Sandhya Gangaraju

Sandhya Gangaraju
Arizona State University | ASU · Center of Immunology, vaccines and virotherapy

M.Sc, University of Ottawa, Canada

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October 2016 - November 2016
Arizona State University
Position
  • Principal research specialist
March 2014 - present
Arizona State University
Position
  • Principal research specialist
Description
  • Principal research specialist in biochemistry and cell biology, compliance officer and lab manager.
February 2004 - April 2013
National Research Council Canada
Position
  • Technical Officer

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Publications (27)
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The discovery that biomechanical forces regulate microbial virulence was established with the finding that physiological low fluid shear (LFS) forces altered gene expression, stress responses, and virulence of the enteric pathogen Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium during the log phase. These log phase LFS-induced phenotypes were independent o...
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Physical forces associated with spaceflight and spaceflight analogue culture regulate a wide range of physiological responses by both bacterial and mammalian cells that can impact infection. However, our mechanistic understanding of how these environments regulate host-pathogen interactions in humans is poorly understood. Using a spaceflight analog...
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Tissues and organs provide the structural and biochemical landscapes upon which microbial pathogens and commensals function to regulate health and disease. While flat two-dimensional (2-D) monolayers composed of a single cell type have provided important insight into understanding host-pathogen interactions and infectious disease mechanisms, these...
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Quantitative three-dimensional (3D) computed tomography (CT) imaging of living single cells enables orientation-independent morphometric analysis of the intricacies of cellular physiology. Since its invention, x-ray CT has become indispensable in the clinic for diagnostic and prognostic purposes due to its quantitative absorption-based imaging in t...
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The inflammasome is a caspase-1-activating complex that is implicated in a growing number of acute and chronic pathologies. Interest has increased in identifying small molecular inhibitors of inflammasome signaling because of its role in clinically relevant diseases. It was recently reported that the protein tyrosine kinase, Syk, regulates pathogen...
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P2X7 purinergic receptor engagement with extracellular ATP induces transmembrane potassium and calcium flux resulting in assembly of the NLRP3 inflammasome in LPS-primed macrophages. The role of potassium and calcium in inflammasome regulation is not well understood, largely due to limitations in existing methods for interrogating potassium in real...
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Semaphorin 3A (Sema3A) increased significantly in mouse brain following cerebral ischemia. However, the role of Sema3A in stroke brain remains unknown. Our aim was to determine wether Sema3A functions as a vascular permeability factor and contributes to ischemic brain damage. Recombinant Sema3A injected intradermally to mouse skin, or stereotactica...
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Although the support for the use of antioxidants, such as coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10), to treat Parkinson's disease (PD) comes from the extensive scientific evidence, the results of conducted thus far clinical trials are inconclusive. It is assumed that the efficacy of CoQ10 is hindered by insolubility, poor bioavailability, and lack of brain penetration....
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membrane domain-specific signaling events, maintaining synapses and dendritic spines. The purpose of this study is to examine the neuronal response to membrane raft disruption. Membrane rafts of 8 DIV primary neuronal cultures were isolated based on the resistance to Triton X-100 and ability to float in sucrose gradients. Membrane rafts from primar...
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Gangliosides, a member of the glycosphingolipid family, are heterogeneously expressed in biological membranes and are particularly enriched within the central nervous system. Gangliosides consist of mono- or poly-sialylated oligosaccharide chains of variable lengths attached to a ceramide unit and are found to be intimately involved in brain diseas...
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Membrane rafts, rich in sphingolipids and cholesterol, are membrane microdomains important in neuronal domain-specific signaling events such as during axonal outgrowth and neuronal death. The present study seeks to determine the spatiotemporal association of several axonal guidance signaling molecules with membrane rafts. These molecules are Neurop...
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In recent years, GDNF has emerged as a protective and restorative agent in several models of neurodegeneration; however, the exact molecular mechanisms responsible for these effects are not yet fully understood. Here we examined the effects of astrocytes secreting GDNF on neurons subjected to 6OHDA toxicity using in vitro neuron-astroglia co-cultur...
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Every year thousands of people suffer from brain injuries and stroke, and develop motor, sensory, and cognitive problems as a result of neuronal loss in the brain. Unfortunately, the damaged brain has a limited ability to enact repair and current modes of treatment are not sufficient to offset the damage. An extensive list of growth factors, neurot...
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Mitochondrial fusion in higher eukaryotes requires at least two essential GTPases, Mitofusin 1 and Mitofusin 2 (Mfn2). We have created an activated mutant of Mfn2, which shows increased rates of nucleotide exchange and decreased rates of hydrolysis relative to wild type Mfn2. Mitochondrial fusion is stimulated dramatically within heterokaryons expr...
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Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Ottawa, 2003. Includes bibliographies.

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I will soon be working on understanding how Streptococcus pneumoniae responds to different stresses when grown in various conditions in our lab. To begin with, I have to figure out growth conditions under aerobic conditions. I couldn't get a detailed protocol as most of the labs seem to be working on this microbe under anaerobic conditions. Any insight will be helpful ! Thanks !
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I would like to know if anyone is aware of a method to detect hemolysis caused by EHEC strain (O157:H7) on sheep blood agar plate? I am trying to perform phenotypic charcterization of this strain but didn't see any obvious hemolysis on sheep blood agar plates. I am not sure if I am missing something important in this method. Any help is appreciated! Thanks a lot! Sandhya
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I could find the transwell inserts ranging from 0.4 to 12um pore size but nothing less than that! Any suggestions? Thanks !
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Can anyone suggest an enteroendocrine marker specific for human intestinal cells?

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