Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

Pragya Singh

Ph.D. Student

Pragya is a second-year Ph.D. candidate. She is doing her research at the Center for Renal Precision Medicine to study how mitochondrial dysfunction contributes to kidney failure.

Education

B.S., Environmental Health Science, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2013

M.S., Cell Systems and Anatomy, Biotechnology Track, UT Health San Antonio, 2018

Publications

Singh P, Parajuli N, Mayeux P, MacMillan-Crow L. Renal Mitochondrial Lipid Peroxidation during Sepsis. J Kidney. 2016;2(1). doi:10.4172/jok.1000116

Song S, Gong S, Singh P, Lyu J, Bai Y. The interaction between mitochondria and oncoviruses. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease. 2018;1864(2):481-487. doi:10.1016/j.bbadis.2017.09.023

Nemani N, Dong Z, Daw CC, et al. Mitochondrial pyruvate and fatty acid flux modulate MICU1-dependent control of MCU activity. Sci Signal. 2020;13(628). doi:10.1126/scisignal.aaz6206