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DasGupta Lab

Biplab Dasgupta, PhD

Principal Investigator
513-803-1370
Research Interests:
Energy sensing and metabolic pathways in neural cells, neural stem cells, brain cancer stem cells.
Mouse models of high grade human brain tumor (glioma) and mechanisms of resistance of brain cancer cells.
Molecular hubs of nutrient sensing, oxygen sensing, oncogene and tumor suppressor signaling in glioma.
Molecular mechanisms of energy-dependent and independent functions of the cellular energy sensor AMP Kinase in mammalian brain development, cell fate choice and differentiation, cell survival, metabolic stress, cell division and mobility.
Identification of new druggable targets in brain cancer.

Sameer Kumar, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow
Contact: 513-803-0440
Research Interests:
AMPK function in mouse forebrain development.
Mouse models of human brain cancer.
AMPK function in glioma stem cells.
AMPK function in glioma cell mitosis and migration.

Xiaona Liu, MD

Research Assistant
Contact: 513-803-0440
Research Interests:
Brain cancer metabolism, AMPK signaling in brain cancer cells and stem cells.
Mechanisms of resistance of glioma stem cells and new targets in brain cancer.
Mouse models of glioma.

Biplab Dasgupta

Sameer Kumar

Xiaona Liu
Summer students
2011
Michael Cunningham
(Biomedical Engineering student at University of Pittsburgh)
Lavina Jethani
2010
Sara Yachishin
(University of Cincinnati Under graduate)
Project: Understanding the mechanism of AMPK modulating agents in pediatric glioma.
Broti Gupta
(Seven Hills High School, Cincinnati)
Project: Understanding the basics of hands on molecular biology.
Lab Aid
2011
Kunal Karnani
(Undergraduate, University of Cincinnati Dual Admissions program)

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Dasgupta Lab

(Left to Right) Rishi Chhipa, Xiaona Liu, Biplab Dasgupta, Swagata Karkare, Radhika Teli
Contact Us

Biplab Dasgupta
Phone: 513-803-1370
Email: biplab.dasgupta@cchmc.org

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