Pooja Jha

About

I am presently working as the Editor-in-Chief of The Lancet Regional Health – Europe. Prior to this role, I worked at Nature Research in Berlin as an editor of Nature Metabolism and contributed to the launch of the journal since 2018. I have a BSc degree in Chemistry, Botany, Zoology, and an MSc degree in Medical Molecular Biology and Human Genetics from India. I obtained my PhD in Molecular Medicine at the Medical University of Graz, Austria, where I investigated the role of adipose tissue and liver cross-talk in NAFLD progression in the lab of Michael Trauner and Gerald Hoefler. Over time, I had become fascinated with the power and potential of genetic and bioinformatic approaches used in biomedical research. Therefore, for my postdoctoral work in the lab of Johan Auwerx at EPFL, Switzerland, I shifted my focus to a holistic systems genetics and OMICS approach to study metabolic diseases/functions. I used these approaches to study mitochondrial supercomplex biology, exercise physiology, aging, and QTL mapping of lipids and metabolic traits. I am passionate and enthusiastic about following and learning scientific developments in all disciplines.

Employment

• The Lancet Editor-in-Chief
  2020 - Present
• Springer Nature Associate Editor
  2018 - 2020
• École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) Post-doctoral fellow
  2014 - 2018
• Medical University of Graz Post-doctoral fellow
  2014 - 2014
• Medizinische Universitat Wien PhD.
  2011 - 2014
• Medical University of Graz PhD
  2008 - 2014

Education

• Indian Institute of Science Master's Thesis
  2007 - 2008
• Manipal University M.Sc.
  2005 - 2008
• Mount Carmel College B.Sc
  2002 - 2005

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (21)

• The mouse metallomic landscape of aging and metabolism.
  Nature communications 2022 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-28060-x
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• Gene-by-environment modulation of lifespan and weight gain in the murine BXD family.
  Nature metabolism 2021 DOI: 10.1038/s42255-021-00449-w
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• The Gene-Regulatory Footprint of Aging Highlights Conserved Central Regulators.
  Cell reports 2020 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2020.108203
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• Gene-by-environmental modulation of longevity and weight gain in the murine BXD family
  2019 DOI: 10.1101/776559
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• Quantifying and Localizing the Mitochondrial Proteome Across Five Tissues in A Mouse Population
  Molecular & Cellular Proteomics 2018 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.RA118.000554
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• Increased Hepatic PDGF-AA Signaling Mediates Liver Insulin Resistance in Obesity-Associated Type 2 Diabetes.
  Diabetes 2018 DOI: 10.2337/db17-1539
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• Systems Analyses Reveal Physiological Roles and Genetic Regulators of Liver Lipid Species.
  Cell systems 2018 DOI: 10.1016/j.cels.2018.05.016
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• Genetic Regulation of Plasma Lipid Species and Their Association with Metabolic Phenotypes.
  Cell systems 2018 DOI: 10.1016/j.cels.2018.05.009
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• ERRγ Preserves Brown Fat Innate Thermogenic Activity.
  Cell reports 2018 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2018.02.061
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• Enhanced Respiratory Chain Supercomplex Formation in Response to Exercise in Human Skeletal Muscle.
  Cell metabolism 2017 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2016.11.004
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