Circadian, Cardiometabolic, Myofibrillar, Aggregation, and Aging Disorders Research Group
My research group has been at the forefront of developing and using clinically relevant genetic models (Drosophila melanogaster) to address the pathophysiological basis of human circadian/metabolic disorders linked to cardiometabolic disease, myofibrillar-myopathies, proteinopathies neuropathies, sleep, and aging disruptions. I also integrate physiological, cell-molecular, genetics, genomics, and nutritional approaches to understand how lifestyle (including circadian rhythms and eating/sleeping patterns) and genetic factors act to maintain the structural integrity of cells, tissues, and organs that in turn dictates organismal physiology. Currently funded with three NIH R01 Grants (one PI and two MPI), our research findings have been published in Science, Nature Communications, Aging Cells, Human Molecular Genetics, Physiology, and PLoS Genetics. A summary of my main research projects is in the research section.
Machine-Learning approaches for automated quantification of cardiac physiology
Meet Our Team
Archana Yadav, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Kishore Madamanchi, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Farah Abou Daya, MS, GBS
Graduate Student
Morgan Barkley, MS, GBS
Graduate Student
Elizabeth S. Pasam, GMS
Researcher III
John Watson
Researcher II
Fatma Oduk
Researcher II
Srinath R. Gurrala
Student Assistant & MS
Yash Melkani
Researcher I
Lily Ober
Student Assistant & Undergraduate
Dev Patel
Student Assistant & Undergraduate
Dave Melkani
Student Assistant & Undergraduate
Jagathnarayan Madhanagopal
Undergraduate
Nagavenkata Mayank Adabala
Undergraduate
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