Pooja Rai

Employment

• Stanford University Postdoctoral Scientist
  2026 - Present
• University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School Postdoctoral Researcher
  2023 - 2026

Education

• Banaras Hindu University PhD/Studies on the role of Rab11 in parkin/pink1 mediated neurodegeneration using Drosophila and human cell model
  2017 - 2023

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (12)

• Anti-diabetic drug pioglitazone reduces Islet amyloid aggregation overload in the Drosophila neuronal cells
  Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology 2025 DOI: 10.1007/s00210-024-03632-4
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• H50Q mutation in alpha-Synuclein impairs the insulin signaling pathway and induces neuroinflammation in the Drosophila model
  Experimental Cell Research 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2025.114460
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• Impaired insulin signaling and diet-induced type 3 diabetes pathophysiology increase amyloid β expression in the Drosophila model of Alzheimer's disease
  Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2024.119875
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• Unraveling the intricate link between cell death and neuroinflammation using Drosophila as a model
  Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology 2024 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2024.1479864
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• Conformational Dynamics of Hsp90 and Hsp70 Chaperones in Treating Neurodegenerative Diseases: Insights from the Drosophila Model
  Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy 2024 DOI: 10.1007/s43538-024-00325-7
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• Exploring the therapeutic potential of Rab11: A comprehensive study on its effectiveness in alleviating rotenone-induced molecular pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease in SH-SY5Y cells and its synergistic application with L-DOPA in Drosophila models
  International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.130219
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• Visualization of thoracic indirect flight muscles of wild type Drosophila melanogaster; ISBN: 978-81-950664-2-1
  Experiments with Drosophila for Biology Courses, published by Indian Academy of Sciences Bengaluru 2024
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• Rab11 rescues muscle degeneration and synaptic morphology in the park/+ Parkinson model of Drosophila melanogaster
  Brain Research 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2023.148442
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• Role of heat shock proteins in oncogenesis and strategy for treating cancers using Drosophila model
  Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy 2023 DOI: 10.1007/s43538-023-00166-w
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• Endosomal recycling protein Rab11 in Parkin and Pink1 signaling in Drosophila model of Parkinson's disease
  Experimental Cell Research 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2022.113357
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