TUSAR KANTA ACHARYA

About

I am a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Translational Neuroscience at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. My research focuses on neuroimmunology, with an emphasis on understanding how immune systems are spatially organized within the peripheral nervous system to drive chronic pain and neuroinflammation. My work integrates single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, multiplex imaging, whole-mount tissue analysis, and functional immunology to investigate tertiary lymphoid structures (TLSs), B-cell biology, and neuroimmune interactions following peripheral nerve injury.
Previously, I obtained my PhD in Life Sciences from the National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), India, where I investigated the roles of thermosensitive TRP ion channels in cellular physiology and disease.
My long-term research goal is to uncover the cellular and molecular mechanisms that govern neuroimmune communication and to translate these discoveries into novel therapeutic strategies for chronic pain and neurological disorders.

Employment

• The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Postdoctoral fellow
  2023 - Present

Education

• National Institute of Science Education and Research PhD. Lifescience
  2017 - 2023
• Sambalpur University MPhil. Lifescience
  2016 - 2017
• Sambalpur University MSc. Lifescience
  2013 - 2015
• Fakir Mohan University BSc. Zoology
  2009 - 2012

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (33)

• TRPM8 Regulates Mitochondrial Ca2+ Dynamics, Temperature and Endoplasmic Reticulum‐Mitochondrial Contact Points in T Cell
  Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine 2026 DOI: 10.1111/jcmm.71014
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• Peripheral nerve injury reduces macrophage efferocytosis to facilitate neuropathic pain
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2026 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2511401122
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• Modulation of cellular and mitochondrial dysfunction by TRPV4 during early stages of Vincristine-induced neurotoxicity in cultured neuronal model
  Neuropharmacology 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2025.110708
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• DRG meningeal tertiary lymphoid structures are regulated by B cells as a pronociceptive locus after peripheral nerve injury
  2026 DOI: 10.64898/2026.08.09.743585
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• TRPM8 inhibition reduces the size but increases the number of lipid droplets in mature adipocytes in vitro
  Journal of Lipid Research 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.jlr.2025.100935
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• GM-CSF instructs vertebral emergency myelopoiesis in neuropathic pain
  2025 DOI: 10.1101/2025.11.23.690022
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• Conserved and Unique Mitochondrial Target Sequence of TRPV4 Can Independently Regulate Mitochondrial Functions
  Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics 2025 DOI: 10.1002/prot.26772
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• Deciphering transcriptomic changes in chemobrain: a comprehensive review
  Acta Neuropathologica Communications 2025 DOI: 10.1186/s40478-025-02102-z
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• From loss of Ca2+-influx to altered organelle temperature and energy failure: A neonatal-lethal TRPV4 mutant (L618P)
  Life Sciences 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2025.124039
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• Current understanding of TRP channels and their genomics: Implications in health research
  TRP Channels as Therapeutic Targets 2024 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-443-18653-0.00026-5
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