Programs
IBMS Discipline
Mentor
Pragya Singh
Ph.D. Student
Biography
Pragya is a second-year Ph.D. candidate. She is doing her research at the Center for Renal Precision Medicine to study how mitochondrial dysfunction contributes to kidney failure.
Publications
Singh P, Parajuli N, Mayeux P, MacMillan-Crow L. Renal Mitochondrial Lipid Peroxidation during Sepsis. J Kidney. 2016;2(1). doi:10.4172/jok.1000116
Song S, Gong S, Singh P, Lyu J, Bai Y. The interaction between mitochondria and oncoviruses. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease. 2018;1864(2):481-487. doi:10.1016/j.bbadis.2017.09.023
Nemani N, Dong Z, Daw CC, et al. Mitochondrial pyruvate and fatty acid flux modulate MICU1-dependent control of MCU activity. Sci Signal. 2020;13(628). doi:10.1126/scisignal.aaz6206
Education
B.S., Environmental Health Science, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2013
M.S., Cell Systems and Anatomy, Biotechnology Track, UT Health San Antonio, 2018