Prior Academic Affiliations: SRM University, India, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
Thesis Mentor: Dr. Zhen Chen
Thesis Title: Role of Mitochondrial-RNA-Chromatin Interaction in Diabetes-associated Endothelial Dysfunction
Fellowships, honors, awards etc: Prime Minister’s Scholarship, India (2011-2013)
Publications:
Xiaofang Tang, Yifei Miao, Yingjun Luo, Kiran Sriram, Zhijie Qi, Feng-Mao Lin, Kendall Van Keuren-Jensen, Patrick Fueger, Gene W. Yeo, Rama Natarajan, Sheng Zhong, and Zhen Chen. Suppression of endothelial AGO1 promotes adipose tissue browning and improves metabolic dysfunction. (manuscript in revision)
Riccardo Calandrelli, Lixia Xu, Yingjun Luo, Weixin Wu, Xiaochen Fan, Tri Nguyen, Chienju Chen, Kiran Sriram, Rama Natarajan, Zhen Bouman-Chen, and Sheng Zhong. Dynamic changes in RNA-chromatin interactome promote endothelial dysfunction. (manuscript in revision)