Liu, Irene Lepori, Mahendra D Chordia, Karl Ocius, Kadie Holsinger, Han Zhang, and 4 more authors
@article{dash2025systematic,title={Systematic Determination of the Impact of Structural Edits on Peptide Accumulation into Mycobacteria},author={Dash, Rachita and Liu, Zichen and Lepori, Irene and Chordia, Mahendra D and Ocius, Karl and Holsinger, Kadie and Zhang, Han and Kenyon, Ryan and Im, Wonpil and Siegrist, M Sloan and others},journal={ACS Chemical Biology},year={2025},publisher={ACS Publications},}
Split-luciferin Assay for Real-time Measurement of Cytosolic Drug Accumulation in Live Mycobacteria
Rachita Dash, Andrew Spira, Sarah E Newkirk, Sobika Bhandari, Noah Lucas, Mahendra Chordia, and Marcos Pires
@article{dash2025split,title={Split-luciferin Assay for Real-time Measurement of Cytosolic Drug Accumulation in Live Mycobacteria},author={Dash, Rachita and Spira, Andrew and Newkirk, Sarah E and Bhandari, Sobika and Lucas, Noah and Chordia, Mahendra and Pires, Marcos},journal={bioRxiv},year={2025},publisher={Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory},note={(Under Review)},}
2024
Bioluminescence-Based Determination of Cytosolic Accumulation of Antibiotics in Escherichia coli
Rachita Dash, Kadie A Holsinger, Mahendra D Chordia, Mohammad Sharifian Gh, and Marcos M Pires
@article{dash2024bioluminescence,title={Bioluminescence-Based Determination of Cytosolic Accumulation of Antibiotics in Escherichia coli},author={Dash, Rachita and Holsinger, Kadie A and Chordia, Mahendra D and Gh, Mohammad Sharifian and Pires, Marcos M},journal={ACS Infectious Diseases},volume={10},number={5},pages={1602--1611},year={2024},publisher={ACS Publications},}
2021
Thanatin: An emerging host defense antimicrobial peptide with multiple modes of action
@article{dash2021thanatin,title={Thanatin: An emerging host defense antimicrobial peptide with multiple modes of action},author={Dash, Rachita and Bhattacharjya, Surajit},journal={International journal of molecular sciences},volume={22},number={4},pages={1522},year={2021},publisher={MDPI},}
